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Apparatus for controlling a construction machine

US5077973A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 1990
Grant dateJan 7, 1992
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE02F9/2296
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An apparatus for controlling a power shovel or like construction machine which assures that various control modes for performing certain operations can reliably be selected by merely activating a switch corresponding to the operation to be performed. When a certain operation is selected, a CPU and an operation panel inputs a signal indicative of the selected operation into a pump controller. The pump controller outputs a signal indicative of the magnitude of the target engine revolution number and a magnitude of composite suction torque of the pumps adapted to the selected operation to an electric governor controller and a TVC valve. In response to this signal, the governor controller controls a governor and swash plates of the pumps such that the target engine revolution number is reached and the output torque from the engine matches the composite suction torque of the pumps. The pump controller outputs an activating signal to a solenoid between an actuating level and an actuating valve corresponding to the selected operation and outputs a deceleration signal to the electric governor controller corresponding to the selected operation. When the activating signal is outputted to the…

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