Snow Blower Application at Backhoe Loaders

Abstract

During heavy snowfalls in winter, clearing large piles of snow on the roads is a very laborious process. It is necessary to take quick action to make the closed roads usable and not to stop the flow of life. Snow blowers are needed when equipment such as snow knives are not sufficient. However, since these types of machines are specially produced abroad, their costs are high. The Türkiye General Directorate of Highways and Hidromek Company have carried out a series of studies in order to popularize the use of snow blower. It is foreseen that if snow blower adaptation can be provided to backhoe loader construction machines that are widely used all over the world and especially in Türkiye, access to this equipment will be easier. Thus, technological dependence on foreign sources will also be reduced. As a result of the studies, the design of a snow blower with a capacity of 2000 tons/hour and its adaptation to the backhoe loader machine were achieved. Due to the need for such a high snow spraying capacity, radical changes were made in the main lines of the machine. Placing a power unit instead of the excavator part of the machine and placing a snow rotary attachment on the front arm was deemed the most appropriate solution.