Machine Housing Floor Seal for Cost-Effective Cleanroom Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing systems for creating clean room environments in machine halls are complex and costly due to the need for floating floor slabs with sealing materials, which complicate the assembly and increase expenses.
Innovation Solution
A system where a sealing device is integrated between the machine housing and the hall floor, providing a gas-tight seal without the need for floating floor slabs, with an elastic sealing element and a sealing surface on the hall floor, simplifying assembly and reducing costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If floating floor panels with sealing materials are used to seal clean room areas, then gas-tight sealing is achieved, but assembly complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the sealing function from the complex floating floor panel system and concentrates it into a simple sealing device that connects directly between the machine housing and hall floor, eliminating the need for intermediate floor panels while maintaining gas-tight sealing
Solution Approach 2:
The sealing device serves multiple functions: it provides gas-tight sealing, acts as a bearing support for the machine housing, and simplifies assembly into a single component, replacing the multi-component floating floor panel system
2Reliability
If floating floor panels with sealing materials are used to seal clean room areas, then gas-tight sealing is achieved, but installation cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing device uses simple, inexpensive materials such as elastomer sealing elements that can be easily manufactured and replaced, eliminating the need for costly floating floor panels while maintaining effective sealing
Solution Approach 2:
The sealing device combines the sealing function with the structural support function into a single integrated component, reducing the total number of parts and lowering overall installation cost
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
This solution allows for an inexpensive and easy-to-install clean room setup, enhancing the sealing effectiveness and reducing assembly complexity while maintaining a sterile environment for object manufacturing and treatment.
Implementation Method 1
the at least one sealing device may comprise at least one, preferably elastic, sealing element extending between the wall section and the hall floor area
Data Source
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AI summary
The invention relates to a system (30) for manufacturing and/or treating objects, comprising at least one machine (12, 14, 16) for manufacturing and/or treating objects, which is arranged on a hall floor (26), at least one machine housing (22), which is arranged at least above and laterally of the machine (12, 14, 16), and at least one sealing device (32), characterized in that the sealing device (32) for gas-tight sealing of the machine housing (22) is arranged on at least one wall section (23) of the machine housing (22) and at least one hall floor area (25) of a hall floor (26). The invention provides a system in which a cleanroom area can be manufactured cost-effectively and with ease of assembly.