Operation control apparatus for crane

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10486944-B2
Application number	US-201816166380-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2018
Priority date	Dec 8, 2017
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

An operation control apparatus for a crane for moving a suspended load in vertical and horizontal directions to a target position includes: a trajectory creating unit configured to create in advance a movement trajectory of the suspended load; a function creating unit configured to create a function indicating a relationship between a horizontal direction position and a height in the trajectory; a vertical direction command value updating unit configured to generate a vertical direction position command value by sequentially updating, in accordance with the horizontal direction position and based on the function, the vertical position at which the load should be present; a vertical direction control unit configured to generate a vertical direction speed command value based on the position command value; and a vertical direction driving unit configured to move the load in the vertical direction in accordance with the speed command value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An operation control apparatus for a crane for moving a suspended load in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction to transfer the suspended load to a target position, the operation control apparatus comprising:
a trajectory creating unit configured to create in advance a movement trajectory of the suspended load;
a function creating unit configured to create a function indicating a relationship between a horizontal direction position and a height of the suspended load in the movement trajectory;
a vertical direction command value updating unit configured to generate a vertical direction position command value by sequentially updating, in accordance with the horizontal direction position of the suspended load and based on the function, the vertical position at which the suspended load should be present;
a vertical direction control unit configured to generate a vertical direction speed command value of the suspended load based on the vertical direction position command value; and
a vertical direction driving unit configured to move the suspended load in the vertical direction in accordance with the vertical direction speed command value.

2. The operation control apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a horizontal direction command value updating unit configured to sequentially update a horizontal direction position command value of the suspended load based on a speed change amount in the horizontal direction of the suspended load;
a horizontal direction control unit configured to generate a horizontal direction speed command value of the suspended load based on the horizontal direction position command value; and
a horizontal direction driving unit configured to move the suspended load in the horizontal direction in accordance with the horizontal direction speed command value.

3. The operation control apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:
an acceleration/deceleration pattern calculating unit configured to use a first height corresponding to a horizontal direction position at a start time of a speed change in the horizontal direction of the suspended load, a second height corresponding to a horizontal direction position at a completion time of the speed change in the horizontal direction of the suspended load, and a time required for the speed change in the horizontal direction of the suspended load to calculate a change rate average value of a length of a support member that supports the suspended load and configured to generate, by using the calculated change rate average value, an acceleration/deceleration pattern of a speed change period so as to suppress a swing of the suspended load due to the speed change in the horizontal direction,
wherein the horizontal direction command value updating unit updates the horizontal direction position command value based on the acceleration/deceleration pattern.

4. The operation control apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising:
an ideal swing angle calculating unit configured to calculate an ideal swing angle of the suspended load with respect to the support member in the speed change period under a condition that the change rate average value of the length of the support member is constant in the speed change period in the horizontal direction of the suspended load; and
a swing stop control unit configured to calculate a correction amount so that a deviation between the ideal swing angle and an actual swing angle approaches zero and configured to correct the horizontal direction speed command value by the correction amount to suppress the swing in the horizontal direction of the suspended load.

5. The operation control apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the ideal swing angle calculating unit is provided in the acceleration/deceleration pattern calculating unit.

Assignees

• Fuji Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hayashi Takashi

Classifications

• B66C13/16

  Applications of indicating, registering, or weighing devices (in crane hooks B66C1/40; in safety gear B66C15/00; weighing-apparatus G01G; remote indicating in general G08) · CPC title

• B66C13/48

  Automatic control of crane drives for producing a single or repeated working cycle; Program control · CPC title

• B66C13/46

  Position indicators for suspended loads or for crane elements · CPC title

• B66C13/06

  for minimising or preventing longitudinal or transverse swinging of loads · CPC title

• B66C13/20

  for non-electric drives (transmitting control pulses B66C13/40) · CPC title