The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a crane with a traversable undercarriage, an uppercarriage rotatably mounted on the same with luffing main boom and derrick boom arranged thereon, wherein an auxiliary crane with telescopic boom as derrick ballast is connected with the crane and via the telescopic boom of the auxiliary crane the derrick ballast radius is adjusted. According to the present disclosure, a suspended ballast is lifted in addition to the auxiliary crane provided as derrick ballast for erecting the main boom, wherein first the auxiliary crane is lifted, before the suspended ballast is lifted, when necessary. The present disclosure also relates to a crane for carrying out the method.
Method for operating a crane and crane
2018-11-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B66C Krane , CRANES |