Crane

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11434111-B2
Application number	US-201816603732-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 13, 2018
Priority date	Jun 13, 2017
Publication date	Sep 6, 2022
Grant date	Sep 6, 2022

Abstract

A crane calculates the resonance frequency of the fluctuation of a suspended load determined from the hanging length of a main wire rope or a sub wire rope, generates a control signal for actuators, in accordance with the operation of a turning operation tool, a hoisting operation tool and the like, and generates a filtering control signal for the actuators in which a frequency component in any frequency range has been attenuated from the control signal at any ratio in reference to the resonance frequency. When the actuators are controlled by the operation of the respective operation tool and when the actuators are controlled regardless of the operation of the respective operation tool, the frequency range to be attenuated and the attenuation ratio are switched to different settings.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A crane comprising:
a control device that controls an actuator by computing a resonance frequency of a shake of a load, generating a control signal for the actuator according to manipulation of a manipulation tool, and generating a filtered control signal for the actuator, the resonance frequency being determined by a suspended length of a wire rope, the filtered control signal being the control signal from which a frequency component in any frequency range is attenuated at any rate with reference to the resonance frequency, wherein
the control device sets differently between a manual-control case and an automatic-control case on at least one of the frequency range of the frequency component to be attenuated and the rate at which the frequency component is attenuated, the manual-control case being where the actuator is controlled by manipulation of the manipulation tool, the automatic-control case being where the actuator is controlled without the manipulation of the manipulation tool.

2. A crane comprising:
a control device that controls an actuator by computing a resultant frequency resulting from combination of a resonance frequency of a shake of a load and a natural vibration frequency excited when a structural component constituting the crane is vibrated by an external force, generating a control signal for the actuator according to manipulation of a manipulation tool, and generating a filtered control signal for the actuator, the resonance frequency being determined by a suspended length of a wire rope, the filtered control signal being the control signal from which a frequency component in any frequency range is attenuated at any rate with reference to the resultant frequency, wherein
the control device sets differently between a manual-control case and an automatic-control case on at least one of the frequency range of the frequency component to be attenuated and the rate at which the frequency component is attenuated, the manual-control case being where the actuator is controlled by manipulation of the manipulation tool, the automatic-control case being where the actuator is controlled without the manipulation of the manipulation tool.

3. The crane according to claim 1 , wherein the control device sets at least one of the frequency range of the frequency component to be attenuated and the rate at which the frequency component is attenuated based on an operational state of the crane in the manual-control case where the actuator is controlled by the manipulation of the manipulation tool, and switches at least one of the frequency range of the frequency component to be attenuated and the rate at which the frequency component is attenuated to a predetermined value in the automatic-control case where the actuator is controlled without the manipulation of the manipulation tool.

4. The crane according to claim 1 , wherein the control device sets differently between a first manual-control case and a second manual-control case on at least one of the frequency range of the frequency component to be attenuated and the rate at which the frequency component is attenuated, the first manual-control case being where the actuator being a single actuator is controlled by the manipulation of the manipulation tool, the second manual-control case being where a plurality of the actuators are controlled by the manipulation of the manipulation tool.

5. The crane according to claim 1 , wherein the control device switches, when an emergency stop signal is generated by the manipulation of the manipulation tool, control for the actuator by the filtered control signal from which the frequency component in any frequency range is attenuated at any rate into control by the control signal from which the frequency component is not attenuated.

6. The crane according to claim 1 , wherein the control device switches at least one of the frequency range of the frequency component to be attenuated and the rate at which the frequency component is attenuated according to a position of the load in a working region of the crane.

7. The crane according to claim 1 , wherein the control device sets at least one of the frequency range of the frequency component to be attenuated and the rate at which the frequency component is attenuated according to a weight of the load.

8. The crane according to claim 2 , wherein the control device sets at least one of the frequency range of the frequency component to be attenuated and the rate at which the frequency component is attenuated based on an operational state of the crane in the manual-control case where the actuator is controlled by the manipulation of the manipulation tool, and switches at least one of the frequency range of the frequency component to be attenuated and the rate at which the frequency component is attenuated to a predetermined value in the automatic-control case where the actuator is controlled without the manipulation of the manipulation tool.

9. The crane according to claim 2 , wherein the control device sets differently between a first manual-control case and a second manual-control case on at least one of the frequency range of the frequency component to be attenuated and the rate at which the frequency component is attenuated, the first manual-control case being where the actuator being a single actuator is controlled by the manipulation of the manipulation tool, the second manual-control case being where a plurality of the actuators are controlled by the manipulation of the manipulation tool.

10. The crane according to claim 2 , wherein the control device switches, when an emergency stop signal is generated by the manipulation of the manipulation tool, control for the actuator by the filtered control signal from which the frequency component in any frequency range is attenuated at any rate into control by the control signal from which the frequency component is not attenuated.

11. The crane according to claim 2 , wherein the control device switches at least one of the frequency range of the frequency component to be attenuated and the rate at which the frequency component is attenuated according to a position of the load in a working region of the crane.

12. The crane according to claim 2 , wherein the control device sets at least one of the frequency range of the frequency component to be attenuated and the rate at which the frequency component is attenuated according to a weight of the load.

Assignees

• Tadano Ltd

Inventors

• Kanda Shinsuke
• Mizuki Kazuma
• Yanagisawa Tatsuya
• Goto Tomokazu

Classifications

• B66C13/063

  electrical · CPC title

• B66C23/702

  with a jib extension boom · CPC title

• B66C13/066 Primary

  for minimising vibration of a boom · CPC title

• B66C13/22 Primary

  for electric drives (transmitting control pulses B66C13/40; systems or devices of general application H02P) · CPC title

• B66C2700/08

  Electrical assemblies or electrical control devices for cranes, winches, capstans or electrical hoists · CPC title