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Retractable Roofs: Traveling Crane Technologies in Sports (Room 209 C)

29 Jun 21
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Cranes: OHC Safe & Reliable Handling

Retractable roofs and other kinetic sports architecture features have heritage in, and further advance, the hoist and drive technology developed by the overhead traveling crane and material handling industries. This case study describes how AIST TR-06 has contributed to the design of the custom mechanization within these applications, as well as how innovative technologies – including alternative drive arrangements, tolerance-accommodating structural releases, custom independent suspension systems, and more sophisticated controls systems – have enabled the reliable motion of increasingly complex systems, including some of the largest moving structures in the world