IP Library Granted Patent US 12,084,842
Granted Patent B2
US 12,084,842 · App. 17/622,332 · Granted Sep 10, 2024

Evaluation system for work machine and evaluation method for work machine

Inventors: Tatsuro Miyoshi (Tokyo, JP); Tsuyoshi Kobayashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
E02F9/267G01L5/12G05B23/0283
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Patent No.
US 12,084,842
App. No.
17/622,332
Granted
Sep 10, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An evaluation system for a work machine includes a work implement, a support unit for the work implement, a cylinder that causes the work implement to move with respect to the support unit, and an evaluation unit that evaluates a degree of fatigue of the support unit based on an axial force of the cylinder.

Claims (20)

1. An evaluation system for a work machine, the evaluation system comprising:

a work implement;

a support unit for the work implement;

an operational unit for the work implement that is operatively supported by the support unit;

a cylinder that causes the work implement to move with respect to the support unit; and

a controller that calculates an axial force of the cylinder and evaluates a degree of fatigue of the support unit based on the axial force of the cylinder,

wherein the support unit includes:

a pair of longitudinal plates holding the operational unit between the longitudinal plates to support the operational unit; and

a bridge plate spanning between the longitudinal plates, and

wherein the longitudinal plates and the bridge plate are welded together.

2. The evaluation system for a work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the operational unit is a boom.

3. The evaluation system for a work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the cylinder is a hydraulic cylinder.

4. The evaluation system for a work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the controller further predicts a lifetime based on the evaluated degree of fatigue of the support unit.

5. An evaluation method for a work machine including: a work implement; a support unit for the work implement; an operational unit for the work implement that is operatively supported by the support unit; and a cylinder that causes the work implement to move with respect to the support unit, wherein the support unit includes: i) a pair of longitudinal plates holding the operational unit between the longitudinal plates to support the operational unit; and ii) a bridge plate spanning between the longitudinal plates, wherein the longitudinal plates and the bridge plate are welded together, and wherein the evaluation method comprising:

detecting, via a bottom pressure detection sensor, a bottom pressure of the operational unit;

detecting, via a head pressure detection sensor, a head pressure of the operational unit;

calculating an axial force of the cylinder based on the detected bottom pressure of the operational unit and the detected head pressure of the operational unit; and

evaluating a degree of fatigue of the support unit based on the calculated axial force of the cylinder.

6. The evaluation method for a work machine according to claim 5 , further comprising:

proposing a driving scheme that reduces the degree of fatigue of the support unit based on the evaluated degree of feature of the support unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2021
From: MIYOSHI, TATSURO; KOBAYASHI, TSUYOSHI
To: KOMATSU LTD.
Reel/Frame 058469/0695 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-130552 · Jul 12, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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