Cableway Vehicle Parking With Detachable Train Feeding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cableway vehicle parking systems require complex handling and logistical efforts due to the need for individual movement and potential detachment of vehicles, leading to inefficiencies in parking and feeding operations.
Innovation Solution
A parking system for cableway vehicles that utilizes detachable connecting elements to form jointly movable vehicle combinations, which are managed by an actuating device to simplify the handling and movement of multiple vehicles, eliminating the need for individual vehicle drives and reducing the risk of detachment during parking and feeding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If cableway vehicles are moved individually in the parking area, then each vehicle can be positioned precisely, but the handling complexity and logistical effort increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple cableway vehicles are connected to form a vehicle combination that is moved as a single unit through the parking area. This combining of multiple vehicles into one handled unit reduces the number of individual movement operations required, thereby reducing handling complexity while maintaining positioning precision through the coordinated movement of the combination.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows vehicles to be segmented into combinations of varying sizes and configurations. Different numbers and types of vehicles can be combined based on parking space requirements and operational needs, enabling flexible handling that reduces overall complexity while maintaining precise positioning capability.
2Productivity
If detachable connecting elements are used to form vehicle combinations, then handling efficiency improves, but the risk of vehicle detachment during movement increases
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting elements are designed with dynamic characteristics that allow them to maintain secure connection during normal movement while enabling controlled detachment when needed. The dynamic design includes features like spring-loaded latches or friction-based retention mechanisms that adapt to movement conditions, ensuring reliable connection during handling operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms to monitor the connection status of vehicle combinations during movement. Sensors or mechanical indicators detect whether connecting elements are properly engaged, allowing operators to adjust handling procedures or alert operators to potential detachment risks, thereby maintaining reliability while preserving handling efficiency.
3Ease of operation
If an actuating device is provided to manage connecting elements, then vehicle combination handling is simplified, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The actuating device is designed to be self-regulating or self-actuating, where the movement of vehicles themselves triggers the connection and detachment of connecting elements without requiring external control mechanisms. For example, the kinetic energy of moving vehicles automatically engages latches or activates clamps, reducing the complexity of control systems while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The actuating device serves as an intermediary mechanism between the vehicles and the connecting elements. This intermediary component simplifies the overall system by providing a centralized interface for connection and detachment operations, reducing the complexity that would otherwise be distributed across multiple vehicles and connection points.
4Area of stationary object
If multiple cableway vehicles are parked simultaneously in the parking area, then space utilization improves, but the logistical effort for individual vehicle movement increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple vehicles are merged into combinations that are moved and parked simultaneously as a single unit. This approach increases parking space utilization by allowing multiple vehicles to occupy the parking area at the same time while reducing the total time required for logistical operations, as the combination is handled in one operation rather than requiring separate movements for each vehicle.
Solution Approach 2:
Vehicles are pre-connected into combinations before entering the parking area, and the combination is moved and positioned as a unit. This preliminary organization of vehicles into coordinated units reduces the logistical time required for parking operations, as the combination can be parked in designated spaces without requiring sequential individual vehicle positioning.
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AI summary
Parking system to improve the parking and feeding of cableway vehicles. Each cableway vehicle has connecting elements designed to detachably connect adjacent cableway vehicles. When parking, a jointly movable vehicle combination of detachably connected cableway vehicles is parked on the parking track. For feeding cableway vehicles, a parking track conveyor pulls the vehicle combination from the parking track toward the feed track until the detachably connected connecting elements of two cableway vehicles at an end of the vehicle combination facing the track end are in an effective range of an actuating device. The actuating device detaches the connecting elements between these two cableway vehicles, and the feed track conveyor moves the cableway vehicle located at the end of the vehicle combination facing the track end away from the parking track.