Award Winning Dump Truck of the Future!

Industrial Design
Posted by DT
May 07, 2008
(12 comments)

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All images from HaiShang Design. (Click for a larger image)

It is about time someone designed one that has totally broken the traditional configuration of a Dump Truck! It is really impressive how this designer re-thought how one would operate, and then used that insight to designed a break-through product. Absolutely amazing concept, and sure sign of the amazing pedigree of Chinese designers to come.

Munich-based truck maker F.X. Meiller GmbH & Co KG has seen the future of construction hauling, and it is a sleek all-wheel drive tipper capable of dumping on all four directions.

Chinese transportation designer Haishan Deng created a series of concept drawings depicting what Meiller’s new “super tipper” truck in action that won him a 2007 red dot award for product design from Germany’s Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen, an institution formed in 1955 to promote industrial design aesthetics. Inspired by the movement of quadruped animals, Deng designed the super tipper with independent suspension arms that absorb uneven terrain better than conventional dump trucks.

No word yet on when Meiller plans to build these tippers or how much they will cost, but Deng says the truck’s six engines and battery system will be the priciest parts. A scaled-down prototype is scheduled to be on display May 17-20 in New York at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair.


All images from HaiShang Design. (Click for a larger image)


All images from HaiShang Design. (Click for a larger image)


All images from HaiShang Design. (Click for a larger image)


All images from HaiShang Design. (Click for a larger image)


All images from HaiShang Design. (Click for a larger image)


All images from HaiShang Design. (Click for a larger image)

Via: Scientific American





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    csven
    May 08, 08 – 10:20 pm

    Caught this myself. Interesting solution. Reminded me of some garbage truck concepts that were part of some competition way back when.

    Do you know if there is any associated mechanical engineering work? Curious about the pivots and how the wheels turn.

    DT
    May 09, 08 – 4:47 pm

    Hi csven,

    I’m interested as well. My questions would be where the engine and batteries would be (I supposed in the wheels?)and how would the driver get in and out?

    Jim Rait
    May 11, 08 – 2:38 am

    My comment disappeared … this is it again! William Gibson said “The future is already here. It’s just unevenly distributed.” This manufacturer uses design in a similar way….. for their Topturn X: http://snipurl.com/288m5

    Jim Rait last wrote: Could iPod have helped the Jennifers?

    csven
    May 11, 08 – 2:47 am

    Motors are probably in the wheels. That’s been around at least since the 80’s (I did my skateboard concept vehicle back in school using the same idea based on tech articles covering Toyota’s motorized wheels). But given the anticipated power requirements, battery storage would definitely seem to be an issue. I don’t see any obvious place for the cells.

    DT
    May 16, 08 – 11:44 am

    Hey Jim,

    Sorry about that, i had to fish your comments out of the Spam list.

    Jim Rait
    May 24, 08 – 4:08 am

    I remember Spam fritters.. if my mum wasn’t looking mine used to end up in garbage .. and we thought computers were in research centres then!

    >> Jim Rait last wrote: Underarm balling

    Niels
    May 25, 08 – 4:37 am

    Yes, it definitely is a mystery how the driver will get in and out of the truck. And you will get power problems if you want this monster to run on batteries.

    >> Niels last wrote: Ripple faucet - visualization of water temperature

    Steve
    Aug 19, 08 – 6:29 pm

    A very innovative design that appears to closely resemble a ‘transformer’. It looks like the operators cab tips forward as the rear lifts to dump - is that so?

    pat
    Sep 29, 08 – 4:26 am

    il est beau vote beaujau je laime

    Khaled
    Jan 30, 09 – 4:35 am

    This is a great find and just had to find more information tied the haishandesign.com site but there is little information about the super tipper truck on their site. There is a site that gives a bit more information about the design http://www. gizmag.com/the-electric-super-tipper-truck/8801/ apparently there will be an electric motor in each wheel and the truck can load some materials like sand without the need for assistance.

    Aaron
    Apr 26, 09 – 8:39 am

    I would imagine the cabin would lower to the ground for entry / exit, the arm it is connected to could be retractable and allow the setup to tilt and place it firmly on the ground, this also makes it a very safe form of entrance and exit!…

    Great design, I think it could even work as a hybrid where the unit recycles its parasitic loss and transforms it into power for the engines within the wheels!.

    I wonder if the cells could be located within the frame work of the tipper?…

    I hope this one comes to fruitition, it is an excellent idea



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