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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1999
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An area limiting excavation control system in an excavation machine having a front device, includes means for setting in advance, an area where the front device is movable. A control unit calculates the position and posture of the front device based on signals from angle sensors. When the front device is inside the set area near the boundary thereof, the control unit calculates a limit value (a) of a bucket tip speed so that a moving speed of the front device in the direction vertical to the boundary of the set area is restricted, and then modifies the limit value (a) depending on a load pressure of an arm cylinder detected by a pressure sensor. It further calculates, from the limit value (a), a limit value of the component of a boom-dependent bucket tip speed vertical to the boundary of the set area, and then modifies a boom operation signal so that the boom-dependent bucket tip speed will not exceed the above limit value. Ground can be excavated to the boundary of the set area without being affected by hardness of the ground to be excavated, while using a simple program.