Integrated Slurry Tank Mounting for Stable Frame Attachment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional slurry tanks attached to vehicle frames via flexible, oblique mounting methods often result in unevenness during slurry spreading, leading to reduced filling capacity and unstable attachment.
Innovation Solution
A slurry tank design featuring integrated, essentially round main body with dual fastening areas on the rear and front sections, forming indentations for a vertical or straight fastening plane, allowing for a force-fitting, non-movable attachment to the vehicle frame, ensuring optimal positioning and stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional flexible, oblique mounting methods are used, then the slurry tank can be easily attached to the vehicle frame, but the attachment becomes unstable and causes unevenness during slurry spreading
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting areas are designed as deviations from the round cross-section, creating flat mounting planes on the otherwise curved surface. This allows the slurry tank to maintain its aerodynamic and space-efficient round shape while providing stable, planar contact surfaces for rigid attachment to the vehicle frame, eliminating the flexible, oblique mounting of conventional designs.
2Volume of moving object
If the slurry tank is attached via rounded side surfaces, then the filling capacity is maximized, but the connection becomes flexible and movable rather than rigid
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting areas are segmented as distinct deviations from the round cross-section, with flat mounting planes separated from the curved storage volume. This segmentation allows the tank to maintain maximum rounded capacity while providing discrete, rigid mounting zones for stable attachment to the vehicle frame.
3Reliability
If mounting areas are created as deviations from the round cross-section, then a rigid force-fit connection is achieved, but the filling capacity is reduced by the volume of the recesses
Solution Approach 1:
The deviations creating mounting areas are localized to specific regions of the slurry tank, leaving the majority of the round cross-section intact for maximum filling capacity. The flat mounting planes are created only where needed for attachment, minimizing the volume loss while achieving rigid connection.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a slurry tank (10) designed for force-fit and/or form-fit attachment to a vehicle frame (6), comprising a main body (1) with a substantially round cross-section, designed for holding slurry, a first attachment area (2a) arranged on a rear section (3a) of the main body (1), and at least a second attachment area (2b) arranged on a front section (3b) of the main body (1) opposite the rear section (3a), wherein the first attachment area (2a) and the second attachment area (2b) are integrated into the main body (1), and the first attachment area (2a) and the second attachment area (2b) are designed as deviations, in particular indentations, of the cross-section of the substantially round main body (1).