Category Archives: Technology

Crane technology: control systems, telematics, software, electric and hybrid drives, automation.

Potain launches battery energy systems for tower cranes

Manitowoc's new Potain Power Solutions battery systems are built for tower crane duty cycles, offering [...]

Tadano opens crane telematics and load data via Lift API

Tadano's Lift API Services expose crane telematics to ISO 15143-3 and a virtual load moment [...]

Liebherr’s Bauma 2025 crane software update: Finder, Planner, telemetry

At Bauma 2025 Liebherr-Werk Ehingen showed new support-base filters in Crane Finder, 44 machines in [...]

Liebherr rebuilds its Crane Finder and launches it as an app

Liebherr's Crane Finder has been rebuilt on a new load-chart database, gained a ballast optimisation [...]

An innovative partnership

At Bauma 2019, VA Erzberg and Liebherr have concluded a development contract for a Trolley [...]

Liebherr Tower Cranes concludes test phase for its first high-tensile fibre ropes

Biberach (Germany), 20 November 2018 – Working with Austrian rope manufacturer, Teufelberger, Liebherr has developed [...]

A1A Software Expands Features of 3D Lift Plan

November 14, 2018 (Fernandina Beach, Fla.) – A1A Software LLC continues to improve the interface [...]

SP Load Cells Integral to Floating Crane Software Package

Polish marine electronics integration specialist Navinord has installed a state-of-the-art software package that includes four [...]

Konecranes launches Crane Advisor customer support tool globally

Finding the right overhead crane is now made easier with Konecranes Crane Advisor, an online [...]

New control assistance devices for Liebherr crawler cranes

With the vertical line finder and the horizontal load path Liebherr now presents two control [...]