Unexpected shutdowns are costly and very demanding for the workforce involved. Make your overhead or (semi) gantry crane smart in order to increase its availability and avoid incidents.

Today most often technical data sheets coupled with the knowledge of a number of unique experienced individuals are used to determine when maintenance is required the crane. Repairs are done when it's already far too late. All of this puts tremendous strain on the people responsible for maintaining the overhead crane, while it can be avoided, quite easily.

The only way to validate the actual health is by having a continuous look at a broad data set and adding a specific multi-aspect monitoring setup consisting of different sensor types that follow the behaviour of the cranes general state-of-health.