Acoustic Cable Deicing Robot 纜線除冰機械人 by Siyang Xu

Acoustic Cable Deicing Robot 纜線除冰機械人 by Siyang Xu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 未來設計 Competition Category.

銅未來· 2022

Acoustic Cable Deicing Robot 纜線除冰機械人

by Siyang Xu

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 未來 Category

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The Design

About Acoustic Cable Deicing Robot 纜線除冰機械人

聲學纜線除冰機械人係一款概念機械人，設計用嚟喺暴雪過後清除電力纜線上嘅積冰。呢部裝置直接裝設喺纜線上，機械人內部有一個圓筒形發熱環，逐步加熱纜線表面，直到積冰融化為止。外層嘅防凍材料可以防止積冰再次形成。兩側嘅閉合開關可以確保機械人喺運作期間保持穩固貼合。操作員可以透過手動介面同手機應用程式預設工作任務並跟進進度。呢款機械人旨在取代高空人手除冰作業，降低工作人員面對嘅風險。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Acoustic Cable Deicing Robot 纜線除冰機械人是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Acoustic Cable Deicing Robot 纜線除冰機械人將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Acoustic Cable Deicing Robot 纜線除冰機械人出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

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