Holding Wedge for Pre-Assembled Frame Components
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Solution Overview
Problem
Complex assembly systems, such as demountable wall and door framing systems, face challenges with numerous components that require significant time, space, and resources for preparation, packaging, and transportation before assembly, leading to inefficiencies and potential damage during the assembly process.
Innovation Solution
A holding wedge with a first side, a second side, and a top side defining a holding channel, which applies expansive and compressive forces to temporarily hold multiple frame components together, allowing for pre-assembly and reduced processing time by minimizing movement and damage during transport and installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple assembly components are provided individually and assembled at job site, then assembly flexibility is improved, but assembly time and processing time increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The holding wedge enables preliminary assembly of multiple frame components into a pre-assembled unit before transportation. The wedge holds components in their final assembled positions, allowing cutting, notching, and other processing to be performed on all components simultaneously while they are held together, thereby reducing on-site assembly time.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple assembly components are transported separately, then transportation flexibility is improved, but risk of damage and handling complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The holding wedge merges multiple separate frame components into a single pre-assembled unit. By inserting the wedge between components and securing them together, the system reduces the number of separate items that need to be handled during transportation, thereby reducing handling complexity and minimizing the risk of damage to individual components.
3Manufacturing precision
If frame components are pre-cut and notched individually, then manufacturing precision is improved, but number of cutting operations and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The holding wedge allows all cutting, notching, and other manufacturing operations to be performed on multiple frame components simultaneously while they are held together in their final assembled positions. This preliminary action maintains manufacturing precision because components are cut to exact specifications before assembly, while dramatically improving productivity by eliminating the need for separate cutting operations for each component.
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 holding wedge enables efficient assembly by reducing the number of cuts required in frame components, improving processing time, and minimizing damage during assembly and transport, while facilitating simultaneous processing of multiple components as a single assembly.
Implementation Method 1
The holding wedge is configured to apply an expansive force at the first contact location and the second contact location
Implementation Method 2
The holding wedge is configured to apply a compressive force at the third contact location
Data Source
AI summary
A holding wedge includes a first side and a second side opposite from the first side. The first side and the second side each extend along a length of the holding wedge. The holding wedge also includes a top side that extends between the first side and the second side. The top side of the holding wedge defines a holding channel that extends along at least a portion of the length of the holding wedge.