Cable Bend Radius Gauge Template for Routing Integrity
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Solution Overview
Problem
The cabling industry lacks a template to measure critical angles during cable routing, leading to excessive bending and potential damage to cables, resulting in physical and conductive damage, scrap, and increased costs.
Innovation Solution
A cable bend radius gauge tool with a web-based structure featuring a set of wire gauge measuring intervals and a hierarchy of bend members, allowing for the determination of the appropriate bend radius for different cable types and diameters, preventing excessive bending beyond the minimum safe radius.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If cable routing is performed without a template to measure critical angles, then cable routing flexibility is improved, but cable damage occurs due to excessive bending
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by providing a bend radius gauge template before cable routing operations. The template pre-defines multiple bend radius contours corresponding to different cable types and diameters, allowing installers to select and follow the appropriate contour before bending occurs. This pre-established measurement guide prevents excessive bending and cable damage while maintaining routing flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The bend radius gauge template serves as an intermediary tool between the installer and the cable. Rather than directly measuring and calculating bend radii during installation, the template provides a physical intermediary reference with pre-marked contours that guide the bending process. This intermediary tool simplifies the complex measurement task and ensures proper bend radius adherence.
2Measurement precision
If multiple separate tools are used to measure cable diameter and determine bend radius, then measurement accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple functions into a single bend radius gauge template. The template integrates cable type identification guides, diameter measurement references, and bend radius contour markings all in one device. Users can determine cable type, measure diameter, and select the appropriate bend radius contour without switching between multiple separate tools, thereby maintaining measurement precision while reducing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The bend radius gauge template is designed as a universal tool that accommodates multiple cable types and diameters. By incorporating multiple bend radius contours and reference markings for different cable specifications, the single template performs the functions of multiple specialized tools, enabling accurate bend radius determination across various cable types without increasing the number of required tools.
3Productivity
If cable bend radius is not properly controlled, then installation speed is improved, but cable integrity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The template provides pre-established bend radius contours that guide installers during the bending process. By having the correct bend radius paths pre-defined and marked on the template, installers can quickly and accurately bend cables without needing to perform complex measurements or calculations during installation. This maintains installation speed while ensuring cable integrity through proper bend radius control.
Data Source
AI summary
A tool for bending cable comprising a web forming a base having an upper surface, a lower surface, first edge, second edge, a first area of the base defining a bend member portion and a second area of the base defining a hand hold portion. The tool further comprising a set of wire gauge measuring intervals is integral with the first edge in the second area. The tool further comprising a set of bend members is arranged in a raised diminishing hierarchy on the upper surface in the first area, forming a cable bend radius gauge.