Method for adjusting a process for automated bucket loading based on engine speed
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsDavid J. Rocke, Andrew G. Shull
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Abstract
A method for adjusting a process for automated bucket loading of a work machine having an engine and a work implement. The work implement includes a bucket. The method includes the steps of determining when the bucket engages a pile of material, initiating the automated bucket loading process in response to the bucket engaging the pile of material, determining an actual engine speed relative to a full engine speed, and adjusting a lift velocity command to the work implement, the lift velocity command adjustment being made as a function of a comparison of the actual engine speed to full engine speed.
Claims4
A method for automatically adjusting a process for automated bucket loading of a work machine having an engine and a work implement, the work implement including a bucket, including the steps of:
- determining when the bucket engages a pile of material;
- initiating the automated bucket loading process in response to the bucket engaging the pile of material;
- determining an actual engine speed relative to a full engine speed;
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- adjusting a lift velocity command to the work implement, the lift velocity command adjustment being made as a function of a comparison of the actual engine speed to full engine speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.