Modular Machine Support Frame for Versatile and Stiff Designs
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Summary
Problems
Existing machine support frames for vibration-sensitive machines face challenges in providing adjustability and versatility while maintaining high stiffness and the ability to carry heavy loads, leading to long waiting times and high storage costs due to the need for custom designs and varied parts.
Innovation solutions
A modular machine support frame design comprising a top part, bottom part, and intermediate side plates with adjustable height, utilizing vertically extending slots and bolts to create friction connections, allowing for easy assembly from stock components and customizable height adjustments.
TRIZ Analysis
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Principle concept:
If a custom-designed machine support frame is used to achieve high stiffness and load-carrying capacity, then the structural performance is improved, but the manufacturing complexity and storage costs increase due to the need for custom parts for each application
Why choose this principle:
The machine support frame is divided into modular components: horizontal bars, vertical bars, and corner pieces that can be assembled in different configurations. This segmentation allows a single set of standardized parts to serve multiple custom designs, reducing parts variety while maintaining the ability to achieve required stiffness and load-carrying capacity for different applications
Principle concept:
If a custom-designed machine support frame is used to achieve high stiffness and load-carrying capacity, then the structural performance is improved, but the manufacturing complexity and storage costs increase due to the need for custom parts for each application
Why choose this principle:
The horizontal and vertical bars are designed with universal connection features (slots and fasteners) that allow them to function in multiple positions and configurations. The same bar components can be used across different frame sizes and applications, eliminating the need for custom-designed parts for each specific machine support requirement
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AI summary:
A modular machine support frame design comprising a top part, bottom part, and intermediate side plates with adjustable height, utilizing vertically extending slots and bolts to create friction connections, allowing for easy assembly from stock components and customizable height adjustments.
Abstract
A modular machine support frame (100) comprises a set of vertically (XZ,YZ) extending side plates (22) connected between top and bottom parts (10,30) of the frame. The side plates (22) are fixed by bolting (25) to respective vertical sections (11v,31v) formed by downward and upward (±Z) extending parts of horizontally elongate top and bottom bars (11,31), respectively. The top part (10) of the frame (100) is carried (C) by the side plates (22) at an adjustable height (H) from the floor (300). The vertical sections (11v,31v) comprise vertically extending elongate slots (11s,.) s for the bolting, 1 of the side plates, at a specific position ΔH along a length of the slots (11s, 31s) to determine the adjustable height (H). The respective vertical sections (11v,31v) of the top and bottom bars (11,31) are sandwiched between respective sets of at least two of the side plates (22).