Rotatable Frame Waste Compacting Roller
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing waste compactors require significant investment and operational constraints, including the need to move skips and position mechanical arms for optimal compaction, which is inefficient and costly, especially when dealing with skips of varying shapes and sizes.
Innovation Solution
A compacting roller with a rotatable frame that can orient itself relative to a mechanical arm, allowing for adaptable compaction of waste in dumpsters of different shapes, using a stirrup-shaped frame, direct motor transmission, and hydraulic actuation for efficient power and longevity, enabling compaction of waste in a flexible and robust manner.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a fixed compactor is used, then compaction can be performed, but the skip must be moved and positioned in the longitudinal axis of the mechanical arm, which reduces operational efficiency and increases time loss
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of moving the skip to the compactor, the compactor is made mobile and moves to the skip. The mechanical arm with the compactor travels along the platform to reach different skips, inverting the traditional fixed compactor approach and eliminating the need to reposition skips.
Solution Approach 2:
The compactor is transformed from a fixed structure to a mobile system. The mechanical arm can dynamically position the compactor at different locations along the platform, allowing flexible access to multiple skips without requiring skip movement.
2Productivity
If a mechanical arm positions the compactor for optimal compaction, then compaction effectiveness is improved, but the system complexity and investment cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mechanical arm is designed as a multi-functional device that can perform both compaction operations and transport operations. This universal design allows the same equipment to serve multiple purposes, reducing overall system complexity and investment requirements while maintaining compaction efficiency.
3Ease of operation
If the compactor is positioned at one end of the bucket in the axis of the mechanical arm, then longitudinal to-and-fro movements can be performed, but this limits adaptability to different skip shapes and sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The mechanical arm can dynamically adjust its position and orientation to access different parts of various skip shapes. The compactor can operate not only in longitudinal movements but also in lateral and diagonal trajectories, adapting to rectangular, circular, or irregular skip geometries.
Solution Approach 2:
The compaction operation is extended from one-dimensional longitudinal movements to two-dimensional or three-dimensional trajectories. The mechanical arm can move the compactor in multiple directions (longitudinal, lateral, diagonal) to effectively compact waste in skips of various shapes and sizes.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a waste compaction roller (1) comprising a frame (3) supporting: - a compaction drum (4) extending longitudinally relative to the frame (3), the drum (4) being mounted for rotation relative to the frame (3) by means of a shaft extending along a median longitudinal axis (AA) of the compaction drum (4), - drive means (7) configured to drive the compaction drum (4) in rotation, - a connection module (5) to a mechanical arm (20), the connection module (5) comprising a mechanical connector (50) to a mechanical arm (20), and means for electrical and/or hydraulic connection to this mechanical arm (20). According to the invention, the frame (3) is mounted for rotation, along an axis of rotation (BB) perpendicular to the median longitudinal axis (AA) of the drum (4), relative to the connection module (5).The compaction roller (1) includes means (8) for orienting the frame (3) relative to the connection module (5) in several different angular positions. The invention also relates to a compaction device and a compaction method.