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Wheel block, in particular for a travelling crane

US12338107B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Konecranes Global Corporation · FI

Inventors

Lukas Pieper · Bochum, DE
Moritz Sagurna · Bochum, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 26, 2022
Grant date	Jun 24, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 26, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01B11/08
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A wheel block, preferably for an overhead traveling crane, wherein the wheel block comprises a housing and a wheel mounted in the housing and protruding out of the housing. In order to allow for proactive maintenance of the wheel with a simple checking process and simultaneously reliable loading and, in particular, overloading detection and identification, according to the invention, the wheel block has a contactless operating measuring device for determining the distance between the measuring device and the wheel, in order to detect and/or identify and/or predict any current and/or future wear on the wheel and/or a loading, in particular an unloaded state and/or an overloaded state, of the wheel block based on measurement signals or measurement data from the measuring device and an evaluation thereof.

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