Method and assembly for absorbing energy from loads being applied during an overload event in order to prevent damage

摘要

The invention relates to a method and an assembly for absorbing energy during an overload event using an energy absorber (2) in order to reduce loads on an object (103) being transported on a loading unit (100). The energy absorber (2) is suitable for absorbing energy during a single overload event, which introduces such a high degree of energy that there is an overwhelming likelihood the object would be damaged without an energy absorber, in order to reduce the resulting load on the object during the overload event by means of the energy absorption of the energy absorber (2). Measurement values (62) on the current state of the loading unit (100) are detected using a sensor device (61), and the energy absorber (2) is controlled. A control device (48) detects an overload event (63) from the detected measurement values (62), and a damping of the energy absorber (2) is set to a high value after the detection of the overload event (63). The damping is maintained for a specified prolonged time period (67). The damping is then controlled dependent on the measurement values (62) detected during the overload event in order to increase the load for objects (103) transported on the loading unit (100) during the specified time period (67) initially to a specified threshold load (64) and to control the load after the specified time period (67) dependent on the measurement values (62) detected during the overload event.