Adjustable Earth Shaping Blade With Pivoting Side Sections
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing earth shaping apparatuses require multiple passes and different machines to achieve desired terrain features, lacking an efficient and versatile solution for adjusting the blade profile to accommodate various shaping tasks.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable earth shaping blade with pivotally connected side sections at an oblique angle to a center blade, allowing for upward, downward, and horizontal pivoting, coupled with hydraulic cylinders for adjustment, and integrated with a support frame and wheels for versatile terrain shaping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed blade profile is used, then the structure is simple, but multiple passes and different machines are required to achieve desired terrain features
Solution Approach 1:
The blade is divided into multiple independently adjustable segments (center section, left side section, right side section) that can be positioned relative to each other. Each segment can be adjusted to different angles and positions, allowing the creation of various blade profiles (e.g., crown, reverse crown, bank, reverse bank) from a single blade structure, thereby achieving multiple terrain shaping functions without requiring multiple different machines.
Solution Approach 2:
The blade structure transitions from a fixed configuration to a dynamic, adjustable configuration. Hydraulic cylinders enable real-time adjustment of side section angles relative to the center section during operation. This dynamic adaptability allows the same blade to perform multiple terrain shaping tasks by changing its profile on-demand, eliminating the need for multiple passes with different machines.
2Productivity
If multiple machines are used to achieve different terrain features, then the versatility is improved, but the time and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable blade assembly is designed as a universal terrain shaping tool that can perform multiple functions (crowning, banking, reverse crowning, reverse banking, and various gradient adjustments) within a single apparatus. By enabling one blade to replace multiple specialized blades or machines, the system reduces the total number of passes required and eliminates the need to switch between different machines, thereby improving productivity and reducing time loss.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the side sections are pivotally connected at an oblique angle, then the profiling capability is enhanced, but the mechanical complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pivotal connections are arranged at oblique angles (not perpendicular or parallel to the blade width) to introduce an additional dimensional degree of freedom in profile creation. This oblique angular arrangement allows the side sections to create more complex three-dimensional terrain profiles (including banks and reverse banks) that cannot be achieved with conventional perpendicular pivots, enhancing profiling capability while maintaining a relatively simple mechanical connection structure.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the same blade to create multiple profiles with fewer passes, reducing the need for multiple machines and enhancing efficiency in shaping and grading tasks, while being adaptable for different terrain formations.
Implementation Method 1
coupled with hydraulic cylinders for adjustment
Data Source
AI summary
An adjustable earth shaping blade comprises a center section and at least one side section pivotally attached to the center section at an oblique angle. The side section may be moved forwards or backwards in order to change the profile of the contacting edge of the adjustable earth shaping blade.