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What is Remote Crane Management System (RCMS)
The Crane Management System (CMS) monitors physical and operating conditions of the crane on a real-time basis. The parameters are logged, so that trends can be established, and the performance of equipment and crane operator can be analyzed.
One possible inconvenience with CMS is that it is a stand-alone application that runs on a particular crane. Often times when there is a fault detected on the crane, the operator will have to contact the maintenance engineer who will then make his way to the crane and logs on to the CMS to check on the fault. A lot of time could be spent on getting up the crane, troubleshooting and picking the correct spares from the workshop if required.
A much better way to control and monitor several cranes at one go is to have a central location whereby all the CMSs from all the cranes are linked back to the maintenance office via Wireless LAN. And this is commonly termed “Remote CMS” or RCMS. The maintenance engineer can through his workstation PC view status of all the cranes, on a real-time basis. Once a fault is detected, he is informed immediately and will then log on into the CMS via Wireless LAN, does the troubleshooting and prepares the parts for repair. This saves considerable time and labour, hence increases the productivity of the maintenance engineer.
Key Features of RCMS
- Fault Diagnostics
- On-Line Operation Data
- Drive Online Monitoring
- PLC Status
- Crane Utilization History
- Maintenance History
- Trending
- Crane Elementary Drawing
- PLC Programming
- Drive Programming
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