Swivel Trunk

Type: component
PROBLEM

When the ground a pole is mounted to shifts or settles, the pole tilts and cannot be corrected without excavating and reinstalling it.

SOLUTION

The Swivel Trunk is the repositionable configuration of the Trunks pole platform, mounting the pole shaft on a motorized precision azimuth and elevation bearing assembly at the base plate that allows the shaft to be driven back to true vertical by remote command when the substrate beneath the foundation has shifted, settled, or tilted due to seismic activity, soil creep, frost heave, or uneven compaction. The bearing assembly is driven by a brushless DC worm gear motor with a positional resolution of 0.05 degrees and accepts leveling commands from the ARC operator dashboard or from an onboard inclinometer that detects deviation beyond a configurable threshold and initiates auto-correction. The operational range of the bearing is plus or minus 12 degrees from center in any radial direction, covering the full range of substrate movement events observed in field deployment outside of liquefaction and major fault rupture scenarios, which are handled by a different product. The bearing is rated for outdoor continuous operation and sealed to IP67. The Swivel Trunk logs every correction event with a timestamp, magnitude, and direction vector, providing a continuous record of substrate movement at each installation point that has incidental value as a geotechnical monitoring dataset.

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Schema
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