Experience with one Heavy Vehicles On-Board Weighing System Solution
Mining, construction and special vehicles for mass use are designed to work under high performances and offroad working conditions. Driving and executive mechanisms of support structures and superstructures of these vehicles operate frequently under high loads. These high loads, where the state of equipment is close to an incident, can jeopardize the dynamic stability of a machine. The experimental investigation is conducted on a Refuse Collection Vehicle (RCV). The aim of the research is to determine the real vehicle working conditions: Kinematics of the waste container (Hydraulic Rotate Drum for waste collection - HRD), dynamics of the load manipulator (superstructure), vibrations of the vehicle masses as well as strains (stresses) of the elements responsible for the supporting structure. Within the examination of the force (weight) on the rear axle of heavy vehicles, caused by their own weight and additional load, a universal measuring system is put forward. The results of this investigation present a p roposal of alternative system for continuous vehicle weighing that is characteristic for waste collection in motion (so-called On-Board Weighing System) and provide suggestions for measuring equipment designers .