Hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly for a mobile work machine, and method
11220804 · 2022-01-11
Assignee
Inventors
- Florian Muehlbauer (Neu-Ulm, DE)
- Michael Brand (Ulm, DE)
- Minha An (Weissenhorn, DE)
- Salih Tetik (Nersingen, DE)
- Ximing Wang (Neu-Ulm, DE)
Cpc classification
F15B2211/6656
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04B1/324
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04B2201/12041
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04B49/08
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04B49/002
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F15B15/24
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F15B2211/20553
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04B2201/1202
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F15B2211/6333
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04B2201/12051
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F15B2211/6306
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F15B2211/6652
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F15B21/087
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F03C1/0686
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04B1/295
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F04B2205/09
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
International classification
Abstract
A hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly has an adjustable axial piston machine. An actuating cylinder is controlled by way of a pilot valve. The pilot valve is actuated by a control installation. The control installation, as input variables, has an actual pressure and/or an actual swivel angle of the adjustable axial piston machine. One or a plurality of the input variables are compared with a matching nominal value and a control value is emitted, or in each case a control value is emitted. The controlling of the input variables is part of a first closed-loop control circuit. An underlying second closed-loop control circuit has an input variable which is based on the control variable or the control variables and serves as a nominal variable. A further input variable of the second closed-loop control circuit is an actual delivery-volume adjustment rate of the axial piston machine.
Claims
1. A hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly for an open hydraulic circuit, comprising: a hydro machine; an adjusting mechanism including (i) an actuating cylinder having a set piston configured to adjust a delivery volume of the hydro machine, and (ii) a pilot valve electrically actuatable in a proportional manner, wherein an inflow to and/or an outflow from a control chamber of the actuating cylinder that is limited by the set piston is configured for control via the pilot valve in order for an actuation of the set piston to be impinged with pressurizing medium; and an electronic control which, as input variables, has at least a nominal outlet pressure of the hydro machine and/or a nominal delivery volume or a nominal swivel angle of the hydro machine, and which, as an output variable, has a control variable for the pilot valve, wherein the electronic control has a first closed-loop control circuit for an actual outlet pressure of the hydro machine and/or for an actual delivery volume or an actual swivel angle of the hydro machine, wherein the electronic control, so as to underlie the first closed-loop control circuit, has a second closed-loop control circuit for a delivery-volume adjustment rate or a swivel-angle adjustment rate of the hydro machine, wherein the second closed-loop control circuit, as an input variable, having an actual delivery-volume adjustment rate or an actual swivel-angle adjustment rate of the hydro machine, and, as an output variable, having the control variable for the pilot valve, and wherein the second closed-loop control circuit is supplied a control value from the first closed-loop control circuit in the form of a nominal delivery-volume adjustment rate or a nominal swivel-angle adjustment rate.
2. The hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly according to claim 1, wherein: the first closed-loop control circuit is configured for an actual torque of the hydro machine, and a nominal torque and the actual torque are included as the input variables for the electronic control.
3. The hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly according to claim 2, wherein: the first closed-loop control circuit emits in each case one control variable for the actual outlet pressure of the hydro machine and/or for the actual delivery volume or the actual swivel angle of the hydro machine and/or for the actual torque of the hydro machine, and the electronic control has an alternating control including a minimum value generator for the emitted control variables.
4. The hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly according to claim 3, wherein: the first closed-loop control circuit for the actual outlet pressure of the hydro machine and/or for the actual delivery volume or the actual swivel angle of the hydro machine and/or for the actual torque of the hydro machine includes a further controller having an I-proportion, and the I-proportion, in a case of an inactive controller having the I-proportion or inactive controllers having the I-proportion, is frozen or partially or completely reduced.
5. The hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly according to claim 1, wherein a nominal pressure gradient is included as one of the input variables for controlling the actual outlet pressure in the first closed-loop control circuit.
6. The hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly according to claim 5, wherein the nominal pressure gradient is adjustable for adapting control dynamics of the hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly.
7. The hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly according to claim 5, wherein the nominal pressure gradient limits variation of the nominal outlet pressure.
8. The hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly according to claim 1, wherein a delivery-volume adjustment rate target or a swivel-angle adjustment rate target is included as one of the input variables for the electronic control that is adjustable for adapting control dynamics of the hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly.
9. The hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly according to claim 8, wherein: the delivery-volume adjustment rate target or the swivel-angle adjustment rate is supplied to a control element which, as a further input variable, has the control value of the first closed-loop control circuit in the form of the nominal delivery-volume adjustment rate or the nominal swivel-angle adjustment rate, and the control element, as an output variable, emits a final nominal delivery-volume adjustment rate for the second closed-loop control circuit that is limited by the delivery-volume adjustment rate target.
10. The hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly according to claim 1, wherein: a highest actual load pressure of consumers which are supplied by the hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly is detected as an actual load sensing pressure and is supplied as one of the input variables to the electronic control, a nominal pressure differential is included as one of the input variables for the electronic control, wherein a nominal pressure for the electronic control which is included as one of the input variables for the first closed-loop control circuit is determined from the actual load sensing pressure and the nominal pressure differential, and/or wherein actual load sensing pressures of part of the consumers or of all consumers are detected, and wherein generating a maximum value or prioritizing the actual load sensing pressures takes place in the electronic control.
11. The hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly according to claim 1, wherein a filter is included for at least one of the input variables, or for part of the input variables, or for all input variables of the electronic control.
12. The hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly according to claim 1, wherein: a, or a respective, amplification factor for the first closed-loop control circuit is included for controlling the actual outlet pressure of the hydro machine and/or for controlling the actual delivery volume of the hydro machine and/or for controlling an actual torque of the hydro machine, and the amplification factor is a function of an actual temperature and/or of an actual rotating speed of the hydro machine and/or of the actual outlet pressure of the hydro machine and/or of a nominal pressure gradient of the hydro machine.
13. The hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly according to claim 1, wherein a neutral current of the pilot valve is pre-controlled.
14. The hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly according to claim 1, wherein: a valve slide of the pilot valve is actuated in such a manner that the valve slide temporarily or continually carries out an axial oscillating movement, and a frequency and an amplitude of the axial oscillating movement is controllable as a function of the actual outlet pressure.
15. A method of operating a hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly, comprising: controlling a pilot valve by way of a first closed-loop control circuit and a second closed-loop control circuit, wherein the hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly includes: a hydro machine; an adjusting mechanism including (i) an actuating cylinder having a set piston configured to adjust a delivery volume of the hydro machine, and (ii) the pilot valve electrically actuatable in a proportional manner, wherein an inflow to and/or an outflow from a control chamber of the actuating cylinder that is limited by the set piston is configured for control via the pilot valve in order for an actuation of the set piston to be impinged with pressurizing medium; and an electronic control which, as input variables, has at least a nominal outlet pressure of the hydro machine and/or a nominal delivery volume or a nominal swivel angle of the hydro machine, and which, as an output variable, has a control variable for the pilot valve, wherein the electronic control has the first closed-loop control circuit for an actual outlet pressure of the hydro machine and/or for an actual delivery volume or an actual swivel angle of the hydro machine, wherein the electronic control, so as to underlie the first closed-loop control circuit, has the second closed-loop control circuit for a delivery-volume adjustment rate or a swivel-angle adjustment rate of the hydro machine, wherein the second closed-loop control circuit, as an input variable, having an actual delivery-volume adjustment rate or an actual swivel-angle adjustment rate of the hydro machine, and, as an output variable, having the control variable for the pilot valve, and wherein the second closed-loop control circuit is supplied a control value from the first closed-loop control circuit in the form of a nominal delivery-volume adjustment rate or a nominal swivel-angle adjustment rate.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) Preferred exemplary embodiments of the disclosure will be explained in more detail hereunder by means of schematic drawings in which:
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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(11) The axial piston machine 2 at the outlet side is connected to a pressure line 24 which in turn is connected to a main control valve 26 or a valve block. The supply of pressurizing medium between the axial piston machine 2 and one or a plurality of consumers can be controlled by way of said main control valve 26. A control line 28 which is connected to a pressure connector P of the pilot valve 14 branches off from the pressure line 24. The control line 28 is configured, for example, in a housing of the axial piston machine 2. The pilot valve 14 furthermore has a tank connector T which by way of a tank line 30 is connected to a tank. The pilot valve 14 moreover has an operation connector A which is connected to a control chamber 32 of an actuating cylinder 34. The control chamber 32 herein is delimited by a set piston 36 of the actuating cylinder. A swash plate of the axial piston machine 2 can in this instance be adjusted by way of the set piston 36. A displacement path of the set piston 36 is detected by way of a displacement transducer 38. Alternatively or additionally, a swivel angle of the swivel cradle of the axial piston machine 2 is detected on a pivot axle of the swivel cradle by way of a rotary magnetic sensor. The actual delivery volume or the actual displacement volume of the axial piston machine 2 can in this instance be determined by way of the detected path. The actual delivery volume 40 is then reported to the control 20. The pressure connector P in the initial position of the valve slide of the pilot valve 14 is connected to the operation connector A, and the tank connector T is blocked. When the valve slide is impinged with the actuating force of the actuator 16, the valve slide, proceeding from the initial position thereof, is moved in the direction of switched positions in which the pressure connector P is blocked and the operation connector A is connected to the tank connector T. The set piston 36 in the initial position of the valve slide of the pilot valve 14 is thus impinged with pressurizing medium from the pressure line 24. Furthermore provided in the adjusting mechanism 12 is a cylinder 42. The latter has a set piston 44 which engages on the swash plate of the axial piston machine 2. The set piston 44 delimits a control chamber 46 which is connected to the pressure line 24. The set piston 44 by way of pressurizing medium of the control chamber 46 and by way of the spring force of a spring 48 is impinged in such a manner that said set piston 44 loads the swash plate in the direction of increasing the delivery volume.
(12) Furthermore provided is a pressure sensor 50 by way of which the pressure in the pressure line 24 is detected and reported to the control 20, wherein the pressure is an actual outlet pressure 52. Moreover provided is a pressure sensor 54 which detects the highest actual load pressure (actual LS pressure) 56, the latter being transmitted to the control 20.
(13) A control 57 by way of a CAN interface 58 is connected to the control 20, in particular for transmitting the actual rotating speed to the control 20. It is also conceivable for the actual rotating speed 8 to be supplied directly to the control 20.
(14) The position of the swash plate of the axial piston machine 2 in the use of the pressurizing medium supply assembly 1 is controlled by way of the pilot valve 14 and the set piston 36. A conveyed volumetric flow of the axial piston machine 2 is proportional to the position of the swash plate. The adjusting piston 44 pre-loaded by the spring 48, or the counter piston, is at all times impinged by the actual outlet pressure or the pump pressure. In a non-rotating axial piston machine 2 and an adjusting mechanism 12 without pressure the swash plate by the spring 48 is kept in a position of +100 percent. In a driven axial piston machine 2 and a non-energized actuator 16 of the pilot valve 14, the swash plate pivots to a zero-stroke pressure, since the set piston 36 is impinged with pressurizing medium of the pressure line 24. An equilibrium between an actual outlet pressure at the set piston 36 and the spring force of the spring 48 is established at a predetermined pressure or pressure range, for example between 8 to 12 bar. Said zero-stroke operation is assumed, for example, in the event of de-energized electronics or a de-energized control 20. The actuation of the pilot valve 14 takes place by way of the control 20, the latter being, for example, preferably digital electronics, alternatively analog electronics. The control 20 processes the required control signals, as is explained in more detail hereunder.
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(16) The control variables 72, 75 and 78 are supplied to a minimum value generator 80. The latter ensures that only the controller 72, 75 or 78 assigned to the desired operating point is automatically active. Either the outlet pressure, the torque, or the delivery volume herein is precisely controlled, wherein the respective two other variables are below a predefined nominal value. An output signal of the minimum value generator 80 in this instance is a nominal value in the form of a delivery-volume adjustment rate or a nominal delivery-volume adjustment rate 82.
(17) The latter in this instance is an input variable for the second underlying closed-loop control circuit 62. The derivation of the actual delivery volume 40 is a further input variable of the second closed-loop control circuit 62, said further input variables in this instance being an actual delivery-volume adjustment rate 84. The input variables 82 and 84 for the second closed-loop control circuit 62 are then supplied to a control element in the form of a PID element 86. The latter then emits the control variable 18 for the pilot valve 14 from
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(19) The controller 88 has a control element 98 in the form of a P-element. The nominal delivery volume 70 and the actual delivery volume 40 are provided as input variables. The actual delivery volume 40 is supplied to the control element 98 by way of a filter in the form of a PT1 filter. The control variable 72 is provided as the output variable at the output side of the controller 88, said control variable 72 being supplied to the minimum value generator 80.
(20) The controller 90 as input variables has the actual outlet pressure 52, the actual LS pressure 56, a nominal pressure differential 100 and a nominal pressure gradient 102. The actual LS pressure 56 and the nominal pressure differential 100 by way of a summing element 104 are linked so as to form a nominal outlet pressure. The nominal outlet pressure is then supplied to a control element 106 in the form of an inverted PT1 element which estimates a predicted signal profile. The nominal outlet pressure is then furthermore supplied to a control element 108 which has the nominal pressure gradient 102 as a further input variable. The nominal pressure gradient 102 then predefines the maximum potential gradient which is to be provided. The nominal outlet pressure by way of the control element 108 is then influenced by the predefined nominal pressure gradient 102 in such a manner that the dynamic characteristic of the pressurizing medium supply assembly 1 from
(21) The actual LS pressure 56 of the controller 90 prior to the summing element 104 is supplied to a filter 112 which is a variable PT1 filter. The same applies to the actual outlet pressure which prior to the control element 110 is likewise supplied to a filter 114 in the form of a variable PT1 filter. The filters 112 and 114 have variable, in particular pressure-dependent, filter coefficients, as is explained in more detail above.
(22) The controller 92 as input variables has the actual rotating speed 8, the actual delivery volume 40, the actual outlet pressure 52, and a nominal torque 116. The input variables are supplied to a control element 118 in the form of a P-element. The control variable 78 which is supplied to the minimum value generator 80 is provided as an output variable for the control element 118. A control element 120 which, as in the case of the control element 106, is an inverted PT1 filter, is provided for the control variable 78 after the control element 118. Furthermore, the actual rotating speed, the actual delivery volume 40, and the actual outlet pressure 8, prior to being supplied to the control element 118, are supplied to a control element 122. The latter serves for calculating an actual torque 124 based on the actual rotating speed 8, on the actual delivery volume 40, and the actual outlet pressure 8. The calculation is performed by means of a characteristics map of the control element 122. The characteristics map is a function of the actual outlet pressure 52 which is supplied to the control element 122. The actual delivery volume 40 is furthermore supplied to the control element 122. The characteristics map in this instance can alternatively or additionally be a function of the actual delivery volume 40. In other words, the actual torque 124 is formed from the actual rotating speed 8 and from the actual outlet pressure 52 and/or from the actual delivery volume 40. The actual torque 124, prior to reaching the control element 118, is then subsequently supplied to a filter 126 in the form of a PT1 element.
(23) Furthermore, the actual delivery volume 40, prior to being supplied to the control element 98, is supplied to a filter 99 in the form of a PT1 element.
(24) The minimum value generator 80 from the control variables 72, 75 and 78 forms the nominal delivery-volume adjustment rate 82. The latter is supplied to a control element 128. The dynamic characteristic of the pressurizing medium supply assembly 1 can be influenced by said control element 128. To this end, a delivery-volume adjustment rate target 130, which is adjustable, is provided as a further input variable for the control element 128. For example, the nominal delivery-volume adjustment rate 82 which is emitted from the minimum value generator 80 can be limited and/or influenced in such a manner by way of the delivery-volume adjustment rate target 130 that the greater the variable 130 the faster the swash plate of the axial piston machine 2 can be pivoted and vice versa. The dynamic characteristic of the pressurizing medium supply assembly 1 can thus be influenced by adjusting the delivery-volume adjustment rate target 130 and/or by adjusting the nominal pressure gradient 102. On account thereof, the pressurizing medium supply assembly 1 can be adapted in a simple and cost-effective manner to different work machines and/or to different application conditions and/or to different specific applications, for example.
(25) After the control element 128, the final nominal delivery-volume adjustment rate 132 as an input variable is supplied to the second closed-loop control circuit 96. The latter has a control element 134 in the form of a PI-element. The actual delivery-volume adjustment rate 84 is provided as a further input variable for the control element 134. Said actual delivery-volume adjustment rate 84 is based on the actual delivery volume 40 which is derived in a control element 136. Thereafter, the derivation, thus the actual delivery-volume adjustment rate, is supplied to a filter 138 in the form of a PT1 filter. Prior to the actual variable 84 being supplied to the control element 134, a control element 140 in the form of an inverted PT1 filter is subsequently provided. The control element 134 of the second closed-loop control circuit 96 has the control variable 18 as the output variable for the pilot valve 14 from
(26) It is conceivable that a control element which is not illustrated and which has the control variable 146 as the input variable is disposed downstream of the summing element 142. Said control variable 146 is superimposed with a low-frequency signal by the control element, so that the valve slide of the pilot valve 14 is continually in axial oscillating movement so as to avoid seizing of the valve slide. The final control variable for the pilot valve 14 is in this instance provided as the output variable of the control element. The superimposition by the low-frequency signal can be referred to as “dithering”. The object of dithering is to reduce the hysteresis of the pilot valve 14 in that a minor movement of the valve slide is maintained. The movement herein must not become excessively large so as to avoid effects on the system (for example, the pilot valve 14 oscillates excessively such that said oscillation is reflected in the swivel angle or the pressure). The dithering (frequency and amplitude) is optimized in such a manner that the hysteresis is minimized and the system is not excited. The smaller the frequency and the larger the amplitude the better the valve slide can be kept in movement. However, a small frequency leads to a large periodic duration of the superimposed “sinus signal”. The problem that said period may run so as to be specifically counter to the nominal signal is created on account thereof. A delayed reaction is obtained when the superimposed dithering runs in the direction other than the nominal signal, which can be disadvantageous in terms of controlling the pump. There is however the possibility for the dithering frequency to be increased and/or the amplitude to be reduced at comparatively high pressures, since better lubrication takes place by virtue of the pressure and the hysteresis of the pilot valve 14 decreases. The influence of out-of-phase dithering is also reduced on account thereof, and the control dynamic characteristic is enhanced.
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(29) It is also conceivable that a temporal adaptation of the running times of at least one signal, or of part of the signals, or of all signals of the closed-loop control circuits 94 and 96 from
(30) The preliminary control value 144 in the control element 150 can preferably be determined based on a model while taking into consideration flow forces at the pilot valve 14 and/or a magnet characteristic of the actuator 16 and/or of a control edge characteristic of the valve slide of the pilot valve 14 and/or a spring stiffness of the valve spring 22.
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(34) The application potential of the pressurizing medium supply assembly 1 from