Sole ASCOREL Distributor in Canada
Two Cranes. One Airspace. Zero Room for Mistakes.
When tower cranes work inside overlapping zones, separation cannot depend on operator awareness alone. ASCOREL provides zoning and anti-collision technology built to manage crane movements and prevent conflicting operations.
QnQ is the sole ASCOREL distributor in Canada. Sales and rentals, coast to coast, with the system calibrated and supported here.
How it works
One Unit. Three Jobs.
Indicator, zoning and anti-collision in one cab-mounted unit, compliant with European standard EN 17076.
- Indicator
The Operator Sees Everything
Live readouts in the cab — slew angle, working radius, height and wind speed — on a colour touch screen with a day and night mode.
- Zoning
Prohibited Zones Stay Prohibited
Draw the zones the crane must never pass over — occupied buildings, roads, rail — and the system enforces them automatically, every shift.
- Anti-collision
Cranes That Stop Before They Meet
When several cranes share a site, the MC 603 tracks them and stops any movement that would bring them together — slew, luffing, trolley and hoist.
Built for Gloves, Glare and Long Shifts.
The display shows the whole site in plan view: every interfering crane and every prohibited zone. Built by ASCOREL in France, supplied and supported in Canada by us.
- Colour Touch Screen
Portrait or landscape, with day and night modes.
- Two Pages at Once
Anchor a second page beside the one you are working from.
- Physical Keys
Every function without touching the screen, worked in gloves.
- Fits the Machine You Run
Any type of crane — tower, luffing jib and mobile among them.
- 16 Cranes, One Network
Up to 16 machines on one secure radio network, and it takes wind into account.
Zoning
Fence Off What the Hook Must Never Cross.
Zoning shuts the crane out of airspace it has no business in — the neighbour's building, the road, the rail line, the overhead power line. The areas are programmed in when the system is calibrated, and the crane enforces them itself on every shift after that.
- Drawn Around the Real Site
Prohibited areas are set to the footprint they actually occupy, not to a radius the operator has to remember.
- Height as Well as Footprint
A zone can carry a height limit as well as a footprint, which is how an overhead line is fenced off.
- Set at Calibration
The zones go in when the system is commissioned, so nothing depends on the crew reprogramming anything later.
- Enforced Automatically
The crane will not carry the hook over a prohibited area. A power line may still need further controls on top of the system; that call belongs to the site manager.
Anti-collision
Cranes That Stop Before They Meet.
Cranes on one site are set at different heights so their jibs sweep past each other. What can still meet is the lower crane's jib and the taller crane's hoist rope and load. The MC 603 tracks both machines and takes the movement off before they can touch.
- Warning First
As a crane closes on an interfering crane or a prohibited area the system slows the movement — yellow light, intermittent buzzer, a blinking arrow on the display.
- Then the Movement Is Cut
If it keeps closing, the movement stops: yellow and red lights, continuous buzzer, and the arrow crossed out.
- Every Movement, Not Just Slew
Slew, luffing, trolley and hoist. The jib, counter-jib or hook is stopped at least 2 m from the obstacle.
- A Minute at Shift Change
On a crane without redundant sensors the operator puts the hook on a reference point set at calibration and presses a tick. Every reading within 50 cm passes, and the system asks for one if 24 hours go by without it.
MC 603Indicator, zoning and anti-collision in one unit
EN 17076Also EN 14439 and EN 13849 PL-c
ASCOREL, FranceSupported in Canada by us
Sales & rentals
Buy It for the Fleet. Rent It for the Job.
Both are available anywhere in Canada. If anti-collision is needed for one tower on one project, renting is usually the sensible call, and we will say so.
For the Project
The system arrives, does the job for the life of the site, and goes back. One tower, one job, no capital tied up.
For the Fleet
Standardise every crane you run on one system, with support from the only ASCOREL distributor in the country.
Calibrated and Supported Here
Zones are programmed in at calibration, and the system is supported in Canada rather than shipped back to France.
Anti-collision
What the System Does, in Plain Terms.
If yours is not here, call. You will speak to someone who knows the machines.
What does anti-collision actually stop?
Cranes on one site are set at different heights so their jibs sweep past each other. What can still meet is the lower crane's jib and the taller crane's hoist rope and load. The system tracks both machines, slows the slew as they close, and cuts it before they can touch.
Does it stop dead, or is there a warning first?
There is a warning first. As a crane approaches an interfering crane or a prohibited area the system slows the movement — yellow light, intermittent buzzer, a blinking arrow on the display. If it keeps closing, the movement is cut: yellow and red lights, continuous buzzer, and the arrow crossed out. The jib, counter-jib or hook is stopped at least 2 m from the obstacle.
What is zoning?
Zoning fences off airspace the hook may not enter — a neighbour's building, a road, a rail line, an overhead power line. The areas are programmed in when the system is calibrated, and they can have a height limit as well as a footprint, which is how an overhead line is fenced off. A power line may still need further controls on top of the anti-collision system; that call belongs to the site manager.
How many cranes can work on one system?
Up to sixteen on one secure radio network. It meets EN 17076, EN 14439 and EN 13849 PL-c, and it takes wind into account.
Does the operator have to do anything each day?
On a crane without redundant sensors, yes — a consistency check at each shift change and at least once a day. The operator puts the hook on a reference point set during calibration and presses a tick; if every reading is within 50 cm it passes. It takes a minute, and the system will ask for one if 24 hours go by without it.
Do we have to buy it, or can we rent?
Either. Buy it for the fleet, or rent it for the job. We are the sole Canadian distributor, so it is supported here rather than shipped back to France.
Request a quote
How Many Cranes on Your Site?
Send the site and the cranes on it. We will spec the zoning and quote the system, rental or purchase, supported coast to coast.