ISO Container Deployment System for Coiled Tracks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for deploying and recovering coiled resources, such as temporary roadways, require a specific vehicle for transportation and deployment, increasing operational costs, especially in rough terrain environments where additional vehicular resources are not readily available.
Innovation Solution
A deployment system utilizing a rigid container conforming to ISO 668 International Standards, equipped with a rotatable spool for coiled resources, a hydraulic drive system, and integrated storage compartments, allowing for deployment and recovery without the need for a specific vehicle, using a container handling vehicle for transportation and deployment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a specific vehicle is provided for transportation and deployment of coiled resources, then deployment capability is improved, but operational cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The container is designed to serve multiple functions: it acts as both a transportation vessel and a deployment platform. The spool mounting member integrated into the container base enables the container to directly deploy coiled resources without requiring a separate specialized vehicle, thus achieving multi-functionality and reducing operational costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the transportation function and deployment function into a single integrated system. The container structure combines the cargo holding capability with the spool mounting mechanism, eliminating the need for separate vehicles and reducing overall operational complexity and cost.
2Productivity
If a specific vehicle is provided for deployment, then deployment efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The container is designed to serve multiple functions: it acts as both a transportation vessel and a deployment platform. The spool mounting member integrated into the container base enables the container to directly deploy coiled resources without requiring a separate specialized vehicle, thus achieving multi-functionality and reducing operational complexity and cost.
3Quantity of substance
If standard container handling vehicles are used, then operational cost is reduced, but deployment capability must be simplified
Solution Approach 1:
The deployment system is segmented into modular components: the standard container structure, the spool mounting member, and the coiled resource. This segmentation allows the system to interface with standard container handling vehicles while maintaining the essential deployment capability through the integrated spool mounting mechanism.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient and cost-effective deployment and recovery of coiled resources in rough terrain environments by leveraging standard container handling vehicles, reducing the need for additional vehicular resources and minimizing operational costs.
Implementation Method 1
The container may comprise a hydraulic system for rotating the spool
Implementation Method 2
the spool is or can be mounted for rotation about its longitudinal axis
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatus for deployment, recovery and/or storage of a resource comprising a flexible length of equipment capable of being wound on a spool, the apparatus comprising a rigid container shaped and configured to be handled by a specified vehicle type, the container having at least a base and a pair of opposing end walls, and an open side or an opening in a side wall thereof, wherein, on said base between said opposing end walls, there is provided a mounting member on which said spool is or can be mounted for rotation about its longitudinal axis. In an exemplary embodiment, the external dimensions of said container conform to the ISO 668 International Standard, and the equipment comprises a surface-covering track comprised of interconnected panels.