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US 2017/0254101 A1Published application
Articulated boom
AssigneeSchwing GmbH
InventorsBernd Segschneider, Christoph Sacken
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Abstract
An articulated boom includes a plurality of boom segments connected together via articulated joints. At least one of the boom segments includes a welded structure providing a box profile in which an upper flange and a lower flange are connected together by lateral web plates. At least one of the web plates, the upper flange, and the lower flange includes at least one reinforcing distortion.
Claims21
1-16. (canceled)
An articulated boom comprising:
- a plurality of boom segments connected together via articulated joints,
- wherein at least one of the boom segments includes a welded structure providing a box profile in which an upper flange and a lower flange arc connected together by lateral web plates, and
- wherein at least one of the web plates, the upper flange, and the lower flange includes at least one reinforcing distortion.
A method for producing a boom segment of an articulated boom, the method comprising:
- welding an upper flange and a lower flange to lateral web plates to generate a box profile;
- and
- introducing a reinforcing deformation into at least one of the web plates, the upper flange, and the lower flange prior to the welding of the upper flange and the lower flange.
An articulated boom comprising:
- a plurality of boom segments connected together via articulated joints,
- wherein at least one of the boom segments includes a welded structure providing a box profile in which an upper flange and a lower flange are connected together by lateral web plates, and
- wherein at least one of the web plates, the upper flange, and the lower flange includes a means for reinforcing the at least one of the web plates, the upper flange, and the lower flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.