Virtual models of a new version of a loading transporter unit in a tracked vehicle - kinetostatic and strength analysis.

The article presents a new version of a modified loading transporter unit in a specialized tracked vehicle, made as part of the development project no. WND-POIG.01.03.01-00-164/09: “An integrated technology for the protection of wetlands against succession of vegetation causing a degradation of the natural environment” associated with the removal of unwanted vegetation from protected areas, particularly from National Parks and Natura 2000 areas. The design of a new loading transporter unit developed by the Department of Power Engineering and Dynamics of Agricultural Machines of PIMR in Poznan, was intended to improve the structural strength, as well as modify and simplify the previous design. A virtual model of the loading transporter unit was created, strength and kinetostatic analyses were performed with the use of SolidWorks 2014 software. In addition, the paper includes information on the original structural solution and presents a new, modified version of the loading transporter unit, adapted and tested in real-life field trials of the loading transporter unit of the tracked vehicle.