Acoustic Cable Deicing Robot ケーブル除氷ロボット by Siyang Xu

Acoustic Cable Deicing Robot ケーブル除氷ロボット by Siyang Xu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銅賞 in 未来的デザイン Competition Category.

銅未来的· 2022

Acoustic Cable Deicing Robot ケーブル除氷ロボット

by Siyang Xu

A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in 未来的 Category

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The Design

About Acoustic Cable Deicing Robot ケーブル除氷ロボット

音響式ケーブル除氷ロボットは、降雪後に送電ケーブルへ付着した氷を除去するために構想されたコンセプトロボットです。本機はケーブルに直接装着して使用します。ロボット内部に備えた円筒形のヒーティングリングがケーブル表面を徐々に加熱し、氷を融解させます。外層に施した防氷素材が、氷の再付着を防ぎます。両側の閉鎖式スイッチにより、作業中もロボットをケーブルに確実に固定します。手動インターフェースとモバイルアプリケーションを通じて、作業者は作業内容を事前設定し、進捗を確認できます。本ロボットは、高所での人手による除氷作業に代わり、作業者のリスクを軽減することを目指しています。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅賞

Acoustic Cable Deicing Robot ケーブル除氷ロボットは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Acoustic Cable Deicing Robot ケーブル除氷ロボットは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Acoustic Cable Deicing Robot ケーブル除氷ロボットは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This is an intelligent robot that works after natural disasters.
When the snowstorm freezes the cable's outer layer in the city, the intelligent device can be used to remove the ice. The cylindrical heating ring in the middle of the deicing robot gradually heats up the cable's outer layer, and the outer layer of the cable is filled with frozen maintenance material to prevent the secondary freezing of the cable.
Dimensions & Packaging: The equipment is 310 mm long, 150 mm wide and 150 mm high.
Inner cylinder diameter 15-45 mm (adjustable according to cable diameter)
Tags: Intelligence, deicing, robot, controllable, solar energy, protection
Production Technology: High manganese steel is a high-metal material, and composite metal chromium fusion, hard and rust-proof. Titanium plating Technology can be used to enhance Surface friction
Design Challenge: It is difficult to search for deicing solutions in various countries in the process. The feedback of these programs varies greatly, and the starting point of the design should also take into account the degree of scientific and technological development of the country and whether the public can accept the arrival of new technology.
There are many disputes in the selection of materials, the materials of the equipment should take into account both high temperature and low temperature resistance, and work in different environments.
The data of cable diameter also varies from country to country, and the authors design an adjustable width of the inner diameter.
Research: The design is a conceptual design to solve the problem of production recovery under natural disasters.
The author hopes to improve the urban recovery after the snowstorm through this design.
Power outages occur in most cities after a snowstorm.
In the design process with the team members of multi-country questionnaires and disaster inquiries. These data reflect how different countries deal with the removal of cable ice. The purpose of the design is to improve some workers who work at height and reduce the risk factor at work.
Inspiration: In some extremely cold areas of various countries, power transmission is lost every year because a snowstorm freezes the cable. Let many cities into the paralysis without electricity.
And the handling of ice has always been done manually, so it is hazardous to work in the cold high air. A cable with a distance of 10 meters often takes workers 3-4 hours to clean.
Project Duration: The design plan begins in March 2019 and ends in November 2020 in the United States.
Operation Flow: There is a symmetrical closed switch on the left and right sides of the device, which is manually used to prevent the robot from automatically opening and falling off from the cable while it is working.
One side of the robot has a manual interface on which users can preset their work.
Secondly, the deicing robot also has control of the APP.
The operator can check the progress of the equipment on APP.
If the equipment is damaged, the user can stop the robot from working in time and rush to repair it.
In the working state, the equipment will flash orange light to prevent other organisms' interference, and the color can be set on its own.
Patents: No patent
Team Members: Zhouping Wei
Image Credits: image #1：Siyang Xu，image #2：Siyang Xu，image #3：Siyang Xu，image #3：Siyang Xu