Design of a Load Moment Indicator (LMI) System for Cranes | Global Technologies

Review of Different LMI Systems Used in the Crane Industry

The assignment should be your own work and written in your own words. It will be checked for similarity using Turnitin. Any plagiarism or copying from others will be dealt with through the university’s plagiarism procedures.

Your assignment must be submitted electronically via BlackBoard (Assignments tab) by the submission time and date. The report should be contained in a Word document, or PDF No other means of submission will be accepted. The software code will be submitted independently.

Any assignment submitted late, but within 5 working days of the deadline, will be given a maximum mark of 50%. Assignments submitted more than 5 working days after the deadline will not be marked, and a mark of 0% will be recorded.

Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of sensors and transducers typically encountered in engineering applications

Understand critically the practical aspects of sensor use and type

Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of the principles of instrumentation and measurement systems

Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding in the devise of an appropriate and effective strategy for processing data; virtual instrumentation and virtual simulation

‘Global-Technologies’, is a system engineering company that develops measurement systems for different industries to support a wide range of applications.

Provide a detailed, professional report for your director that contains the following:

1- A review of different LMI systems used in cranes industry including their main elements.
2- A design of a typical LMI system that incorporates the measurement of crane parameters including boom length, boom angle, load, outriggers position, and temperature. The system design should include DAQ/ microcontroller and any other required elements for a typical LMI system.
3- A measurement software program (LabVIEW/ C++) that can be used to provide the following parameters, log the measurement data, and give warning alarms when limits of the following parameters are exceeded.

? Boom length
? Outriggers position
? Load
? Driver cabinet temperature

4- Experimental results and critical analysis that evaluate two sensors of the LMI system using the NI DAQ/ Microcontroller and NI LabVIEW/ C++ software.
5- An evaluation of signal conditioning elements that are required to measure the load using strain gauges.
6- Proposal for the next phases of development to include the following:
A. Using of a low-cost controller instead of the current one
B. Other methods of data transmissions; wireless or wired data transmission, and use of the Internet of Things

A review of different LMI systems used in cranes including their mainelements. 20%
2 A design of a typical LMI system that incorporates the measurement
of crane parameters including boom length, boom angle, load, outriggers position, and temperature of the driver cabinet. The system design should include DAQ/ controller and any other required elements for a typical LMI system.

10% 3 A measurement software program (LabVIEW/ C++) that can be used to provide the following parameters, log the measurement data, and give warning alarms when limits of the following parameters are exceeded; boom length, outriggers position, temperature and load

20% 4 Experimental results and critical analysis that evaluate two sensors of the LMI system using the NI DAQ/ Microcontroller and NI LabVIEW/ C++ software.
10% 5 An evaluation of signal conditioning elements that are required to measure the load using strain gauges.
10% 6 - A Proposal for the next phases of development to include the use of a low-cost controller instead of the current one.