CN212450392U

CN212450392U - Mobile crane and overturn prevention monitoring device thereof

Info

Publication number: CN212450392U
Application number: CN202021370219.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 徐瑞宏; 陈冠霖
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2020-07-13
Filing date: 2020-07-13
Publication date: 2021-02-02
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-13

Abstract

A mobile crane and an overturn prevention monitoring device thereof are used for monitoring the mobile crane, and comprise: a plurality of first sensors, a plurality of second sensors, a controller and an alarm. The first sensors are respectively arranged on the supporting members of the mobile crane and measure the pressure born by the supporting members. The second sensor is arranged on a hoisting component of the mobile crane and measures the weight of an object borne by the hoisting component. The controller is connected with the first sensor and the second sensor and receives the measured stress of each supporting member and the measured weight of the object, calculates the stress and the moment of the mobile crane according to the stress of the supporting member, the weight of the object, the weight of the mobile crane and the size of the mobile crane, and judges whether the support member is overturned. When the overturn is judged to occur, the controller controls the alarm to give an alarm.

Description

Mobile crane and overturn prevention monitoring device thereof

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a crane, and more particularly to a mobile crane with an anti-overturn monitoring function and an anti-overturn monitoring device for the mobile crane.

Background

The crane is a machine tool for hanging and carrying objects by using mechanical power. In recent years, the taiwan industry has been rapidly developed, and since a crane is widely used in various industries and can meet the needs of various construction sites, the crane is widely used in road areas other than factories. When the mobile crane is used for hanging operation, the operation environment conditions are quite complicated, and even personnel and the crane often work continuously under extremely severe conditions. Besides the operator must receive professional training to obtain the relevant certificate, the operator must maintain high attention during the operation period, and must detect the mechanical wear state of the crane in real time to prevent accidents.

The occupational injury caused by the crane mainly comprises: the damage range caused by the overturning of the crane is the largest. In particular to a dynamic behavior when the length, the height and the rotating direction of a suspension arm are adjusted at any time when the crane carries out hanging operation. To maintain the force balance state in real time and prevent the crane from overturning, enough manpower must be available to monitor, calculate and evaluate in time, and determine whether dangerous situations such as overweight of the hanging object and subsidence of the supporting seat occur. Under the condition that an automatic detection control system or a related device is lacked at present, a crane is only used for driving a single person to control dangerous and complex mechanical structures and hanging appliances, and command personnel signals are heard, so that the operation environment, the wind direction and the wind speed change are noticed at any time, and the operation is quite difficult and errors are very easy to occur.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, the present invention provides a mobile crane with an anti-overturn monitoring function, and an anti-overturn monitoring device for the mobile crane. The utility model discloses a prevent monitoring devices that topples installs the sensor on mobile crane's supporting component and jack-up component, and the crane is listened when hanging the object, and the pressure that each supporting component bore and the weight of the object of hanging borrow by the mechanics principle of force balance and moment balance and judge whether mobile crane topples.

The technical means adopted by the utility model are as follows.

The utility model discloses a monitoring devices that prevents toppling of mobile crane is used for monitoring a mobile crane, and this mobile crane includes a plurality of supporting members and a jack-up component, and these supporting members support this mobile crane in ground, and this jack-up component bears an object, the utility model discloses an embodiment of monitoring devices that prevents toppling of mobile crane includes: a plurality of first sensors, a second sensor, a controller and an alarm. The plurality of first sensors are respectively arranged on the supporting members of the mobile crane, measure the pressure born by the supporting members and obtain a plurality of first stress data. The second sensor is arranged on a hoisting component of the mobile crane, measures the weight of an object borne by the hoisting component and obtains second stress data. The controller is connected with the first sensors and the second sensors and receives the first stress data and the second stress data, calculates the stress and the moment of the mobile crane according to the first stress data, the second stress data, the weight of the mobile crane and the size of the mobile crane, and judges whether the stress and the moment of the mobile crane cause the overturning of the mobile crane. The warning device is connected to the controller, and when the controller judges that the movable crane can overturn, the controller controls the warning device to give out a warning.

In another embodiment, the first force data is in a direction opposite to the second force data, and the first force data is in a direction opposite to the gravity action direction of the weight of the object and the weight of the mobile crane.

In another embodiment, when one of the first sensors detects that the first force data is 0, when the controller calculates that the first force data detected by any one of the first sensors adjacent to the first sensor with the first force data of 0 with respect to an axis is equal to a threshold value obtained by dividing the sum of the first force data detected by the first sensors other than the first sensors on the axis, the second force data detected by the first sensors adjacent to the first sensor with the first force data of 0, and the moment of the mobile crane with respect to the axis by the vertical distance between any one of the first sensors and the axis, the controller determines that the mobile crane overturns with the axis as the center of rotation.

In another embodiment, the overturn-preventing monitoring device for mobile crane of the present invention further comprises a distance measuring device, which measures the coordinates of the object and transmits the coordinates to the controller.

In another embodiment, the first sensor is a hydraulic pressure sensor and the second sensor is a cable load sensor.

The utility model discloses more provide a mobile crane, it includes a cargo airplane body, a plurality of supporting member, reconstructs piece and foretell together the utility model discloses a prevent monitoring devices that topples. The crane body has tires or crawlers. The supporting members are telescopically arranged on the crane body, and the supporting members support the crane body on the ground. The hoisting member is rotatably arranged on the crane body and bears an object.

In another embodiment, the hoisting member includes a winch, a cable, and a carrier, the carrier carries the object and is connected to the cable, the cable is wound around the winch, and the second sensor is disposed on the winch and detects the force applied to the cable.

In another embodiment, each support member includes a hydraulic cylinder, and the first sensor measures a pressure of the hydraulic cylinder.

The utility model provides a, monitor a mobile crane, this mobile crane includes a plurality of supporting members and a jack-up component, and these supporting members support this mobile crane in ground, and this jack-up component bears an object. The method comprises the following steps: measuring the stress of the supporting members to obtain a plurality of first stress data; measuring the stress of the hoisting component to obtain second stress data; measuring the distance of the object; and calculating the stress and the moment of the mobile crane according to the first stress data, the second stress data, the weight of the mobile crane and the size of the mobile crane, and judging whether the stress and the moment of the mobile crane cause the overturning of the mobile crane.

In another embodiment, when one of the first stress data of one of the support members is 0, with respect to an axis, the first stress data of any one of the support members adjacent to the support member whose first stress data is 0 is equal to a threshold value obtained by dividing a sum of the first stress data of the other support members except the support members on the axis, the second stress data, and a moment of the mobile crane with respect to the axis by a vertical distance of the any one support member from the axis, it is determined that the mobile crane overturns with the axis as a center of rotation.

The utility model discloses a monitoring devices that topples is prevented to portable crane borrows the atress of each supporting member of first sensor measurement and the gravity of the weight of the object that the hoisting member carried by measurationing of second sensor to borrow the basis of whether toppling as the judgement portable starter by the mechanics principle of force balance and moment balance. When the stress of one of the supporting members is 0, the situation that one supporting member of the mobile crane cannot contact with the ground to bear the load is indicated, the mobile crane starts to shake, and the mobile crane can overturn as long as the stress of the other supporting member cannot meet the condition of moment balance, so that the judgment rule of whether the mobile crane overturns or not can be used.

The utility model discloses produced beneficial effect: by means of the above judging mode, the warning can be sent to the operating personnel and the surrounding constructors when the movable crane is about to overturn, so that the operating personnel of the movable crane can adjust the position of the hung object in time to avoid the overturn of the movable crane.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a mobile crane according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of a support member of the mobile lift crane of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the mechanics of the mobile crane of fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a system block diagram of the mobile lift crane of fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a system block diagram of an embodiment of the device for monitoring the overturning of a mobile crane according to the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the figure numbers:

10: crane body

11: tyre for vehicle wheels

12: driving cabin

21. 22, 23, 24: supporting member

25: telescopic rod

26: lifting rod

30: hoisting component

31: suspension arm

32: capstan winch

33: steel cable

34: bearing part

40: anti-overturning monitoring device

41: first sensor

42: second sensor

43: controller

44: warning indicator

45: distance measuring instrument

100: mobile crane

211. 221, 231, 241: control switch

321: control switch

a. b: distance between supporting members

F1, F2, F3, F4: first stress data

W1: weight of mobile crane

W2: weight of the object

(x1, y1, z 1): mobile crane gravity center coordinate value

(x2, y2, z 2): the coordinate value of the object.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, a mobile crane with an anti-overturning monitoring function and an anti-overturning monitoring device thereof according to the present invention are shown. Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of a mobile crane (commonly referred to as a crane) according to the present invention. The utility model discloses a mobile crane 100 includes a crane body 10, a plurality of

support members

21, 22, 23, 24 a hoisting member 30 and an anti-overturn monitoring device 40. In this embodiment, the crane body 10 has a tire 11 to be movable, the crane body 10 further has a cab 12, an operator can drive the mobile crane 100 in the cab 12, and the mobile crane 100 can be moved to a predetermined place by the tire 11. The supporting

members

21, 22, 23 and 24 are telescopically disposed on the crane body 10, and in this embodiment, the supporting

members

21, 22, 23 and 24 are disposed at four corners of the crane body 10. When the mobile crane 100 moves to a predetermined position, the operator operates the

support members

21, 22, 23, and 24 to support the crane body 10 on the ground.

As shown in fig. 2, each of the supporting

members

21, 22, 23, 24 includes a telescopic rod 25 and a lifting rod 26, the lifting rod 26 is connected to the telescopic rod 25, and the telescopic rod 25 is disposed on the crane body 10. The retractable rod 25 extends or retracts toward the side of the crane body 10, and the lifting rod 26 can extend to abut against the ground to support the crane body 10.

The lifting member 30 is rotatably disposed on the crane body 10 and carries an object. In the present embodiment, the hoisting member 30 comprises a boom 31, a winch 32, a cable 33 and a carrier 34. The boom 31 is rotatably mounted on the crane body 10, and the carrier 34 carries the object and is connected to the wire 33, and the carrier 34 can be a hook. The cable 33 is wound on the winch 32 and extends along the boom 31, and the winch 32 is driven to rotate by an oil hydraulic motor.

As shown in fig. 3, when the lifting member 30 carries an object, the mechanical state thereof is as shown in fig. 1. Wherein F1, F2, F3 and F4 are the normal forces of the ground received by the supporting

members

21, 22, 23 and 24, respectively, W1 is the weight of the mobile crane 100, and W2 is the weight of the object carried by the hoisting member 30. With the support member 21 as the origin of coordinates, the support member 22 is oriented on the x-axis of the coordinate system, the support member 23 is oriented on the y-axis of the coordinate system, the coordinates of the center of gravity of the crane body 10 are (x1, y1, z1), and the coordinates of the object are (x2, y2, z 2). a is the distance between the

support members

21 and 22, and b is the distance between the

support members

21 and 24, so that the coordinates of the support member 22 are (a, 0, 0), the coordinates of the support member 23 are (a, b, 0), and the coordinates of the support member 24 are (0, b, 0).

When the mobile crane 100 remains stationary, the mobile crane 100 achieves force balance as well as moment balance, i.e., the mobile crane 100 does not move nor rotate. However, since the horizontal force of the mobile crane 100 is negligible compared to the vertical force, only the force along the z-axis direction, i.e. the vertical positive force of the ground applied to the weight W1 of the mobile crane 100, the weight W2 of the object, and the four supporting

members

21, 22, 23, 24, is considered. Whereas, in the case where the mobile crane 100 is stationary and not moving, only the force balance in the z-axis direction is considered, the z-axis force balance equation is as follows: f1+ F2+ F3+ F4- (W1+ W2) = 0. (formula 1).

In addition, since the horizontal direction force is not considered, the moment with respect to the z-axis is not considered. In the case of the mobile crane 100 not turning over, the moments about the x-axis and the y-axis are balanced. The equation for the moment about the x-axis is as follows: b (F3+ F4) + y1W1+ y2W2=0 (formula 2), the equation for the moment about the y-axis is as follows: a (F2+ F3) + x1W1+ x2W2=0 (formula 3).

When F3=0 indicates that the support member 23 has left the ground, and therefore the ground does not apply any forward force to the support member 23, and the crane body 10 is already in a swaying state at this time, but no overturning has occurred, under the condition of moment balance, F4 ≠ (y1W1+ y2W2)/-b (equation 4) can be obtained from equation 2, that is, when F4 satisfies equation 4, the crane body 10 does not overturn, and further, when F4> (y1W1+ y2W2)/-b, the crane body 10 does not overturn with the x-axis as the axis, and overturning occurs. Furthermore, from equation 3, F2 ≠ (x1W1+ x2W2)/— a (equation 5), and when F2 satisfies equation 5, the crane body 10 does not flip, and further, when F2> (x1W1+ x2W2)/— a, the crane body 10 does not flip around the y-axis. Similarly, when F4=0, indicating that the support member 24 has left the ground, F3 ≠ (y1W1+ y2W2)/-b (formula 6) can be obtained from formula 2, i.e., when F3 satisfies formula 6, the crane body 10 does not overturn, and further, when F3> (y1W1+ y2W2)/-b, the crane body 10 does not overturn around the x-axis to generate overturn. When F2=0, indicating that the support member 22 has left the ground, F3 ≠ (x1W1+ x2W2)/-a (formula 7) as can be obtained from formula 3, i.e., when F3 satisfies formula 7, the crane body 10 does not overturn. Furthermore, when F3> (x1W1+ x2W2)/-a, the crane body 10 will not turn around the y-axis to cause the overturn.

By means of the calculation of the mechanics principle, the judgment formula of the crane body 10 during overturning can be obtained. Since the weight W1 of the mobile crane 100, the barycentric coordinates (x1, y1, z1) of the mobile crane 100, the distance a between the

support members

21 and 21, and the distance b between the

support members

21 and 24 are predetermined and can be stored in advance, it is possible to determine whether or not the crane body 10 is overturned by using the above equations 1 to 7 by measuring the forward forces F1, F2, F3, and F4 at the

support members

21, 22, 23, and 24 and measuring the weight W2 of the object and the coordinates (x2, y2, z2) of the object.

Please refer to fig. 4 and 5, which illustrate the overturn prevention monitoring device for a mobile crane according to the present invention. The overturn prevention monitoring device 40 of the mobile crane of the present invention includes a plurality of first sensors 41, a second sensor 42, a controller 43 and an alarm 44. The first sensors 41 are respectively disposed on the supporting

members

21, 22, 23, and 24 of the mobile crane 100, measure the pressure applied to the supporting

members

21, 22, 23, and 24, and obtain a plurality of first stress data F1, F2, F3, and F4. The second sensor 42 is disposed on the hoisting member 30 of the mobile crane 100, and measures the weight of the object carried by the hoisting member 30 to obtain a second force data. The controller 43 is connected to the first sensors 41 and the second sensors 42 and receives the first force data F1, F2, F3 and F4 and the second force data. The stress and moment of the mobile crane are calculated according to the first stress data F1, F2, F3 and F4, the second stress data, the weight W1 of the mobile crane and the sizes a and b of the mobile crane, and whether the stress and moment of the mobile crane causes the overturning of the mobile crane is judged according to the formulas 1 to 7. The alarm 44 is connected to the controller 43, and when the controller 43 determines that the mobile crane 100 is overturned, the controller 43 controls the alarm 44 to give an alarm. In the present embodiment, the alarm 44 may be a display or a speaker. The display may show the force values of the

support members

21, 22, 23, 24 and the lifting member 30 and, when overturning is imminent, where to overturn from on the display. In the present embodiment, the first sensor 41 is a hydraulic pressure sensor, and the second sensor 42 is a rope load sensor. The first sensor 41 detects the pressure of the hydraulic cylinder of the lifting rod 26, the second sensor 42 detects the tension of the wire 33 of the lifting member 30, and when the object is pulled by the wire 33, the tension of the wire 33 is equal to the weight W2 of the object according to the force balance, so that the weight W2 of the object can be obtained by measuring the tension of the wire 33.

In addition, the overturn-preventing monitoring device 40 of the mobile crane of the present invention further includes a distance measuring device 45, wherein the distance measuring device 45 measures coordinates (x2, y2, z2) of the object and transmits the coordinates to the controller 43.

When one of the first sensors 41 detects that the first force data is 0, for example, when the first sensor 41 mounted on the support member 23 detects F3=0, it indicates that the support member 23 has moved away from the ground, so that the ground does not apply any positive force to the support member 23. And when the controller 43 calculates, based on the first force data, the second force data, the coordinates of the object and the size of the crane body 10, with respect to an axis (e.g., with respect to the x-axis), the first force data detected by any one of the first sensors 41 (e.g., the first sensor 41 of the support member 24) adjacent to the first sensor 41 (the first sensor 41 of the support member 23) whose first force data is 0 is equal to a threshold value obtained by dividing the sum of the first force data detected by the other first sensors 41 except the first sensor 41 on the axis (x-axis), the second force data detected by the second sensor 42 and the moment of the weight of the crane mobile 100 with respect to the axis (x-axis) by the vertical distance of any one of the first sensors 41 from the axis (the distance b from the support member 24 to the support member 21), the controller 43 determines that the mobile crane 100 overturns with the axis as the rotation center, that is, the aforementioned formula 4 is applied to determine whether the crane body 10 overturns with the x-axis as the axis to cause the overturn. Similarly, when F3=0, the controller 43 determines whether the crane body 10 is turned around the y-axis to cause the overturn according to the above equation 5. In practical applications, the controller 43 may issue an alarm before the calculated stress of the supporting members 21-24 reaches the threshold value, for example, when the controller 43 calculates that the first stress data is higher than 10% of the threshold value and the value of the first stress data is still continuously decreased, the controller 43 controls the alarm 44 to issue an alarm, so that the operator has enough time to operate and correct the hanging distance or adjust the extending length of each supporting member, thereby avoiding the occurrence of an overturning accident.

When the first stress data is detected to be close to the threshold value, the operator can operate the control switches 211, 221, 231 and 241 corresponding to the

support members

21, 22, 23 and 24, wherein each

control switch

211, 221, 231 and 241 is respectively connected with each

support member

21, 22, 23 and 24 and is respectively connected with the first sensor 41 and the oil pressure pump, and the positions of the telescopic rod 25 and the lifting rod 26 of each

support member

21, 22, 23 and 24 are controlled, namely the numerical value of the distance a or b is changed to reduce the numerical value of the threshold value, so as to avoid the overturn accident caused by the stress of each support member being lower than the threshold value. Alternatively, the operator may operate the control switch 321 electrically connected to the winch 32 to retract the object or adjust the tilt angle or the extension distance of the boom 31 to change the coordinate value of the object, thereby preventing the stress on each supporting member from falling below a threshold value.

Please refer to fig. 6, which illustrates an embodiment of the present invention.

In step S1, the forces applied to the

support members

21, 22, 23, 24 are measured to obtain a plurality of first force data F1, F2, F3, F4, and the first sensor 41 is used to measure the forces applied to the

support members

21, 22, 23, 24 to obtain a plurality of first force data F1, F2, F3, F4.

Then, the process proceeds to step S2, in step S2, the force of a lifting member 30 is measured to obtain a second force data, and the second sensor 42 measures the tension of the cable 33, thereby measuring the weight W2 of the object.

Then, the process proceeds to step S3, in step S3, the distance of the carried object is measured by the distance meter 45 and converted into coordinate values (x2, y2, z 2).

Then, the process proceeds to step S4, and in step S4, the force and moment of mobile crane 100 are calculated according to the first force data F1, F2, F3, F4, the second force data, the weight W1 of the mobile crane, the dimensions a, b of the mobile crane, and the coordinate values (x2, y2, z2) of the object, and it is determined whether the force and moment of mobile crane causes the overturning of mobile crane 100. That is, whether the mobile crane 100 overturns is determined according to the above-described equations 1 to 7, as described in detail below.

When one of the first sensors 41 detects that the first force data is 0, for example, when the first sensor 41 mounted on the support member 23 detects F3=0, it indicates that the support member 23 has moved away from the ground, so that the ground does not apply any positive force to the support member 23. And when the controller 30 calculates, based on the first force data, the second force data, the coordinates of the object and the size of the crane body 10, that with respect to an axis (e.g., with respect to the x-axis), the first force data detected by any one of the first sensors 41 (e.g., the first sensor 41 of the support member 24) adjacent to the first sensor 41 (the first sensor 41 of the support member 23) whose first force data is 0 is equal to a threshold value obtained by dividing the sum of the first force data detected by the other first sensors 41 except the first sensor 41 on the axis (x-axis), the second force data detected by the second sensor 42 and the moment of the weight of the crane mobile 100 with respect to the axis (x-axis) by the vertical distance of any one of the first sensors 41 from the axis (the distance b from the support member 24 to the support member 21), the controller 43 determines that the mobile crane 100 overturns with the axis as the rotation center, that is, the aforementioned formula 4 is applied to determine whether the crane body 10 overturns with the x-axis as the axis to cause the overturn. Similarly, when F3=0, the controller 43 determines whether the crane body 10 is turned around the y-axis to cause the overturn according to the above equation 5. In practical applications, the controller 43 may issue an alarm before the calculated stress of the supporting members 21-24 reaches the threshold value, for example, when the controller 43 calculates that the first stress data is higher than 10% of the threshold value and the value of the first stress data is still continuously decreased, the controller 43 controls the alarm 44 to issue an alarm, so that the operator has enough time to operate and correct the hanging distance or adjust the extending length of each supporting member, thereby avoiding the occurrence of an overturning accident.

The utility model discloses a monitoring devices that topples is prevented to portable crane borrows the atress and the second sensor ware of measurationing each supporting member by first sensor ware and measurationing the weight of the object that the hoisting member took advantage of to borrow the basis of whether toppling of the mechanical principle as judgement portable starter by force balance and moment balance. When the stress of one of the supporting members is 0, the situation that one supporting member of the mobile crane cannot contact with the ground to bear the load is indicated, the mobile crane starts to shake, and the mobile crane can overturn as long as the stress of the other supporting member cannot meet the condition of moment balance, so that the judgment rule of whether the mobile crane overturns or not can be used.

By means of the above judging mode, the warning can be sent to the operating personnel and the surrounding constructors when the movable crane is about to overturn, so that the operating personnel of the movable crane can adjust the position of the hung object in time to avoid the overturn of the movable crane.

Claims

1. An apparatus for monitoring overturn of a mobile crane, the mobile crane comprising a plurality of support members and a lifting member, the support members supporting the mobile crane on the ground, the lifting member carrying an object, the apparatus comprising:

the first sensors are respectively arranged on the supporting member of the mobile crane, measure the pressure born by the supporting member and obtain a plurality of first stress data;

the second sensor is arranged on the hoisting member of the mobile crane, measures the weight of the object borne by the hoisting member and the detected weight of the object, and obtains second stress data;

the controller is connected with the first sensor and the second sensor and receives the first stress data and the second stress data, calculates the stress and the moment of the mobile crane according to the first stress data, the second stress data, the weight of the mobile crane and the size of the mobile crane, and judges whether the stress and the moment of the mobile crane cause the overturn of the mobile crane; and

and the controller controls the alarm to give out an alarm when judging that the mobile crane can overturn.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first force data is in a direction opposite to the second force data, and the first force data is in a direction opposite to the direction of gravity.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein when one of the first sensors detects that the first force data is 0, the controller determines that the mobile crane overturns with the axis as the rotation center when the controller calculates that the first force data detected by any one of the first sensors adjacent to the first sensor with the first force data of 0 with respect to an axis is equal to a threshold value obtained by dividing a sum of the first force data detected by the other first sensors except the first sensor on the axis, the second force data, and a moment of the weight of the mobile crane with respect to the axis by a vertical distance between the any one of the first sensors and the axis.

4. The mobile crane anti-overturning monitoring device of claim 3, comprising a distance meter, wherein the distance meter measures coordinates of the object and transmits the coordinates to the controller.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first sensor is a hydraulic pressure sensor and the second sensor is a wire rope load sensor.

6. A mobile lift crane, comprising:

a crane body having tires or tracks;

the supporting components are telescopically arranged on the crane body and support the crane body on the ground;

the hoisting member is rotatably arranged on the crane body and bears an object; and

a mobile crane rollover monitoring apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5.

7. The mobile lift crane of claim 6 wherein the crane components comprise a boom rotatably mounted to the crane body, a winch, a wire rope wound around the winch and extending along the boom, and a carrier member mounted to the winch and detecting the force applied to the wire rope.

8. The mobile lift crane of claim 6 wherein each of said support members includes a hydraulic cylinder, said first sensor measuring pressure of said hydraulic cylinder.