Project Description
Cone of Safety around Crane Hook ArcelorMittal is the
world’s leading steel and mining company with presence in 60
countries and has an industrial footprint in 19 countries.
ArcelorMittal is guided by a philosophy to produce safe and
sustainable steel. ArcelorMittal prides itself in providing a safe
work environment for its employees. To further their commitment to
safety, ArcelorMittal is proud to be a sponsor of a Capstone Project
at Michigan State University.
ArcelorMittal’s commitment to advancing safety throughout their East Chicago, Indiana facility can be, in part, accomplished by implementing a cone of safety on remote control overhead cranes. Overhead cranes carry steel coil loads back and forth throughout the Finishing Department. The project description includes invoking a system that will create a cone around the steel coils that will sound an alarm if the crane operator enters the cone. The system will turn on at a predetermined height and the radius of the cone will change as the crane moves up and down.
The designed system will consist of two major components. One component is a sensing system to know when an operator breaches the cone. The height of the load will be sensed by a proximity sensor and activate a thermal sensor of a programmed radius that changes when the height changes. The second component is an alarm system that will sound an alarm and record alarm data when an operator is sensed by the thermal sensor’s cone. The recorded alarm data will allow ArcelorMittal to effectively create procedures to better protect crane operators.
. ArcelorMittal’s commitment to advancing safety throughout their East Chicago, Indiana facility can be, in part, accomplished by implementing a cone of safety on remote control overhead cranes. Overhead cranes carry steel coil loads back and forth throughout the Finishing Department. The project description includes invoking a system that will create a cone around the steel coils that will sound an alarm if the crane operator enters the cone. The system will turn on at a predetermined height and the radius of the cone will change as the crane moves up and down.
The designed system will consist of two major components. One component is a sensing system to know when an operator breaches the cone. The height of the load will be sensed by a proximity sensor and activate a thermal sensor of a programmed radius that changes when the height changes. The second component is an alarm system that will sound an alarm and record alarm data when an operator is sensed by the thermal sensor’s cone. The recorded alarm data will allow ArcelorMittal to effectively create procedures to better protect crane operators.