Construction machine control system, construction machine, and construction machine control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016265187-A1
Application number	US-201514762960-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 24, 2015
Priority date	Jun 4, 2014
Publication date	Sep 15, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A construction machine control system for a construction machine that includes a work machine including a boom, an arm, and a bucket includes: an adjusting device having a movable spool and being capable of adjusting an amount of operating oil supplied to a hydraulic cylinder that drives the work machine with movement of the spool; an operation command unit adjusting the spool; a storage unit storing a plurality of pieces of correlation data indicating a relation between a cylinder speed of the hydraulic cylinder and an operation command value of operating the hydraulic cylinder according to a type of the bucket; an acquiring unit acquiring type data indicating the type of the bucket; and a control unit selecting one piece of correlation data from the plurality of pieces of correlation data based on the type data and controlling the operation command value based on the selected correlation data.

First claim

1 . A construction machine control system for a construction machine that includes a work machine including a boom, an arm, and a bucket and an operating device receiving an input of an operator's operation command for driving the work machine, the construction machine control system comprising:
a hydraulic cylinder that drives the work machine; a direction control valve that has a movable spool and that supplies operating oil to the hydraulic cylinder with movement of the spool to operate the hydraulic cylinder; a control valve that allows the spool to be movable based on the operation command; a storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of correlation data indicating a relation between a cylinder speed of the hydraulic cylinder and an operation command value indicating a value of an operation command signal for operating the hydraulic cylinder according to a type of the bucket; an acquiring unit that acquires type data indicating the type of the bucket; and a control unit that selects one piece of correlation data from the plurality of pieces of correlation data based on the type data and controls the operation command value based on the selected correlation data.

2 . The construction machine control system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the hydraulic cylinder operates so that a lowering operation of the boom is executed, wherein the correlation data includes a relation between the cylinder speed of the hydraulic cylinder and the operation command value of operating the hydraulic cylinder in the lowering operation, and wherein the cylinder speed changes with respect to the operation command value based on the correlation data in the lowering operation.

3 . The construction machine control system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the hydraulic cylinder operates so that a raising operation of the work machine is executed from an initial state where the cylinder speed is zero, and wherein an amount of change in the cylinder speed from the initial state in a slow-speed area where the cylinder speed is larger than zero and equal to or smaller than a predetermined speed is different between a first type bucket and a second type bucket.

4 . The construction machine control system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the storage unit stores first correlation data indicating a relation between the cylinder speed and a movement amount of the spool, second correlation data indicating a relation between the movement amount of the spool and pressure of the pilot oil, and third correlation data indicating a relation between the pressure of the pilot oil and a control signal output from the control unit to the control valve, and wherein the control unit outputs the control signal to the control valve based on the first correlation data, the second correlation data, and the third correlation data so that the hydraulic cylinder moves at a target cylinder speed.

5 . The construction machine control system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control valve adjusts the pressure of the pilot oil for moving the spool and allows the spool to be movable by the pilot oil, the construction machine control system further comprising: a control valve control unit that determines a current value to be supplied to the control valve; a pressure sensor that detects a pressure value of the pilot oil; and a spool stroke sensor that detects a movement amount value of the spool, and wherein the operation command value includes at least one of the current value, the pressure value, and the movement amount value.

6 . The construction machine control system according to claim 1 , further comprising a recycling circuit that returns a portion of the operating oil from a rod side of the hydraulic cylinder to a cap side of the boom cylinder by using load pressure according to weight of the work machine.

7 . A construction machine comprising:
a lower traveling structure; an upper swinging structure that is supported by the lower traveling structure; a work machine that includes a boom, an arm, and a bucket and is supported by the upper swinging structure; and the construction machine control system according to claim 1 .

8 . A construction machine control method for a construction machine that includes a work machine including a boom, an arm, and a bucket and allows the work machine to be driven based on an operator's operation command,
wherein the construction machine includes a hydraulic cylinder that drives the work machine, a direction control valve that has a movable spool and that supplies operating oil to the hydraulic cylinder with movement of the spool to operate the hydraulic cylinder, and a control valve that allows the spool to be movable based on the operation command, and the construction machine control method comprising: obtaining a plurality of pieces of first correlation data indicating a relation between a cylinder speed of the hydraulic cylinder and an operation command value indicating a value of an operation command signal for operating the hydraulic cylinder according to a type of the bucket; acquiring type data indicating the type of the bucket; selecting one piece of correlation data from the plurality of pieces of correlation data based on the type data; and controlling a movement amount of the spool based on the selected correlation data.

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Baba Akinori
• Ikegami Katsuhiro
• Takaura Takeshi
• Ichihara Masashi
• Shimano Yuki

Classifications

• E02F3/425

  Drive systems for dipper-arms, backhoes or the like · CPC title

• E02F3/963

  Arrangements on backhoes for alternate use of different tools (backhoes per se E02F3/30; quick-acting devices to connect tools to arms E02F3/3609, for arms to tractors or the like E02F3/627) · CPC title

• E02F3/32

  working downwardly and towards the machine, e.g. with backhoes · CPC title

• E02F3/435 Primary

  for dipper-arms, backhoes or the like · CPC title

• E02F9/2029

  Controlling the position of implements in function of its load, e.g. modifying the attitude of implements in accordance to vehicle speed (control for hydraulic or pneumatic drives E02F9/2203, E02F9/2221 and E02F9/2253 take precedence) · CPC title