Knuckleboom lifting.

Made simple.
• Load your transports correctly: NO MORE OVERLOAD FINES
• Satisfy safety regulations: NO MORE CALCULATING LOADS
• Ensure longer service: NO OVERLOADS OR BENT JIBS
• Engineered accurate & simple: INSTALL IT YOURSELF

Wireless load pin system engineered for Knuckleboom cranes

• Eliminates the need to calculate each load
– satisfy safety regulations!
• Protect your reputation through safer crane
operations
• The Cranesmart load pin will provide an
accurate load indication in any boom angle or
position
• Weight on the hook is displayed as well as
a totalizing feature. This feature enables the
operator to add each lift ensuring that your
transport vehicle is loaded to correct capacity
• Wireless load pins ship pre-calibrated
ensuring a simple installation, with no
technicians required.
• Engineered for any marine application
• Battery life in the transmitters is a reliable
five years
Cranesmart
• Intrinsically Safe and Class 1, Division 2 Systems is the
Ratings are available for use in hazardous area
operations in the oil patch
industry leader
• Add an angle indicator or anti-2-block in crane safety
functions with a simple phone call
equipment with
• The Cranesmart load pin can replace any
sheave pin or load bearing pin in any lifting over 26,000
application
systems in
• Proven after-the-sale service you can count on
• We welcome custom application inquiries operation globally.

Cranesmart knuckleboom
load pin system

Telephone: 1.888.562.3222 (toll free) or 1.780.437.2986 • Fax: 1.888.562.8215 (toll free) or 1.780.438.9448

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Cranesmart Systems Inc. leads the industry with wireless crane
safety equipment. We are a specialty manufacturer of Cranesmart
Load Pins, load cells, anti-2-block systems, LMI’s (load moment
indicators), wind speed indicators and boom angle indicator systems
for all cranes and other winch line applications. We currently have
over 26,000 systems in use!

Regardless of the type of Our Products

electrical system, lifting
capacity or installation
requirements, we
have the right solution
for your crane safety
needs. Whether you
are retrofitting an older
crane or your entire fleet,
Cranesmart Systems
has the experience and
expertise necessary. In
most cases we can ship
in a day, and you can
install in an hour.
Our products are accepted and trusted throughout the
crane industry. Honesty is our company policy. When
you call us you will be dealing with knowledgeable and
courteous people. It is our collective goal to provide the
best service in the industry. Our quality wireless crane
safety products have been protecting equipment and
people for over ten years. We strive to make the crane
industry safer and more efficient.
Value
Value is built into every Cranesmart product that leaves our manufacturing facility. Consistently
improving our products without passing the expense on to our customers is important to us. The
materials used in the manufacturing of our products are rigorously tested; many are custom designed.
Integrity
Integrity is essential when choosing a company to supply your crane safety equipment. Cranesmart
Systems provides industry proven products, not promises. Our Cranesmart systems have approvals
from over thirty legislative bodies. Your service needs will be looked after immediately and courteously,
usually with a single phone call.
For more information on all Cranesmart Products including the industries first Load Pin please visit
our web site at www.cranesmart.com.

Telephone: 1.888.562.3222 (toll free) or 1.780.437.2986 • Fax: 1.888.562.8215 (toll free) or 1.780.438.9448

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Cranesmart’s Wireless Technology

Means More Reliable Load Calculations
for Knuckleboom Crane Operators
R
elying on pressure trans-
ducers in the hydraulic
system of a knuckleboom
crane to accurately cal-
culate the load on the hook is a
thing of the past for operators. The
new wireless load pin system from
Cranesmart Systems Inc. virtually
eliminates the risk of inaccuracy
due to temperature and pressure
variances in hydraulic systems and Infinitely repeatable wireless load pin ensures safer operations with accurate load readings at
pressure transducer devices. the tip of the knuckleboom crane.
Cranesmart Systems is a special-
ty manufacturer of load pins, load cells, anti- easily on an existing knuckleboom crane in of hydraulic leaks within the crane’s system
2-block systems, LMIs, wind speed indica- the field. “It takes about an hour to install, – all which affect accuracy and reliability,
tors and boom angle indicator systems for and is repeatable for years”, says Crane. “It states Crane. “For added convenience and
all types of mobile cranes. The new wireless is infinitely repeatable because there are no simplicity, Cranesmart knucklepin systems
knuckleboom load pin system was intro- moving parts.” do not require calibration, either.”
duced late last year in answer to customer The load pin is installed at the shackle The system provides an accurate load in-
demand for simple-to-install operator aids point on the boom tip, and the display panel dication in any boom angle or position, and,
for this style of lifting. is mounted with screws in a convenient lo- according to product literature, it enhances
cation at the operators’ control. The load crane operations by eliminating the need to
“The knuckleboom crane pin transmits data to the display panel via calculate each load. The weight on the hook
repeatable strain gauges which are more ac- is displayed along with a totalizing feature,
industry needed this curate, says Crane, because the operator is which enables the operator to see the total
new technology to make “measuring the lift at the load as opposed to weight of multiple lifts in succession. This
a hydraulic cylinder measuring the weight feature ensures transport vehicles are loaded
their cranes safer and of some or all of the boom” in addition to to correct capacity with the added benefit of
easier to use.” the load. eliminating overload fines.
Designed and engineered to replace the The system is engineered for marine ap-
“Constant feedback from crane owners all pin in the C-shackle, the wireless load pin plications as well as land crane use, and in
over the world has confirmed wireless prod- requires no additional hardware or attach- oilfield work. Cranesmart systems are also
ucts have become the main choice of people ments that might interfere with normal approved for use in hazardous area opera-
in the industry,” says Jeff Crane, Vice Presi- operation. The pin replaces a component al- tions. Battery life in the transmitter is war-
dent, Sales & Marketing for the Edmonton, ready on the boom tip. “No hydraulic hoses, ranted for five years. An angle indicator,
Alberta, company. “The knuckleboom crane no cables are involved; it’s completely wire- anti-2-block function, or LMI features can
industry needed this new technology to less and all solid-state,” says Crane. Plus, the be added to the system’s capabilities at the
make their cranes safer and easier to lift to display panel is mounted easily at the opera- time of order, or retrofitted later with a
capacity, as well as many other benefits.” An tors’ control. simple telephone call. This load pin system
accurate and reliable load monitoring sys- The load pins are more accurate, he says, can replace any sheave pin or load bearing
tem aids in ensuring the lifting process with because the system is “measuring the actual pin in many other applications, according to
a knuckleboom crane is much safer on every load below the hook as opposed to hydraulic product literature.
lift, he adds. pressure transducers, which in turn calcu- Cranesmart’s new load pin system was
The new wireless system consists of a late hydraulic pressures, into load readings.” in the prototype stage this winter, and its
load pin, transmitter, display panel and an- Hydraulic systems which use these pressure release was expected this spring, according
tenna. This simple system was designed to transducers can be susceptible to tempera- to Crane. z
be installed at the OEM level or retrofitted ture and expansion issues, as well as the risk www.cranesmart.com

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