Rotatable Aircraft Engine Stand With Adaptors for Assembly Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques for assembling and maintaining aircraft engines are not fully optimized, lacking flexibility and efficiency in supporting various engine configurations and providing adequate access during operations.
Innovation Solution
An aircraft engine stand with a rotatable mount and interchangeable adaptors that can securely hold different engine configurations, allowing for easy access and versatile support through multiple axes of rotation, and a coupler system for precise positioning and manipulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing assembly techniques are used, then assembly can be performed, but flexibility and efficiency in supporting various engine configurations is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The stand incorporates a universal mount design with multiple adaptors that can accommodate different engine types and configurations. The mount can be configured with various adaptors to securely hold different engine configurations, allowing a single stand to perform multiple functions across different assembly and maintenance scenarios
Solution Approach 2:
The mount is designed with rotational capability about a vertical axis, allowing dynamic repositioning of engines during assembly and maintenance operations. This dynamic adjustment enables workers to access different sides of the engine easily, improving operational efficiency while maintaining versatility
2Ease of operation
If traditional support structures are used, then engines can be held stationary, but access during assembly and maintenance operations is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The mount rotates about a vertical axis to allow easy access to different sides of the engine during assembly and maintenance operations. This dynamic repositioning capability improves ease of operation without requiring multiple separate support structures
Solution Approach 2:
The stand is divided into modular components including the support base, rotatable mount, and interchangeable adaptors. This segmentation allows the system to maintain structural simplicity while providing complex functionality through component combinations
3Adaptability or versatility
If fixed mounting systems are used, then engines can be securely held, but adaptability to different engine types is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The mount is designed as a universal platform that can securely accommodate different engine types through interchangeable adaptors. Each adaptor is specifically designed to securely mount particular engine configurations while maintaining compatibility with the universal mount interface
Solution Approach 2:
Adaptors serve as intermediary components between the universal mount and different engine types. These intermediaries translate between the standardized mount interface and various engine mounting requirements, ensuring secure attachment while maintaining adaptability across engine configurations
Data Source
AI summary
An aircraft engine stand for supporting an aircraft engine, has: a support; a mount rotatably mounted to the support, the mount extending around a central axis from a first end to a second end, the mount surrounding an engine-receiving space having an opening between the first end and the second end, the opening sized for allowing the aircraft engine to be positioned into and removed from the engine-receiving space, the mount rotatable relative to the support about the central axis and about a transverse axis intersecting the central axis; and an adaptor extending radially inwardly into the engine-receiving space relative to the central axis from a mounting interface removably secured to the mount to an engine interface removably securable to the aircraft engine.