Snowplow auger: characteristics and photos

Very often in the northern countries, including in Russia, there are very severe winters. Every day a lot of rain falls, which can block the road, including the roadway, thereby preventing people from moving fully. Most often, for the cleaning of public roads, the authorities of the city or another locality answer, but not all roads are classified as those that are classified as "common use." Accordingly, people need to think independently about how to clear the terrain from the snow. What is the best way to do this? In fact, the best recommendation is a snow-plow. Then you can learn all the necessary details about it.

What it is?

There are various devices that can assist you in clearing snow blocks. In the courtyard of the twenty-first century, and you do not need to use a shovel. It is better to pay attention to the snowplows, which will do all the work for you. You can choose a snow-scraper, as it will be the most effective, but it is used as a hinged equipment. So if this does not suit you, you can choose, for example, a manual version with your own power source. But it will not be so powerful, and you will have to make much more effort to apply it effectively. Accordingly, it is recommended to choose a snow-worm with a screw-rotor, as it offers you high efficiency, the ability to clear large areas for short periods of time and the complete absence of applied physical efforts.

How it works?

First of all, you need to understand how the snow scraper works. This is a fairly simple process - it is necessary to consider the construction, starting with augers, of special spiral mechanisms. They are parallel to each other and serve to grind the snow that enters the device. Further, the ground snow enters the hole that is behind the augers, and moves along the pipe due to the rotor blades. And in the end, it is thrown to the side through the pipe, and the ejection distance can be even twenty meters, but it depends on the snowplow model that you choose for yourself. For example, a screw-rotor snowplow based on the "Ural" can have a smaller emission, but at the same time it has a high operating speed and, accordingly, high productivity.

Objectives of using the device

So, in what cases can you use such a mechanism, if in cities usually snow cleaning machines are used that are used by the city authorities? In fact, such large models as the snooper-sweeper "FRS 200M" are used to supply large organizations that are engaged in cleaning roads and dirt roads. Also, such a snow plow can be used to clean tractor roads. In addition, it is used for clearing snow shafts, which are formed by other snowplows with excellent functionality. Thus, this mechanism can be very useful for teamwork. But for personal use you may need a smaller model if you have special equipment, such as a tractor, to which this device can be attached. After all, you can often hear about the schneekorotorny snowplow for MTW, for example.

Equipment hitching

As you already understood, this is not the most common and universal equipment. In most cases, these devices are created specifically for certain models of special equipment, so you will have to choose the model that suits you, depending on what kind of special equipment you own. For example, a large-scale snow-sweeper for MTZ-82 is very popular, because this tractor can be found everywhere. Moreover, it is worth paying attention to the fact that, nevertheless, each snowplow model is not created specifically for one model of the tractor. Typically, compatible models can be up to ten, so a certain amount of universality for these devices is still present. Accordingly, when you buy a screw-rotor snow thrower, photos and technical characteristics of it you will need to study necessarily, so as not to get an inappropriate model.

How is the connection made?

Naturally, the snowplow will not work by itself - you will need to hang it correctly on the equipment and connect it. Here everything is not so difficult. The fact is that the mechanism is put into operation directly from the engine, so you just need to connect it to the power unit, and it will give part of the power to the screw-and-rotor mechanism. However, the power of some models can be so high that snow will be thrown out at twenty and more meters, and in some circumstances this can cause damage to buildings along the road and other objects.

Specifications

Of course, each person would like to know what the technical characteristics of the device that is being purchased are. The most important indicator for a snowplow is the productivity, which is calculated in tons per hour. There are different models, and each of them has its own indicators. For example, snowplows for personal use often allow you to clear several dozens of tons per hour of work, and more large-scale options are already moving to hundreds of tons of snow per hour.

In addition to productivity, attention should also be paid to the corridor, which the device is able to cover, because there are models whose range is about three meters, and there are those that are cleared from a meter to two. Also, it is worth paying attention to what speed allows you to develop a specific snowplow your technique, as it can also be different. There are other equally important characteristics, such as the permissible snow cover density, which the device will be able to clear. Or the same range of snow release, which, among other things, can be controlled by special nozzles that are included in the kit and allow you to change the figure from five to twenty meters on average.

Additional equipment

It is very important that you can soberly assess the temperature at which the device will be used. If it is too low, there may be problems with freezing. Then you are recommended to install an additional liquid heater on it.