Mobile Carriage for Auto Body Part Stacking Columns
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing stacking column systems for auto body parts are difficult and time-consuming to align and reconfigure, requiring precise vertical alignment and spacing to facilitate efficient automated handling and storage.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a mobile carriage system for stacking columns, equipped with a base frame that can be moved on rollers and a fixing device for precise alignment, allows for flexible and precise positioning of the component store in relation to robots and machining stations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If stacking columns are constructed on a fixed frame with precise alignment, then manufacturing precision and reliability are improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to time-consuming alignment and reconfiguration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static fixed frame structure into a dynamic mobile carriage system. The stacking columns are mounted on carriages that can be moved along rails, allowing the system to adapt its configuration dynamically. This resolves the contradiction by enabling precise alignment when needed while allowing easy reconfiguration through mobile movement, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual realignment of fixed structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides the monolithic fixed frame into separate modular carriages, each carrying stacking columns. These carriages can be independently positioned and reconfigured along the rails. This segmentation allows precise alignment of individual modules while maintaining overall system flexibility, resolving the contradiction between manufacturing precision and reconfiguration ease.
2Productivity
If multiple stacking columns are constructed on a fixed frame for automated handling, then productivity is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to difficulty in alignment and displacement
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile carriage system enables dynamic repositioning of stacking column groups to optimize automated handling workflows. Carriages can be moved along rails to achieve optimal positioning for loading/unloading operations, maintaining high productivity while eliminating the operational difficulties of fixed frame alignment.
Solution Approach 2:
The carriages serve multiple functions: they support stacking columns, enable mobile repositioning along rails, and can be independently controlled for flexible workflow optimization. This multi-functionality maintains productivity benefits while eliminating alignment difficulties associated with fixed structures.
3Ease of operation
If stacking columns are made mobile on a carriage, then ease of operation is improved through flexible positioning, but manufacturing precision may deteriorate without proper alignment mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces rails as an intermediary structure between the mobile carriages and the facility floor. These rails provide precise guidance and positioning references, ensuring that while carriages are mobile and flexible, they maintain accurate alignment during movement and positioning, thus preserving manufacturing precision while enabling operational flexibility.
4Manufacturing precision
If fixed frame construction is used for stacking columns, then manufacturing precision is improved, but loss of time increases due to time-consuming construction and alignment
Solution Approach 1:
The carriages are pre-assembled with stacking columns in modular units that can be manufactured and aligned precisely in controlled environments. These pre-assembled modules are then transported and positioned along rails, eliminating the need for time-consuming on-site alignment of individual columns. The preliminary assembly and modular design significantly reduce installation and reconfiguration time while maintaining precision.
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AI summary
Disclosed herein is a component storage device for workpieces which are mounted in stacking columns on or at pawls one above the other or next to one another characterized in that the stacking columns are arranged on a movable trolley. Also disclosed is a system for presenting workpieces with the component storage device characterized in that a coordinate system is assigned to the carriage. Further disclosed is a stacking column for storing workpieces on or at pawls one above the other or next to one another, the pawls being provided in or at a frame characterized in that the frame comprises at least two parts which are connected to one another in an articulated manner.