Hydraulic control circuit for crane slewing gear

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10196246-B2
Application number	US-201715448516-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2017
Priority date	Mar 3, 2016
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a hydraulic control circuit for crane slewing gear having directional valves arranged in work lines and controllable separately for the inflow and outflow to the hydraulic motor for the carrying out of a rotational movement of the slewing gear, wherein an inflow valve serves the control of the oil inflow from a hydraulic pump via the work line to the hydraulic motor and an outflow valve is provided via which the hydraulic motor can be relieved to the tank, wherein the work lines are each connected via at least one check valve to a common inlet of the outflow valve to relieve the hydraulic motor independently of the direction of rotation of the slewing gear via an outflow valve into the tank.

First claim

The invenion claimed is:

1. A hydraulic control circuit for crane slewing gear having directional valves arranged in work lines and controllable separately for inflow and outflow to a hydraulic motor for carrying out a rotational movement of the slewing gear, wherein an inflow valve is provided for control of oil inflow from a hydraulic pump via a work line to the hydraulic motor and an outflow valve is provided via which the hydraulic motor is relieved to the tank, wherein the work lines are each connected via at least one check valve to a common inlet of the outflow valve to relieve the hydraulic motor independently of the direction of rotation of the slewing gear via the outflow valve into the tank.

2. The hydraulic control circuit in accordance with claim 1 , wherein at least one inflow pressure maintenance valve is provided before the inflow valve in the direction of flow to ensure a load pressure-independent oil quantity in the inflow to the hydraulic motor.

3. The hydraulic control circuit in accordance with claim 1 , wherein at least one outflow pressure maintenance valve is provided before the outflow valve in the direction of flow to keep the pressure difference over the outflow valve constant and to ensure a load pressure-independent oil quantity in the outflow.

4. The hydraulic control circuit in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the outflow valve is opened and/or closed proportionally and is changeable between freewheeling and clamped operating modes of the hydraulic control circuit by a proportional opening and closing of the outflow valve.

5. The hydraulic control circuit in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the outflow valve is controlled by a larger volume flow than the inflow valve, whereby the outflow pressure maintenance valve is completely opened and the control circuit is switched into the freewheeling operating mode.

6. The hydraulic control circuit in accordance with claim 2 , wherein a pressure regulation valve is connected to the inflow pressure maintenance valve to limit or fully prevent an increase in the pressure at the inflow pressure maintenance valve caused by closing the outflow valve.

7. The hydraulic control circuit in accordance with claim 6 , wherein the load pressure taken up at the inflow valve is influenced by the pressure regulation valve.

8. The hydraulic control circuit in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the outflow pressure regulation valve is deactivated via an adding valve.

9. The hydraulic control circuit in accordance with claim 8 , wherein a braking torque is built up in the freewheeling operating mode by restricting the outflow valve, with a restriction actuation of the outflow valve taking place by a movement of a joystick opposite to the direction of rotation and/or by actuating a foot brake pedal.

10. The hydraulic control circuit in accordance with claim 1 , wherein all or at least some of the valves are controlled via on-board electronics having an integrated BUS interface.

11. A slewing gear having at least one hydraulic control circuit, the hydraulic control circuit having directional valves arranged in work lines and controllable separately for inflow and outflow to a hydraulic motor for carrying out a rotational movement of the slewing gear, wherein an inflow valve is provided for control of oil inflow from a hydraulic pump via a work line to the hydraulic motor and an outflow valve is provided via which the hydraulic motor is relieved to the tank, wherein the work lines are each connected via at least one check valve to a common inlet of the outflow valve to relieve the hydraulic motor independently of the direction of rotation of the slewing gear via the outflow valve into the tank.

12. A crane having a hydraulic control circuit, wherein the hydraulic control circuit has directional valves arranged in work lines and controllable separately for inflow and outflow to a hydraulic motor for carrying out a rotational movement of the slewing gear, wherein an inflow valve is provided for control of oil inflow from a hydraulic pump via a work line to the hydraulic motor and an outflow valve is provided via which the hydraulic motor is relieved to the tank, wherein the work lines are each connected via at least one check valve to a common inlet of the outflow valve to relieve the hydraulic motor independently of the direction of rotation of the slewing gear via the outflow valve into the tank.

13. The hydraulic control circuit in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the at least one inflow pressure maintenance valve is a three-way pressure maintenance valve.

14. The hydraulic control circuit in accordance with claim 7 , wherein the influence of the pressure regulation valve is such that no higher pressure is present before the outflow pressure maintenance valve than a set pressure value of the pressure regulation valve.

15. The hydraulic control circuit in accordance with claim 8 , wherein the outflow pressure regulation valve is deactivated in a manner that feedback of the outlet pressure of the pressure maintenance valve is interrupted by the adding valve.

16. The hydraulic control circuit in accordance with claim 10 , wherein the BUS interface is a CAN interface.

17. The crane in accordance with claim 12 , wherein the crane is a mobile crane or a crawler mounted crane.

18. The crane in accordance with claim 12 , further comprising a slewing gear.

Assignees

• Liebherr Werk Ehingen

Inventors

• Gebele Joerg

Classifications

• F15B2211/40561

  the pressure compensating valve arranged upstream of the flow control means · CPC title

• F15B2211/55

  for limiting a pressure up to a maximum pressure, e.g. by using a pressure relief valve · CPC title

• F15B2211/6658

  Control using different modes, e.g. four-quadrant-operation, working mode and transportation mode · CPC title

• F15B2211/30

  Directional control · CPC title

• F15B2211/41554

  being connected to a return line and a directional control valve · CPC title