Transmission and slewing mechanism for highly manoeuvrable small machine transmissions

Abstract

A variant of the electromechanical transmission scheme for mobile platforms of small mass, designed primarily for operation in an organized artificial environment under the conditions of dimensional restrictions, is proposed. Typical examples of such environments are greenhouses, gardens and parks. Distinctive features of the proposed transmission are the use of a single traction motor and a power distribution mechanism that allows the use of two modes of side turn: in the range from a given minimum radius to infinity and turning around the center of gravity. The transmission scheme, with some changes, can be extended to mobile chassis of a larger mass - tractors of various traction classes, forestry machines, loaders, mobile robots, etc.

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“…The development and modernization of the undercarriage are implemented due to extensive theoretical and experimental research: clarification of the interaction of the propulsor with the supporting surface, the choice of optimal modes of operation of the undercarriage, the improvement of calculation and design methods, the use of new technological and design methods [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14].…”