Aircraft Fuselage Collapsing Device for Rapid Dismantling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for dismantling aircrafts are inefficient, requiring significant time and resources, and there is a lack of specialized facilities for this purpose, especially in countries with limited natural resources where aircrafts could be reused as effective resources.
Innovation Solution
An aircraft collapsing device and method that involves a gate-shaped shell, wedge-shaped pressing members, and moving units to collapse the fuselage inward, allowing for rapid dismantling by pressing annular frames toward the center and cutting the collapsed structure into manageable waste masses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional manual dismantling methods are used for aircraft, then operators can separate components, but the process requires six operators and approximately one week, making it highly inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical dismantling operations with an automated crushing device that uses mechanical force to rapidly reduce aircraft fuselage to small fragments. The device includes a crushing chamber with movable crushing members that automatically break down the fuselage structure, eliminating the need for multiple operators and extensive manual labor time.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the physical state and size parameters of the aircraft fuselage by applying compressive force to reduce it from its original large-scale structure to small fragments. The crushing device transforms the fuselage dimensions and structural integrity through controlled mechanical compression, achieving rapid size reduction in minutes rather than weeks.
2Productivity
If aircraft fuselage is crushed into small fragments, then materials can be recovered efficiently, but the fuselage structure must be completely destroyed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts valuable materials from the aircraft fuselage by crushing it into small fragments that can be easily separated and processed. The crushing device breaks down the fuselage structure to extract aluminum, duralumin, and other recoverable materials, enabling efficient material recovery while completely destroying the original structural integrity for the purpose of resource recycling.
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
Enables the rapid and efficient reuse of aircrafts as effective resources by reducing dismantling time and improving operational efficiency, allowing for the recovery of valuable materials like aluminum and duralumin.
Implementation Method 1
a wedge-shaped pressing member that is mounted to an upper portion of the shell to press at least one portion of a circumference of at least one of annular frames juxtaposed in a longitudinal direction of the fuselage toward a center of the fuselage
Implementation Method 2
a pair of sidewall pressing members that is mounted to both sides of the shell to press the fuselage simultaneously from two directions crossing a pressing direction of the wedge-shaped pressing member
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AI summary
An aircraft collapsing device that collapses a fuselage of an aircraft inward, the system includes a gate-shaped shell formed to cover a circumference of both sides and an upper portion of a fuselage of an aircraft body from which horizontal wings and a vertical wing have been decoupled; a wedge-shaped pressing member that is mounted on an upper portion of the shell to press at least one portion of a circumference of at least one of annular frames juxtaposed in a longitudinal direction of the fuselage toward a center of the fuselage; a pair of sidewall pressing members that is mounted on both sides of the shell to press the fuselage simultaneously from two directions crossing a pressing direction of the wedge-shaped pressing member at the center of the fuselage after pressing by the wedge-shaped pressing member; and a moving unit that moves the fuselage of the aircraft and the shell relative to one another, wherein each of the pair of sidewall pressing members includes a plate-shaped pressing plate, and a projection member extends in a longitudinal direction of the fuselage and is formed on the pressing surface side of the plate-shaped pressing plate.