Automated 3D Cable Tray and Support Design in Nuclear Galleries

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing three-dimensional design of electrical cable trays and supports in nuclear power plant galleries is manual, inefficient, prone to errors, and lacks reusability, complicating the design process and affecting quality due to human errors and varying gallery slopes.

Innovation Solution

A three-dimensional automatic design method that includes determining cable tray layout, obtaining gallery civil engineering data, generating cable tray routing, and automatically creating three-dimensional models of cable trays and supports based on preset naming rules, using a PDMS modeling platform.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual three-dimensional modeling is used for electrical cable trays and supports, then design flexibility and control are maintained, but design efficiency is low and the process is cumbersome

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedesign efficiencyVSAvoidmodeling process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service automation where the software automatically generates three-dimensional models of cable trays and supports by extracting data from civil engineering models and applying preset design rules, eliminating the need for manual modeling operations while maintaining design quality

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The invention performs preliminary actions by pre-defining design rules, naming conventions, and modeling parameters before the actual design process. The system prepares templates and constraints in advance, allowing automatic generation of models without requiring designers to make repeated manual decisions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If manual modeling is used, then design adjustments can be made flexibly, but human errors increase and quality consistency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedesign qualityVSAvoidoperational simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where design rules and constraints are continuously applied and validated during automatic model generation. The software checks compliance with design standards and provides feedback loops to ensure quality consistency while maintaining operational simplicity through automated validation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The invention uses copying by creating standardized templates and reusable model elements that can be automatically replicated. Once a correct model is established, it serves as a template that can be copied and adapted to multiple scenarios, ensuring consistency and reducing human error while maintaining flexibility for adjustments

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Adaptability or versatility

If traditional design methods are used, then each project can be customized, but reusability is low and workload superposition occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveproject adaptabilityVSAvoiddesign time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system achieves universality by creating a multi-functional automated design platform that can handle different project types, cable tray configurations, and support structures through a single unified system. The preset design rules and templates can be applied across multiple projects, enabling reusability while maintaining project-specific adaptability through parameter customization

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentEP4636635A1Three-dimensional automatic design method and apparatus for trays and bearers in gallery, and medium and device
Publication Date: 2025.10.22 CHINA NUCLEAR POWER ENGINEERING CO LTD
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AI summary

The present invention relates to a three-dimensional automatic design method, and apparatus for cable trays and supports in a gallery, and a medium and a device. The method comprises the following steps: S20, determining cable tray layout design information of gallery cross-section. S30, obtaining gallery civil engineering model data, and automatically generating and displaying a cable tray routing based on the gallery civil engineering model data and the cable tray layout design information of gallery cross-section. And S40, automatically generating a three-dimensional model of electrical cable tray of the gallery according to the cable tray layout design information of gallery cross-section and the cable tray routing. And S50, automatically generating a three-dimensional model of electrical support of the gallery based on the cable tray layout design information of gallery cross-section and the three-dimensional model of electrical cable tray. S60: Automatically naming and storing the three-dimensional model of electrical cable tray and the three-dimensional model of electrical support according to a first preset naming rule. The three-dimensional design method can greatly improve the three-dimensional design efficiency of the gallery cable tray and the support, reduce human errors and improve the design quality.