Universal Load Carrier with Recessed Beams for Machine Parts
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Solution Overview
Problem
The high cost and complexity of developing separate load carriers for each individual machine part or component, due to varying geometries and dimensions, lead to significant manufacturing efforts and expenses, while existing solutions often require multiple materials and complex designs.
Innovation Solution
A load carrier design featuring two longitudinal beams with recesses of different sizes, interfering edges, and multiple support points, allowing for the secure accommodation and transport of various machine parts and components, including those with protruding features, using a multi-layer wooden structure that can be easily adapted to different goods.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate load carriers are manufactured for each individual machine part, then the transport and storage of specific goods is optimized, but the manufacturing cost and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The load carrier is designed as a universal structure that can accommodate different machine parts and components through standardized longitudinal beams with multiple recesses of varying sizes. Instead of creating custom load carriers for each product, a single multi-functional design serves multiple transport needs, reducing manufacturing complexity while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The load carrier is divided into modular components including longitudinal beams with segmented recesses of different sizes. This segmentation allows flexible accommodation of various cargo configurations while using a standardized base structure, balancing adaptability with manufacturing simplicity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple materials and complex designs are used to accommodate varying geometries, then the transport of diverse goods is enabled, but the manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The load carrier features longitudinal beams with locally varied recesses of different sizes and shapes tailored to specific cargo geometries. The overall structure remains simple and manufacturable, while local modifications in the form of recesses provide the necessary adaptability for diverse goods without requiring complex overall design or multiple materials.
3Ease of manufacture
If existing load carriers are reused for various transported items, then manufacturing costs are reduced, but the ability to accommodate different geometries and dimensions is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The load carrier incorporates multiple recesses of different sizes within a single standardized structure, enabling one load carrier design to serve multiple cargo types and dimensions. This universal design allows reuse across various applications while maintaining adaptability to different geometries.
Solution Approach 2:
The beams are segmented with multiple recesses of varying dimensions, allowing the same load carrier structure to accommodate different cargo sizes by selecting appropriate recesses, thus enabling reuse while maintaining versatility.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a load carrier for transporting and storing universal goods on pallets, comprising two longitudinal beams (1, 2) arranged parallel to each other and spaced apart by at least two crossbeams (3, 4), wherein several recesses (5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5) adapted to the geometry of the goods to be transported are incorporated into the two longitudinal beams (1, 2) for receiving components of the goods to be transported, and at least four defined support points (8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4) for each item to be transported, which transfer the weight of the goods to the two longitudinal beams (1, 2) and at least one crossbeam (3, 4), wherein at least one crossbeam (3, 4) comprises at least one support block (7) on its longitudinal side, the top surface of which provides a first support point (8.1) for the item to be transported. The transported goods form and the two longitudinal beams (1, 2) have at least three further support points (8.2, 8.3, 8.4) provide for the goods to be transported.