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Software has become a vital tool in detailed crane-job planning. Michael Kölsch, founder and CEO of craniMAX, tells Sotiris Kanaris about the advantages that software can bring to the industry.
Lift planning software developer craniMAX was founded by its current CEO Michael Kölsch in 2002. A mechanical engineer, Kölsch started working with AutoCAD in 1985, and launched a 3D construction design company called 3D-Team in 1994. Having identified the demand for detailed crane-job planning, he decided to create craniMAX.
According to Kölsch, craniMAX deals with nearly all the large global crane manufacturers.
"When a crane manufacturer is planning a new model or is improving an existing one, we communicate with them to get the dimensions, duty charts for all available combinations - thousands of them - and clear specifications," says Kölsch.
He says it is a win-win situation for both parties, as they have common customers whom they want to satisfy.
The software consists of two modules, Crane Manager basic and Crane Manager designer 3D.
The Crane Manager basic software is for verifying load charts and degrees of freedom, and calculating outrigger loadings and/ or ground pressures depending on the chosen crane, load,...