Piling Machine With Movable Driver for Reduced Energy Use
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Solution Overview
Problem
Heavy machines used for piling consume excessive fuel and electric power due to frequent acceleration and deceleration during repetitive movements, leading to poor energy efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A piling machine equipped with a main body unit, a pile driver, a moving device, and a control device that allows for continuous travel and piling operations, utilizing a Chebyshev's linkage mechanism and a gimbal mechanism to maintain perpendicularity, with a control system for precise pile driving.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a heavy machine repeatedly moves and stops to drive piles, then piling work can be performed at multiple locations, but fuel and electric power are easily consumed leading to poor energy efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the pile driver movable relative to the main body through a moving device. The pile driver can be dynamically positioned at different locations along the main body while the main body travels continuously, eliminating the need for repeated stopping and starting. This dynamic configuration allows the system to adapt its structure during operation to maintain continuous motion and improve energy efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the piling system into two independent parts: the main body unit with traveling device that provides continuous motion, and the movable pile driver that can be repositioned along the main body. This segmentation allows each component to perform its function independently - the main body travels continuously while the pile driver is moved to specific positions by the moving device, eliminating the energy waste associated with repeated acceleration and deceleration of the entire heavy machine.
2Manufacturing precision
If a heavy machine stops to perform piling work, then accurate pile driving can be performed, but the frequency of stopping and starting reduces energy efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The moving device enables the pile driver to be dynamically repositioned to precise locations along the main body while the main body continues traveling. This dynamic positioning system allows the pile driver to reach the exact required position without requiring the entire machine to stop, thereby maintaining pile driving accuracy while eliminating energy loss from repeated acceleration and deceleration cycles.
Solution Approach 2:
The moving device acts as an intermediary mechanism between the continuously moving main body and the pile driver. It transfers the pile driver to specific positions along the main body, enabling precise positioning without interrupting the main body's continuous motion. This intermediary system resolves the conflict between maintaining accuracy and reducing energy loss from stopping.
3Device complexity
If the pile driver is fixed on the main body, then the structure is simple, but the pile driver cannot be repositioned without moving the entire heavy machine
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the system into the main body unit and the movable pile driver connected through a moving device. This segmentation allows the pile driver to be independently repositioned along the main body without moving the entire heavy machine. The moving device provides the necessary mechanism to transfer the pile driver to different positions, enhancing adaptability while maintaining reasonable structural complexity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a static fixed configuration to a dynamic movable configuration. The moving device enables the pile driver to be dynamically repositioned along the main body, providing adaptability for different piling locations. This dynamic capability is achieved through added mechanical components that, while increasing complexity, enable versatile repositioning without requiring movement of the entire heavy machine.
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AI summary
A piling machine includes a main body unit including a traveling device, a pile driver that performs piling, and a moving device that is connected to the main body unit and moves the pile driver. A control device performs piling while the traveling device is traveling (e.g., while the main body unit is moving). This reduces the number of times the traveling device stops, and thus, the number of times of acceleration and deceleration can also be reduced. In this way, energy efficiency can be improved.