Equipment with Disc Cutters for Destruction and Removal of Strength Snow and Ice Formations on Road Surface

Abstract

The chapter presents an analysis of the current state and development of snow removal equipment structures equipped with disc cutters for the destruction of strength snow–ice formations on the road surface. For the maintenance of roads in the winter, the most common snow removal equipment is motor grader. The blade of the motor grader provides effective removal from the road surface only the new-fallen loose snow and slightly compacted snow (up to 0.6 m thick). To remove strength and ice formations on the road surface, a combination of several units of specialized snow removal equipment (mechanical, chemical, friction method) is used, which increases economic costs. The urgency is the use of snow removal equipment in the construction of disc cutters. Disc cutters have shown their effectiveness in the working bodies of rotary excavators, rippers, drilling, disc-cutting and earth-cutting machines for the destruction of frozen soils. The construction of snow removal equipment uses cutting disc tools of various shapes and sizes in order to reduce the energy consumption of the process of destruction of snow and ice coasting. The developed construction of the of snow removal equipment with disc cutters and blade is presented. The proposed technical solution will improve the energy efficiency and productivity of the snow removal process without increasing the power of the base machine.