Honeycomb Plate Mounting Profile with Integrated Air Gap
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mounting profiles for honeycomb plates are inefficient in ensuring a precise air gap for thermal insulation and fire resistance, leading to increased condensation water retention and complex assembly processes.
Innovation Solution
A mounting profile with a predetermined transverse distance between the front and rear portions, featuring longitudinal walls and tubular cavities to ensure a minimum air gap of at least 10mm, and incorporating orifices for condensation water passage, along with asymmetrical inserts for enhanced fire reaction properties.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If two sets of profiles are used to mount front and rear plates separately, then thermal insulation properties are improved, but assembly operations become long and tedious
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the mounting functions for both front and rear plates into a single integrated profile structure. This profile includes a first housing for the front plate and a second housing for the rear plate, with an intermediate portion connecting them. This merging eliminates the need for separate mounting operations for each plate, significantly reducing assembly time while maintaining the thermal insulation benefits of the double-plate configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The single mounting profile performs multiple functions simultaneously: it mounts both the front and rear plates, maintains the required air gap between them, and provides structural support for the entire assembly. This multi-functional design replaces what would otherwise require two separate profile sets and multiple assembly steps.
2Temperature
If double skin configuration is used to improve thermal insulation, then fire resistance is improved, but condensation water retention increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent converts the potentially harmful effect of condensation water accumulation into a beneficial drainage system. The intermediate portion of the profile includes dedicated drainage channels and outlets that actively channel condensation water from the air gap between plates to designated drainage points. This transforms the harmful water retention into a controlled drainage function, maintaining fire resistance while eliminating condensation problems.
3Reliability
If air space between plates is increased to ensure fire resistance, then safety is improved, but structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the air gap maintenance function directly into the connecting structure between mounting sections. The intermediate portion with its specific transverse dimension inherently maintains the required fire resistance air space while simultaneously serving as the structural connector. This merging eliminates the need for separate air gap maintenance mechanisms, reducing overall structural complexity.
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 simplifies assembly, enhances sealing, reduces condensation water retention, and provides improved fire reaction properties by maintaining a consistent air gap, thus improving thermal insulation and safety.
Implementation Method 1
The intermediate portion connects the portions and whose transverse dimension is predetermined and defines a transverse distance separating the portions. This guarantees a minimum and predetermined distance between the front and rear portions of the section, that is to say between the front and rear plates intended to be received in the housings of these sections.
Implementation Method 2
The profile comprises orifices for the passage of fluid, such as condensation water; said orifices are located on at least at least one of said flanges and/or said wall or at least one of said walls
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AI summary
Profile (116) for mounting extruded honeycomb plates, comprising a front longitudinal portion (116a) with a substantially U-shaped cross-section defining a first longitudinal housing (119a) configured to receive a peripheral edge of a first plate, a rear longitudinal portion (116b) with a substantially U-shaped cross-section defining a second longitudinal housing (119b) configured to receive a peripheral edge of a second plate, characterized in that said front and rear portions are at a transverse distance (D) from each other and are connected to each other by an intermediate longitudinal portion (116c) whose transverse dimension is predetermined and defines said transverse distance between said front and rear portions.