A shovel includes an undercarriage, an upper swing structure swingably mounted on the undercarriage, an object detector provided on the upper swing structure, and a hardware processor configured to automatically braking a drive part of the shovel according to a predetermined braking pattern, in accordance with a distance between the shovel and an object, the distance being detected by the object detector.
1. A shovel comprising:
an undercarriage;
an upper swing structure swingably mounted on the undercarriage;
an object detector provided on the upper swing structure;
a body tilt sensor configured to detect an inclination of the shovel; and
a hardware processor configured to automatically brake a drive part of the shovel according to a predetermined braking pattern, in accordance with a distance between the shovel and an object, the distance being detected by the object detector,
wherein the hardware processor has a plurality of braking patterns that are according to the distance between the shovel and the object, the distance being detected by the object detector, and
the hardware processor is configured to switch the braking pattern based on an output of the body tilt sensor.
2. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of braking patterns differ from each other in timing of starting braking.
3. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of braking patterns differ from each other in a rate of increase of a braking force with respect to time elapsed since a start of braking.
4. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the braking pattern is a braking pattern for an actuator for traveling.
5. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the braking pattern is a braking pattern for an actuator for swinging.
6. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the hardware processor is configured to automatically brake the drive part by controlling a solenoid valve according to the predetermined braking pattern, and
the solenoid valve is provided between a hydraulic pump and a control valve.
7. The shovel as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to automatically brake the drive part by returning the control valve to, a neutral valve position.
8. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to automatically brake the drive part by disabling an operating device.
9. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to automatically brake the drive part according to the predetermined braking pattern, in accordance with the distance between the shovel and the object, the distance being detected by the object detector, while an operating device corresponding to the drive part is being operated.
10. The shovel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to automatically brake the drive part by causing a condition of the shovel to be a condition at a time when a gate lock lever is pushed down.
11. A shovel comprising:
an undercarriage;
an upper swing structure swingablv mounted on the undercarriage;
an object detector provided on the upper swing structure; and
a hardware processor configured to automatically brake a drive part of the shovel according to a predetermined braking pattern, in accordance with a distance between the shovel and an object, the distance being detected by the object detector,
wherein the braking pattern is a braking pattern for an actuator for swinging, and
the distance is a length of an arc between an end attachment and the object in a swing circle drawn by the end attachment during a swing motion.
12. The shovel as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to automatically brake the drive part according to one of a plurality of braking patterns that are according to a swing moment.
13. A shovel comprising:
an undercarriage;
an upper swing structure swingably mounted on the undercarriage;
an object detector provided on the upper swing structure; and
a hardware processor configured to automatically brake a drive part of the shovel according to a predetermined braking pattern, in accordance with a distance between the shovel and an object, the distance being detected by the object detector,
wherein the hardware processor is configured to automatically brake the drive part by controlling a solenoid valve according to the predetermined braking pattern,
the solenoid valve is provided between a hydraulic pump and a control valve,
the control valve is a spool valve, and
the solenoid valve is configured to control a movement of the spool valve.