Symmetrical Tooth Mounting Member for Bucket Corner Wear Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing bucket implement systems face challenges in maintaining effective tooth orientation and structural integrity under harsh operating conditions, particularly when interacting with hard materials, leading to wear and inefficient digging performance.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates bilaterally symmetrical tooth mounting members with a longitudinal fin of a flared shape, allowing for angled outward positioning of digging teeth at bucket corners, which accommodates various angles of contact with the bucket side walls, enhancing digging effectiveness and reducing wear.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If tooth mounting members are oriented specifically for left or right positions, then digging effectiveness is enhanced, but device complexity increases and manufacturing becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The tooth mounting member incorporates an asymmetric fin configuration where the fin extends laterally from a central plane, creating kick-out angles that optimize tooth orientation for digging effectiveness. The fin has a specific lateral width and angular relationship (approximately 10-15 degrees) that provides asymmetric positioning capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The tooth mounting member is designed as a universal component that can be used on both left and right sides of the bucket through symmetrical placement of multiple mounting members. The same fin design and dimensions are used throughout, allowing one component type to serve multiple functions and positions, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining digging effectiveness.
2Strength
If tooth mounting members are welded to bucket edges, then structural integrity is maintained, but manufacturing time and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The tooth mounting member integrates multiple functions into a single component: the fin serves as both the mounting surface for teeth and the structural element that attaches to the bucket wall. The lateral sides of the fin are positioned to abut against the bucket wall, creating a built-in attachment mechanism that combines structural support and tooth mounting in one element, eliminating the need for separate welding operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The fin design incorporates self-aligning and self-supporting features where the lateral width and angular orientation automatically position the tooth at the correct kick-out angle. The component's own geometry provides the mounting function without requiring additional fasteners, welds, or adjustment mechanisms, thereby simplifying manufacturing while maintaining structural integrity.
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AI summary
A bucket for an implement system includes a bucket body, and a first tooth mounting member and a second tooth mounting member forming first and second corners of the bucket body. The first and second tooth mounting members may be identical to one another, and are each bilaterally symmetrical. A flared shape of a longitudinal fin of each of the tooth mounting members enables abutment against a side wall of a bucket at a plurality of orientations, enabling tooth mounting members of the same design to be used at opposite corners of the bucket for positioning digging teeth at kicked-out orientations.