Modular Clean Room Assembly for Doorway Transport

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing mobile clean rooms require large spaces for deployment and transportation, making them impractical for setup within buildings and economically challenging due to the need for significant parking areas and heavy lifting equipment.

Innovation Solution

A modular clean room system comprising foldable, pluggable, and jointable individual modules stored on transport trolleys, allowing for easy transportation and assembly without the need for lifting mechanisms, with dimensions optimized for passage through standard doors and assembly by one or two people.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If mobile clean rooms are designed as pre-assembled containers, then they can be transported to variable locations, but they require large parking areas and heavy lifting equipment for deployment

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransportability to variable locationsVSAvoidparking area requirement
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The clean room is divided into multiple individual modules that can be stored on transport trolleys. Each module is a separate unit that can be independently transported and assembled, eliminating the need for large parking areas and heavy lifting equipment while maintaining transportability to variable locations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If mobile clean rooms are designed as pre-assembled containers, then they can be transported to variable locations, but they require heavy lifting mechanisms for installation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransportability to variable locationsVSAvoidlifting mechanism requirement
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The clean room is divided into multiple individual modules that can be stored on transport trolleys. Each module is a separate unit that can be independently transported and assembled, eliminating the need for heavy lifting mechanisms while maintaining transportability to variable locations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The modules are designed to be easily assembled by the users themselves without requiring external lifting equipment. The transport trolleys and module design enable simple manual assembly, making the system self-sufficient and eliminating complex lifting mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If clean rooms are designed as permanently installed rooms, then they provide stable and reliable clean environment, but they cannot be set up at variable locations or within buildings

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveclean environment stabilityVSAvoidflexibility of location
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The clean room is divided into multiple individual modules that can be transported and reassembled at different locations. Each module maintains its functional integrity, allowing the system to provide a stable clean environment while being flexible in location selection, including setup within buildings through standard doors.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

4Adaptability or versatility

If clean rooms are assembled from individual modules, then they enable flexible configuration and easy transport, but they require complex assembly processes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveflexible configurationVSAvoidassembly process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The clean room is divided into individual modules stored on transport trolleys, enabling flexible configuration. The modules are designed with simple connection mechanisms that reduce assembly complexity, allowing straightforward construction while maintaining adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The modules are designed to be easily assembled by users without requiring specialized tools or complex procedures. The transport trolleys and module design enable simple manual assembly, making the system user-friendly while maintaining flexible configuration capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP2228130B1Modular clean room
Publication Date: 2013.01.02 LUDWIG JOACHIM
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AI summary

The individually built clean room has a filter unit (1) and a spatial unit, where both the filter unit and the spatial unit comprise individual folding or inserting or assembling individual modules (2). The individual modules are stored in a transport trolley and are transported to the respective operating location or installation location.