Loading machine control device and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11401688-B2
Application number	US-201917045812-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2019
Priority date	Apr 27, 2018
Publication date	Aug 2, 2022
Grant date	Aug 2, 2022

Abstract

A control device of a loading machine includes an adjustment determination unit and an operation signal output unit. The loading machine includes a swing motor and a swing body. The adjustment determination unit determines whether or not an angle formed by an azimuth direction of a swing body when the swing body stops and a target stop azimuth direction is less than an allowable angle based on an azimuth direction, a swing speed, and the target stop azimuth direction of the swing body during braking of the swing motor. The operation signal output unit outputs a swing control signal for driving the swing motor in a case in which it is determined that the angle formed by the azimuth direction of the swing body when the swing body stops and the target stop azimuth direction is equal to or greater than the allowable angle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control device of a loading machine including a swing motor and a swing body, the swing motor being a hydraulic swing motor that is rotated by hydraulic oil and the swing body being configured to swing around a swing center by rotation of the swing motor, the control device comprising:
an adjustment determination unit that, during braking of the swing motor, determines whether or not an angle formed by an azimuth direction of the swing body and a target stop azimuth direction will be less than an allowable angle when the swing body stops, the allowable angle being based on the azimuth direction, a swing speed, and the target stop azimuth direction of the swing body; and
an operation signal output unit that outputs a swing control signal to drive the swing motor in a case where the adjustment determination unit has determined that the stop angle will be equal to or greater than the allowable angle when the swing body stops,
the operation signal output unit being configured such that, during braking, in a case in which the adjustment determination unit determines that the azimuth direction of the swing body is on a front side of the target stop azimuth direction in a swing direction and the angle is greater than a front side angle threshold value, the operation signal output unit outputs the swing control signal to supply the hydraulic oil so as to rotate the swing motor in a direction opposite to a current rotational direction using an oil amount determined in accordance with the angle.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the adjustment determination unit is configured to determine whether or not the angle is greater than the front side angle threshold value when the swing speed is determined to be lower than a predetermined threshold value.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the operation signal output unit is configured such that, during braking, in a case in which the azimuth direction of the swing body is on a rear side of the target stop azimuth direction in the swing direction and the angle is greater than a rear side angle threshold value determined based on the swing speed, the operation signal output unit outputs the swing control signal to supply the hydraulic oil so as to rotate the swing motor in a current rotational direction with an oil amount in accordance with the angle.

4. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein
the rear side angle threshold value is equal to or greater than the allowable angle and increases as the swing speed increases.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the front side angle threshold value is obtained by adding the allowable angle and a swing-back angle of the swing body.

6. A control method of a loading machine including a swing motor and a swing body, the swing motor being a hydraulic swing motor that is rotated by hydraulic oil and the swing body being configured to swing around a swing center by rotation of the swing motor, the control method comprising:
determining, during braking of the swing motor, whether or not an angle formed by an azimuth direction of the swing body and a target stop azimuth direction will be less than an allowable angle when the swing body stops, the allowable angle being based on the azimuth direction, a swing speed, and the target stop azimuth direction of the swing body; and
outputting a swing control signal for driving the swing motor in a case in which the result of the determining is that the angle will be equal to greater than the allowable angle when the swing body stops,
the determining including determining whether the azimuth direction is on a front side of the target stop azimuth direction in a swing direction and the angle is greater than a front side angle threshold value,
the outputting the swing control signal including outputting the swing control signal to supply the hydraulic oil so as to rotate the swing motor in a direction opposite to a current rotational direction using an oil amount determined in accordance with the angle when a result of the determining is that the azimuth direction is on the front side of the target stop azimuth direction in the swing direction and the angle is greater than the front side angle threshold value.

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• OKUWAKI Ryuta
• Saigo Yusuke

Classifications

• E02F9/128 Primary

  Braking systems · CPC title

• E02F9/2221

  Control of flow rate; Load sensing arrangements (E02F9/2203 take precedence over E02F9/2221) · CPC title

• E02F9/2289

  Closed circuit · CPC title

• E02F9/123 Primary

  Drives or control devices specially adapted therefor (E02F9/125 and E02F9/128 take precedence) · CPC title

• E02F9/2203

  Arrangements for controlling the attitude of actuators, e.g. speed, floating function · CPC title