Slewing controller, slewing control method, and construction machine

• US 7,869,923 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2005
• Issued: 01/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Inventors: Kawaguchi, Tadashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; Khoi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sample; Jonathan L
• Application Number:
  US11/575,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20080065298A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,937 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 701/50
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 3/384 the boom being pivotable relative to the frame about a vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/128 Braking systems
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2207 for reducing or compensating oscillations
• CPC Class Codes: E02F 9/2214 for reducing the shock generated at the stroke end

Abstract

In an excavator equipped with an offset boom, an offset command value generating device of a rotation control device offsets a second boom arranged on a distal end side in a rotation direction relative to a first boom arranged on a proximal end side when an acceleration start judging device judges that a rotation operation is started, and offsets the second boom in a reverse rotation direction when a deceleration start judging device judges that a rotation deceleration operation is started. Accordingly, when a rotation acceleration is performed using a reaction force generated in the offset, clearances between members of a work machine can be contracted in advance in the rotation direction, while when the rotation deceleration operation is performed, these clearances can be contracted in advance in the rotation reverse direction, thereby reducing an impact in the acceleration and deceleration.

Claims

1. A rotation control device that controls a rotary body that is equipped with an offset mechanism including a distal-end side work member, the rotation control device comprising:

at least one of;

an acceleration start judging unit that judges whether a rotation operation is started or a rotation acceleration operation is started;

a deceleration start judging unit that judges whether or not a rotation deceleration operation is started; and

a just-before-stop judging unit that judges whether or not the rotation of the rotary body is just before being stopped, and

an offset command value generating unit that generates a command signal in accordance with a result of a judgment by the at least one of the acceleration start judging unit, the deceleration start judging unit and the just-before-stop judging unit, so that the offset mechanism is moved in conjunction with the rotation operation of the rotary body.

2. The rotation control device according to claim 1, wherein the offset command value generating unit offsets the distal-end side work member in a rotation direction in conjunction with the rotation operation when the acceleration start judging unit judges that the rotation operation or an acceleration operation is started.

3. The rotation control device according to claim 1, wherein the offset command value generating unit offsets the distal-end side work member in a reverse rotation direction in conjunction with the rotation operation when the deceleration start judging unit judges that a rotation deceleration operation is started.

4. The rotation control device according to claim 1, wherein the offset command value generating unit offsets the distal-end side work member in a reverse rotation direction in conjunction with the rotation operation when the just-before stop judging unit judges that the rotation of the rotary body is just before being stopped.

5. The rotation control device according to claim 4, wherein an offset change amount of the offset command value generating unit is adjustable in accordance with a rotation state of the rotary body.

6. The rotation control device according to claim 1, wherein the offset command value generating unit generates a command for correcting a generated offset toward an initial value.

10. The rotation control device according to claim 2, wherein the offset command value generating unit generates a command for correcting a generated offset toward an initial value.

11. The rotation control device according to claim 3, wherein the offset command value generating unit generates a command for correcting a generated offset toward an initial value.

12. The rotation control device according to claim 4, wherein the offset command value generating unit generates a command for correcting a generated offset toward an initial value.

13. The rotation control device according to claim 5, wherein the offset command value generating unit generates a command for correcting a generated offset toward an initial value.

14. The rotation control device according to claim 1, wherein the rotation control device comprises all of the acceleration start judging unit, the deceleration start judging unit and the just-before-stop judging unit.

7. A rotation control method for controlling a rotary body that is equipped with an offset mechanism including a distal-end side work member, the method comprising:

at least one of;

judging whether a rotation operation is started or a rotation acceleration operation is started;

judging whether or not a rotation deceleration operation is started; and

judging whether or not a rotation of the rotary body is just before being stopped, and

generating a command signal in accordance with a result of a judgment provided by at least one of said judgings, so that the offset mechanism is moved in conjunction with the rotation operation of the rotary body.

15. The rotation control method according to claim 7, wherein the method comprises all of judging whether a rotation operation is started or a rotation acceleration operation is started, judging whether or not a rotation deceleration operation is started, and judging whether or not a rotation of the rotary body is just before being stopped.

8. A construction machine, comprising:

a rotary body that is equipped with an offset mechanism including a distal-end side work member; and

a rotation control device that controls the rotary body, the rotation control device comprising;

at least one of;

an acceleration start judging unit that judges whether a rotation operation is started or a rotation acceleration operation is started;

a deceleration start judging unit that judges whether or not a rotation deceleration operation is started; and

a just-before-stop judging unit that judges whether or not the rotation of the rotary body is just before being stopped, and

an offset command value generating unit that generates a command signal in accordance with a result of the judgment by at least one of the judging units, so that the offset mechanism is moved in conjunction with the rotation operation of the rotary body.

9. The construction machine according to claim 8, wherein:

the offset mechanism includes a proximal-end side work member supported on the rotary body and a distal-end side work member that is coupled to the proximal-end side work member, the distal-end side work member being offset, and

the rotary body is rotated by an electric motor.

16. The construction machine according to claim 8, wherein the rotation control device comprises all of the acceleration start judging unit, the deceleration start judging unit and the just-before-stop judging unit.