A hydraulic tool is mountable to a prime mover. The hydraulic tool includes a bore-side hydraulic pressure sensor, a rod-side hydraulic pressure sensor, a control circuit, a wireless transmitter antenna providing a communication channel to a user interface, and a protective box assembly housing the bore-side hydraulic pressure sensor, the rod-side hydraulic pressure sensor, the control circuit, and the wireless transmitter antenna.

An arm load control system for a work vehicle including a controller comprising a memory and a processor. The controller is configured to determine whether a lift arm is in a maximum load configuration based on a position of the lift arm relative to a chassis of the work vehicle and output a control signal to a propulsion assembly of the work vehicle indicative of instructions to adjust a tractive effort of the work vehicle based on whether the lift arm is in the maximum load configuration.

To reduce an increase in the electric power consumption of an electric motor according to the state of an electric power source at the start of driving of an actuator, and make it possible to use devices in an appropriate state in an electrically driven hydraulic construction machine including a driving system that drives a hydraulic pump by using the electric motor. For this purpose, a controller 50 sets a target relief pressure of a relief valve 3 to a normal relief pressure Pn (first relief pressure) when an operation lever device 44 is not being operated and a storage amount SOC(t) of a battery 62 (the state quantity of an electric power source) is equal to or larger than a threshold S1, and sets the target relief pressure to a reduced relief pressure Pr(t) (second relief pressure) lower than the normal relief pressure Pn (first relief pressure) when the operation lever device 44 is not being operated, and the storage amount SOC(t) of the battery 62 (the state quantity of the electric power source) is smaller than the threshold S1.

A hydraulic system includes a hydraulic mechanism that includes a first and a second chamber. The hydraulic system includes a control valve fluidly connected to the first chamber and a pressure sensor that is configured to measure the fluid pressure in the first chamber. The hydraulic system includes a processing unit connected to the control valve. The processing unit is configured to control a hydraulic fluid flow rate to and from the first chamber of the hydraulic mechanism via the control valve to provide a shock absorption response. The hydraulic fluid flow rate is based at least in part on a pressure measurement received from the pressure sensor. The shock absorption response is based on a simulated hydraulic accumulator.

A control device of a loading machine includes an adjustment determination unit and an operation signal output unit. The loading machine includes a swing motor and a swing body. The adjustment determination unit determines whether or not an angle formed by an azimuth direction of a swing body when the swing body stops and a target stop azimuth direction is less than an allowable angle based on an azimuth direction, a swing speed, and the target stop azimuth direction of the swing body during braking of the swing motor. The operation signal output unit outputs a swing control signal for driving the swing motor in a case in which it is determined that the angle formed by the azimuth direction of the swing body when the swing body stops and the target stop azimuth direction is equal to or greater than the allowable angle.

A work vehicle includes a hydraulic actuator that changes an actual steering angle, an actual steering angle detecting part, an operating unit that performs a steering operation, a position adjusting control part that controls the position adjusting part based on the actual steering angle, and a steering control part that controls the hydraulic actuator. The operating unit includes a support part, a rotating part supported rotatably by the support part, an operating part supported rotatably by the support part or the rotating part, a biasing part that biases the operating part to a predetermined position with respect to the rotating part, a position adjusting part that adjusts a rotation angle of the rotating part with respect to the support part, and a rotation angle detecting part configured to detect the rotation angle of the operating part with respect to the support part or the rotating part.

A control system for a construction machine includes a target value generation unit configured to generate a target value of an amount of control of the working equipment, a prediction model storage unit configured to store a prediction model for the working equipment, a weight data acquisition unit configured to acquire weight data of the bucket, a prediction model update unit configured to update the prediction model based on the weight data, a prediction unit configured to calculate a predicted value of the amount of control of the working equipment based on the target value and the prediction model, and calculate an amount of drive to control the working equipment based on the predicted value, and a command unit configured to output a control command to control the working equipment based on the amount of drive.

A hydraulic drive system for a hydraulic excavator that enables leveling work and a jack-up operation by a blade in a float state, that can prevent a body from falling even when an operator has falsely operated the hydraulic excavator during the jack-up operation by the blade, and that yet can perform favorable leveling work with the blade turned into the float state is provided. A float switch 37, a float valve 38, and a controller 34 are provided, the float valve 38 is changed over to a float position VI upon operating the float switch 37 when the blade is not in a jack-up state, the float valve 38 is changed over from the float position VI to a normal position V when the float valve 38 is in a state of being at the float position VI and an operation lever device 22 has been operated, and the float valve 38 is kept at the normal position V when the float valve 38 is at the normal position V and the float switch 37 has been operated in the jack-up state.

An apparatus for installing a land anchor of a foundation in an earthen surface includes an articulated arm assembly including a first linear actuator and a drill configured to releasably couple to a helical member, and a control system coupled to the articulated arm assembly and configured to operate the first linear actuator in a free-floating mode configured to maintain an installation angle between the drill and the earthen surface as the helical member is drilled into the earthen surface.

A payload measurement system can be used to measure the payload added to a machine supported on a plurality of walking beams. A plurality of load cell sensors is mounted to the walking beams in locations where, when the walking beam bends, the sensors are placed under load. The load cell sensors include a symmetrical strain bar having first and second mounting ends connected by a connecting span, wherein the end thickness is greater than the span thickness of the connecting span. The connecting span is disposed between and spaced apart from an upper plane and a lower plane with which the surfaces of the mounting ends are aligned.