Carrier Rack Raised Sections Align Pharmaceutical Containers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Carrier racks for pharmaceutical containers or medical packaging products often deform during production and transportation, leading to twisting and misalignment, which can cause damage and hinder processing, and existing solutions fail to effectively prevent axial movement and reinsertion after bouncing.
Innovation Solution
A carrier rack design featuring non-cylindrical symmetric flanges with raised sections and bevels or radii that interact with the flanges to align and center pharmaceutical containers, preventing twisting and reinsertion after axial movement without the need for additional plates or protrusions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional carrier racks without raised sections are used, then the structure is simple and manufacturing is easy, but the pharmaceutical containers can bounce out during transport and twisting cannot be prevented
Solution Approach 1:
The raised sections are pre-formed as integral parts of the carrier rack structure, creating alignment features and container retention barriers before the containers are loaded. This preliminary structuring prevents bounce and twisting during transport without requiring additional components or complex assembly steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The raised sections combine multiple functions into a single structural element: they provide container retention barriers to prevent bouncing, create alignment features through their geometry, and form through-openings for container insertion. This merging eliminates the need for separate retention mechanisms and simplifies the overall device.
2Manufacturing precision
If additional plates or protrusions are added to prevent axial movement, then container alignment improves, but the device complexity increases and manufacturing becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The raised sections are formed as integral parts of the carrier rack body in a single manufacturing process, combining the rack structure with alignment features. This eliminates the need for separate alignment plates or protrusions that would require additional manufacturing steps and assembly operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The geometry of the raised sections, including their height, width, and the angles of their inclined surfaces, is optimized to provide effective container alignment and retention. By carefully selecting these dimensional parameters, the design achieves precise container positioning without requiring complex additional components.
3Ease of manufacture
If the carrier rack structure is simplified, then manufacturing is easier, but the rack deforms during production and transportation processes
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier rack is divided into multiple modular elements including the rack body, raised sections, and through-openings. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall structural integrity, enabling the rack to withstand production and transportation stresses without deformation.
Solution Approach 2:
The carrier rack is manufactured from plastic material that provides both ease of manufacturing through molding processes and sufficient structural stability to resist deformation during handling and transport. The material selection and structural design work together to achieve the required strength-to-weight ratio.
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AI summary
A carrier rack for pharmaceutical containers or medical packaging products having a non-cylindrical symmetric flange. The carrier rack includes a plurality of through-openings defined by the carrier rack for accommodating the pharmaceutical containers or medical packaging products, and at least one member protruding above a top side of the carrier rack and having a height. Each member includes at least one of at least one bevel and at least one radius, wherein the at least one member is allocated to each one of the plurality of through-openings, and wherein at least one of the at least one bevel and the at least one radius interact with the non-cylindrical symmetric flange in such a way that the pharmaceutical containers or medical packaging products are aligned.