Adjustable Lighting Assembly for Drilling Rig Crown Illumination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional lighting systems on drilling rigs lack the intensity and coverage to adequately illuminate the entire rig and surrounding areas, often requiring inefficient and unsafe installation methods.
Innovation Solution
A high-intensity lighting assembly with an adjustable support frame and LED light fixtures that can be securely attached to the crown of a drilling rig derrick, providing wide-area illumination and resistance to environmental factors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If conventional lighting systems are positioned at lower locations on the derrick, then installation is simpler and safer, but light coverage and intensity are insufficient to illuminate the entire rig and surrounding areas
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting assembly incorporates an adjustable support frame with telescopic components that allow the lighting unit to be dynamically positioned at different heights and angles. This enables the system to achieve optimal illumination coverage while maintaining safe and accessible installation characteristics through adjustability rather than fixed positioning.
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting system is divided into modular components including a support frame assembly, mounting brackets, and lighting units that can be independently assembled and adjusted. This segmentation allows for safer installation at lower positions while still achieving high illumination coverage through strategic positioning of multiple modular units.
2Illumination intensity
If a fixed lighting system is installed on the derrick crown, then wide-area illumination is achieved, but adaptability to different derrick sizes and configurations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The support frame assembly includes telescopic members and adjustable mounting brackets that can be configured to match various derrick crown dimensions and geometries. This dynamic adjustability allows the same lighting system to adapt to different derrick sizes and configurations while maintaining stable wide-area illumination coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting assembly is designed with universal mounting capabilities that can accommodate different derrick types and configurations through adjustable support frames and multiple mounting options. This universality enables a single lighting system design to serve multiple applications across various drilling rig configurations.
3Ease of operation
If lightweight materials are used for the lighting assembly, then ease of installation and removal is improved, but resistance to high winds and environmental influences may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The support frame assembly utilizes composite construction combining lightweight aluminum or steel components with reinforcing elements and bracing structures. This composite approach maintains ease of installation through reduced weight while achieving sufficient structural strength and environmental resistance through the synergistic combination of materials and structural design.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustable and modular nature of the lighting assembly allows for dynamic configuration that optimizes both weight distribution and structural integrity. The system can be assembled with appropriate weight and strength characteristics for each specific installation environment, balancing ease of handling with environmental resistance requirements.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides efficient, safe, and adaptable lighting that effectively illuminates the entire drilling rig and surrounding areas, including rig floors, mud pits, and equipment staging areas, while being easy to install and remove.
Implementation Method 1
said light-emitting fixtures can comprise light emitting diode (LED) lighting sources or other light-emitting devices having a high luminous efficacy
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AI summary
A lighting assembly can be quickly and efficiently mounted to a crown of a drilling rig derrick in order to provide wide-area illumination of the derrick and surrounding work location. An adjustable support frame member can be operationally attached to a hand rail of a derrick crown using fixed-length bracket members, adjustable-length bracket members and/or a combination(s) thereof. Lighting-emitting light source elements are adjustably attached to the support frame, and can be selectively aimed to direct light as desired.