KR100240091B1 - An automatic excavating apparatus and method of construction machine - Google Patents

Abstract

Excavation work and loading work are used as the main work, and the excavation work can be done automatically by the exposition pedal operation only during the excavation work.

According to a preferred embodiment, there is a first step of selecting the automatic excavation function, a second step of starting the automatic excavation function when the driving mode is advanced and pressing the accelerator pedal, and lowering the boom in the previous step by the controller. A third step of lowering the fraud boom to a descending stop position; and accelerating the accelerator pedal to load the load, and calculating a horizontal resistance force applied to the tip of the bucket by the controller and then storing any horizontal resistance value previously stored in the controller. If it is determined that the predetermined value is acceptable to the equipment in comparison with the above, the fourth step of raising the boom to retract the bucket, and the fourth step to lift the boom and retract the bucket by the controller during the fourth step If the effective load amount of the equipment is not loaded compared to the effective load amount previously stored in the controller by calculating a weight value, the boom square and the bucket And a fifth step of increasing the load by accelerating the accelerator pedal after stopping the retracting operation.

As a result, using the loader that performs excavation work and loading work as the main work, excavation work can be performed automatically by manipulating the driving pedal during excavation work, which reduces operator fatigue and improves work efficiency. Even in the case of a beginner's driver during excavation work by using only the driving pedal has the advantage to provide convenience to the user by automatically driving the boom and bucket.

Description

Automatic Excavator and Method of Construction Machinery

The present invention relates to an automatic excavation device and method for a construction machine, and more particularly, to automatically perform excavation work by only driving pedal operation during excavation work using a loader that performs excavation work and loading work as the main work. An automatic excavator device and method for a construction machine.

As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic excavator of a construction machine according to the prior art includes an engine 1 as a power source and a plurality of first hydraulic pumps connected to the engine 1 to discharge hydraulic oil during driving. 2) (2a) and the second hydraulic pump (3) for discharging the pilot signal pressure, and the boom and bucket driving hydraulic cylinder (4) (5) connected to the first hydraulic pump (2) described above and driven by hydraulic oil supply ), A steering apparatus 6 connected to and driven by the first hydraulic pump 2a described above, and installed between the first hydraulic pump 2, 2a and the hydraulic cylinders 4 and 5 described above. It is installed between the main control valve (7) for controlling the amount and flow direction, and the above-mentioned second hydraulic pump (3) and the main control valve (7) for driving the above-mentioned main control valve (7) in accordance with the operating displacement A pressure regulator operating lever 8 (8A) for controlling the pilot signal pressure is provided.

Reference numeral 9 is a relief valve to protect the related parts by draining to the tank when an overload occurs over a predetermined operating pressure inside the hydraulic circuit, 10 is a TM controller to control the running state of the equipment.

Excavation work (loading loads such as earth and sand into the bucket and loading work) by operating the working device of the boom and bucket caused by the above-described hydraulic cylinders (4) and (5). In the case of carrying out the work on the floor), the driver directly operates the above-mentioned work device operating levers 8 and 8A to perform the work.

When the above described excavation process is described in detail, the equipment is advanced to the load side due to the operation of the TM controller 10 described above in order to load the load such as earth and sand, and at this time, the above-described work device operating lever 8A. The hydraulic cylinder 4 for driving the boom is driven by the hydraulic oil supplied from the first hydraulic pump 2 (2a) due to the operation to lower the boom to the excavation position, and at the same time, the above-described working device operating lever ( 8) The bucket driving hydraulic cylinder 5 is driven by the hydraulic oil supplied from the first hydraulic pump 2 due to the operation so that the bucket angle is horizontal to the horizontal plane. This series of operations must of course be completed before the equipment is advanced to the load.

On the other hand, when the equipment is close to the load side, the above-described operation of the work device operating levers 8 and 8A temporarily stops the driving of the above-described boom and bucket, and continues to advance to the load side to load the load into the bucket. If it is determined that a predetermined amount is loaded into the bucket, the driver closes the bucket due to the above-described contraction of the bucket driving hydraulic cylinder 5 due to the operation of the above-mentioned pressure device operating levers 8 and 8A, and the above-mentioned boom driving hydraulic pressure. Raise the boom with the cylinder (4) extension. At this time, the driver appropriately adjusts the boom lift and the bucket fouling drive due to the above-described operation of the operating device operating levers 8 and 8A in order to load as much load as possible into the bucket. As such, when the above-mentioned boom raising and bucketing operation are completed by loading the load, one cycle of the excavation work is ended.

And, after the above-mentioned excavation work is completed, the operation of loading the load into the loading box such as a dump truck is called a loading operation.

However, in order to ensure that the bucket is loaded with as much load as possible during the excavation work as described above, the boom and bucket are directly operated due to the operation of the operating device operating levers 8 and 8A described above. As the excavation work is carried out by driving, the fatigue of the driver is increased by excessively repeatedly operating the above-mentioned work device operating levers 8 and 8A in the case of a novice driver, and excessive work time is required. Work efficiency was to have a problem of falling.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention, by using a loader that performs the excavation work and loading operation as the main work can be performed automatically excavation work only by driving pedal operation during excavation work to reduce the fatigue of the driver, improve work efficiency It is to provide an automatic excavator device and method for a construction machine.

Another object of the present invention, even in the case of a beginner's driver during excavation work using a loader, the automatic excavation device of the construction machine to provide a user convenience by operating only the driving pedal to automatically drive the boom and bucket And a method.

1 is a hydraulic circuit diagram applied to an automatic excavator of a construction machine according to the prior art.

2 is a hydraulic circuit diagram applied to an automatic excavator of a construction machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a geometric drawing utilized in calculating the horizontal resistance force by the load in the automatic excavation method of construction machinery according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a geometric drawing utilized in calculating the weight value in the automatic excavation method of construction machinery according to the embodiment of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: Engine 2, 2a: 1st hydraulic pump

3: second hydraulic pump 4: boom hydraulic cylinder

5: bucket hydraulic cylinder 6: steering device

7: Main control valve 8, 8A: Work device control lever

10: TM controller 11: Function selection means

12 controller 13 electromagnetic proportional control valve

14: Boom working pressure detection sensor 15: Bucket working pressure detection sensor

16: Boom rotation angle detection sensor 17: Bucket rotation angle detection sensor

An object of the present invention described above, an engine, a first hydraulic pump and a second hydraulic pump connected to and driven by the engine, and a boom and a bucket driving hydraulic cylinder connected to the first hydraulic pump and driven when supplying hydraulic oil; And a main control valve installed between the first hydraulic pump and the hydraulic cylinder to control the flow direction of the working oil and a pilot device connected to the second hydraulic pump to control the pilot signal pressure to drive the main control valve during operation. An operating lever, a steering device connected to and driven by the first hydraulic pump, an operating pressure detecting means installed in the hydraulic cylinder hydraulic oil passage for driving the boom and the bucket, and detecting the operating pressure of the fraud boom and the bucket; A rotation angle detecting means for detecting a rotation angle of the boom and the bucket, a function selecting means for selecting a excavator, and a working device operating lever And an electronic proportional valve block installed between the main control valve and a predetermined operation signal to control the pilot signal pressure for driving the main control valve, the function selection means, the means for controlling the driving state, the boom and the bucket. It is achieved by providing an automatic excavation apparatus for a construction machine, characterized in that it comprises a controller for applying a predetermined signal for driving to the electromagnetic proportional valve block by a detection signal according to the operating pressure and the rotation angle detection means.

The object of the present invention described above is a first step of selecting the automatic excavation function, a second step of starting the automatic excavation function when the driving mode is advanced and pressing the accelerator pedal, and lowering the boom in the previous step by the controller. A third step of lowering the boom to a lowering stop point, which is a predetermined position; and loading the load by accelerating the accelerator pedal, and calculating a horizontal resistance force applied to the bucket tip by the controller and then storing any horizontal resistance force previously stored in the controller. If it is determined that the predetermined value is acceptable to the equipment in comparison with the value, the fourth step of raising the boom to retract the bucket, and the fourth step to raise the boom and retract the bucket by the controller during the fourth step If the effective load amount of the equipment is not loaded in comparison with the effective load amount previously stored in the controller by calculating the load weight value, the boom lift and the bucket malfunction And a fifth step of increasing the load by accelerating the accelerator pedal after stopping the crimp drive.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention.

2 is a hydraulic circuit diagram applied to an automatic excavation device of a construction machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a geometric drawing used in calculating the horizontal resistance force by the load in the automatic excavation method of the construction machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a load weight in the automatic excavation method of a construction machine according to an embodiment of the present invention This is a geometric drawing used to calculate a value.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the engine 1, the first hydraulic pump 2 (2a) and the second hydraulic pump 3 connected to and driven by the engine 1, and the foregoing, Hydraulic cylinders (4) (5) for boom and bucket driving, which are connected to the first hydraulic pump (2) (2a) and driven when the hydraulic oil is supplied, and the aforementioned first hydraulic pump (2) (2a) and hydraulic cylinder ( 4) (5) is installed between the main control valve (7) for controlling the flow direction of the hydraulic oil, and the pilot connected to the above-described second hydraulic pump (3) to drive the above-mentioned main control valve (7) during operation The work device operating levers 8 and 8A for controlling the signal pressure, the steering device 6 connected and driven to the first hydraulic pump 2a described above, and the TM controller 10 for controlling the running state of the equipment. Since the configuration having the same as that shown in Figure 1 is stored in the detailed description thereof will be omitted, overlapping reference numerals are the same.

Therefore, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the sensor 14, 15 for detecting the operating pressure is installed in the hydraulic oil flow path of the above-described boom and bucket driving hydraulic cylinder (4) (5), the boom and Hydraulic cylinders (4) and (5) for bucket driving are provided with rotation angle detection sensors (16) and (17) for detecting rotation angles in predetermined positions, and the above-mentioned work device operating levers (8) and (8A) and the main control valve. An electromagnetic proportional valve block 13 for driving the pilot signal pressure for driving the main control valve 7 as described above by driving when a predetermined operation signal is input is provided between the seven proportional electromagnetic valves 13. The operating pressure detecting sensor 14 of the function key 11, TM controller 10, boom and bucket driving hydraulic cylinders 4 and 5, in which the controller 12 applying the predetermined signal for driving selects the automatic excavation function. 15) and rotary motion detection sensors 16 and 17 of the boom and bucket, respectively.

In addition, the horizontal resistivity calculation used in the excavation method using the automatic excavation device of the construction machine according to the embodiment of the present invention can be obtained from the geometrical drawing shown in FIG.

That is, from the rotation moment equilibrium, W x d = f x i = F x i x cos θ (F = PA). (W is the horizontal resistance by the load, d is the center of rotation and the vertical distance from the center of rotation to connect the bucket to the boom end)

At this time, the above d is a constant value, θ can also be obtained by the trigonometric function since the angle of the boom and the bucket can be detected through the sensor.

Therefore, the horizontal resistance force (W) by the transfer material,

It can be obtained from the equation W = (PxAxi × cosθ) / d.

In addition, the calculation of the load weight utilized in the excavation method using the automatic excavator of the construction machine according to the embodiment of the present invention can be obtained from the geometrical drawing shown in FIG.

That is, from the rotation moment equilibrium,

Therefore, given the boom angle and pressure, it is possible to obtain the load weight (W) value.

That is, it can be calculated | required from the formula W = (F-F ') xd / cos (theta).

(W is the loading weight, F is the boom up support force at the time of loading, F 'is the boom up support force at no load, D is the diameter of the bottom side of the boom cylinder, α: EDAE, β: ∠CAB, θ: BEAB a: Horizontal distance from the center of rotation of the boom cylinder side of the boom cylinder to the center of rotation of the boom cylinder bottom side, b: Horizontal distance from the center of rotation of the boom cylinder side of the boom cylinder side to the center of rotation of the boom cylinder Indicates distance)

In detail, the relationship between the boom angle and the boom cylinder pressure at that time is obtained by raising the boom by driving the boom cylinder in the empty bucket state (no load state), and the value is temporarily stored in the table.

Load the load in the bucket, and when the boom is raised, calculate the boom cylinder pressure according to the boom angle, and calculate the load weight (W) value using the above-mentioned rotating motion balance.

A specific average value of the peak and bottom values of the calculated loading weight values is adopted as the loading weight value.

Therefore, the automatic excavation method of a construction machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The controller 12 checks whether the above-described function key 11 is selected, and when the above-described function key 11 is selected, the above-described controller 12 is connected to the running state of the equipment from the TM controller 10. It receives a signal for the accelerator pedal operation. The driving mode is advanced and the automatic excavation function is performed when the accelerator pedal is pressed.

When the driving mode is in the forward state and the accelerator pedal is pressed, the boom cylinder 4 is driven by the aforementioned controller 12 to lower the boom to the lower stop point, and the lower stop point is the lower boom in the previous stage work cycle. Position it and store it in the above-mentioned controller 12, and use it as a boom lowering stop point in the automatic excavation function. The controller 12 calculates the angle of the bucket to coincide with the horizontal plane at the lower stop point of the boom, and drives the bucket by driving the bucket cylinder 5 described above according to the calculated value. Therefore, the machine moves forward to the working position to be excavated while the boom is in the lowered position in the previous work cycle, and the bucket is in a horizontal position with the horizontal plane at the lowered position of the boom to take an appropriate posture.

Advancing to the working position to be excavated, the operator accelerates the accelerator pedal to load the load into the bucket. At this time, the controller 12 calculates the horizontal resistance force (W = (P × A × i × cosθ) / d) acting on the tip of the bucket, and the calculated horizontal resistance value is 90% of the resistance force that the equipment can accommodate. The boom is raised by the above-mentioned boom cylinder 4 drive at the point of%, and the bucket is retracted by the above-mentioned bucket cylinder 5 drive. The position up to the boom is selected a predetermined position, and the bucket angle is such that both ends of the bucket at the boom up stop point maintain an angle parallel to the ground plane.

When the above-mentioned controller 12 raises the boom by calculating the above-mentioned horizontal resistance force W value, the above-described controller 12 calculates a load weight value W = (F-F ') x d / cosθ so as to load an effective load amount. . If the bucket is not loaded with a valid payload (preferably 70% on the machine's resources), then the boom lift and bucket lift operations are temporarily stopped in that state, and then the driver accelerates the accelerator pedal to increase the load. The controller 12 again calculates the horizontal resistance force W = (P × A × i × cosθ) / d to determine the boom up time and the bucket up and down time. By repeating this process, it is possible to load a suitable load.

In this way, when the boom is raised and the bucket retracting operation is completed, one cycle of the automatic closing function is finished.

As described above, according to the preferred embodiment, the excavation work can be automatically performed only by the driving pedal operation during the excavation work by using the loader which performs the excavation work and the loading work as the main work, thereby reducing the fatigue of the driver. In addition, it is possible to improve the work efficiency and to provide convenience to the user by automatically driving the boom and the bucket by operating only the driving pedal even when the driver is a beginner when digging a loader. Have

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engine; A first hydraulic pump and a second hydraulic pump connected to and driven by the engine; A boom and a bucket driving hydraulic cylinder connected to the first hydraulic pump and driven when hydraulic oil is supplied; A main control valve installed between the first hydraulic pump and the hydraulic cylinder to control a flow direction of the working oil; A work device operation lever connected to the second hydraulic pump to control a pilot signal pressure for driving the main control valve during operation; A steering device driven by the first hydraulic pump; Operating pressure detecting means installed in the hydraulic cylinder operating yoke flow path for the boom and the bucket driving to detect operating pressures of the boom and the bucket; A rotation angle detecting means installed at a predetermined position of the boom and the bucket and detecting a rotation angle of the boom and the bucket; Function selection means for selecting an automatic excavation function; An electromagnetic proportional valve block disposed between the work device operating lever and the main control valve to control the pilot signal pressure for driving the main control valve by driving when a predetermined operation signal is input; And a controller for applying a predetermined signal for driving to the electromagnetic proportional valve block based on a detection signal according to the function selection means and the driving state control means, and the operating pressure and rotation angle detection means of the boom and the bucket. Excavator equipment of construction machinery. A first step of selecting an automatic excavation function; A second step of starting the automatic excavation function when the driving mode is advanced and the accelerator pedal is pressed; A third step of lowering the boom to a lower stop point, which is a position at which the boom is lowered in a previous step by a controller; When the accelerator pedal is loaded to load the load, and the horizontal resistance force applied to the tip of the bucket is calculated by the controller, and it is determined to be a predetermined value that the equipment can accept by comparing with the horizontal resistance value previously stored in the controller, A fourth step of raising the boom and pinching the bucket; And raising the boom by the fourth step and calculating the load weight value by the controller while retracting the bucket, when the effective load amount of the equipment is not loaded compared to the effective load amount previously stored in the controller, the boom rises. And a fifth step of increasing the load by accelerating the accelerator pedal after stopping the bucket retracting operation.

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