Abstract:
The position of a work machine is measured. A position signal representing the measured position is transmitted and received so as to calculate management information concerning the work machine according to the received position signal. The calculated management information is transmitted to the work machine. The management information includes the type of attachment proper to the quality of soil and weather forecast.
Abstract:
An area limiting digging control device for a hydraulic shovel characterized in that an area where a front device (1A) can travel is set in advance, that the position and attitude of the front device are calculated by a control unit (9) based on signals from angle detectors (8a-8c), that a target speed vector (Vc) for the front device is calculated based on signals from operation lever devices (4a, 4b), that the target speed vector so calculated is maintained when the front device is not present in the vicinity of a boundary within the set area, while the target speed vector is corrected so as to reduce a vector component (Vcy) in a direction in which the front device approaches the boundary of the set area when the front device is present in the vicinity of the boundary within the set area, and that the target speed vector is corrected such that the front device can return to within the set area when it is out of the set area, whereby an area-limited digging operation can be carried out in an efficient fashion.
Abstract:
A hydraulic driving apparatus of a caterpillar vehicle including a hydraulic pump (2), a pair of right and left driving motors (3, 4) driven by pressure oil discharged from said pump, a plurality of actuators including at least one actuator (5) besides these motors, a plurality of flow rate control valves (6, 8, 10) for controlling the flows of the pressure oil supplied to these actuators, and a plurality of branched flow compensation valves (7, 8, 11) for controlling differential pressures across these flow rate control valves, each of the branched flow compensation valves having driving means (7d, 7f, 9d, 9f, 11d, 11f) for setting the target value of differential pressure across the corresponding flow rate control valve. The apparatus is further equipped with first means (28) for outputting a switch signal for changing the operation speeds of the pair of driving motors (3, 4) and second means (30, 31) for controlling the driving means (7f, 9f) of the branched flow compensation valves (7, 9) related with the pair of the driving motors in accordance with the switch signal outputted from the first means and changing the target values of differential pressures across the corresponding flow rate control valves (6, 8).
Abstract:
This invention relates to a hydraulic circuit for working machines, provided with a hydraulic fluid source (1), at least one hydraulic actuator (3 or 13) adapted to be driven by the hydraulic fluid supplied from the hydraulic fluid source, flow rate control valves (4; 4A or 14; 14A) adapted to control a flow of the hydraulic fluid supplied to the actuator, and pressure control means (5; 5A or 15; 15A) for maintaining the pressure differences across the flow rate control valves on predetermined levels. The apparatus according to this invention has a first means (20; 23; 35, 36) for selectively producing one of a pressure equal to a load pressure and an intermediate pressure higher than the load pressure but lower than a supply pressure, on the basis of a load pressure on the actuator (3 or 13) and a supply pressure in the hydraulic fluid source (1), and outputting the resultant pressure as a control pressure; a second means (21; 27; 29; 34, 36) for operating the first means to specify a pressure to be selected as a control pressure, i.e. one of the pressure equal to the load pressure and the intermediate pressure; and a communication means (22) for introducing the control pressure to the pressure control means (5; 5A or 15; 15A). The pressure control means is adapted to maintain the above-mentioned pressure difference on the above-mentioned predetermined level when the control pressure is equal to the load pressure, and set the pressure difference to one lower than the predetermined level when the control pressure is the intermediate pressure.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a method and an apparatus for driving a hydraulic machine equipped with a plurality of hydraulic actuators such as hydraulic shovel, which can operate all of the hydraulic actuators with normal operation speed characteristics (first mode), can change the operation speed characteristics of at least part of the hydraulic actuator(s) among these hydraulic actuators to other characteristics (second mode) in accordance with the work requirements and can operate the part of the hydraulic actuator(s) with the operation speed characteristics of the second mode without affecting the operation speed characteristics of the other hydraulic actuators.
Abstract:
The respective pump ports (9p, 10p, 11p, 13p) of directional control valves (9-11, 13) for a boom, an arm, a bucket and a first drive are connected to first and second hydraulic pumps (1a, 1b) via feeder lines (93a, 93b, 103a, 103b, 113a, 113b, 133a, 133b) which are provided with auxiliary valves (91a, 91b, 101a, 101b, 111a, 111b, 131a, 131b) controlled by proportional solenoid valves (31a, 31b; 32a, 32b; 33a, 33b; 34a, 34b). The auxiliary valves function as variable resistances, including the functions of a check valve and a shut-off valve. This arrangement enables a hydraulic system of a closed center circuit to form a confluent circuit and a preferential circuit of simple structures, and the degree of preference and metering characteristics in a complex operation of an actuator to be set independently of each other.
Abstract:
In order that a boom can be hoisted smoothly in a triple-action operation including boom hoisting, arm crowding and bucket crowding actions, a hydraulic circuit apparatus for a hydraulic excavator is provided in a first valve group in a hydraulic valve unit (12) with a variable throttle valve (70) at the downstream side on a load check valve (32a) in a feeder passage (32) for a directional switching valve (21) for a bucket, and a secondary pressure (C) as a boom hoisting command is introduced into a pilot operating element (70a), which is operated in the throttling direction of the variable throttle valve (70), via a line (71). When the secondary pressure (C) is zero or low, the variable throttle valve is fully opened, and the area of an opening of this variable throttle valve is reduced as the secondary pressure (C) increases, whereby a flow rate of a pressure oil supplied through the directional switching valve (21) for a bucket is restricted.
Abstract:
A hydraulic regenerator provided in a hydraulic driving unit which is provided with a plurality of actuators (4, 5) operated by a pressure oil supplied from a capacity-variable type hydraulic pump (1), and a plurality of direction change-over valves (2, 3) respectively provided between the hydraulic pump and actuators and adapted to control a flow of the pressure oil supplied to the corresponding actuators; and having variable resistance means (6, 60) provided in a first line (12), via which a tank port (23) of at least one direction change-over valve (2) out of the direction change-over valves and a tank (9) communicate with each other, and adapted to control the flow rate of the pressure oil flowing from a tank port to the tank in accordance with a control signal (Px), a third line (14) via which a portion on the upstream side of the variable resistance means in the first line and a second line (10C) connected to pump port (24) of the above-mentioned direction change-over valve communicate with each other, and a check valve (7) provided in the third line and allowing only a flow of the pressure oil running from the first line to the second line. This hydraulic regenerator is further provided with (a) means (101, 106, 102a, 102b, 103a, 103b) for detecting the quantities of state (Pd, Ph, Pia1, Pia2, Pib1, Pib2) associated with the operation of the above actuators, (b) control means (100, 100A-100H) receiving signals from the detecting means and generating on the basis of the preregistered relation driving signals (i, i*) corresponding to the above-mentioned quantities of state, and (c) a control signal generating means (105) adapted to receive the above-mentioned driving signals and generate the above-mentioned control signal (Px) in accordance with the same driving signals, and it is designed so as to enable the characteristics of the variable resistance means to be set arbitrarily, and sudden variation of a regeneration flow rate to be prevented.
Abstract:
A hydraulic circuit device for construction machines wherein a first pressure regulator (130) for controlling the downstream pressure of first variable throttles (107, 107a) to a value corresponding to a first signal pressure is disposed between the first variable throttles of a directional control valve (47) for leftward running and a first running motor (57), and wherein a second pressure regulator (133) for controlling the downstream pressure of second variable throttles (108, 108a) to a value corresponding to a second signal pressure is disposed between the second variable throttles of a directional control valve (49) for rightward running and a second running motor (57). A negative pressure of either the first or second running motor, whichever is higher, is detected by a shuttle valve (136) as a maximum negative pressure, and signal switching valves (131, 135, 170) are caused to operate during combination operation in which the first and second running motors and at least one of a plurality of work machine actuators (53 to 56) are simultaneously driven, whereby themaximum negative pressure is imparted to the first and second pressure regulators as first and second signal pressures. Even when this enables a communication circuit (110) to be put into operation as the work machine actuators are put into operation during combination operation in which running and the operation of the work machine are simultaneously effected to thereby allow a pressure oil supply circuit (104) of the second directional control valve for rightward running and a pressure oil supply circuit (103) of the first directional control valve for leftward running to communicate with each other, differences in pressure across the first and second throttles become substantially equal to each other, thereby making it possible to secure a straight running capability.
Abstract:
Each of direction change-over valves (5, 6) respectively provided between a hydraulic supply system (50) and a plurality of actuators (3, 4) comprises: a pump port (9); a pressure chamber (10); a feeder path (11); actuator ports (12a, 12b); a tank port (13); first variable throttles (15a, 15b) of a meter-in system, which are provided between the pump port and the pressure chamber; and a pressure compensation valve (16) provided between the pressure chamber and the feeder path, one of opposing ends of which receives pressure from the pressure chamber and the other end of which receives the maximum of load pressures of the plurality of actuators. The hydraulic supply system comprises: a hydraulic pump (1); and a pump flowrate control device (2) for controlling a discharge flowrate of the hydraulic pump in such a manner that discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump is higher by a predetermined value than the maximum of load sensing pressures obtained from load pressures of the plurality of actuators. At least one of the direction change-over valves further comprises: a bleed path (21) for connecting the feeder path (11) and the tank port (13) to each other; and second variable throttles (22a, 22b) provided in this bleed path and interlocked with the first variable throttles of the meter-in system. With this arrangement, an abrupt action of the actuators for driving an inertial member is prevented and vibrations of the circuit are controlled even when one of a pump discharge flowrate and a load pressure is fluctuated.