Patent ID: 8781617

Claim:
A control system comprising: (a) a controller for a load-handling clamp having load-engaging surfaces, at least one of said surfaces being selectively movable toward another of said surfaces by a clamping actuator; (b) said controller being capable of variably regulating a clamping force setting by which said actuator can apply a load-clamping force through said surfaces; (c) said controller being operable to receive information selected by an operator of said load handling clamp from possible choices provided by said controller, each possible choice describing a respective different possible physical parameter of a load to be clamped, said controller being operable to variably identify a particular predetermined optimal load-clamping force setting, applicable to a particular load to be clamped, in response to a combination of multiple ones of said choices selected by said operator; (d) said controller being operably connectable to a terminal through which said controller can provide said possible choices in a form comparable with said particular load to be clamped by said operator's visual observation of said particular load.