Methods and apparatus to manage hydraulic systems
AssigneeThe Bradbury Company, Inc.
InventorsJamie Wollenberg, Gregory S. Smith
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to manage hydraulic systems are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus for controlling a hydraulic system to process a workpiece includes interface circuitry, machine readable instructions, and programmable circuitry to be programmed by the machine readable instructions to determine pressure requirements and flow requirements for a plurality of hydraulic devices of the hydraulic system based on a sequence of operations to be performed by the hydraulic devices, predict flow of hydraulic fluid based on the pressure requirements and the flow requirements, and generate a motion profile plan for a motor powering the hydraulic system based on the predicted flow.
Claims23
An apparatus for controlling a hydraulic system to process a workpiece, the apparatus comprising:
- interface circuitry;
- machine readable instructions;
- and
- programmable circuitry to be programmed by the machine readable instructions to:
- determine pressure requirements and flow requirements for a plurality of hydraulic devices of the hydraulic system based on a sequence of operations to be performed by the hydraulic devices;
- predict flow of hydraulic fluid based on the pressure requirements and the flow requirements;
- and
- generate a motion profile plan for a motor powering the hydraulic system based on the predicted flow.
A non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising instructions to cause programmable circuitry to at least:
- determine pressure requirements and flow requirements for a plurality of hydraulic devices of a hydraulic system for processing a workpiece with a sequence of operations;
- predict flow of hydraulic fluid based on the pressure requirements and the flow requirements;
- and
- generate a motion profile plan for a motor based on the predicted flow, the motor to be operated based on the motion profile plan and sensor output from the hydraulic system.
A method for controlling a hydraulic system in metal processing machinery, the method comprising:
- determining pressure requirements and flow requirements for a plurality of hydraulic devices of the hydraulic system for processing a workpiece based on a sequence of operations to be performed by the hydraulic devices;
- predicting flow of hydraulic fluid based on the pressure requirements and the flow requirements;
- and
- generating a motion profile plan for a motor powering the hydraulic system based on the predicted flow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.