Modular Climate Test Device Frame Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
The high cost and complexity of producing climate test devices of varying sizes due to the need for customized assembly of test chambers, containers, and controllers, which increases production expenses.
Innovation Solution
A modular climate test device design featuring a frame arrangement of parallel frame supports and profiles that allows for separate arrangement and assembly of test chambers, containers, and controllers, using plastic frame supports and metal extruded profiles for a cost-effective and flexible production approach.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the test chamber, container, and control unit are arranged within a single housing as in conventional climate test devices, then the device achieves a compact design, but the production complexity and cost increase when manufacturing devices of different sizes due to customized assembly requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into separate modular components: test chamber module, tank module, and control unit module. Each module can be independently manufactured and then assembled together using a frame arrangement, eliminating the need for customized assembly of integrated housings for different device sizes.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame arrangement with standardized module receptacles serves as a universal mounting structure that can accommodate different sizes and configurations of test chambers, containers, and control units. This universal interface allows the same basic structure to produce devices of varying sizes without requiring customized assembly procedures.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the test chamber, container, and control unit are custom-assembled for each device size, then the device can be precisely adapted to specific size requirements, but the production cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the device into standardized modules that can be independently manufactured, the system achieves size adaptability through selective combination of modules rather than custom assembly. This standardization reduces production costs while maintaining the ability to create different device sizes.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular architecture with standardized interfaces enables dynamic reconfiguration of device sizes by simply adding or removing modules during assembly, rather than requiring custom-designed devices for each size specification. This dynamic adaptability reduces manufacturing complexity and cost.
3Volume of moving object
If the housing, control unit, and tank are adapted to the test chamber size in conventional devices, then the device achieves optimal space utilization, but the assembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into separate modules with standardized mounting interfaces. The frame arrangement provides predefined module receptacles that simplify assembly, eliminating the need for complex adaptive mounting procedures while maintaining efficient space utilization through modular configuration.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a climate-testing device (15) and to a climate-testing device kit for forming a climate-testing device, in particular corrosion-testing device or the like, comprising a test chamber module (16) with a test space which can be closed off from the surroundings and has the purpose of receiving test specimens, a tank module (12) having a container for receiving a corrosive fluid, a control module (13) with a controller for carrying out a test cycle, and a housing assembly (17) for at least partially receiving the test space, the container and the controller, wherein the climate-testing device comprises a frame assembly, wherein the frame assembly is formed from parallel frame carriers and frame profiles which are spaced apart from one another, wherein the frame profiles connect the frame carriers to one another, wherein the frame profiles and the frame carriers form spatially separate module receptacles for in each case the test space, the container and the controller.