Turntable for Articulated IK.doc

Turntable for Articulated Bus Our system designed for push-driven articulated bus. The turntable integrated with anti-knife-device and undulating movement reducing damper. Advantages of the turntable - Immediate and variable damping with each angle movement of the articulated bus - Electronic damping control - Integrated sensor for engine management - reduced maintenance necessary (if a bus has built in automatic greasing equipment the turntable is maintenance free) - Long-life-time components - The ball embedded in rubber permits swivelling in all directions and strokes, reduced the forces affect the bus framework. - 52° maximum turning angle, more than 10° hollow driving angle. - Integrated with bus chassis body. Main parts of the turntable Turntable bearing Anti-jack-knifing equipment Ball type rubber covered knuckle-joints Turntable frames. Welded steel components integrated by bus frame. Turntable bearing Anti-jack-knifing equipment Since 1978 AUTóHUT deals with development of the anti-jack-knifing equipment applicable for the so-called articulated pusher buses. This equipment is to prevent the undue jack-knifing of the vehicle in case of wheel slip. Several solutions were born at functional diagram and design level, until we developed the solution, that is a special detector sensing the articulation angle, as well as a digital sensor/processor electronically evaluating the signals thereof. During years several solutions, thus this latter too, obtained patent. A few experimental equipment were installed into the Ikarus articulated buses, as well. On basis of the manufacturing, operation and maintenance experiences obtained during the experiments, we started the development of such an equipment, which was furnished with limited function electronics - proved to cause the most problems earlier - and with flexible knowledge (possibly) adaptive to the operation demands. The development was per