Fatigue management system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11814818-B2
Application number	US-201917435896-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2019
Priority date	Sep 30, 2019
Publication date	Nov 14, 2023
Grant date	Nov 14, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a fatigue management system capable of managing fatigue of each portion of a construction machine more accurately than conventional systems. The fatigue management system S includes: a stress calculation section S1 that calculates stress acting on a plurality of portions of the construction machine based on the output of a sensor 18 attached to a part of the construction machine; a damage degree calculation section S2 that calculates the cumulative damage degree of each portion of the construction machine based on the stress calculated by the stress calculation section S1; and an index value calculation section S3 that calculates a fatigue index value, which is a weighted value of the cumulative damage degree, for each portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fatigue management system comprising:
a controller configured to receive an output of a sensor attached to a part of a construction machine; and
an image display configured to display an image, wherein
the controller includes:
a stress calculation section configured to calculate stress acting on a plurality of portions of the construction machine based on the output of the sensor;
a damage degree calculation section configured to calculate cumulative damage degree of each portion based on the stress;
an index value calculation section configured to calculate a fatigue index value, which is a weighted degree of the cumulative damage degree and which is a value that varies in degree of change with respect to an increase of the cumulative damage degree, for each portion; and
an image generator configured to generate an image of various portions of the construction machine in association with the fatigue index values, wherein
the image display is further configured to display the image of various portions of the construction machine in association with the fatigue index values.

2. The fatigue management system according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor includes
a force sensor that detects a force acting on the construction machine and an attitude sensor that detects an attitude of the construction machine.

3. The fatigue management system according to claim 1 , further comprising
a memory that stores a condition for selecting one of fatigue index values or numerical value for the weighting for each portion among a plurality of differently weighted fatigue index values or numerical values for the weighting, wherein
the index value calculation section selects one of the fatigue index values or one of the numerical values for the weighting for each portion in accordance with the condition.

4. The fatigue management system according to claim 3 , wherein
the memory stores as the condition:
a coincident degree between actual stress acting on the portion and the stress calculated by the stress calculation section;
a threshold of the coincident degree; a first map configured to increase the fatigue index value with an increase in the cumulative damage degree; and
a second map configured to increase the fatigue index value earlier than the first map with an increase in the cumulative damage degree, and

the index value calculation section:
selects the first map for the portion having the coincident degree that is equal to or higher than the threshold, and
selects the second map for the portion having the coincident degree that is lower than the threshold.

5. A fatigue management system comprising:
a server that performs date communication with a construction machine;
a memory device that is connected to the server; and
an image display that displays an image, wherein the server and the memory device include
a stress calculation section configured to calculate stress acting on a plurality of portions of the construction machine based on an output of a sensor attached to a part of the construction machine;
a damage degree calculation section configured to calculate cumulative damage degree of each portion based on the stress;
an index value calculation section configured to calculate a fatigue index value, which is a weighted degree of the cumulative damage degree and which is a value that varies in degree of change with respect to an increase of the cumulative damage degree, for each portion; and
an image generator configured to generate an image of various portions of the construction machine in association with the fatigue index values, wherein
the image display configured to display the image of various portions of the construction machine in association with the fatigue index values.

6. The fatigue management system according to claim 5 , wherein the sensor includes
a force sensor that detects a force acting on the construction machine and an attitude sensor that detects an attitude of the construction machine.

7. The fatigue management system according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a memory that stores a condition for selecting one of fatigue index values or numerical value for the weighting for each portion among a plurality of differently weighted fatigue index values or numerical values for the weighting, wherein
the index value calculation section selects one of the fatigue index values or one of the numerical values for the weighting for each portion in accordance with the condition.

8. The fatigue management system according to claim 5 , wherein the fatigue management system further comprises:
an information terminal that performs data communication with the server, wherein
the information terminal has a comparison section that compares a degree of fatigue based on time series data of the fatigue index value.

Assignees

• Hitachi Construction Mach Co

Inventors

• Ogasawara Keita
• Hoshi Akio
• Suda Shunichi
• KANEZAWA Hiroshi
• Shiina Takeshi

Classifications

• E02F9/267 Primary

  Diagnosing or detecting failure of vehicles · CPC title

• E02F9/265

  with follow-up actions (e.g. control signals sent to actuate the work tool) · CPC title

• G06T7/0004

  Industrial image inspection · CPC title

• G06Q10/00

  Administration; Management · CPC title

• G06Q50/10

  Services · CPC title