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At their essence, electrification and machine controlling devices are about safety in industrial handling. Solutions in the field serve to make the workplace safer in every major manufacturing and distribution sector. Today, the central safety question the field faces is how to properly introduce increasingly sophisticated technological tools and to ensure they are aligned with each other in the operation of cranes and other lifting devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jason Looman, president of MHI member Scanreco North America, said the integration of controls means manufacturers of radio controls, drives and cranes must work together. \u201cThat\u2019s really the safety concern going forward, because it\u2019s no longer just one piece,\u201d he said. \u201cYou have to be aware of the whole system and how it\u2019s being used.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a total integration for the entire crane system,\u201d Looman said. \u201cA knowledge of the entire plant layout, how the system is used, where it\u2019s used, that\u2019s all important. That\u2019s the evolution. More and more you\u2019re seeing all of these different players working together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wayne Goodspeed, manager of inside sales, applications and customer service at MHI member Columbus McKinnon Corporation Magnetek Products, agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese systems are getting smaller and more reliable, and everything has to \u2018handshake\u2019 today,\u201d Goodspeed said. \u201cIn the world that we live in, we have become so accustomed to that. For your computer, when you add software to it, you assume it\u2019s going to connect to everything around itself. The crane\u2019s kind of the same way. All the control systems, when you introduce something new, you\u2019re assuming it\u2019s handshaking with everything else. And I think that as we introduce more and more technology into these cranes, that\u2019s something that we\u2019re going to have to make sure of.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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