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Method for crane control and stock management

  • US 8,977,384 B2
  • Filed: 04/19/2011
  • Issued: 03/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. 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, the method comprising:

  • attaching an identifier associated with a code to the goods arriving for storage;

    reading the identifier with a reader;

    transmitting the identifier information from the reader to a 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;

    determining the coordinates of the selected place of goods by a switch or sensor detecting that the goods have been left in the selected place;

    when fetching said stored goods, reading the identifier information associated with the goods;

    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, wherein determining the coordinates of the selected place is determined with a sensor detecting pressure in a suction pad,wherein determining the coordinates of the selected place is determined with a sensor detecting pressure in a suction pad.

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