Claims
- 1. A system for analyzing the performance of a power operated excavator having a lower frame member and a boom rotatable with respect to the lower frame member, a bucket controlled by means of a motor driven drag cable and a motor driven hoist cable, the system comprising:
- (a) drag sensor means for generating a signal representative of the drag cable length;
- (b) hoist sensor means for generating a signal representative of the hoist cable length;
- (c) swing angle sensor means for generating a signal representative of the angle of the boom relative to the lower frame member;
- (d) first shunt means in circuit with the drag motor for generating a signal proportional to the drag motor current;
- (e) second shunt means in circuit with the hoist motor for generating a signal proportional to the hoist motor current;
- (f) memory means for storing the sensor and shunt means signals;
- (g) a multi-switch control panel for generating codes identifying excavator delay or special excavator activities, the excavator, and its time period of operation, said memory means being operably connected to said control panel for storing the identifying codes;
- (h) a computer including computer means for accessing instructions that control the computer; to scan said memory means and compare the sensor and shunt signals and said codes stored therein with certain of said instructions to analyze the recorded data, to generate indicia of selected operating cycles performed by the excavator during said time period of operation, and to calculate certain end-of-time-period parameters; and
- (i) means for transferring said analyzed data and parameters to a print-out that is readable by an operator to classify the activity of the excavator during said time period.
- 2. A system as recited in claim 1 additionally comprising watts transducer means responsive to the excavator input power for generating a signal proportional to the power consumed by the excavator and wherein the memory means additionally stores the watts transducer signal.
- 3. A system as recited in claim 1 wherein the memory means includes a clock for generating a time signal and wherein the memory means periodically samples and records the sensor, shunt, and time signals.
- 4. A system for analyzing the performance of a power operated walking dragline excavator having a lower frame member and an upper frame member rotatable about a center pindle with respect to the lower frame member, a boom supported on the upper frame member, a drag cable having one end connected to a bucket and the other end wound on a motor driven drag drum, a hoist cable having one end connected to the bucket and the other end wound on a motor driven hoist drum, and a walking mechanism driven by the drag drum motor, the system comprising:
- (a) first drag sensor means for generating a signal representative of the drag cable length;
- (b) first hoist sensor means for generating a signal representative of the hoist cable length;
- (c) second drag sensor means for generating a signal representative of the force in the drag cable;
- (d) second hoist sensor means for generating a signal representative of the force in the hoist cable;
- (e) a clock for generating a time signal;
- (f) data acquisition means for periodically sampling and recording the sensor and time signals;
- (g) a multi-switch control panel for generating codes identifying excavator delay or special excavator activities, the excavator, and its time period of operation, said memory means being operably conected to said control panel for storing the identifying codes;
- (h) a computer including computer means for accessing instructions that control the computer; to scan said memory means and compare the sensor and shunt signals and said codes stored therein with certain of said instructions to analyze the recorded data, to generate indicia of selected operating cycles performed by the excavator during said time period of operation, and to calculate certain end-of-time-period parameters; and
- (i) means for transferring said analyzed data and parameters to a print-out that is readable by an operator to classify the activity of the excavator during said time period.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 421,148, filed Dec. 3, 1973, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (5)
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