Abstract: A large manipulator includes a boom arm with a turntable and a plurality of boom segments, which are configured to be pivoted at respective articulation joints with respect to an adjacent boom segment or the turntable. The boom arm further includes at least one inertial sensor configured to measure inclination and/or acceleration of at least one of the plurality of boom segments.

Abstract: A large manipulator includes a chassis, at least two front support arms, and at least two rear support arms. The support arms are coupled to corresponding extendable support legs that are each coupled to the chassis and that are each configured to be extended between a travel position and a support position. The large manipulator further includes a mast arm with a turntable coupled to the chassis. An operating range of the mast arm is dependent upon the support positions of the extendable support arms. The large manipulator further includes a computer with a monitor and a program-controlled positioning aid. The positioning aid is configured to generate a graphical representation of surrounding image data on the monitor. The operating range of the mast arm is visualized in the graphical representation.

Abstract: An articulated boom includes a plurality of boom segments connected together via articulated joints. At least one of the boom segments includes a welded structure providing a box profile in which an upper flange and a lower flange are connected together by lateral web plates. At least one of the web plates, the upper flange, and the lower flange includes at least one reinforcing distortion.

Abstract: A device for conveying thick matter including a thick matter pump; a feed line which leads away from the pump; a boom which receives the feed line and which includes at least one boom arm and which is arranged on a swivel bogie, wherein the swivel bogie is rotatable for angular orientation of the boom through a drive, in particular a hydraulic motor with a transmission arranged thereon, and a measuring device which includes rotation angle sensors for measuring the rotation angle of the swivel bogie, wherein the rotation angle of the swivel bogie is measured through direct measurement of a rotation angle of the drive or of the transmission arranged between the motor and swivel bogie.

Abstract: A large manipulator includes a chassis, at least two front support arms, and at least two rear support arms. The support arms are coupled to corresponding extendable support legs that are each coupled to the chassis and that are each configured to be extended between a travel position and a support position. The large manipulator further includes a mast arm with a turntable coupled to the chassis. An operating range of the mast arm is dependent upon the support positions of the extendable support arms. The large manipulator further includes a computer with a monitor and a program-controlled positioning aid. The positioning aid is configured to generate a graphical representation of surrounding image data on the monitor. The operating range of the mast arm is visualized in the graphical representation.

Abstract: A switch-over apparatus for a thick-matter pump includes a housing that forms a pre-fill vessel, which has first and second inlet/outlet openings and an outlet opening positioned on opposite sides of the housing. The apparatus further includes a pivot body positioned within the housing and that forms a duct. The duct includes a duct inlet configured to pivot between the first and second inlet/outlet openings and includes a duct outlet configured to align with outlet opening. The pivot body forms at least one seal chamber adjacent the duct inlet or duct outlet. The apparatus further includes an elastic seal positioned within the seal chamber and includes a support strip positioned within the seal chamber between the elastic seal and the pivot body. The seal strip forms first and second oblique-cut ends.

Abstract: A boom construction for truck-mounted concrete pumps has at least a first boom arm and a second boom arm that are articulatedly jointed to each other and that are rotatable relatively to each other about an axis. A drive pivots the boom arms. A piston-cylinder arrangement and a gear transform piston reciprocating movement into rotary movement for boom arm pivoting, said arrangement having first and second pistons that form part of the gear and that interact with outer rings of the gear.

Abstract: A device for conveying thick matter, in particular concrete, including a thick matter pump; a feed line which leads away from the pump; a boom which receives the feed line and which includes at least one boom arm and which is arranged on a swivel bogie that is preferably provided with a swivel ring, wherein the swivel bogie is rotatable for angular orientation of the boom through a drive, in particular a hydraulic motor with a transmission arranged thereon, wherein the swivel bogie is preferably rotatable through a transmission sprocket acting on the swivel ring of the swivel bogie; and a measuring device which includes rotation angle sensors for measuring the rotation angle of the swivel bogie, wherein the rotation angle of the swivel bogie is measured through direct measurement of a rotation angle of the drive or of the transmission arranged between the motor and swivel bogie.

Abstract: Articulated mast, in particular for concrete delivery installations, comprising at least two mast sections connected to one another by means of a swivel joint and having a straight longitudinal extent, wherein one mast section can be swiveled about a swivel joint axis with respect to the adjacent mast section, such that the articulated mast can be shifted from a folded transport position into a swung-out working position and wherein at least one swivel joint of the articulated mast has an inclined swivel joint axis.

Abstract: In a multi cylinder thick materials pump for feeding concrete in particular, whose at least two feeding cylinders feed the thick material from a pre filling container into a feed line, and a shift valve for alternatively connecting the feeding cylinders, having a feed line associated with it, comprising at least two rotationally movable valve bodies, each comprising a straight transfer section between each one of the feeding cylinders and the feed line, connected downstream of the feeding cylinders to a collector tube, the shift valve including at least one, but preferably two rotationally movable rotating slides each of them comprising a straight transfer section for connecting the feeding cylinder respectively associated with it to the feed line, and at least one section blocking the connection. Also a process for operating of this thick materials pump for continuous feeding is described.

Abstract: In a two-cylinder slurry pump for the continuous feeding of, in particular, concrete, in which pump two feed cylinders remove the high-viscosity material from a pre-charging tank and deliver it to a feed line, a diverter valve is provided with a cross-section that narrows from an inlet opening assigned to the cylinders to a discharge opening assigned to the feed line, which diverter valve connects, in any position, at least one feed cylinder, over its entire cross-section, to the feed line, a support arrangement (20) and a plate cam (15) securely connected thereto being assigned in accordance with the invention to the diverter valve (11) on its side facing towards the cylinders (3, 5). The plate cam (15) comprises not only the inlet opening (21) of the diverter valve (11) but also an intake opening (23), which is arranged at sufficient distance from the inlet opening (21) to cover an opening of one of the feed cylinders (3, 5) completely.

Abstract: In a hydraulic cylinder for a multiple-part mast superstructure comprising at least two mast arms which are connected in an articulated manner and of which one can be pivoted with respect to the other mast arm by the hydraulic cylinder, it is proposed that the base region of the cylinder container is of curved configuration, which cylinder container is closed in the base region on one side in order to accommodate a piston. In this way, the force flux is improved in the walls of the hydraulic cylinder, with the result that manufacturing which uses less material and is correspondingly less expensive is possible, with a simultaneously reduced overall weight. The hydraulic cylinder in accordance with the invention is suitable, in particular, for use with concrete pumps, cranes, lifting platforms and the like or general apparatuses having mast superstructures, in which hydraulic cylinders are used for pivoting.

Abstract: Articulated mast, in particular for concrete delivery installations, comprising at least two mast sections connected to one another by means of a swivel joint and having a straight longitudinal extent, wherein one mast section can be swiveled about a swivel joint axis with respect to the adjacent mast section, such that the articulated mast can be shifted from a folded transport position into a swung-out working position and wherein at least one swivel joint of the articulated mast has an inclined swivel joint axis.

Abstract: Pipeline coupling (6) for connecting individual pipeline sections (51, 52), and pipeline system, wherein individual pipeline sections (51, 52) are clamped together at their end faces by pipe-clamp-like split couplings, and a sealing ring (10) is arranged inside the split coupling part (8), said sealing ring (10) having at least one pressure chamber (12) and at least two spaced-apart sealing surfaces (11) which, under the delivery pressure of the medium to be delivered, bear in a sealing manner against the outer circumference of the respective pipeline sections (51, 52), and wherein the sealing ring (10) furthermore has an encircling distance web (13) which points radially inwards and extends between the end faces of the clamped pipeline sections (51, 52), wherein at least one connecting passage which is permanently effective under delivery pressure is provided in the pipeline coupling (6) between the interior of the pipeline system and the pressure chamber (12) in the sealing ring (10), preferably by recesses

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a drive device for a dual-cylinder slurry pump and to a drive device for a dual-cylinder slurry pump, comprising two drive cylinders that are actuated by means of a fluid (1, 2), said cylinders alternately charging a common delivery line with slurry, in particular concrete, via a pipe switch (RW), in particular indirectly by means of driven delivery cylinders (FR, FL). According to the invention, the pipe switch is likewise actuated by means of a fluid using an actuator cylinder (SZ) and as early as the final displacement of the piston of each drive cylinder in its stroke, prior to said piston reaching its final position, at least part of the fluid stream that is provided to actuate the drive cylinder is used to actuate the actuator cylinder.

Abstract: A large-size manipulator comprises a boom made up of several segments and arranged on a vehicle frame. The boom is foldable and has a slewing track ring rotated about a vertical axis of rotation. The boom segments can be swiveled with respect to each other and with respect to the slewing track ring. A distant steering system includes a steering organ to operate the driving units and to set a desired position of the driving units and/or the boom segments and the slewing track ring. A control system includes a monitoring unit to ascertain a parameter that describes a disturbance condition of at least one boom segment. A determination unit determines the load that acts on a driving unit in opposition to the position set by the steering organ. The control system assures that the driving unit is controlled to minimize the deviation from the set position of the boom segments. Vibration of the boom segments will therefore be damped.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device with at least one extension arm or support arm for multi-linked crane shaped extension arms, concrete spreader columns and similar, comprising at least one hydraulic differential cylinder for actuating a support arm. The cylinder comprises a hollow piston rod which has a tubular segment and two end pieces arranged on the ends of said segment, whereby at least one of the end pieces is welded on to the segment thereof. The welded joint is machined and the root of the weld is eliminated. At least one of the end pieces comprises a through opening which enables tool access in order to machine the hollow cavity of the hollow piston rod.

Abstract: A distribution device for dense substances, especially concrete, with a distribution boom carrying a concrete-conveyance conduit, with at least one telescopic boom section (4) consisting of a first telescopic component and a second telescope component (6) that can be extended with respect to this first component, as well as at least one reinforcement beam that is arranged on one of the telescope components and carries a section of the concrete-conveyance conduit, wherein a section of the concrete-conveyance conduit in the region of the telescopic boom sections consists of a flexible hose with a compensation loop to accommodate the extension movement of the telescopic motion or of at least one scissor-type conduit assembly made up of swivel elements connected to each other in such a manner than the swivel elements in the two terminal positions of the telescopic boom section are substantially arranged in a crossover position and, together with the articulated joints that interconnect them, move past each other

Abstract: In a vehicle with a superstructure having at least one swiveling mast on a slewing gear and a frame support with the aid of front and back movable telescopes disposed on each side of the long sides of the vehicle, their stationary telescopes being disposed at least partly in an arc tangentially to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and extending in each case from one of the long sides of the vehicle profile inward substantially as far as the middle of the vehicle and then on to the same long side of the vehicle profile, it is provided according to the invention that the stationary telescopes of the front and back movable telescopes of each long side of the vehicle are realized with a common carrier and disposed one behind the other such that the movable telescopes emerge from the associated ends of the carriers.

Abstract: In a distribution device intended in particular for concrete distribution, a scissor-like assembly of conveying-conduit elements is provided to ensure lengthwise adjustment of the concrete-conveying conduit to a telescopic distribution-boom section which supports the concrete-conveying conduit. The scissor assembly is designed such that the articulation points of the conveying-conduit elements move past each other while the telescope is being extended or retracted from one end position to the other, and alternately assume transposed positions when the telescope is fully retracted or fully extended. The conveying-conduit elements will always assume an extended position, either against the direction of concrete conveyance or in the direction of concrete conveyance, when the telescope is either fully retracted or fully extended.