Kimmo Hytönen established Innocrane in 1992, fresh out of university, where he had undertaken scientific research into the dynamic control of mechanical systems and obtained various patents for algorithms that proved key to reducing and preventing load sway.
Over the next 10 years Innocrane sold more than 500 licences for its ICRAS a control system, which prevents load sway by optimising acceleration and deceleration.
In 2002, KCI Konecranes bought a licence to use the ICRAS algorithm in its own anti-sway systems – a significant vote of confidence for the Innocrane product – and paving the way for it to become a standard product on all industrial cranes. In the same year Street Crane also came on board with the technology and became exclusive UK supplier of the ICRAS system.
