METHOD FOR CRANE CONTROL AND STOCK MANAGEMENT
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for crane control and stock management, the method includes attaching to the goods to be stored an identifier associated with a code, such as number or name, given to the goods in stock accounting or the like; reading the identifier with a reader, when the goods are being transferred by a crane; transmitting the identifier information from the reader to the memory of the crane control; transferring the goods with the crane to a selected location in the warehouse; and storing the coordinates of the goods to the memory of the crane control so that they are associated with the identifier; and when the goods are removed from the warehouse, reading with the reader from a work order or the like the identifier information associated with the goods; and transmitting the identifier information from the reader to the memory of the crane control; and activating the crane control with the identifier information, whereby the crane moves to the location of the earlier stored goods.
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8. A method for crane control and stock management, in which method the goods arriving for storage at a warehouse are transferred by a crane to a given location in the warehouse and fetched later with the crane from this location for onward transfer, including
attaching to the goods arriving for storage an identifier associated with a code, such as number or name, given to the goods in stock accounting or the like, reading the identifier with a reader, when the goods are transferred by the crane, transmitting the identifier information from the reader to the memory of the crane control, transferring the goods with the crane to a selected place in the warehouse and storing the coordinates of the goods into the memory of the crane control so that they are associated with said identifier , wherein when fetching said stored goods, reading with the reader from a work order or the like the identifier information associated with the goods, and transmitting the identifier information from the reader to the memory of the crane control, and activating the crane control with said identifier information, whereby the crane moves to the location of the earlier stored goods.
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