Industrial Platform for Rolling Mill Descaler Conduit Bundles
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing arrangement of tubular conduits for supplying hydraulic fluid, lubricating media, and electrical energy to industrial machines in rolling mill trains is inefficient, with numerous interfaces requiring individual securing and non-transferable setups, leading to complex access issues and increased costs due to random conduit layouts and space constraints.
Innovation Solution
A central platform with a horizontal, polygonal foundation surface is positioned near the machine, distributing control units, drives, distribution blocks, and valve units according to their functions, with tubular conduits projecting past the surface for easy access and standardized connections, and featuring adjustable feet and supports for consoles and conduits.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If tubular conduits are arranged individually in foundation channels or randomly laid out, then each conduit can be separately secured and routed, but access to tube junctions and operational sites becomes difficult and service works are complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple individual tubular conduits into a single conduit bundle that is collectively secured and routed. This merging approach simplifies the arrangement by treating multiple conduits as one unit, making access to tube junctions and operational sites easier while reducing the complexity of individual conduit management.
Solution Approach 2:
The conduit bundle serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides a standardized interface for media supply, creates a unified access point for maintenance, and enables standardized mounting of auxiliary components. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by making the arrangement easier to operate while maintaining organizational structure.
2Ease of manufacture
If a large number of interfaces foundation/machine are created for individual conduits, then each conduit can be individually secured, but expenses of equipping a site with tubings increase and installation becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple individual conduit interfaces are merged into a single conduit bundle interface. This reduces the total number of interfaces required between foundation and machine from many individual connections to one consolidated connection point, thereby reducing installation expenses and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The conduit bundle creates a universal interface that handles multiple media types (hydraulic fluid, lubricating media, electrical energy, control signals) through a single standardized connection, reducing the quantity of interfaces needed while maintaining ease of installation.
3Device complexity
If consoles and distribution blocks are separately arranged on the foundation, then each component can be independently positioned, but hydraulic tubing must be led around these components increasing tubing length and complexity
Solution Approach 1:
Consoles, distribution blocks, and other auxiliary components are merged into a single standardized platform structure. This consolidation allows hydraulic tubing to be routed efficiently through or along the platform rather than being led around separately positioned components, reducing overall tubing length and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from separate planar arrangement of components on the foundation to a three-dimensional integrated platform structure. This dimensional change allows tubing to pass through the platform structure itself rather than around external components, optimizing tubing routing and reducing length.
4Ease of operation
If free-lying tubular conduits are used for media supply, then conduits can be easily routed, but access to different areas of a site between conduits becomes difficult and space utilization is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple scattered conduits are merged into a single consolidated conduit bundle. This eliminates the space-consuming random layout of individual conduits and frees up area between what would have been separate conduit paths, improving access to different areas of the site.
Solution Approach 2:
The conduit bundle serves as a universal utility corridor that consolidates all media supply functions into one organized structure, freeing up the surrounding space for better site access and utilization while maintaining all necessary conduit functions.
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AI summary
A platform for industrial installations, in particular for high-pressure descalers (3a) or other machines (3) with optionally bundled supply, discharge, and/or distribution conduits (11) which in operational position, are connectable with fixed conduits of a respective machine (3), can be provided as a central installation for connecting media and power lines that can be monitored and easily inspected, with an arrangement being carried out in an immediate proximity with predetermined distance, lateral position and height with regard to a connectable machine (3) with control units (4), devices (4), drives (5) and drive consoles (5a), distribution blocks (6), valve units (7), control elements and the like being distributed over a horizontal, polygonal platform foundation surface (2) according to their functions with regard to the machine (3).