Lateral Boom Quick-Release Coupling for Construction Machines
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Solution Overview
Problem
Construction machines with lateral booms face challenges in stability and adaptability for tasks like lateral grading, trench cutting, and asphalt milling, especially in difficult terrain, and require quick and easy attachment changes for various applications.
Innovation Solution
A boom system with a detachable boom arm and quick-release attachments, featuring multiple pivot axes and hydraulic cylinders for adjustable working distance, angle, and height, allowing for easy assembly, disassembly, and swapping of attachments, along with a reinforcement strut for torque transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the boom is permanently fixed to the undercarriage, then structural stability is improved, but adaptability and ease of replacement deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The boom system is divided into separable components: the boom arm, mounting plate, and attachment are designed as distinct elements that can be detached and reattached. This segmentation allows the boom to be removed and replaced without permanent fixation, maintaining structural integrity during use while enabling adaptability when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system transitions from a static permanent connection to a dynamic removable connection. The mounting plate with attachment features allows the boom to be securely fixed during operation providing stability, yet can be quickly detached when adaptability is required, enabling the system to switch between stable operation and flexible reconfiguration.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple attachments are permanently installed, then versatility is improved, but device complexity and storage requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting plate is designed with universal attachment features that can accommodate different types of attachments through standardized interfaces. This allows a single mounting plate to serve multiple functions by supporting various attachments, eliminating the need for multiple permanent installations and reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Attachments can be easily detached and removed from the boom system when not needed, and the mounting plate can be reused with different attachments. This recoverable design allows attachments to be stored separately when not in use, reducing the need for permanent installation and simplifying the overall device configuration.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the boom is extended for increased working distance, then adaptability is improved, but structural stability and torque resistance worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The boom arm incorporates telescopic sections that allow dynamic adjustment of the working distance. The boom can be extended to increase working distance for adaptability, and retracted to reduce leverage and maintain structural stability when maximum extension is not required.
Solution Approach 2:
The boom structure uses varying cross-sections and reinforcement at different locations. The telescopic sections have localized strengthening at critical points to handle the increased torque when extended, while maintaining a lighter overall structure when retracted, optimizing both adaptability and stability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables stable and versatile lateral operations, efficient use in diverse ground conditions, and quick attachment changes, reducing downtime and increasing productivity by allowing continuous progressive lateral cultivations without side area driving.
Implementation Method 1
a fourth hydraulic cylinder (44) for actuation
Implementation Method 2
a reinforcement strut (6) is provided between the undercarriage (10) and the boom arm (20), which enables an effective transmission of the resulting torques
Implementation Method 3
a third hydraulic cylinder (52) is provided for pivoting about the third vertical pivot axis
Data Source
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AI summary
The invention relates to a subframe (10) of a construction machine (1) with a tracked undercarriage (11) and a boom (2) arranged which projects laterally in the direction of travel (X) of the construction machine (1), wherein the boom (2) is equipped with a movable boom arm (20), wherein the boom (2) is attached to the subframe (10) within the tracked undercarriage (11) by means of a boom mounting plate (22) for removable attachment and the boom (2) is equipped with a quick-release coupling plate (5) at the distal end of the boom arm (20) for holding attachments.