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Title: SEMI-AUTOMATED CONTAINER/TRAILER CRANES
Accession Number: 00485242
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: In order to handle today's cargo at a competitive cost and in good time, new ways of handling the container were needed, not only in the method of handling the container/trailer itself, but in utilizing the available yard area to the maximum efficiency. The automation of the motions of a gantry crane (which can be overridden manually by an operator) provides a system that is able to consistently position the crane quickly and accurately since the drives always operate at maximum rates of speed and stop in minimum distance during automatic moves. The drives are not limited by visual parallax problems, nor do they become fatigued. The result is that the automated container/trailer handling gantry crane can position itself over the containers with greater speed and accuracy than an operator could consistently provide.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Circular No. 350, Ports, Waterways, Intermodal Terminals, and International Trade Transportation Issues, Proceedings of the 13th Annual Summer Conference, July 19-22, 1988, Seattle, Washington. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Monograph Accession #: 00485234
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Ralston, JPagination: p. 18-21
Publication Date: 1989-5
Serial: Media Type: Digital/other
TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jul 31 1989 12:00AM
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