Jib crane tension monitoring - Infrastructure

Tension load link
19 March 2026
Interface Force

Customer challenge

Jib cranes are used to move or carry heavy loads, as it is attached to a vertical mast or strong support structure. A tension monitoring system is needed to ensure the loads being lifted do not go over the jib crane’s capacity.

Interface’s WTSATL-JR Aluminium Compact Wireless Tension Load Link can be attached to the cable of the jib crane. When a heavy load is place at the end of the jib crane, the force results are wirelessly transmitted to the WTS-BS-1-HS Wireless Handheld Display for Single Transmitters or displayed on the customer’s PC through the WTS-BS-6 Wireless Telemetry Dongle Base Station.

The customer was able to monitor the cable tension forces of the jib crane to ensure it did not reach its maximum capacity.

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Results

The customer was able to monitor the cable tension forces of the jib crane to ensure it did not reach its maximum capacity.

Materials

  • WTSATL-JR Aluminum Compact Wireless Tension Load Link
  • WTS-BS-1-HS Wireless Handheld Display for Single Transmitters
  • WTS-BS-6 Wireless Telemetry Dongle Base Station
  • Supplied Log100 software
  • Jib Crane
  • Customer PC

Jib crane tension monitoring – how it works

  • The WTSATL-JR Aluminium Compact Wireless Tension Load Link is installed into the cable of the jib crane.
  • A heavy load is added, and the force measurements are monitored ensuring the crane does not max out its capacity and break.
  • The force results are wirelessly transmitted to WTS-BS-1-HS Wireless Handheld Display for single transmitters, or to the customer’s PC through the WTS-BS-6 Wireless Telemetry Dongle Base Station with supplied Log100 software. Data can be displayed, graphed, and logged.

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