Lifting Platform Base Conversion to Suspendable Console
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lifting platforms for formwork tables in construction are inefficient and cumbersome, requiring extensive crane usage or complex repositioning processes, especially in high-rise buildings, where extending lifting components is necessary to reach higher levels.
Innovation Solution
A versatile lifting platform with a base that can be set up on the ground and converted into a suspendable console, allowing for easy transition between ground and elevated positions, using adjustable and extendable profiles and lifting booms to facilitate the movement of formwork tables to higher levels without relying on cranes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If the base remains set up on the ground, then the lifting booms can be extended to reach higher levels, but the ground space is occupied and obstructs ground-level work
Solution Approach 1:
The base is designed to be dynamically reconfigurable, transitioning from a ground-based support structure to a suspended console. This dynamic transformation allows the system to adapt its configuration based on operational needs, vacating ground space while maintaining lifting capability through the suspended position
Solution Approach 2:
The base transitions from occupying ground level (2D surface) to being suspended in three-dimensional space. By moving the support function to a different spatial dimension (suspended above ground), the system eliminates ground space occupation while preserving lifting functionality
2Area of stationary object
If the base is converted into a suspended console, then ground space is freed up, but the lifting booms must be extended even further to reach higher levels
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the base position to an optimal suspension height that minimizes lifting boom length. By converting to a suspended console, the base can be positioned at an intermediate elevation, reducing the vertical distance to higher levels compared to ground-level operation
3Length of moving object
If heavy consoles are fastened to building parts at higher levels, then lifting to higher levels is enabled, but the repositioning process becomes complicated and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system is segmented into a movable base/console unit and a stationary suspension point. This segmentation allows the base to be independently repositioned along the building structure, enabling flexible relocation to different levels without moving the entire console assembly, thereby simplifying the repositioning process
Solution Approach 2:
The base is designed with self-contained repositioning capabilities, allowing it to be moved and reconfigured without requiring complete disassembly or complex external equipment. The base can be converted between ground-based and suspended configurations using its own structural features
4Area of stationary object
If the base is converted into a suspended console, then ground space is freed up, but the conversion process adds complexity to the system
Solution Approach 1:
The base incorporates dynamic, reconfigurable structural features that enable transformation between ground-based and suspended configurations. These features include adjustable support elements and connection points that can be quickly repositioned, reducing the complexity of conversion while enabling ground space vacating
Data Source
AI summary
A lifting platform (10) in the construction field comprises a base (12), which can be set up on a ground (14) and converted into a console, which can be suspended on a structure (18) with distance to the ground (14), and a platform (20), which can be lifted in relation to the base (12) both in the state in which it is set up on the ground (14) and in the state suspended on the structure (18). A method for setting up a lifting platform (10) in the construction field, comprising a base (12) and a platform (20), includes the following steps: Setting up the base (12) on a ground (14) such that the platform (20) can be lifted in relation to the base (12), lifting the base (12), converting the base (12) into a console that can be suspended on a structure (18), and suspending the console on a structure (18) in a state that again allows the platform (20) to be lifted.