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Monitoring Tilt of Elevated Loads Using MEMS Accelerometers

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A problem of monitoring extreme values of tilt of a load being elevated by means of a hoist machine (e.g. crane) is addressed. The tilt is measured by means of MEMS accelerometer. Even though such measurement can be performed only under static or quasi-static conditions, in the considered case, having a dynamic nature, it is still possible to realize it, since only the extreme values of the tilt are being monitored. Due to the fact that the tilt takes place within an arbitrary vertical plane, it is expressed as axial tilt, instead of its typical components: pitch and roll. So far, the tilt has been determined with accuracy of ca. 5° using the proposed methods.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the graduate of the Faculty of Mechatronics, Warsaw University of Technology (specialization: Micromechanics), Mr. Kamil Kalicki, for realization of relevant preliminary experimental works within his master thesis, including construction of the test rig presented in the paper.

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    Sergiusz Łuczak & Maciej Zams

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  1. Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Metrology and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Mechatronics, Warsaw, Poland

    Roman Szewczyk

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    Jiří Krejsa

  3. Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Metrology and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Mechatronics, Warsaw, Poland

    Michał Nowicki

  4. Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Metrology and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Mechatronics, Warsaw, Poland

    Anna Ostaszewska-Liżewska

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Łuczak, S., Zams, M. (2020). Monitoring Tilt of Elevated Loads Using MEMS Accelerometers. In: Szewczyk, R., Krejsa, J., Nowicki, M., Ostaszewska-Liżewska, A. (eds) Mechatronics 2019: Recent Advances Towards Industry 4.0. MECHATRONICS 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1044. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29993-4_34

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