Mobile Screw Fastening Platform for Upright Uniform Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional tools for fastening materials, such as screws, require bending or kneeling, leading to reduced productivity and increased risk of injury, while also making it difficult to maintain uniform construction standards.
Innovation Solution
A mobile platform with a cart and integrated screwing device that allows users to operate upright, featuring a screw guide tube, drive shaft, and feeding mechanism, along with sensors and adjustable components for precise screw placement and automated operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional fastening tools are used, then the device complexity is low, but the productivity decreases and injury risk increases due to bending or kneeling requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile platform is divided into functional modules: a cart with wheels for mobility, an upright structure for support, a bin for fastener storage, and an integrated screwing device. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently while maintaining overall system productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The upright structure serves as an intermediary between the operator and the work surface, elevating the fastening operation to standing height. This mediator eliminates the need for bending or kneeling while providing structural support for the screwing device and fastener bin.
2Manufacturing precision
If traditional fastening methods are used, then the ease of operation is high, but the manufacturing precision decreases due to difficulty in maintaining uniform construction standards
Solution Approach 1:
The screwing device includes adjustable components that allow modification of fastener depth, angle, and spacing parameters. This adjustability ensures uniform construction standards can be maintained across different fastening operations while keeping the device easy to operate through simple mechanical adjustments.
Solution Approach 2:
The manual fastening process is replaced with a mechanically assisted screwing device that automatically drives fasteners into the work surface. This substitution eliminates variability in manual fastening while maintaining ease of operation through simple trigger activation or automated cycling.
3Productivity
If upright operation is enabled, then the productivity increases by 75-90%, but the device complexity increases due to additional platform components
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile platform integrates multiple functions into a single device: the cart provides mobility and supports the upright structure, the bin stores fasteners, and the screwing device performs fastening operations. This multi-functionality achieves upright operation and high productivity without requiring separate equipment for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the mobility function (cart with wheels), storage function (bin), and fastening function (screwing device) into a single integrated mobile platform. This merging eliminates the need for multiple separate tools and equipment while enabling upright operation and significantly increasing productivity.
4Manufacturing precision
If automated screw placement is implemented, then the manufacturing precision improves, but the device complexity increases due to sensors and automated components
Solution Approach 1:
The screwing device uses a mechanically simple trigger-based or automated cycling mechanism to drive fasteners, replacing complex electronic control systems. This approach achieves consistent screw placement accuracy through mechanical repeatability while minimizing device complexity by avoiding sensors and electronic automation components.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus for providing an efficient platform for installing screws can include a cart with wheels and a screw assembly mounted to the cart. The screw assembly can include a screwing device that rotates a drive shaft that engages a screw, a screw guide tube and a screw feeding tube connected to the screw guide tube. In another embodiment, an assembly is provided. The assembly may include a bracket for coupling to a moveable platform, a screwing device coupled to the bracket and that rotates a drive shaft that engages a screw, a screw guide tube and a screw feed tube connected to the screw guide tube.