DIGITAL DRIVES IN CRANE CONTROL

Digital drives are now accepted as viable replacements for the analog drives in cranes. The author discusses the advantages of digital drives and notes that simplicity is their hallmark. Reliability and consistency are also characteristic of them, with mean time between failures typically in the order of 20,000 hours. A digital system with a keypad device as the primary interface is described in some detail. A crane-based mainframe computer rounds out the communications network and acts as a management information system.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Journal article
• Authors:
  • Haas, T J
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Shipbuilding Technology International (UK)
  • ISSN: 0268-8662

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control systems; Cranes; Digital computers; Management information systems; Vehicle drive systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Digital systems
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00657450
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM