Rotary construction machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12460374-B2
Application number	US-202118000882-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 2, 2021
Priority date	Jun 9, 2020
Publication date	Nov 4, 2025
Grant date	Nov 4, 2025

Abstract

A confluence control part of a slewing-type construction machine controls a confluence switch valve such that the confluence switch valve is switched to a suspension state when a slewing and boom raising manipulation action is performed. A pump capacity control part of the slewing-type construction machine executes a capacity control when the slewing and boom raising manipulation action is performed, the capacity control including regulating a first pump capacity and a second pump capacity respectively in such a manner that the first pump capacity increases and the second pump capacity decreases as an operating pressure difference resulting from the subtraction of a slewing operating pressure from a boom operating pressure increases, and the first pump capacity decreases and the second pump capacity increases as the operating pressure difference decreases.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A slewing-type construction machine, comprising:
a base body; an upper slewing body slewably mounted on the base body; a working device including a boom tiltably connected to the upper slewing body, and a leading end attachment that is selected from a plurality of leading end attachments having different weights from one another; a first hydraulic pump having a variable capacity for discharging hydraulic fluid; a second hydraulic pump having a variable capacity for discharging the hydraulic fluid; a boom cylinder receiving a supply of the hydraulic fluid discharged from the first hydraulic pump to raise and lower the boom; a boom control device, in response to a boom raising manipulation causing the boom to move in a rising direction, controlling a flow rate of the hydraulic fluid supplied from the first hydraulic pump to the boom cylinder; a slewing motor receiving a supply of the hydraulic fluid discharged from the second hydraulic pump to slew the upper slewing body; a slewing control device, in response to a slewing manipulation causing the upper slewing body to slew, controlling a direction and a flow rate of the hydraulic fluid supplied from the second hydraulic pump to the slewing motor; a confluence switch valve switchable between a permission state of permitting a confluence of at least a part of the hydraulic fluid discharged from the second hydraulic pump with the hydraulic fluid supplied from the first hydraulic pump to the boom cylinder and a suspension state of suspending the confluence of the hydraulic fluid; a boom operating pressure detection part for detecting a boom operating pressure corresponding to an operating pressure of the boom cylinder; a slewing operating pressure detection part for detecting a slewing operating pressure corresponding to an operating pressure of the slewing motor; a confluence control part for controlling the confluence switch valve to be in the permission state when a non-slewing and boom raising manipulation action in which the boom raising manipulation is applied to the boom control device and the slewing manipulation is not applied to the slewing control device is performed, and controlling the confluence switch valve to be in the suspension state when a slewing and boom raising manipulation action in which the boom raising manipulation is applied to the boom control device and the slewing manipulation is concurrently applied to the slewing control device is performed; and a pump capacity control part for executing a capacity control when the slewing and boom raising manipulation action is performed, the capacity control including control of regulating a first pump capacity of the first hydraulic pump and a second pump capacity of the second hydraulic pump respectively in such a manner that the first pump capacity increases and the second pump capacity decreases as an operating pressure difference resulting from a subtraction of the slewing operating pressure from the boom operating pressure increases, and control of regulating the first pump capacity and the second pump capacity respectively in such a manner that the first pump capacity decreases and the second pump capacity increases as the operating pressure difference decreases.

2 . The slewing-type construction machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a storage part for storing at least one map representing a preset relationship between the operating pressure difference, the first pump capacity, and the second pump capacity, wherein the pump capacity control part regulates, in the capacity control, the first pump capacity and the second pump capacity to respective pump capacities corresponding to the operating pressure difference using the at least one map.

3 . The slewing-type construction machine according to claim 2 , wherein
the plurality of leading end attachments includes a first leading end attachment and a second leading end attachment having different weights from one another, the at least one map includes a first map on the first leading end attachment representing a preset relationship between the operating pressure difference, the first pump capacity, and the second pump capacity, and a second map on the second leading end attachment representing a preset relationship between the operating pressure difference, the first pump capacity, and the second pump capacity, and the pump capacity control part executes the capacity control using the first map when the working device includes the first leading end attachment, and executes the capacity control using the second map when the working device includes the second leading end attachment.

4 . The slewing-type construction machine according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a leading end attachment determination part for determining which of the first leading end attachment and the second leading end attachment the working device includes, wherein the pump capacity control part executes the capacity control using either the first map or the second map that corresponds to a leading end attachment determined to be included in the working device by the leading end attachment determination part.

5 . The slewing-type construction machine according to claim 4 , wherein
the leading end attachment determination part includes an image taking device for taking an image including the leading end attachment included in the working device, and an image determination section for determining, on the basis of the image taken by the image taking device, which of the first leading end attachment and the second leading end attachment is included.

Assignees

• Kobelco Constr Mach Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kawamoto Masahiro

Classifications

• F15B11/17

  using two or more pumps · CPC title

• E02F9/26

  Indicating devices {(E02F5/145 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• E02F9/2296

  Systems with a variable displacement pump · CPC title

• E02F9/2292

  Systems with two or more pumps · CPC title

• E02F9/2285

  Pilot-operated systems · CPC title