Breaking the Ice: Revolutionizing Winter Road Safety with Sibom's Vibratory Ice Removal Technology

In winter, the combination of snowfall and freezing rain causes many roads to ice over. The biggest hazard posed by icy roads is the increased braking distance, or in some cases, the inability for vehicles to stop, leading to uncontrollable ‘free sliding’ on the road.

This greatly increases the risk of traffic accidents, not only threatening the safety of motor vehicles and bicycles but also putting pedestrians at risk. The safety of both people and vehicles is compromised, severely impacting daily travel. Therefore, ice removal on winter roads becomes crucial for ensuring safety.

To address this, municipalities and property management companies spend significant amounts of labor and resources each year to remove ice from roads. Common ice removal methods include manual removal, chemical deicing, and mechanical deicing using engineering machinery:

1. Manual Deicing: This method mainly involves manually sweeping or scraping the ice, or spreading materials like coal or salt to accelerate the melting process, followed by the use of tools to remove the ice layer. The main issues with this method are the high consumption of materials, significant labor intensity for workers, difficulty in breaking up compacted ice layers, and low deicing efficiency.
2. Chemical Deicing: This method involves using vehicles to spray special deicing liquids or antifreeze. While effective, it consumes large amounts of deicing and antifreeze solutions. Additionally, it can cause some corrosion to the road surface over time, potentially leading to long-term damage to the pavement.
3. Mechanical Deicing with Heavy Equipment: The key challenges of using heavy machinery for deicing include the following:
   • Existing deicing equipment typically uses an ice-breaking roller as the main deicing device. The roller is connected to a traction mechanism via a roller frame, which drives the roller to roll over the road surface. The weight of the roller itself is used to crush the ice with the teeth. While this method can break the ice, the heavy roller structure, influenced by gravity, causes the teeth to apply vertical pressure on the road surface, potentially damaging it.
   • During the de-icing process, ice debris can easily be splashed, potentially damaging nearby vehicles or posing a danger to pedestrians.
   • The overall size is quite large, resulting in higher energy consumption during operation. Additionally, it is primarily designed for large vehicles like trucks, making it less suitable for de-icing tasks in smaller, confined areas.

To address these issues, the Sibom Vibratory Ice Removal was developed, offering an effective solution.

The Sibom Vibratory Ice Removal, also known as the hydraulic road de-icer, is a type of municipal sanitation machinery designed to tackle common problems faced by traditional de-icing equipment. These include road damage, difficulty in breaking compacted ice layers, challenges in operating within narrow spaces, as well as excessive noise and slow operational speeds.

The Sibom Resonance Ice Breaking Machine is compatible with both loaders and skid-steer loaders. It primarily consists of the ice-breaking roller mechanism, drive system, vibration shaft, and other components. The ice-breaking drum is equipped with both transverse and longitudinal ice-breaking blades. The machine uses the power provided by the hydraulic power unit to drive the vibration shaft, which in turn causes the ice-breaking drum to vibrate, effectively breaking the ice. This design prevents road damage caused by the excessive weight of traditional ice-breaking drums.

Due to its overall lightweight design, the equipment not only minimizes road damage but is also easy to transport. The shock-absorbing mechanism allows it to adapt to uneven road surfaces, resulting in improved ice-breaking performance.

Thanks to its compact and well-thought-out design, it’s highly versatile. This de-icing equipment is ideal for a wide range of applications, including highways, urban roads, airports, industrial zones, and mining areas.

Because of the slim profile of the skid steer loader and its ability to rotate 360 degrees on the spot, a skid steer loader equipped with the Sibom Resonance Ice Breaker can perform de-icing operations even on narrow roads.

The Sibom Vibratory Ice Removal features a simple structure, low failure rate, powerful performance, user-friendly operation, and easy maintenance. It has low forward resistance, high ice-breaking power, low noise, and is highly effective, fast, and thorough in removing ice. This makes it a cost-effective road de-icing solution.