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Hydraulic Brake Package The Two-Step Electro-Hydraulic Brake Package makes converting an Electric Overhead Traveling (EOT) Crane from cab control to radio remote or pendant control easy. The conversion requires changing the operation of the bridge brake from a foot pedal to an electrically operated brake. With the Two-Step Electro-Hydraulic Brake Package, the existing foot pedal system remains in place, and there is no need to re-size or change the existing manual brake system. This eliminates the chance for error in sizing a totally new brake and potential damage to the mechanical structure of the crane during installation of the new brake. Flexibility Two-Step Electro-Hydraulic Brake Packages are designed to be installed in parallel with an existing manually operated, cab-mounted, hydraulic foot brake. Several available configurations allow for use with a variety of crane power sources, such as 110, 220, and 440 VAC, and 250 VDC.
Brake operation can be controlled by any Cattron-Theimeg Portable Remote Control systems, as well as by pendant. The standard brake package offers two (2) adjustable steps of brake application and a brake release function, thus providing the operator with precise control of the crane brakes without unnecessary load sway due to abrupt stopping. A parking brake release function for a Wagner™ HM parking brake is optionally available (PKK) model. An optional three (3) step package is also available by special configuration of the PKK brake model.
Adjustability The Two-Step Electro-Hydraulic Brake Package is adjustable and can be tailored to meet your crane size, load size, and stopping distance requirements. The system includes a long-life hydraulic pump, driven by a continuous duty electric motor. The pump develops the required brake pressure; the pressure is then held in the accumulator storage chamber, where it is ready for application to the brake cylinder upon command. When applied to the brake cylinder, the pressure varies, depending upon which electric valve is actuated and its associated pressure relief setting. Each step of braking is independently adjustable to correspond directly to the operator's stopping rate requirements. The amount of brake application pressure is selected by the portable remote control or pendant operator. Normally, a soft brake is automatically applied when bridge control is brought to neutral.
When faster stops are required, hard brake pressure is selected with a push-button on the portable remote or pendant remote. Safety When properly installed and interfaced with the crane's control circuits, the brake systems will not permit the movement of the crane unless brake pressure is above a minimum level necessary to stop the crane. Any loss of power applies accumulated brake pressure to the brake cylinder.
This provides brake pressure even when the crane power is turned off. Features. Cost Effectiveness: Bypasses the intermediate pneumatic step used on some current braking systems, thus reducing cost and improving reliability without sacrificing safety. Single Panel Mounting: The brake assembly, minus the motor and pump, is mounted on a single panel, in a pre-wired, plumbed, and tested NEMA 12 enclosure. Only three (3) hydraulic connections are required for a complete installation.
An optional NEMA 4 or NEMA 4X (IP66) cabinet is recommended for severe environments (acidic fumes, salt water, etc.) to further guard against damage. Step- Down Transformer: All AC systems operate on 110 volts; therefore, the appropriate step-down transformer is provided as part of the system when requested. Shuttle Valve: All BP 102 and BP202 brake packages work in conjunction with the manual foot brake existing on a crane. The manual system must remain operational; therefore, a hydraulic shuttle valve is included to automatically select either foot pedal operation or radio operation, without interaction between the two. Pressure Gauges: Two pressure gauges are provided to monitor the brake cylinder line and pressure stored. This allows ease of adjustment and a visual indication of the different increments of braking while monitoring the system operation.
The second gauge shows the stored charge in the accumulator, which must be present to stop the crane in case of pump failure. Filter: A spin-on, in-line brake fluid filter is built into this system to catch any small amount of debris which would cause possible valve failures. This filter is easily disconnected and cleaned without disturbing system piping.
It has a service gauge to indicate when the filter should be replaced. Custom Valve Manifold: A specially designed, single block manifold for significantly reducing the amount of pipes, fittings, and hoses, and increasing reliability and ease of maintenance. Portable remote or Pendant Conversion: The BP 102 and BP 202 Electro-Hydraulic Brake Packages can be used for converting an existing EOT to either a portable remote control or pendant control operation. Temperature: All parts used in the Two-Step Electro-Hydraulic Brake Package can withstand temperatures at or below 158ºF (70ºC). Both the valves and the motor have been rated at that temperature for continuous operation. This means that the brake system is operational for cranes used above furnaces and in other high temperature environments where the ambient temperature does not exceed 158ºF (70ºC).
Outdoor operations are good at low temperatures because there is no air compressor and no frozen water that is inherent with electro-pneumatic systems. Pressure Release Valve: This provides an easy method of releasing fluid from the brake panel after transferring from radio to manual operation. It also simplifies maintenance; the valve is electrically operated and normally ties into a remote/manual selector switch. Accumulator: The accumulator is a storage device which will provide a source of pressure should the pump become inoperative.
The pre-charge inlet requires no special tools to apply pressure or to check the pre-charge. It has a special stirred valve (like that on an automobile tire), making a tire pressure gauge all that is required to check the pre-charge pressure. Brake Fluid Compatibility: All components are designed for use with DOT-3 brake fluid, the type suggested by the manufacturers of most existing and new manually-operated foot pedal type brake systems.
Multiple interfaces: The Two-Step Electro-Hydraulic Brake Packages interface directly to a variety of control applications. They can be used on any remote control crane, and with multiple voltages, such as 110, 220 and 440 VAC or 250 VDC.
A user can upgrade an existing crane at any time and can easily interface into any portable remote control or pendant system. Available configurations:. 110 VAC, 2-step brake. 220/440 VAC, 2-step brake.
250 VDC, 2-step brake. 110 VAC, 2-step brake plus parking release. 250 VDC, 2-step brake plus parking release.
From Products Liability Law Daily, September 4, 2013 Jury to determine whether a crane’s “unguarded” remote control was extraordinarily dangerous, even though defect was obvious By Pamela C. Maloney, J.D. Whether the manufacturer’s removal—at the request of the purchaser—of the “push-to-operate” (PTO) bar devices from the radio remote control devices used to operate overhead cranes rendered the remote control extraordinarily dangerous raised a question for the jury, a federal court in Kentucky ruled, even though the court determined that the absence of the PTO bar was open and obvious (, September 3, 2013, McKinley, J.). The court, however, did reject a worker’s failure-to-warn claim because the danger presented by the disabled PTO bar switch was open and obvious to the worker. A worker, Michael Gerhardt, worked as a caster-furnace man and overhead crane operator at an aluminum smelting plant. He was seriously injured while attempting to attach a lifting device to the bottom block assembly when a motion lever on the radio remote control device was inadvertently engaged, causing the crane to move the bottom block assembly toward Mr. Gerhardt and pinning him against a furnace.
The worker and his wife brought a products liability action against Cattron-Theimeg, Inc., the manufacturer of the radio remote control device, alleging the remote control device was defectively designed because it did not include an engaged PTO bar switch and because the lever bar guard offered inadequate protection from inadvertent contact with the motion levers. The worker also alleged that the manufacturer’s warnings were insufficient.
In response, the manufacturer contended that (1) it had manufactured the device in accordance with the design specifications required by the worker’s employer, Alcon Primary Products Corporation; and (2) the lever bar guard was state-of-the-art when sold and there was no evidence of a feasible alternative design. State-of-the-art defense. Before turning to the merits of the worker’s defective design and failure-to-warn claims, the court addressed the manufacturer’s argument that, under Kentucky law, it was not liable for the worker’s injuries because the uncontroverted evidence showed that the employer wanted the PTO bar switches disabled and instructed the manufacturer to that effect in its purchase order. The worker contended that the state of the art defense established in McCabe Powers Body Co.
Sharp, 595 S.W.2d 592 (Ky. 1980) did not apply because it was consistent with contributory negligence which was no longer the law in Kentucky.
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The court rejected this argument, deciding that the decision in McCabe applied only in narrow instances when an alleged product defect has been manufactured at the specific request of the product’s buyer. The court explained that McCabe did not result in a “total defense” for a manufacturer, and that defects that were not requested by a buyer, those that were concealed, and those that were so extraordinarily dangerous that the manufacturer should have declined to produce the product in accordance with the buyer’s plans could still result in imposition of liability upon a manufacturer. Open and obvious danger. The McCabe holding that a manufacturer was not liable for manufacturing a product in accordance with a buyer’s plans applied only when the alleged defect was open and obvious.
Although the worker argued that there was a genuine issue of fact as to whether the defect was open and obvious, the court agreed with the manufacturer that the evidence clearly showed that the worker was aware that the radio remote control device he was using did not have an enabled PTO bar switch. The evidence also showed that the crane operators at the plant had used remote control devices which were equipped with functioning, engaged PTO bar switches, but had improvised ways to disengage the switches. Under the facts presented, there was no material issue as to whether the alleged defect was open and obvious.
Extraordinarily dangerous product. Although the state-of the art defense did apply because the alleged defect—that the crane could move if the motion levers were engaged inadvertently—was open and obvious, the court cautioned that this did not end the inquiry under McCabe. The McCabe decision recognized that that some plans furnished by a buyer could contain design defects “so extraordinarily dangerous” that a product manufacturer should decline to produce the product pursuant to those plans.
The evidence presented by the worker and the manufacturer on this issue raised a question of fact as to whether the manufacturer should have declined to produce the devices without the engaged PTO bar switches. The manufacturer claimed that its device had other built-in safety features that rendered its decision to deactivate the PTO bar switches reasonable and that there was no regulation mandating the inclusion of an engaged PTO bar. The worker countered that the warning in the operating manual stated that using the device without an engaged PTO bar switch could result in damage to equipment, serious injury or death and that this warning could lead a reasonable jury to conclude that the manufacturer knew it was creating a risk of serious injury or death by selling the devices in accordance with the employer’s instructions.
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A jury also could conclude that the new design was extraordinarily dangerous given that the manufacturer initially had provided the employer with devices containing engaged PTO bar switches and warned that such switches were necessary to prevent risk of serious injury or death. Thus, the court denied the manufacturer’s motion for summary judgment on the worker’s strict liability and negligence claims. Warning issues. Having already determined that it was open and obvious to the workers at that plant that the remote control device did not have an activated PTO bar switch, the court rejected the worker’s argument that the warnings in the operation manual were insufficient. The operating manual warned against disabling the PTO bar switch, and the worker argued that because the manufacturer sold the remote control with the PTO bar switch disengaged, the warnings were meaningless. However, the court pointed out that the worker knew that when the motion levers were moved, either intentionally or inadvertently, signals would transmit to the overhead crane, causing it to move.
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The court concluded that this knowledge constituted its own warning and, therefore, that the worker failed to raise a question of fact as to the manufacturer’s failure to warn. Feasible design alternative.
The court also found that the worker introduced sufficient evidence of the existence of a feasible alternative design as required by Kentucky law. The worker argued that the addition of an engaged PTO bar switch along with a lever bar guard, which, according to the worker’s expert, would create state-of-the-art safety, was sufficient to withstand the manufacturer’s motion for summary judgment on this issue.
The case number is:. Attorneys: Christopher L. Rhoads (Rhoads & Rhoads) for Gerhardt.
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