Flange Cover With Angled Receivers for Conveyor Module Fastening
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for fastening conveyor modules in operating medium containers often require rigid attachment to the base, which is not always suitable due to varying housing geometries and angles of hand holes, limiting adaptability and increasing production and stocking requirements.
Innovation Solution
A flange cover with multiple receivers at different angles allows the conveyor module to be fastened via guide bars, enabling secure attachment without rigid base fixation, accommodating various housing geometries and reducing variant production needs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a rigid fastening to the base is used, then the conveyor module is securely fastened, but the adaptability to different housing geometries is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The flange cover is designed with multiple receivers at different angles, enabling a single component to serve multiple fastening configurations for different housing geometries. This universal design allows the same flange cover to adapt to various container shapes without requiring multiple specialized components, thereby maintaining fastening security across different applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The flange cover incorporates adjustable receivers that can accommodate guide bars at different angles, providing dynamic adaptability to various housing geometries. This dynamic design allows the fastening system to be reconfigured for different container shapes while maintaining secure attachment, resolving the contradiction between fixed security and flexible adaptability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple variants of flange covers are produced for different housing geometries, then the adaptability is improved, but the production complexity and stocking requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
By designing a single universal flange cover with multiple receivers at different angles, the invention eliminates the need to produce and stock multiple variant-specific flange covers. This universal component can be used across all housing geometries, significantly reducing production complexity, inventory requirements, and part number management while maintaining full adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges multiple function-specific receivers into a single flange cover component. Instead of producing separate flange covers for different housing geometries, all necessary receivers are integrated into one universal part, consolidating production processes and reducing stocking complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a flange cover with multiple receivers at different angles is used, then the adaptability to different housing geometries is improved, but the flange cover complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The flange cover is segmented into multiple discrete receivers, each positioned at a specific angle. This segmentation allows each receiver to be independently designed and positioned, simplifying the overall structure while providing adaptability. The modular receiver design reduces complexity compared to a monolithic custom-shaped flange cover.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the flange cover (receivers) have specialized local properties tailored to specific fastening angles. Each receiver is optimized for its specific function while the overall flange cover maintains a simple, standardized structure. This local differentiation provides adaptability without requiring complex overall redesign.
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AI summary
A flange cover has multiple receptacles for receiving guide bars for a conveyor module at different angles. Further, a conveyor module arrangement has a flange cover of this kind, an operating medium container has a conveyor module arrangement of this kind, and a modular operating medium container system has a plurality of operating medium containers of this kind.