Hydraulic system for construction machine including emergency control unit for electric hydraulic pump
View Patent ↗The present disclosure relates to a hydraulic system for a construction machine which uses an electric hydraulic pump, and more particularly, to a hydraulic system including an emergency control unit for temporarily driving the construction machine when an electronic control unit controlling the electric hydraulic pumps fails to operate. To this end, disclosed is the hydraulic system including the electric hydraulic pump, the electric control unit for controlling the electric hydraulic pump, and the emergency control unit, which operates when the electric control unit fails to operate, so as to temporarily control the electric hydraulic pump in accordance with to a predetermined condition, which can effectively respond to a low load work corresponding to predetermined pressure and to a high load work corresponding to higher pressure, by selectively operating the emergency control unit according to different optional conditions, based on the amount of load (low load, high load) of the working machine that is required when the electric control unit fails to operate.
1. A hydraulic system of a construction machine comprising an emergency control unit for an electric hydraulic pump, the hydraulic system comprising:
first and second electric hydraulic pumps, which are pressure control type variable capacity pumps;
a plurality of main control valves configured to selectively control a flow of working oil discharged from the first and second electric hydraulic pumps;
a plurality of working machines and first and second travel motors driven by the working oil supplied from corresponding main control valves among the plurality of main control valves;
a straight travel control valve configured to set a supply path of the working oil supplied to the first and second travel motors;
an electronic control unit configured to control the quantity of outlet flow of the working oil of the first and second electric hydraulic pumps by outputting pressure control electric signals for the first and second electric hydraulic pumps based on flow signals of the first and second electric hydraulic pumps and an operation signal of a joystick; and
the emergency control unit configured to output the predetermined pressure control electric signals for the first and second electric hydraulic pumps when the electronic control unit fails to operate,
wherein the emergency control unit is configured to selectively control the quantity of outlet flow of the first and second electric hydraulic pumps according to the amount of load of the working machines, and
wherein when the amount of load of the working machine is a low load, the emergency control unit is configured to output the predetermined pressure control electric signal with the same pressure for the first and second electric hydraulic pumps, and when the amount of load of the working machine is a high load, the emergency control unit is configured to output the predetermined pressure control electric signal with pressure, which is higher than that of the case of the low load, for one pump between the first and second electric hydraulic pumps.
2. The hydraulic system of claim 1 , wherein when the amount of load of the working machine is the high load, the emergency control unit is configured to output a driving electric signal for the straight travel control valve to drive the straight travel control valve.
3. The hydraulic system of claim 2 , wherein the emergency control unit includes an electric circuit unit including:
respective output ports configured to output electric signals to the straight travel control valve, and the first and second electric hydraulic pumps;
respective input ports connected with the respective output ports through a predetermined circuit, and configured to receive corresponding electric signals of the electronic control unit; and
a regular power source connected with the respective output ports through switches arranged on the predetermined circuit, and configured to output a predetermined electric signal when the electronic control unit fails to operate,
wherein the electric circuit unit is configured to control an operation of the switches according to the amount of load of the working machine to selectively supply the predetermined electric signal to the output ports.
4. The hydraulic system of claim 3 , wherein the switches are configured to operate the first and second electric hydraulic pumps for the low load, and operate only one pump between the first and second electric hydraulic pumps while driving the straight travel control valve for the high load.