Multi-Lip Rail for Agricultural Boom Attachment Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current agricultural vehicles face challenges in simplifying the addition and removal of attachments of varying sizes and weights to the application boom, which complicates the process of delivering agricultural products efficiently.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a multi-lip rail system on the application arm, which allows for the mounting of clamps of different designs and sizes, providing a robust and adaptable attachment mechanism for the boom, enabling easier integration and detachment of attachments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional mounting methods are used for attachments on the application boom, then the structural strength is maintained, but the process of adding and removing attachments becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is segmented into modular components: the longitudinal truss member with integrated multi-lip rail, removable clamps, and interchangeable attachments. This segmentation allows each component to be independently designed, manufactured, and assembled, simplifying the overall mounting process while maintaining structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The multi-lip rail serves multiple functions: it provides structural support for the boom, acts as a mounting track for clamps, and enables attachment of various attachment types at different positions. This universal component replaces multiple specialized mounting mechanisms, reducing complexity while improving ease of operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the application boom is designed to accommodate various attachments of different sizes and weights, then the adaptability is improved, but the mounting process becomes more complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The longitudinal truss member features locally optimized multi-lip rail structures at specific positions along its length. Each section of the rail is designed with appropriate lip configurations to accommodate specific attachment types and weight classes, providing localized adaptability without requiring complex universal mounting mechanisms throughout the entire boom.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system incorporates dynamic adjustability through movable clamps that can be positioned at multiple locations along the multi-lip rail. This allows the configuration to adapt to different attachment sizes and weights during operation, while the standardized clamp design maintains simplicity in the attachment and removal process.
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AI summary
An agricultural vehicle includes a chassis, wheels supporting the chassis for moving the vehicle, an application boom coupled to the chassis and configured to deliver agricultural product to an agricultural field. The application boom has a boom arm including a longitudinal mount. In embodiments, the longitudinal mount includes a first projection, a second multi-lip projection, and a third projection. The second multi-lip projection has a first lip and a second lip. The agricultural vehicle further includes a first mounted attachment fastened to the first projection and the first lip of the second projection, and a second mounted attachment fastened to the second lip of the second projection and the third projection.