The invention relates to a crane
system for handling a load (3, 4) and a method for controlling a load (3, 4) during a lifting operation. The method is used to control the orientation of the load (3, 4) during a lifting operation using a speed control method. A
capstan (5)
control system controls a
capstan (5) arrangement, where the
capstan (5) arrangement is arranged relative to the crane
system. The method comprises the steps of: placing a load (3, 4) at a first load (3, 4) position and attaching a first
tail cord (8) and a second
tail cord (8, L2) to a first attachment point and a second attachment point on the load (3, 4); determining a predicted virtual axis of the position of the next load (3, 4) relative to the previous virtual axis; moving the load (3, 4) to the next load (3, 4) position relative to the predicted virtual axis while controlling each of the first and second winches (9) such that each of the first and second
tail rope lengths (8) is individually adjusted relative to the predicted virtual axis; at the next load (3, 4) position, acquiring at least one piece of first tail
line length (LI) information from the first measuring device and at least one piece of second tail
line length (8) information from the second measuring device; analyzing the first tail
rope length information and the second tail
rope length (8) information relative to each other to determine an offset value for each of the first tail rope length and the second tail rope length (8), and comparing the offset values to a predicted virtual axis related to the
current load (3, 4) position; an offset correction is calculated for the first tail
line length and the second tail line length (8) compared to each offset value based on the predicted virtual axis. When the load (3, 4) moves towards another load (3, 4) position having another predicted virtual axis, the length of each respective tail rope (8) is adjusted relative to the predicted virtual axis such that the load (3, 4) is moved by pre-controlling the length of each respective tail rope (8).