Project Plan Execution System for Worksites
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing project plans for earthmoving operations often fail to account for the properties of excavated materials, leading to inconsistencies that can cause long-term performance issues and environmental imbalances due to non-compatible material dumping at worksites.
Innovation Solution
A method that analyzes project plans to determine excavation and dumping locations, matches material properties, and instructs machines to excavate and dump materials based on compatible properties, ensuring environmentally friendly and efficient material management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If material is dumped at worksite without matching properties, then productivity is improved by simplifying the dumping process, but reliability deteriorates due to long-term performance problems and environmental imbalance
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis of material properties at excavation locations before dumping operations. By determining material properties in advance and matching them with compatible dumping locations, the system ensures long-term performance stability while maintaining efficient dumping operations. This preliminary matching prevents future performance issues rather than addressing them after they occur.
2Reliability
If material properties are analyzed and matched before dumping, then reliability is improved by ensuring environmental compatibility, but device complexity increases due to additional analysis and matching requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables worksite machinery to autonomously determine and analyze material properties at excavation locations without requiring complex external analysis systems. The machinery itself performs the material characterization and matching functions, simplifying the overall system architecture while ensuring reliable environmental compatibility. This self-service approach distributes the analytical capability across existing equipment rather than requiring a centralized complex analysis system.
3Manufacturing precision
If material properties are determined and matched for each dumping location, then manufacturing precision is improved by ensuring material compatibility, but loss of time increases due to additional determination and matching steps
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously determines material properties and performs matching operations during the normal flow of excavation and dumping activities rather than as separate batch processes. By integrating material property determination and location matching into the continuous operational workflow, the system maintains high matching accuracy while minimizing interruptions and time losses. The matching process occurs seamlessly as part of the ongoing earthmoving operations.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure relates to method for executing project plan at worksite including project location. The method includes receiving, the project plan and analyzing, by the control unit, the project plan to determine excavation locations and dumping locations. The method further includes determining properties of material associated with the excavation locations and the dumping locations. The method includes determining, by the control unit, if properties of material associated with the excavation locations are matching with the properties of material present at the dumping locations, and if properties of materials present at the excavation locations are matching with the properties of materials present at the dumping locations, by combining materials present at the excavation locations with the materials present at the dumping locations. The method includes instructing the machine to excavate materials.