Crane control method and crane

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025122053-A1
Application number	US-202218688035-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 31, 2022
Priority date	Sep 2, 2021
Publication date	Apr 17, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A prework manipulation or a post-work manipulation for a crane is facilitated. A controller executes a boom raising control in response to a first raising manipulation under a condition that a start mode is set. The controller executes a jib swing out control in response to a second raising manipulation. The boom raising control includes making the controller cause a second winch to wind up a second rope when a detection value from a jib tension force detector falls below a permissible range. The jib swing out control includes making the controller cause the second winch to wind up the second rope.

First claim

1 . A crane control method for controlling a crane including:
a main body part; a boom tiltably coupled to the main body part; a first rope connected to the boom; a first winch that changes an angle of the boom to the main body part by winding up the first rope or unwinding out the first rope; a jib rotatably coupled to a distal end of the boom; a second rope connected to the jib; a second winch that changes an angle of the jib to the boom by winding up the second rope or unwinding out the second rope; a jib lock mechanism configured to lock the jib to the boom in a state where the jib extends along the boom and unlock a locked state of the jib to the boom; a lock detector configured to detect the locked state of the jib to the boom that is made by the jib lock mechanism; a hook for supporting a hoisted load; a third rope connected to the hook and hanging down from a distal end of the jib; a third winch that changes a length of a portion of the third rope that hangs down from the distal end of the jib by winding up the third rope or unwinding out the third rope; and a manipulation part that receives a manipulation by a person, the crane control method comprising executing: a boom raising control until the angle of the boom reaches within a predetermined target raising range in response to a predetermined first raising manipulation to the manipulation part under a condition that a raising mode which is one of a plurality of predetermined control modes is set and the lock detector detects the locked state; an unlocking control of causing the jib lock mechanism to unlock the locked state after the angle of the boom reaches within the target raising range; and a jib swing out control until the angle of the jib reaches within a target work range in response to a predetermined second raising manipulation to the manipulation part under a condition that the raising mode is set after the execution of the unlocking control, wherein the boom raising control includes:
causing the first winch to wind up the first rope; and
causing the second winch to wind up the second rope when a tension force of the second rope falls below a permissible range, and
the jib swing out control includes causing the second winch to wind up the second rope.

2 . The crane control method according to claim 1 , wherein the boom raising control further includes executing a hook movement prevention control,
the hook movement prevention control including:
obtaining a jib point position on the basis of the angle of the boom, the jib point position being a position at the distal end of the jib and changing by an operation of the first winch;
obtaining a distance change amount being a change amount in a distance between the jib point position and a preset position of the hook; and
causing the third winch to unwind out the third rope by a length corresponding to the distance change amount.

3 . The crane control method according to claim 2 , wherein,
in the boom raising control, the hook movement prevention control is executed until a predetermined off-the-ground criterion is satisfied, and the third winch is kept from being controlled in the hook movement prevention control after the off-the-ground criterion is satisfied.

4 . The crane control method according to claim 3 , wherein the off-the-ground criterion includes a criterion that the manipulation part receives a manipulation of instructing the third winch to wind up the third rope in no performance of the first raising manipulation to the manipulation part under the condition that the raising mode is set and the lock detector detects the locked state.

5 . The crane control method according to claim 3 , wherein the off-the-ground criterion includes a criterion that the manipulation part receives a predetermined confirmation manipulation.

6 . The crane control method according to claim 1 , wherein the jib swing out control further includes:
obtaining, on the basis of the angle of the boom and the angle of the jib, a jib point height being at a position of the distal end of the jib in an up-down direction; and causing the third winch to unwind out the third rope by a length corresponding to a change amount in the jib point height.

7 . The crane control method according to claim 1 , wherein the manipulation part includes a plurality of manipulation levers which are shiftably supported,
each of the first raising manipulation and the second raising manipulation is a manipulation to one manipulation lever among the manipulation levers, the boom raising control causes the first winch to wind up the first rope at a speed corresponding to a shifting amount of the manipulation lever, and the jib swing out control further causes the second winch to wind up the second rope at a speed corresponding to the shifting amount of the manipulation lever.

8 . The crane control method according to claim 7 , wherein the boom raising control regulates an acceleration of the winding up of the first rope by the first winch within a first upper limit acceleration, and
the jib swing out control regulates an acceleration of the winding up of the second rope by the second winch within a second upper limit acceleration.

9 . The crane control method according to claim 7 , wherein the second raising manipulation is a manipulation to the same manipulation lever as the first raising manipulation.

10 . The crane control method according to claim 1 , further comprising executing:
a jib closing control until the lock detector detects the locked state in response to a predetermined first lowering manipulation to the manipulation part under a condition that a lowering mode which is one of the control modes is set and the angle of the boom is within the target raising range; and a boom tilting control until the angle of the boom reaches within a predetermined target tilting range in response to a predetermined second lowering manipulation to the manipulation part under a condition that the lowering mode is set after the lock detector detects the locked state, wherein the jib closing control includes causing the second winch to unwind out the second rope, and the boom tilting control includes:
causing the first winch to unwind out the first rope; and
causing the second winch to unwind out the second rope when the tension force of the second rope exceeds the permissible range.

11 . A crane control method for controlling a crane including:
a main body part; a boom tiltably coupled to the main body part; a first rope connected to the boom; a first winch that changes an angle of the boom to the main body part by winding up the first rope or unwinding out the first rope; a jib rotatably coupled to a distal end of the boom; a second rope connected to the jib; a second winch that changes an angle of the jib to the boom by winding up the second rope or unwinding out the second rope; a jib lock mechanism configured to lock the jib to the boom in a state where the jib extends along the boom and unlock a locked state of the jib to the boom; a lock detector configured to detect the locked state of the jib to the boom that is made by the jib lock mechanism; a hook for supporting a hoisted load; a third rope connected to the hook and hanging down from a distal end of the jib; a third winch that changes a length of a portion of the third rope that hangs down from the distal end of the jib by winding up the third rope or unwinding out the third rope; and a manipulation part that receives a manipulation by a person, the crane control method comprising executing: a jib closing control until the lock detector detects the locked state in response to a predetermined

Assignees

• Kobelco Constr Mach Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hyono Takuya
• Teranishi Kentaro
• Sasai Shintaro

Classifications

• B66C2700/0371

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• B66C23/42 Primary

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• B66C13/46

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• B66C13/48 Primary

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• B66C23/82

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