PROSPECTIVE DESIGNS OF CONICAL DEVICES OF LOGGING ROAD TRAINS WITH BALL JOINT AND DAMPER MECHANISM

The article presents the consequences of operating timber road trains consisting of timber trucks with trailers with disintegration when moving along poorly equipped timber roads with frequent braking and starting. The direction of research is considered, which allows increasing the efficiency of the timber road train by means of energy recovery of oscillations of the links of the timber road train. Two schemes of recuperative rotary cone devices equipped with a ball support and a damper mechanism are proposed for timber trucks with trailers with disintegration. A description is given of the implementation of energy recovery and load damping by the proposed devices during starting and braking of the timber truck with a trailer with disintegration.