Crawler work vehicle
AssigneeKomatsu Ltd.
InventorsTakeshi Yoshikawa, Taneaki Fujino
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AssigneeKomatsu Ltd.
InventorsTakeshi Yoshikawa, Taneaki Fujino
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An occurrence of steering clutch slippage is reliably determined in order to protect the steering clutch. A crawler work vehicle includes left and right steering clutches, left and right steering brakes, a rotation speed detecting difference device, a clutch hydraulic pressure obtaining device, and a clutch protecting device. The rotation speed difference detecting device detects a rotation speed difference between the input and output of each of the steering clutches. The clutch hydraulic pressure obtaining device obtains a clutch hydraulic pressure supplied to each steering clutch. The clutch protecting device refers to the rotation speed difference and the clutch hydraulic pressure, computes a steering clutch heat rate, and compares the computed heat rate with a preset first threshold to execute a steering clutch protection process.
A crawler work vehicle comprising:
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