LASSTEC 1st year success

Today, more than 30 systems have been delivered for use on straddle carriers, rubber-tyred and rail mounted gantry cranes (RTGs/RMGs), as well as ship-to-shore cranes and front loaders.

Although most of the installations have related to container weighing, several have been for snag load detection or simply to enable an operator to visualise the stability of the mobile vehicle.

Capable of being installed in existing or new spreaders where electricity is present, and, at the time, believed to be the first technology of its kind, the system measures the load directly on the twistlock into which a specially designed load sensor is inserted to measure the twistlock elongation when under load.