System and method for estimating a payload of an industrial machine
AssigneeJoy Global Surface Mining Inc
InventorsMooYoung Lee, Anab Akanda
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Abstract
A method of determining payload data of a mining machine having a bucket and a handle. The bucket and handle are rotatably coupled via a pin and an actuator. The method includes sensing, via a sensor, a force associated with the actuator, determining, via a controller, a characteristic indicative of a rotational angle of the bucket, and determining, via the controller, payload data based on the force and the characteristic.
Claims18
A method of determining payload data of a mining machine having a bucket and a handle, the bucket and handle rotatably coupled via a pin and an actuator, the method comprising:
- sensing, via a sensor, a force associated with the actuator;
- determining, via a controller, a characteristic indicative of a rotational angle of the bucket;
- and
- determining, via the controller, payload data based on the force and the characteristic.
An industrial machine comprising:
- a base;
- a component rotationally coupled to the base;
- a bucket rotationally coupled to the component via a pin and an actuator;
- a sensor configured to sense a force;
- a controller configured to
- receive a signal indicative of the force,
- determine a characteristic indicative of a rotational angle of the bucket, and
- determine a payload data based on the signal and the characteristic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.