Abstract:
Disclosed is a method and device for determining potential damage of an endless track of a tracked vehicle. Said vehicle comprises at least one track assembly comprising a drive wheel member, a tension wheel member, a set of road wheels and said endless track disposed around said wheels. Said endless track is rotated by means of said drive wheel member during drive. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, from at least one sensor, measurement information associated with vibrations of said endless track; based on the information received from said at least one sensor, determining if there is a natural frequency of said endless track and if so determining the natural frequency of said endless track; and, based on the determination associated with natural frequency, determining whether there is a potential damage to the endless track.
Abstract:
In an elastic crawler with core metals having a configuration in which rollers arranged along a ground roll on a top surface of a guide protrusion, roller disengagement preventing protrusions respectively protrude in opposite directions of a crawler circumferential direction from a pair of guide protrusion bases of a core metal main body; the roller disengagement preventing protrusions protruding in the crawler circumferential direction to protrude to each other toward opposed core metal main bodies of adjacent core metals mesh each other in a crawler width direction; and ribs are formed that connect the roller disengagement preventing protrusions on a side of a core metal blade part among the roller disengagement preventing protrusions meshing each other in the crawler width direction and core metal blade parts.
Abstract:
A driving system for a tracked vehicle, in particular a tracked vehicle used for the preparation of ski slopes, features a driving wheel rotatable about a first axis of rotation; an idle wheel rotatable about a second axis of rotation parallel to the first axis of rotation; and a track looped around the driving wheel and the idle wheel, and comprising a plurality of strips made of elastomeric material, and a plurality of metal grousers, fixed to the strips; wherein at least one strip has at least one continuous toothed strip, which extends along the inner face of the strip and is configured to engage with the driving wheel.
Abstract:
Provided is a rubber composition capable of providing rubber parts improved in adhesiveness, a rubber composite improved in adhesion force at an adhesion site of rubber parts, and a rubber crawler having improved adhesion force at an adhesion site of the rubber parts. The disclosed rubber composition contains at least a polymer component: in which the polymer component contains a styrene-butadiene rubber-containing component including either a styrene-butadiene rubber alone or a mixture of a styrene-butadiene rubber and a butadiene rubber; a styrene content in the styrene-butadiene rubber-containing component is less than 20 mass %; and the styrene-butadiene rubber is oil-extended styrene-butadiene rubber. Further, the polymer component of the disclosed rubber composition contains less than 50 parts by mass of a styrene-butadiene rubber-containing component with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymer component, and a styrene content in the styrene-butadiene rubber-containing component is less than 20 mass %.
Abstract:
The elastic crawler according to this disclosure is an elastic crawler comprising on an inner circumferential side a plurality of engaging portions (14) respectively engageable with a plurality of pin members (22) arranged at a spacing in a circumferential direction of a sprocket, wherein: the engaging portions (14) have a pressure receiving surface (14a) which receives the pin members (22), an outline shape in side view of the pressure receiving surface (14a) being formed by an envelope L1 drawn by an outer end of the pin members (22) when the sprocket rolls coaxially with a central axis of a virtual rotor with a rolling diameter D1 as defined in D1=(pitch of the engaging portions)×(number of pin members)/(π)×a, and 0.9≤a
Abstract:
The object of the present invention is to provide a rubber crawler having high traction force and excellent straight-ahead driving property and further improved durability by ensuring good soil-grasping property and soil-discharging property of the crawler body. The rubber crawler 1 has a crawler body 10 and a plurality of metal cores 30 buried in the crawler body and lugs 13 provided on an outer periphery side with they being divided into left and right sides across the central portion, the lugs divided into left and right sides being arranged in zigzag alignment with shifting of phase in a circumferential direction of the crawler body, wherein a contact area of the each lug 13 is divided into a central lug portion 20 and an outer lug portion 22. During running of the rubber crawler, the central lug portion 20 and the outer lug portion 23 of each of the lugs 13 connect to ground, and therefore, a force supporting the metal cores 30 are sufficiently ensured by the lugs to suppresses peeling of the crawler body from the metal cores or crack of the crawler body, which brings about enhancement of durability of the crawler body 10. Meanwhile, excellent soil-grasping property and soil-discharging property are maintained without destroying mud grasped by the groove 18 extending in the circumference direction, which brings about enhancement of straight-ahead driving property and suppresses occurrence of side slipping on a soft ground or a slope ground.
Abstract:
To provide a crawler belt with no movable portion connected by pins etc., and to provide a crawler type traveling device with few rotating wheel mechanisms and equalizing the pressure contacting the ground.A crawler type traveling device comprising: a driving wheel (12) driven by a driving axis (11); idler wheels (13) having axes parallel to that of the driving wheel; and a crawler belt which is spooled around the driving wheel and the idler wheels and travels around the driving wheel and the idler wheels.The crawler belt comprising: an inner crawler belt (18) having an engaging structure engaging with the driving wheel, the inner crawler belt being driven by the driving wheel; an outer crawler belt (19) encircling circumferentially the outside of the inner crawler belt; a plurality of elastic members (20) connecting the inner crawler belt to the outer crawler belt; and a plurality of crawler plates (21) mounted to the outer crawler belt, and having lag for engaging with the ground.
Abstract:
A traction apparatus to improve the winter operation of rubber tracks on endless track vehicle. A plurality of chains are provided each having a first end and a second end separated by multiple chain links. The chains are secured to the track at only the first end with the second end free. In operation the chains lay along the track to provide needed traction