Modular Protection Block System for Structural Columns
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing protective devices for structural columns and walls in warehouses and factories are difficult to install and repair, costly, and require multiple versions to accommodate varying shapes, while also needing to withstand diverse environments such as low temperatures and corrosive conditions.
Innovation Solution
A modular protection block system made from plastics, featuring a bumper member with resilient joining portions and locating pins, allowing for adjustable and adaptable barriers that can be easily assembled, repaired, and transported, suitable for various column shapes and environments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional protective devices are used to protect structural columns, then protection function is provided, but installation and repair difficulties arise
Solution Approach 1:
The protective device is divided into modular components including protection blocks,定位 pins, and joining portions that can be independently assembled and disassembled. Each protection block can be separately installed or replaced without affecting the entire protective structure, significantly improving installation and repair ease while maintaining protection reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The protective device incorporates resilient joining portions that provide flexible connection between components. This dynamic connection allows for easier assembly and disassembly operations while maintaining stable protection during impact events, resolving the contradiction between protection reliability and operational ease.
2Reliability
If custom protective devices are designed for each column shape, then accurate protection is achieved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The protection blocks are designed with universal features including multiple locating apertures and resilient joining portions that allow the same modular component to adapt to various column shapes and sizes. The standardized interface design enables a single type of protection block to serve multiple protection scenarios, reducing device complexity while maintaining protection accuracy through proper positioning.
Solution Approach 2:
The protection blocks include pre-designed locating apertures and joining portions that enable quick adaptation to different column configurations without requiring custom design. The standardized features are prepared in advance, allowing flexible deployment across various column types while maintaining protection accuracy.
3Reliability
If robust protective devices are used to withstand harsh environments, then durability is improved, but transportation and handling difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The protective system is segmented into smaller protection blocks that can be easily transported and handled individually or in small groups. Despite the modular design, each block maintains robust construction with resilient joining portions that ensure environmental durability when assembled, thus improving transportation ease without sacrificing durability.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple types of protective devices are provided for different column shapes, then adaptability is improved, but inventory complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The protection blocks are designed as universal modular units with standardized locating apertures and resilient joining portions that can accommodate various column shapes and sizes. This universal design allows a single inventory of protection blocks to serve multiple column configurations, improving adaptability while significantly reducing inventory complexity and associated costs.
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
The modular protection block system provides a cost-effective, versatile, and easily maintainable solution for protecting structural columns and walls from impacts, with adjustable dimensions and enhanced durability in different environmental conditions.
Implementation Method 1
resiliently flexible joining portions 18 joining the bumper member 12 to the structure positioning member 16
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AI summary
The present invention relates to protective barrier (100, 102, 120, 140, 160, 180, 300) for protecting structural columns, wall or other projecting elements that may be subject to inadvertent impact. The protective barrier (100, 102, 120, 140, 160, 180, 300) in one form of the invention includes a plurality of protection blocks (10) and a plurality of locating pins (50). Each protection block (10) includes a bumper surface (14) for receiving impact forces, an elongate structure positioning surface (17) arranged in use to be positioned substantially against or adjacent to a border defined by a structure to be protected and at least two locating apertures (20). The protection blocks (10) are arranged in rows, with the protection blocks of adjacent rows being offset horizontally relative to one another in such a manner that the locating pins (50) can be located in respective substantially vertically aligned apertures (20) of the rows of protection blocks to thereby locate the protective blocks (10) in their respective row and to locate adjacent rows together. The invention also relates to a protection block (10) and locating pin (50) for use in the protective barrier (100, 102, 120, 140, 160, 180, 300).