Meet the Vita Load Navigator, this video provides a brief overview of the benefits and functions of the Vita Load Navigator Vita Industrial's flagship product.
Curious about how a crane is built? Watch how Creative Lifting Services, a construction company in Boulder, Colorado, utilizes a Vita Load Navigator to precisely place jibs, counterweights, and more.
Watch the Vita Load Navigator in action on a construction site in Nashville. It is used to precisely place a load with heading control up to 1 degree.
This informational video highlights the dangers construction workers face in high wind conditions, and how a load stabilization system can prevent injury on the jobsite.
We tested the Vita Load Navigator against conventional taglines. The outdated method of using a rope to guide the load in place isn't efficient or safe for modern-day crane workers. Vita Industrial’s solution was to build the Vita Load Navigator — an autonomous system that stabilizes loads despite wind or crane movement.
Vita Industrial’s mission is to develop innovative load stabilization technology and IoT tools for cranes and heavy lifts to prevent industrial injuries and make lifting operations more efficient, making a positive impact on workers, families, who are touched by its systems.
Vita Industrial redefines what’s possible for crane safety, efficiency, and costs. Based in Broomfield, Colorado, Vita Industrial is a division of Vita Inclinata Technologies, Inc. Vita Inclinata has additional offices in the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Washington, D.C., and Silicon Valley, California.
Vita Industrial designs and manufactures load stabilization devices that utilize a system of powerful air thrusters and proprietary special awareness sensors that enable “precision load positioning.” This eliminates the need for taglines, as it stops loads from spinning, automatically repositions loads in controlled increments, and can be manually controlled via remote down to 1° increments.
Beyond providing load stabilization products, Vita Industrial is also participating in the industrial modernization of the lifting industry by offering construction training programs to crane operators. In October 2022, Vita Industrial announced a Strategic Business Combination with leading vocational training provider NIT Alaska, which furthers its mission of becoming a leading provider of technology, servicing, and training for the lifting industry. Vita also recently created the Vita Industrial Training Academy (V.I.T.A.), providing the construction industry with a new and valuable resource for tackling the U.S. shortage of skilled construction workforce.
As the crane industry continues to grow and put new technologies to use, Vita Industrial is committed to providing crane operators with the proper training to match new capabilities, retain their workforce, and achieve operational excellence.
The Navigator can continually hold loads with up to 1° precision, also enabling the operator to position and reorient a load within 1° of accuracy. The wireless system has a handshake feature that enables one operator to pass control to another operator in a different position that is optimally situated to place a load due to their line of site. Remote control response time is under a second, allowing for fast reactivity and reorientation.
High wind speeds exert a large force on loads. This makes the crane use some of its load capacity to withstand this force and reduce its effective capacity. Neglecting the effect of high wind could lead to miscalculation of the crane capacity and raise serious safety concerns on the job site. High wind could also cause load spinning, which leads to job site accidents. The thruster technology in the Navigator stabilizes loads and enables control in wind gusts as high as 30 mph. This increase in wind envelopes allows the crane to operate on more occasions, thus increasing crane utilization and expediting construction progress.
Taglines have been used in construction for thousands of years. But they are deemed inefficient, unstable, and more importantly, dangerous. With the Vita Load Navigator, loads remain stable, in a pre-set orientation, despite wind or slew impacts on the load. This eliminates the need for long taglines and significantly enhances operational efficiency and safety. Load stabilization technology enables crews to place loads exactly where they want without running a tagline at the ground level. This means a more efficient utilization of space and labor. It is also considerably safer. According to a MAC Safety Consultants’ research, utilizing stabilization technology can reduce crane-related fatalities by 75% and risk of a crane-related injury by 63%.
Yes, Navigators are already being utilized at construction sites. For example, Creative Lifting Services has also tested the Navigator for a tower crane erection on a busy city block in Boulder, Colorado, and was impressed by its performance. There is a Navigator deployed on a wind farm in Texas for tower construction, and another helping with construction at an oil refinery. According to Vita Industrial, its customers are pleased with the increased efficiency and safety they are seeing so far, and the company anticipates widespread adoption of Navigators in the future.