Hydraulic Drive System for work machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10344458-B2
Application number	US-201615554118-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2016
Priority date	Jun 9, 2015
Publication date	Jul 9, 2019
Grant date	Jul 9, 2019

Abstract

A hydraulic drive system 100 A for a work machine includes: a boom cylinder 4 ; an arm cylinder 8 ; a hydraulic pump device 51 ; a control valve 5 ; a regenerative device 61 ; a first operation device 41 ; a second operation device 42 ; a sensor device 71 ; and a controller 27 . The sensor device 71 includes at least one of pressure sensors 23, 24, 25 , and 26 . The controller 27 includes an abnormality detection part 142 and a first control part. The abnormality detection part 142 determines whether or not the sensor device 71 is abnormal. If the sensor device 71 is abnormal, the first control part controls the regenerative device 61 such that the hydraulic fluid returning from the boom cylinder 4 is not supplied to the arm cylinder 8 even if the values measured by the sensor device 71 satisfy regenerative conditions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hydraulic drive system for a work machine, the system comprising:
a boom cylinder;
an arm cylinder;
a hydraulic pump device configured to supply hydraulic fluid to the boom cylinder and the arm cylinder;
a control valve configured to adjust a flow rate of the hydraulic fluid returning from the boom cylinder;
a regenerative device configured to supply the hydraulic fluid returning from a bottom side of the boom cylinder to the arm cylinder;
a first operation device configured to operate the boom cylinder;
a second operation device configured to operate the arm cylinder;
a sensor device including at least one of a first operation amount sensor configured to measure an operation amount of the first operation device, a second operation amount sensor configured to measure an operation amount of the second operation device, a first pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure of the bottom side of the boom cylinder, and a second pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure between the hydraulic pump device and the arm cylinder; and
a controller configured to determine whether the sensors included in the sensor device are abnormal or not and control the regenerative device such that the hydraulic fluid returning from the bottom side of the boom cylinder is supplied to the arm cylinder when the sensors are all determined to be normal and values measured by the sensors satisfy regenerative conditions that are required to be met when the hydraulic fluid returning from the bottom side of the boom cylinder is supplied to the arm cylinder and such that, when any one of the sensors is determined to be abnormal, the hydraulic fluid returning from the bottom side of the boom cylinder is not supplied to the arm cylinder even if the values measured by the sensor device satisfy the regenerative conditions.

2. The hydraulic drive system for a work machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the hydraulic pump device such that when the sensors are all determined to be normal and the values measured by the sensors satisfy the regenerative conditions, the delivery flow rate of the hydraulic pump device is reduced on the basis of a regeneration flow rate at which the hydraulic fluid returning from the bottom side of the boom cylinder is supplied to the arm cylinder and, when the any one of the sensors is determined to be abnormal, cancels the control for reducing the delivery flow rate of the hydraulic pump device even if the values measured by the sensors satisfy the regenerative conditions.

3. The hydraulic drive system for a work machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the regenerative device is a directional control valve having a port through which the hydraulic fluid returning from the bottom side of the boom cylinder is supplied to the arm cylinder and a port through which the hydraulic fluid returning from the bottom side of the boom cylinder is discharged to the control valve.

4. The hydraulic drive system for a work machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the regenerative device includes:
a regenerative passage for supplying the hydraulic fluid returning from the bottom side of the boom cylinder to the arm cylinder;
a regenerative valve configured to adjust the flow rate of the hydraulic fluid in the regenerative passage;
a first solenoid valve configured to control the regenerative valve hydraulically; and
a second solenoid valve of a normally-open type configured to receive a first pilot pressure corresponding to the operation amount of the first operation device and output to the control valve a second pilot pressure which is obtained by reducing the first pilot pressure for controlling the control valve with the second pilot pressure and
wherein the controller is further configured to control the second solenoid valve such that when the sensors are all determined to be normal and the values measured by the sensors satisfy the regenerative conditions, the first pilot pressure is reduced and such that when the any one of the sensors is determined to be abnormal, the first pilot pressure is not reduced even if the values measured by the sensors satisfy the regenerative conditions.

5. The hydraulic drive system for a work machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first operation amount sensor, the second operation amount sensor, the first pressure sensor, and the second pressure sensor included in the sensor device are pressure sensors that output electric signals that match measured pressures and
wherein the controller is configured to determine the presence of an abnormality when any of the electric signals output by the pressure sensors becomes lower than a predetermined lower limit value or higher than a predetermined upper limit value.

Assignees

• Hitachi Construction Mach Co

Inventors

• Hijikata Seiji
• Ishikawa Kouji
• Imura Shinya

Classifications

• E02F9/268

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• F15B20/002

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• E02F9/2217

  with energy recovery arrangements, e.g. using accumulators, flywheels · CPC title

• F15B21/14 Primary

  Energy-recuperation means · CPC title

• F15B20/00

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