Crane control method and crane

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025145425-A1
Application number	US-202318838098-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 14, 2023
Priority date	Feb 17, 2022
Publication date	May 8, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A storage stores at least one piece of registered correction data including a plurality of registered values associated with a plurality of section angle ranges. A controller executes parallel winch control of causing a derricking winch and a hoisting winch to operate. The controller specifies a reference target value corresponding to a derricking angle, from the plurality of registered values. In a correction period corresponding to a point of time at which a correction operation is detected, the controller corrects the reference target value used for deriving an operation speed of the hoisting winch in the parallel winch control, in accordance with a specified value specified by the correction operation. The controller updates data of the reference target value corresponding to the correction period to data corrected with the specified value.

First claim

1 . A crane control method for horizontally transferring a suspended load, using a crane,
the crane including: a derricking body; a derricking rope connected to the derricking body; a derricking winch that winds up the derricking rope or unwinds the derricking rope to change an angle of the derricking body; an angle detector that detects an angle of the derricking body; a hook for suspending the suspended load therefrom; a hoisting rope connected to the hook, the hoisting rope drooping from a front end of the derricking body; and a hoisting winch that winds up the hoisting rope or unwinds the hoisting rope to change a length of a part of the hoisting rope that droops from the front end of the derricking body, a controller capable of controlling the derricking winch and the hoisting winch, the controller including: a derricking operation unit that receives an operation that instructs operation of the derricking winch; a correction operation unit that receives a correction operation of specifying a specified value for correcting an operation speed of the hoisting winch, and a storage that is a nonvolatile storage and that stores at least one piece of registered correction data including a plurality of registered values associated with a plurality of section angle ranges, the plurality of registered values each representing a degree of correction for adjusting an operation speed of the hoisting winch and the plurality of section angle ranges being set by dividing a movable range of the derricking body into different sections, the crane control method comprising: executing, by the controller, parallel winch control of causing the derricking winch and the hoisting winch to operate when an operation on the derricking operation unit is detected in a situation where a control mode for horizontal transfer of the suspended load is selected; and executing, by the controller, a correction process when the correction operation is detected in a situation where the parallel winch control is executed, wherein the parallel winch control includes: causing, by the controller, the derricking winch to operate at a speed corresponding to an amount of operation on the derricking operation unit; acquiring, by the controller, a derricking angle that is a detection angle detected by the angle detector and specifying a reference target value corresponding to the derricking angle, from among the plurality of registered values; deriving, by the controller, a reference speed ratio according to the derricking angle, the reference speed ratio representing a ratio of an operation speed of the hoisting winch to an operation speed of the derricking winch; deriving, by the controller, an applied speed ratio by correcting the reference speed ratio with the reference target value; and causing, by the controller, the hoisting winch to operate at a speed corresponding to an operation speed of the derricking winch and to the applied speed ratio, and the correction process includes: executing, by the controller, a speed correction process in a correction period corresponding to a point of time at which the correction operation is detected, the speed correction process being a process of correcting the reference target value used for deriving an operation speed of the hoisting winch in the parallel winch control, in accordance with the specified value specified by the correction operation; and executing, by the controller, a data updating process of updating data of the reference target value, the data corresponding to the correction period in the storage, to data corrected with the specified value specified by the correction operation.

2 . The crane control method according to claim 1 , wherein the derricking body is a boom coupled to a main body of the crane so as to be capable of derricking, or a jib connected turnably to a front end of the boom, or both the boom and the jib.

3 . The crane control method according to claim 1 , wherein
the correction period is a period in which the derricking angle belongs to one target angle range among the plurality of section angle ranges, and the target angle range is a section angle range including the derricking angle at a point of time at which the correction operation is detected, the section angle range being among the plurality of section angle ranges.

4 . The crane control method according to claim 1 , wherein the correction period is a period from a point of time at which the correction operation is detected to a point of time at which the correction operation is no longer detected.

5 . The crane control method according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one piece of registered correction data includes pieces of registered correction data corresponding to an operation direction of the derricking winch, the controller selects registered correction data corresponding to an operation direction of the derricking winch from the pieces of registered correction data, as target correction data, and the controller refers to or updates the target correction data in execution of the parallel winch control or the correction process.

6 . The crane control method according to claim 1 , wherein
the crane includes: a hydraulic device that drives the derricking winch and the hoisting winch; and an engine that is a power source for the hydraulic device, the engine capable of changing a rotating speed, the at least one piece of registered correction data includes pieces of registered correction data corresponding to a rotating speed of the engine, the controller selects registered correction data corresponding to a rotating speed of the engine from the pieces of registered correction data, as target correction data, and the controller refers to or updates the target correction data in execution of the parallel winch control or the correction process.

7 . The crane control method according to claim 1 , wherein
the crane includes a load detector that detects a weight of the suspended load, the at least one piece of registered correction data includes pieces of registered correction data corresponding to the weight of the suspended load, the controller selects registered correction data corresponding to a detection load detected by the load detector from the pieces of registered correction data, as target correction data, and the controller refers to or updates the target correction data in execution of the parallel winch control or the data updating process.

8 . The crane control method according to claim 1 , wherein
the crane includes a display device, and when the parallel winch control is being executed, the controller executes a process by which the plurality of registered values are displayed on the display device and some of the registered values that correspond to the derricking angle are displayed in a highlighted form on the display device.

9 . A crane comprising:
a derricking body; a derricking rope connected to the derricking body; a derricking winch that winds up the derricking rope or unwinds the derricking rope to change an angle of the derricking body; an angle detector that detects an angle of the derricking body; a hook for suspending a suspended load therefrom; a hoisting rope connected to the hook, the hoisting rope drooping from a front end of the derricking body; a hoisting winch that winds up the hoisting rope or unwinds the hoisting rope to change a length of a part of the hoisting rope that droops from the front end of the derricking body; and a controller that controls the derricking winch and the hoisting winch, wherein the controller includes: a derricking operation unit that receives an operation that instructs operation of the derricking winch; a co

Assignees

• Kobelco Constr Mach Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fukukawa Yuya
• Hirate Takayoshi
• Sasai Shintaro
• Shimizu Tadahiro

Classifications

• B66C2700/0371

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• B66C23/54

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• B66C23/42

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• B66C13/46

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• B66C13/40

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