Motorized Vehicle for On-Site Aggregate Recycling and Mortar Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for constructing trenches and recycling aggregates are inefficient, leading to high logistics and labor costs due to the separate processes of trench digging, aggregate collection, and subsequent evacuation, treatment, or storage, which can be cumbersome and costly.
Innovation Solution
A motorized machine equipped with an aggregate collection device, a crushing chamber, a mixing device, and a distribution system that transforms collected aggregates into mortar on-site, allowing for simultaneous trench digging, aggregate collection, crushing, mixing with a binder, and distribution of the resulting mortar for immediate use, such as filling trenches.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate machines are used for trench digging and aggregate collection, then each machine can be optimized for its specific function, but the logistics complexity and labor costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the trenching wheel digging device and the aggregate suction device into a single integrated motorized vehicle. The trenching wheel digs the trench while the suction device simultaneously collects the produced aggregates through a suction conduit, eliminating the need for separate collection vehicles and reducing logistics complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The motorized vehicle is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as both a trenching machine and an aggregate collection vehicle. The single vehicle can dig trenches, collect aggregates, and even decontaminate them, replacing what would traditionally require multiple specialized machines.
2Reliability
If aggregates are evacuated and treated at separate facilities, then proper treatment and recycling can be achieved, but the logistics costs and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The crushing chamber and mixing device are integrated into the motorized vehicle, allowing aggregates to be crushed and mixed with binder on-site immediately after collection. This preliminary processing eliminates the need to transport aggregates to separate treatment facilities, saving time and logistics costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs its own aggregate treatment by incorporating crushing and mixing capabilities directly on the vehicle. The collected aggregates are processed through the crushing chamber and mixed with binder from storage tanks, enabling the vehicle to produce usable mortar without external facilities.
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple separate processes are used for aggregate collection, treatment, and utilization, then each process can be optimized independently, but the overall system complexity and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges aggregate collection, crushing, mixing, and distribution functions into a single integrated system. The suction device collects aggregates, the crushing chamber processes them, the mixing device combines them with binder, and the distribution path delivers the mortar, all within one motorized vehicle.
Solution Approach 2:
The motorized vehicle is designed as a multi-functional system that performs trenching, aggregate collection, crushing, mixing, and mortar distribution. This universal machine replaces what would traditionally require multiple specialized vehicles and processes, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining functional optimization.
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
This integrated solution enables efficient recycling of aggregates directly on the construction site, reducing the need for separate equipment and processes, thereby minimizing costs and logistical complexities while providing a ready-to-use, stable, and homogeneous mortar.
Implementation Method 1
the collection device (7) comprises a suction device (16)
Implementation Method 2
a crushing chamber (9) supplied with aggregates by said collection device (7), and configured to crush the aggregates
Implementation Method 3
a mixing device (10) connected in the manner specified below to the crushing chamber (9) so as to receive at least part of the crushed aggregates
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AI summary
The invention relates to a motorised vehicle (1) for recycling aggregates, which comprises a chassis (2) and an engine unit (3), and, mounted on the chassis (2), a device for collecting aggregates (7), a crushing chamber (9) supplied with aggregates by the device for collecting aggregates (7), by mechanical collection or by suction, and configured to crush the aggregates and to supply crushed aggregates to an outlet, a mixing device (10) connected to the crushing chamber (9) to receive at least one portion of the crushed aggregates available at the outlet of the crushing chamber (9) and configured to mix these received crushed aggregates with at least one binder so as to produce a mortar, and a distribution channel (12) configured to distribute the produced mortar at the outlet of the mixing device (10).