WIKA Mobile Control GmbH & Co. KG

Offshore Crane

Relaxed on the high seas

Reliable control for offshore cranes

Offshore cranes have to fulfil safety standards in extreme environmental conditions.

The safety systems from WIKA Mobile Control comply with these specific, highly demanding requirements and safety standards, ensuring via force measurement, wind measurement and pressure measurement so that the machines can be reliably used in the offshore area.

At a glance

  • Direct load measurement
  • Pivoting range monitoring
  • Slack rope indication

System overview

  • Monitoring of the maximum load
  • Visualization of relevant values and parameters
  • Degree of utilisation
  • Support of operation mode selection
  • Mode selection
  • Operation hour counter
  • Data logger
  • Hoist limiting
  • Visualization by panel
  • Warning indicator
  • Slack rope indication
  • Pivoting range monitoring system
  • Limit value monitoring (SWL and cut-off limit)
  • Recognition of the dead-man’s switch
  • Measurement of pressures
  • External, customer-specific CAN communication

Support of the operating modes

  • MOPS function by digital inputs and outputs
  • AOPS function by digital outputs

Component and software solutions

...Controls, pressure sensors, force sensors & load cells / tension links

We offer the right components and software solutions for the requirements of these applications. We also provide additional solutions - from a standard product to a custom system - all from one source. 

Software

  • Graphic console application
  • Data logger