One-piece Transport Frame for Baler Logistics
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Solution Overview
Problem
The high logistical and personnel effort required to transport large balers, such as square balers, in a standardized transport container increases transport costs significantly due to the need for partial dismantling and complex reassembly processes.
Innovation Solution
A one-piece transport frame designed to accommodate partially dismantled balers and their components, allowing for simplified loading and unloading into a transport container, with features like pivotally articulated platforms and fixing elements to secure components, and rolling bodies for improved mobility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If balers are partially disassembled for container transport, then the balers can be accommodated in standardized transport containers, but the preparation and follow-up work required to secure components and reassemble them represents considerable time, logistical, and personnel effort
Solution Approach 1:
The transport system divides the baler into modular components (chassis, support frame, working units) that can be separately loaded onto individual pallets or directly onto the transport device. This segmentation allows efficient container utilization while maintaining organized assembly groups that reduce reassembly complexity and time at the destination.
Solution Approach 2:
The transport device is equipped with pre-positioned fastening means and securing mechanisms that are ready to secure components during loading. Fastening elements such as straps, chains, or mechanical anchors are prepared in advance to quickly secure the baler and its components, minimizing the time required for preparation and securing operations.
2Volume of moving object
If balers are partially disassembled for transport, then they can fit in standardized containers, but complex equipping and securing of components is required
Solution Approach 1:
The transport device is designed with universal fastening means and securing mechanisms that can accommodate various baler components (chassis, support frames, working units) regardless of their specific configuration. The fastening system can adapt to different component sizes and shapes, reducing the need for specialized equipment for each component type and simplifying the overall transport device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple fastening and securing functions are combined into an integrated transport device system. The transport device incorporates both component holding structures and fastening mechanisms in a unified design, allowing simultaneous securing of multiple components without requiring separate complex equipment for each function, thereby reducing overall device complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If components are distributed on individual pallets, then they can be transported separately, but secure securing and reassembly requires considerable personnel effort
Solution Approach 1:
Components are pre-grouped into logical assembly units on individual pallets or directly on the transport device, with fastening means pre-positioned to secure them in their correct relative positions. This preliminary arrangement of components and fastening elements reduces the personnel effort required during reassembly, as components are already organized in their assembly sequence and ready for quick reconfiguration at the destination.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a transport system for transporting a baler (1), comprising a transport container and a transport device (17) for receiving the partially disassembled baler (1, 5) and at least one associated component (2, 6, 7, 8, 16), which is to be picked up from the transport container for transport, wherein the transport device (17) is designed as a one-piece transport frame (18) which is configured to position the partially disassembled baler (1, 5) and at least one of its components (2, 6, 7, 8, 16) in the transport frame (18) in preparation for being picked up by the transport container, in order to then insert the transport frame (18) into the transport container in a single loading operation.