Reusable Metal Container for Cored Wire Leakage Prevention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current storage and transport solutions for cored wires, particularly those containing hazardous or moisture-sensitive materials, do not adequately ensure safety and compliance with regulations, leading to inefficiencies and environmental concerns due to disposable packaging and potential leakage during transport.
Innovation Solution
A reusable metal container with a sealed interior space, designed to hold cored wires with their winding axis perpendicular to the base plate, featuring a lid with a seal and non-positive/positive connections to prevent movement and leakage, allowing for safe storage and transport while eliminating the need for disposable packaging.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If disposable packaging is used for cored wires, then the wires can be transported and stored, but safety and compliance with regulations are not adequately ensured and environmental concerns arise due to potential leakage and waste
Solution Approach 1:
The container creates a sealed, protected environment for the cored wire filler material, isolating it from external harmful factors such as moisture and air. This inert environment prevents unwanted chemical reactions and leakage, ensuring safety and compliance for hazardous or moisture-sensitive materials while eliminating environmental harm from disposable packaging
Solution Approach 2:
The reusable container allows for recovery and repeated use of the packaging system. Instead of discarding disposable packaging after single use, the container can be emptied, cleaned, and reused for multiple transport cycles, eliminating waste and environmental concerns while maintaining safety standards
2Reliability
If reusable metal container with sealed interior space is used, then safety and compliance are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The container is divided into distinct functional segments: a base plate for structural support, an outer wall forming the sealed interior space, and a lid with seal for closure. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while collectively providing the required safety and compliance, managing complexity through modular design
Solution Approach 2:
The container structure serves multiple functions simultaneously: the sealed interior space provides both safety containment and compliance with regulations, while the same structure enables repeated use for transport and storage. The lid with seal provides both leakage prevention and secure closure, reducing the need for additional specialized components
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a safe, efficient, and compliant means of transporting cored wires by preventing leakage and reducing waste, ensuring stability during transport, and facilitating easy removal and reuse, thus enhancing safety and operational efficiency in metal production processes.
Implementation Method 1
the lid includes a seal, wherein the base plate, the outer wall and the lid form an interior sealed and/or liquid-tight space
Implementation Method 2
non-positive/positive connections to prevent movement and leakage
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AI summary
The invention relates to containers (10) for cored wires (34), in particular cored wires that are filled with a hazardous material and/or a filling that is sensitive to air, oxygen, water, and/or moisture, for safely transporting and safely storing said cored wires.