US 2026/0168185 A1 · CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR A TRAVEL ROTARY MIXER TO ENTER AND EXIT A CUT

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a rotor control system for a rotary mixer including a set of extendable legs, a rotor having a set of extendable attachments, an operator control device, and a controller. The controller can generate control signals to cause return-to-cut operations to be performed. For example, in response to detecting a return-to-cut control command via the operator control device and while a return-to-cut control remains engaged, the mixer can be lifted, and in response to determining that the return-to-cut control is disengaged, the controller can determine a target rotor position and cause the set of extendable attachments to bring the rotor to the target rotor position. In some implementations, the controller can be further configured to cause automatic return-to-cut operations to be performed in response to an operator interaction with a small set of controls sufficient to case the operation to be automatically performed.

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Dependent claims

A rotor control system for a rotary mixer having a set of extendable legs, the rotor control system comprising:

a rotor configured to extend from a rotor chamber of the rotary mixer, wherein the rotor is movably coupled to the rotary mixer via a set of extendable attachments;
an operator control device;
and
a controller comprising at least one processor and at least one memory unit, the at least one memory unit having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the controller to cause return-to-cut operations to be performed by, in response to detecting a return-to-cut control command via a return-to-cut control of the operator control device, performing operations comprising:
while the return-to-cut control remains engaged, causing the set of extendable legs to move toward a first set of target positions for the set of extendable legs;
and
in response to determining that the return-to-cut control is disengaged, determining a target rotor position, and
causing the set of extendable attachments to bring the rotor to the target rotor position.

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One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, perform operations comprising:

in response to detecting a return-to-cut control command via a return-to-cut control of an operator control device of a rotary mixer, performing operations comprising:
while the return-to-cut control remains engaged, causing a set of extendable legs of the rotary mixer to move toward a first set of target positions for the set of extendable legs;
and
in response to determining that the return-to-cut control is disengaged, determining a target rotor position for a rotor of the rotary mixer, and
causing a set of extendable attachments coupled to the rotor to bring the rotor to the target rotor position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Control techniques for a travel rotary mixer to enter and exit a cut

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Control techniques for a travel rotary mixer to enter and exit a cut

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Abstract

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