THE FEEDER OF A ROTARY SNOWBLOWER BASED ON THE OPERATING CONDITIONS

Abstract

his paper assesses the introduction and application of design solutions at the early stages of snowblower design. Analytical expressions were obtained for the volumes of snow mass cut by the horizontal and vertical cutters of the rotary snowplow feeder. The time of transporting the cut snow mass was estimated. The influence of the design and technological parameters on the size of the cut snow mass and the time of its transportation is shown. The results show the range of values in which the length of the cutting path of the snow mass for a horizontal cutter is less than the length of the cutting path for a vertical cutter.