Adjustable Support Device for Soil Working Tools
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing soil working devices struggle to effectively work uneven or hilly surfaces with low penetration depth, as the tools may not be able to pierce the ground, preventing adequate soil treatment.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable support device system that adjusts both the distance between the support device and the machine frame, and consequently the tools, allowing for precise alignment and deeper penetration, even on uneven surfaces, using a hydraulic, mechanical, or pneumatic adjustment mechanism that adjusts the support device's position vertically and horizontally to ensure tools can pierce the ground.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the distance between the support device and the machine frame is increased to enable shallow penetration, then the support device can follow uneven terrain better, but the tools cannot penetrate the soil completely
Solution Approach 1:
The support device is made dynamically adjustable through a mechanism that allows changing the distance between the support device and the machine frame. This enables the system to adapt its geometry dynamically: on uneven terrain, the distance can be increased to allow the support device to follow contours, while on flat terrain, the distance can be reduced to ensure complete soil penetration by the tools
2Reliability
If the distance between the support device and the tools is reduced to maintain contact on hilly terrain, then the tools can penetrate shallowly, but the support device cannot follow ground contours effectively
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs a dynamic adjustment mechanism that allows the distance between the support device and the tools to be modified based on terrain conditions. On hilly terrain, the distance is reduced to maintain reliable tool-ground contact and ensure penetration. On flatter terrain, the distance can be increased to allow the support device to better follow ground contours
3Productivity
If the support device is positioned far from the machine frame for shallow penetration, then the penetration depth is reduced, but the distance between the support device and tools becomes too large for effective operation
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment mechanism enables dynamic control of the support device position relative to both the machine frame and the tools. This ensures that when the support device is positioned far from the machine frame for shallow penetration work, the distance to the tools is simultaneously reduced to maintain effective operation and soil working efficiency
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables effective soil working on varied surfaces by allowing the tools to penetrate the ground at a small depth, ensuring consistent operation on hilly or uneven terrain by adjusting the distance between the support device and the tools, ensuring the tools remain in contact with the ground.
Implementation Method 1
The adjustment device can be hydraulically, mechanically, or pneumatically driven
Implementation Method 2
The adjustment device can be hydraulically, mechanically, or pneumatically driven
Implementation Method 3
the support structure on which the machine frame rests can precisely follow the contours of the ground
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AI summary
The tilling device (1) has supporting device (4) which supports machine frame (10) on ground (7). The multiple tools (6) is lifted and lowered relative to the machine frame to dig into the ground and to be pulled out again. An adjusting device (12) adjusts the distance between the supporting device and the machine frame in the vertical direction in order to adjust the digging depth of the tools into the ground. The adjusting device additionally adjusts the distance between the supporting device and the tools.