Stackable supports and storage and transport systems for heavy objects

Abstract

The invention relates to a stackable support device for heavy objects handled by a lifting system, which has at least one substantially horizontally extending support for the heavy object and at least two laterally mounted facing one another. A substantially vertically extending side wall on the support. The side walls have a support surface on the upper side and a receiving surface corresponding to the support surface on the lower side to ensure the stackability of the support device, and the side walls are equipped on the outside with receptacles for the support arms of the lifting system. Furthermore, the side walls have centering bevels at least on the upper side in order to ensure simple and precise stacking of the stacks with self-centering effects.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a stackable support device for heavy objects / loads handled by a lifting system and to a system for storing and transporting heavy objects with such a stackable support device. Background technique [0002] Stackable support devices are used in order not only to transport heavy objects with the lifting system, but also, in particular, to store heavy objects in a space-saving manner by stacking a plurality of such support devices one above the other. This is done by means of supporting arms of the lifting system, which are fastened, for example, to a weight beam which itself can be moved horizontally and vertically by a commercially available crane. Such a support arm can grasp and ultimately lift and move the stackable support device horizontally and vertically. [0003] A stackable support device of the type described comprises at least one substantially horizontally extending support element and at least two substantially ver...

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[0007] However, it is precisely in the case of frequent restacking that small errors can occur when lowering the support device, these errors are definitely still within the predetermined tolerances / permissible errors of the movement of the lifting system, but gradually intensify and lead to stacking Offset (amount) of stacked supports outside this tolerance

This offset (quantity) may cause operational failure

On the contrary, the following exceptions—that is, manufacturing tolerances of stackable support devices in a stack of several support devices cause a certain, not serious tilt of the entire stack—are the normal situation, so that the In terms of the control of the lifting system, it is difficult to impossible to place an additional support on an already tilted stack since, depending on the position of the tilt, the uppermost support of the stack may lie outside the kinematic tolerances of the lifting system

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