Angled Rail Pumping Frame for Weight Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing horizontal pumping system frames are often larger, heavier, and more expensive than necessary due to their design for a wide range of motors, making them inefficient for smaller applications.
Innovation Solution
A pumping system frame assembly with a central body assembly featuring angled side rails and strategically placed bores and cut-outs for component attachment, along with platform support assemblies that provide structural rigidity and reduced weight, allowing for lighter and less expensive support while accommodating various motor sizes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If frames are designed for use with a wide range of motors, then adaptability is improved, but weight and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The frame is divided into modular components including a central support member with side rails, motor plate, and platform support assemblies that can be independently configured. This segmentation allows the frame to be customized for different motor sizes without requiring a completely different frame design, thus reducing weight while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame incorporates adjustable elements such as motor plate positioning capabilities and configurable platform support assemblies that can adapt to different motor configurations. This dynamic adjustability allows a single frame design to serve multiple motor sizes without the excessive weight of fixed oversized frames.
2Adaptability or versatility
If frames are designed for use with a wide range of motors, then adaptability is improved, but cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The central support member with standardized side rails and the motor plate design serve multiple functions across different motor sizes. The universal interface between components allows a single frame design to accommodate various motors, reducing manufacturing costs through economies of scale while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
By segmenting the frame into standardized modular components, the invention enables efficient manufacturing through repeated production of common parts. This modular approach reduces tooling costs and simplifies assembly processes while maintaining the ability to adapt to different motor configurations.
3Stability of the object's composition
If larger frames are used to support pumping systems, then structural rigidity is improved, but weight increases
Solution Approach 1:
The frame utilizes composite construction combining the central support member with platform support assemblies and bracing elements. This composite structure achieves high structural rigidity through optimized material distribution and geometric configuration rather than simply increasing overall size, thereby reducing weight while maintaining stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame employs three-dimensional bracing configurations and angled side rails that provide structural rigidity through spatial geometry rather than increased mass. This dimensional approach to structural reinforcement achieves high stiffness-to-weight ratio by utilizing the space efficiently.
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AI summary
A pumping system frame assembly for use in supporting a horizontal pumping system on a platform includes a central body assembly, a motor plate connected to the central body assembly and a plurality of platform support assemblies connected to the central support member. The central body assembly includes a central support member that has an upper face and a pair of side rails connected to the upper face. In particularly preferred embodiments, each of the pair of side rails extends downward from the upper face at approximately a 45 degree angle.