No-Sway swiftly intervenes to halt motion and realign itself correctly.

Using input shaping technology, No-Sway adjusts movement profiles to nearly eradicate load sway. Load sway can decrease efficiency and pose risks for operators. No-Sway is the ideal answer for indoor cranes where natural load sway is more significant than external disturbances like wind.

Conventional crane control systems often implement trapezoidal movements, which can lead to excessive sway. This natural sway can affect quality, create safety concerns, and prolong cycle times. The No-Sway system effectively tackles all these issues with proven technology that can be easily integrated, even into existing systems.

Adjusting the speed profile with S-Curve can mitigate sway for specific speeds and distances, but to eliminate sway across all speed, acceleration, and movement length combinations, input shaping combined with a mathematical approach known as convolution must be applied. O’Brien|Source utilizes the No-Sway solution under a license from a research company based in Massachusetts, which developed and refined this patented technology from work initially done at MIT.

No-Sway is compatible with any standard Siemens or Allen-Bradley PLC. Point-to-point movements utilize Trumotion, our proprietary closed-loop positioning system, which is designed to integrate effortlessly with both Siemens and Allen-Bradley products. The advantages of No-Sway include:

  • Enhanced Safety 
  • High-Precision Movement 
  • Boosted Productivity 
  • Closed-Loop Control 
  • Standard Off-The-Shelf Equipment 
  • Simple Integration with Existing Technology 
  • Operational in Both Manual and Fully Automated Modes