Truss Dataset Generation for Custom Escalator Frameworks
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Solution Overview
Problem
The individual construction effort for client-specific trusses in escalators or moving walkways is high due to their unique nature, leading to increased costs and inefficiencies, as each truss requires custom production documents and extensive manufacturing processes.
Innovation Solution
A computer program is used to create a three-dimensional truss dataset by determining client-specific configuration data, generating a type-specific two-dimensional layout, adapting it to conveyor height, subdividing the layout, overlaying it with predefined structure fields, and calculating bar forces to optimize production engineering.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If individual custom production is used for each client-specific truss, then the truss can be tailored to specific client requirements, but the construction effort and production costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The truss structure is divided into standardized modular components that can be individually selected and assembled. This segmentation allows client-specific configurations to be achieved by combining predefined modules rather than designing entire trusses from scratch, thereby reducing construction effort while maintaining customization capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables customization through parameter adjustment of standardized components rather than creating entirely unique designs. By modifying parameters such as dimensions, material properties, and assembly configurations of modular elements, client-specific requirements are met while leveraging standardized production processes, thus improving productivity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If individual custom production is used for each client-specific truss, then the truss can be tailored to specific client requirements, but the production costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
Standardized modular components are designed to serve multiple functions and be applicable across different client-specific truss configurations. This universality allows the same components to be reused in various projects, reducing production costs through economies of scale while still enabling customization through different assembly arrangements.
Solution Approach 2:
Pre-defined standardized truss designs and components serve as templates that can be copied and adapted for different client requirements. Rather than creating unique designs for each project, the system replicates and modifies standardized modules, significantly reducing production costs while maintaining the ability to meet specific client needs.
3Adaptability or versatility
If extensive individual construction effort is expended on each truss, then client-specific requirements are met, but the time required for production document creation increases
Solution Approach 1:
Standardized truss components and configurations are pre-designed and documented before actual production begins. This preliminary action creates reusable templates and databases of standardized elements that can be quickly selected and adapted for specific client projects, dramatically reducing the time required for production document creation while still meeting client-specific requirements.
Data Source
AI summary
The application relates to a method for creating a framework or truss dataset of an escalator or moving walkway using a computer program. In this method, client-specific configuration data are collected, a type-specific, two-dimensional layout is selected, and this layout is adapted in terms of the conveyor height in accordance with the configuration data. In addition, the guideway of the adapted layout is checked using division sections and the layout is transformed into a subdivided two-dimensional layout. The latter is overlaid with fields of defined structure, wherein the resulting overlaid layout serves as a starting point for arranging profile bar datasets in the three-dimensional space.