Mobile Anchor Tester with Adjustable Legs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing anchor testing technologies lack a mobile and efficient system for applying and recording tensile force to in-ground anchors, which is essential for ensuring the stability and integrity of anchors used to secure structures like towers to the earth.
Innovation Solution
A mobile anchor testing system comprising a trailer or truck-based platform with adjustable leg assemblies and a hydraulic tension application mechanism, allowing for the application and measurement of tensile force to in-ground anchors, ensuring stability and recording the pressure over time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a mobile platform with adjustable leg assemblies and hydraulic tension mechanism is used, then the ability to apply and record tensile force to anchors is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into distinct functional modules: a mobile platform (trailer or truck), adjustable leg assemblies for stabilization, a hydraulic tension application mechanism, and a recording system. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently while maintaining overall system reliability for anchor testing.
2Ease of operation
If the platform is made mobile with adjustable legs, then the ease of operation and deployment is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The platform incorporates adjustable leg assemblies that can be dynamically extended or retracted to adapt to different ground conditions and anchor positions. This dynamic adjustment capability enhances ease of operation and deployment while maintaining a relatively simple overall platform structure based on standard mobile equipment.
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AI summary
A mobile anchor tester for testing an earth anchor or a deadman or any other suitable assembly. A mobile system is provided for testing in-ground anchors, the system including a mobile platform, such as a trailer or the bed of a pickup truck having a horizontal support surface spaced above the ground. A pair of adjustable leg assemblies are provided engaging the rear end of the mobile anchor tester. The legs are adjustable, typically having hydraulic cylinders engaged therewith. The adjustable leg assemblies will extend from the back or rear end of the mobile platform to the ground. An anchor testing assembly engaged with the horizontal support surface on the mobile platform has a cable at the removed end thereof. The cable includes a hook to engage the in-ground anchor.