ASSESSMENT OF THE RELEVANCE OF A PROMISING DESIGN OF A REMOTELY CONTROLLED LOGGING VEHICLE WITH A SLIDING FRAME AND CONTROLLED WHEEL MODULES

The tendency of development of timber trucks in the world is considered. Possible ways of increasing their efficiency at the present time are described. The results of the analysis of scientific works of foreign scientists in the field of increasing the productivity of timber trucks are presented. It was revealed that the duration of the process of loading and unloading timber has a significant effect on the productivity of timber trucks and on the final cost of the timber they export. The importance of reducing the labor intensity of unloading timber by improving the means for self-unloading of timber trucks has been substantiated. The goal of the research is formulated, which consists in the development of a promising design of a remotely controlled logging vehicle with a sliding frame and controlled wheel modules. Two groups of loading and unloading mechanisms used for loading and unloading timber on timber trucks are considered. The classification of devices for loading and unloading timber trucks by individual cranes, rope installations and self-propelled unloaders is presented. The dependences of the change in the residence time of timber trucks at the points of loading and unloading and their movement in an empty state on the number of timber trucks used in the link without self-loading and self-unloading means are described. The analysis of existing devices used for self-loading and self-unloading of timber trucks is presented. On the basis of the identified shortcomings, in order to eliminate them, a schematic diagram of a remotely controlled logging vehicle with a sliding frame and controlled wheel modules is proposed. A technological map of unloading a remotely controlled timber truck with a sliding frame and controlled wheel modules and an updated classification of means for self-unloading timber trucks are presented