The present invention relates to a boom clement for a telescopic boom, particularly a telescopic shot or a telescopic boom base section, to a telescopic boom, and to a construction vehicle.
In wind turbines, very high hub heights for the wind wheels have in the meantime become desirable, to achieve a wind power on the rotor blades that is as homogeneous as possible. Therefore, in the installation of wind turbines, the maximum achievable hub height represents a characteristic value for the required lifting devices, usually mobile cranes with telescopic booms.
Starting with the demand for very large boom systems with large boom lengths, the problem arose that conventional telescopic booms became excessively heavy. However, telescopable booms, in comparison to booms made of the usual lattice elements, have the advantage that they can be converted rapidly from a state for transport to a working state, and they require considerably less space the time of the installation. Another essential advantage is that, in the case of the lattice boom cranes that are usually used for the installation of the wind turbine, due to the large boom lengths, derrick booms with the appropriate derrick ballast are required to erect the boom.
Moreover, if a crane with lattice boom is to be moved in the rigged state to a construction site, i.e., if its location is to be changed, the overall center of gravity of the crane is excessively high. If the lattice boom could be telescoped, then it would not be necessary to set up the boom at a very steep angle, to achieve the required safety with regard to the danger of tipping. Indeed, telescoping could result in a lowering of the center of gravity, which is a great advantage with regard to the danger of tipping.
From DE 200 14 056 U1, a telescopic boom with telescopic shots is already known wherein the corner profiles of the telescopic shot are connected to each other by means of lattice bars in a framework arrangement, and connecting metal plates.
Moreover, from EP 0 754 646 A1, a multishot telescope system is known, in which the telescopable shots can be bolted by means of a bolting system for the purpose of blocking.
Therefore, the problem of the present invention is to further develop a boom element of the type mentioned in the introduction, particularly to the effect that, for the purpose of achieving as high as possible a lifting height, said boom element has, besides the required stability, a reasonably practicable weight.
This problem is solved according to the invention by a boom element for a telescopic boom having the characteristics of Claim 1. Accordingly, it is provided that the boom element has cupped corner pieces and lattice bars, and the cupped corner pieces are interconnected by means of the lattice bars, wherein the lattice bars are arranged in a framework, at a right angle with respect to the corner pieces, and/or at an angle different from a right angle, particularly at an acute or obtuse angle, with respect to the corner pieces, and the corner pieces and the lattice bars form a substantially box-shaped hollow structure.
In particular, the boom element can be a telescopic shot or a telescopic boom base section, that is, the part of the telescopic boom in which the additional boom elements, namely the additional telescopic shots, are held in a manner that allows telescoping.
Due to the connection of the corner pieces, which in each case form the outer edges of the box-shaped hollow structure, to the lattice bars, a stable structure that is capable of bearing a load, and at the same time relatively lightweight, can be produced advantageously. High or large lifting heights can thus be achieved easily, without at the same time having to accept an impracticable weight increase.
It is conceivable in principle that, besides the lattice bars connecting the corner pieces, connecting metal plates are used, so that the box-shaped hollow structure, at least in some sections, has closed outer walls, and not only the lattice bars in a framework arrangement on the side surfaces of the hollow structure. However, this is not absolutely required, although it may be desirable in order to cover components, for example, actuation elements of the telescope cylinder, in the retracted and/or extended state.
Moreover, it is possible to provide that the corner pieces have an edged and/or bent design and/or are manufactured from pipe sections and/or extruded sections. By using semifinished products, it is advantageously possible to lower the initial cost, while at the same time guaranteeing the quality of the components used.
Furthermore, the corner pieces may present and/or form connecting pieces, wherein the lattice bars can be connected and/or joined to the connection pieces.
Moreover, it is conceivable that within the interior of the corner pieces one or more bearing seats are arranged, by means of which an additional boom element which is guided in the boom element can be guided and supported.
In an additional advantageous embodiment, the boom element has an extension opening, out of which the additional boom element(s) located in the boom element can be extended, wherein, at the lower edge of the boom element, at least one bearing element is arranged, by means of which an additional boom element located in the boom element can be braced, and/or, in the area of the extension opening, at least one abutment element is provided, by means of which the maximum extension movement of the additional boom element located in the boom element can be limited.
Moreover, it is conceivable that, between at least one bearing seat and at least one bearing element, at least one spacer block is provided or arranged, by means of which the bearing seat and the bearing element can be pressed directly and/or indirectly, [and that] particularly at the time of the complete extension of an additional boom element located in the boom element, the bearing seat and the bearing element are pressed against each other, wherein it is preferred that the spacer block is reinforced with at least one reinforcement core, particularly a steel core. By reinforcing with the reinforcement core, the stability of the construction can be improved advantageously.
Moreover, it is possible to provide that at least one component of a bolting system is arranged in at least one of the corner pieces, wherein by means of said bolting system an additional boom element located in the boom element can be bolted to be secured to the boom element, and wherein the component of the bolting system is and/or comprises at least one bolt receiver and/or at least one bolt guide, in which the at least: one bolt is guided and movable, wherein the bolt receiver can preferably have a reinforced bolting metal plate which is inserted and/or engaged in the corner piece, and wherein, moreover, at least one bolting system is arranged in three or four corner pieces.
In addition, it is possible that the corner pieces which arc in a low position in the installed state protrude over the end cross section of the hollow structure, particularly over the extension opening. As a result, the attachment and positioning of the next corner piece during the installation of the telescopic boom can be simplified.
The present invention further relates to a telescopic boom having the characteristics of Claim 9. Accordingly, a telescopic boom is provided with at least one boom element according to one of Claims 1-9.
The present invention further relates to a construction vehicle having the characteristics of Claim 10. Accordingly, it is provided that a construction vehicle, particularly a mobile crane with telescopic boom, is provided with at least one boom element according to one of Claims 1-8 or with a telescopic boom according to Claim 9.
Additional details and advantages of the invention are explained in further detail below in reference to an embodiment example represented in the drawing.
The figures show:
FIG. b, c: a diagrammatic representation of an alternative design of the telescopic boom according to
The corner pieces 20 can be manufactured as edged, bent pieces from pipe sections, or even as an extruded section. The corner pieces 20 are connected via lattice bars 21 which, if arranged at a right angle with respect to the corner pieces 20, are referred to as unstressed pieces, and/or if arranged at another angle with respect to the corner pieces 20, as diagonals.
Each lattice bar 21 can also be manufactured from a welded construction made of four metal plates, as represented in
Each telescopic shot 1, 2, 3 and 4 (see also
To be able to telescope the telescopic shots 1, 2, a centrally arranged telescope cylinder 10 is placed, by means of which the telescopic shot 2 shown in
Bearing seats 200 are provided furthermore between each enclosing and directly adjacent telescopic shot. Since the bearing seats 200 determine or define the separation between the telescopic shots, the welded construction of the lattice bars 21 can have a larger cross section 22 in some areas compared to other points 23, where the points 23 are particularly the connections, or in the area of the connections to the corner pieces 20. As a result, the force flow from the corner piece 20 into the lattice bar 21 is designed optimally, that is free of notches.
However, for cost reasons, the lattice bar 21 is generally produced in a known manner from a pipe having a circular cross section. In that case, however, the available construction space between the adjacent telescopic shots is not used optimally. The tight space conditions can be seen in
Additional embodiments are represented in
The solution shown in
If the corner piece 20 is made from an edged metal plate El., as shown in
If the bolting points 104 or recesses 104 (see, for example,
If the reinforcement is present, then, for the purpose of the installation, the bearing seat 200 has to be recessed accordingly, or even consist of two portions, as shown in
The guide and holding pipe 110 here fulfills substantially two functions. On the one hand, it positions the bearing seat 200 and, on the other hand, it guides the bolt 102 of the bolting system 100 with great precision. The transmitted forces are transmitted further by the guide and holding pipe 110 into the corner piece of the telescopic shot 2, and thus into the corner pieces 20′. The bolt 102 is pulled at the actuation unit 103, and disengaged from the corner piece 20. Now, the telescope cylinder 10 can move the telescopic shot located in the interior, and engage it at another recess 104 in the corner piece 20. In contrast to the state of the art, it is now provided advantageously that several bolt systems 100 are provided, particularly four bolting systems for each telescopic shot, that is, one bolting system 100 in each one of the corner pieces 20, and this advantageously for each bolting point. Advantageously, each pair of telescopic boom elements here has at least two bolting points, namely a first bolting point for the retracted position, and a second bolting point for the extended position.
Advantageously, the bolting systems 100 are located in a plane which extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the telescopic shot, and, with respect to their bolt axis orientation, they are oriented in the bisecting line between the legs of the corner piece 20.
Additional holding devices 205, for example, guide screws 205 according to
The front bearing point 202 is connected to the enclosing telescopic shot 2. The connection can occur via the stable abutment bolt 204. The latter absorbs the forces in the extension direction of the telescopic shots.
As shown in
In addition, it can be helpful and advantageous to use additional devices for precise positioning. As can be seen in
A further illustration of the extension process of the telescopic shot 3 out of the telescopic shot 2 is shown in
As shown again in detail in
Due to the narrow tolerances of the recesses 104 with respect to the bolts 102, no connection analogous to a telescopic boom is established; rather, a connection analogous to a lattice boom is established, that is, a stable compression member forms as a boom.
To remove load from all the bearing points, the boom can or is set at a steep angle. Here, setting angles of more than 80° with respect to the horizontal are used. An additional criterion is torque compensation during telescoping.
Besides the rapid establishment: of the working capability, the small transport volume to the construction site should be emphasized as a special advantage. One great advantage of the derrick boom 1001 is the better angle at the time of the erection of the retracted telescoped boom, see
b shows the stay rack 1002, which here has no winch. The winch A for pulling in the luffing stranding B of the main boom is bolted to the upper carriage frame C. The stay rack 1002 has at its end only one deflection roller D which guides the luffing stranding B to the stay rack. The stay rack can then be pulled together, so that the tipper block E is paired with the lower block F to form a unit G (
it remains to be mentioned that the telescopic boom according to the invention is not provided for operation with a luffing cylinder, It is always operated with a stay rack or derrick boom and luffing stranding.
Since the crane according to the invention is a crane for the installation of wind turbines, it can be operated for this purpose in a modular fashion with small transport volume and transport weight. This is evident if one considers that the installation of wind turbines requires large lifting heights, but involves only very small outreaches. Thus, relatively little ballast is needed for the crane work. The large quantity of ballast is needed for the erection of the long (lattice) boom. This is avoided here, and thus neither a derrick boom nor the large quantity of ballast needs to be transported to the construction site. The number of winches that need to be transported to the construction site could also be reduced, further reducing the transport volume and the transport weight. if the crane is used for other purposes, then a known crane design, as described in
An additional advantage is the small space requirement at the time of the erection of the boom. On crests, or in case of installation of wind turbines in forest regions, little space is often available to set up the long lattice booms. Thus, a boom having a length of much more than 150 m can be set up only with difficulty, if at all.
Compared to conventional telescopic booms with stay systems, the present construction is very simple and robust.
In
For transporting the crane to the construction site, segmentation into two transport units 700, 701 is provided, as shown in
The main boom 50 is deposited and transported on a semitrailer 710 with a trailer 712: The lift winch 52 can remain bolted to the boom base section 51, so that the cable of the lifting apparatus remains reeved in.
For travel on roads, the stay rack is separated from the upper carriage, and the upper carriage is also separated from the lower carriage 705. Thus, three transport units 700′, 701′, 702′ are prepared for the basic apparatus, as can be seen in
The boom 50 is divided for travel on roads into at least two transport units 701′ and 702′. One transport unit is transported on a semitrailer 710′. Said semitrailer 710′ is also used for moving at the construction site or on the terrain. The base section 51, in which, for example, a telescopic shot can remain, is transported on a vehicle 720 with trailer 712′, wherein the system is similar to log trucks. The vehicle 720 itself is used. only for travel on public roads. The trailer 712′, however, is also used for moving at the construction site.
Because of the maximum admissible height, the lift winch 52 also has to be taken off during transport on public roads.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202010014103.6 | Oct 2010 | DE | national |