Mobile Tire Sanitization System for Food Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wheels of vehicles used in contaminant-sensitive areas, such as food processing facilities, often introduce microorganisms and pathogens due to their contact with unsanitary surfaces, posing a risk of contamination.
Innovation Solution
A mobile sanitization system equipped with adjustable spray nozzles, a pressurized gas source, and a remote activation module, allowing operators to spray a sanitizing solution directly onto the tires as the vehicle rolls, ensuring rapid sanitization and minimizing floor residue.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a sanitizing solution is sprayed onto vehicle tires to kill microorganisms, then the sanitization effectiveness is improved, but the amount of solution applied to the floor increases causing waste and slip hazards
Solution Approach 1:
The spray nozzles are positioned and angled to deliver sanitizing solution specifically to the tire contact patches and lower tire surfaces. The system targets only the contaminated areas that need sanitization rather than applying solution broadly, thereby improving sanitization effectiveness while minimizing solution waste and floor contamination.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies sanitizing solution to the tires before the vehicle enters clean or contaminant-sensitive areas. This preliminary sanitization action prevents microorganisms from being tracked into sensitive zones, achieving the sanitization goal while allowing the tires to be wiped or dried afterward to minimize floor residue.
2Reliability
If more sanitizing solution is applied to ensure complete coverage of tires, then the microorganism killing effectiveness is improved, but the drying time increases and floor contamination worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The system concentrates sanitizing solution application precisely on the tire surfaces and contact areas that require sanitization, rather than over-applying to surrounding areas. This localized approach ensures complete coverage of contaminated surfaces while minimizing excess solution that would require extended drying time and could contaminate the floor.
3Reliability
If the vehicle moves slowly through the sanitization zone to ensure complete tire coverage, then the sanitization completeness is improved, but the productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The sanitization system is positioned to spray solution onto the tires in advance of the vehicle entering clean areas. This preliminary action allows the tires to be sanitized while the vehicle maintains normal travel speed, eliminating the need for slow movement through a sanitization zone and thereby maintaining productivity while ensuring sanitization completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of requiring the vehicle to move slowly through a longitudinal sanitization zone, the system uses laterally positioned spray nozzles that can apply solution to the tires as the vehicle passes by at normal speed. This dimensional approach to sanitization allows complete tire coverage without sacrificing vehicle throughput or productivity.
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
Effectively kills microorganisms on vehicle tires, preventing their transport into sensitive areas and reducing the risk of contamination, while ensuring quick drying to minimize floor impact.
Implementation Method 1
The sanitizing solution is configured for killing any microorganisms that may be present in the tires of the vehicle
Implementation Method 2
a pressurized gas source, and a remote activation module, allowing operators to spray a sanitizing solution
Implementation Method 3
spray a sanitizing solution onto the surface contact area or directly in front of the tires of the vehicle as it is rolling
Implementation Method 4
the sanitizing solution is configured to dry fairly quickly to limit the amount of sanitizing solution applied to the floor
Data Source
AI summary
A mobile sanitization system is described that allows the operator of a vehicle such as a forklift to spray a sanitizing solution onto the tires of the vehicle as it is rolling to quickly and efficiently sanitize the tires. The sanitizing solution is configured for killing any microorganisms that may be present in the tires of the vehicle, so that they are not transported into critical areas such as food processing areas.