Modular Tank Base With Clamp Valve Connection for Fast Validation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current tank bases for pressure containers are inflexible, requiring custom-made single-piece construction with weldings closer than 25 mm, leading to lengthy validation times, increased costs, and stock management issues due to the need for specific bases for each mixer and valve configuration.
Innovation Solution
A modular tank base design with a single-piece body featuring an inclined bottom for fluid drainage and a clamp connection adapter unit, allowing interchangeable mixer and valve connections without close weldings, enabling flexibility in mixer and valve types and sizes, reducing manufacturing complexity and costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If custom-made single-piece tank bases are manufactured for each mixer and valve configuration, then the tank base can be specifically optimized for each application, but the manufacturing time and costs increase significantly due to lengthy validation times for weldings closer than 25 mm
Solution Approach 1:
The tank base is divided into modular components: a standardized base body and interchangeable connection pieces (mixer connection piece, valve connection piece). This segmentation allows the base body to be standardized while maintaining adaptability through interchangeable parts, eliminating the need for custom validation of entire assemblies.
Solution Approach 2:
The standardized base body design serves multiple functions and can accommodate different mixer and valve configurations through interchangeable connection pieces. This universal base design reduces validation requirements while maintaining application-specific optimization capabilities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If custom-made single-piece tank bases are manufactured for each configuration, then the tank base ensures specific functionality, but the costs increase due to the need for complex weldings and lengthy validation
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the tank base into standardized base body and interchangeable connection pieces, the manufacturing complexity is reduced. Each component can be manufactured using simpler processes without requiring complex multi-position weldings, thereby reducing costs while maintaining specific functionality through proper component selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The connection pieces are designed to be welded to the standardized base body at optimized positions, combining the advantages of standardization with application-specific functionality. This merging approach simplifies manufacturing compared to creating entirely custom single-piece bases for each configuration.
3Adaptability or versatility
If custom-made tank bases are produced for each mixer and valve type, then the tank base can be precisely tailored, but stock management becomes problematic due to the need to maintain specific bases for each configuration
Solution Approach 1:
The segmentation into standardized base bodies and interchangeable connection pieces dramatically simplifies stock management. Instead of maintaining unique bases for each configuration, the inventory consists of a limited number of standardized base bodies and connection pieces that can be combined in various ways to meet different application requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The universal standardized base body can serve multiple configurations by accepting different connection pieces, reducing the overall variety of components that need to be stocked while maintaining the ability to precisely tailor the final assembly to each application's needs.
4Adaptability or versatility
If single-piece construction with close weldings is used, then the tank base can be customized for each application, but the validation time increases due to the need to verify welding integrity at close distances
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the design into a standardized base body and separate connection pieces, the welding locations are optimized to avoid close-distance weldings. The connection pieces are positioned at distances greater than 25 mm from each other, eliminating the need for complex welding validation while maintaining application-specific customization through interchangeable components.
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
This design enhances versatility, reduces manufacturing time and costs, simplifies tank construction, and facilitates quicker delivery by allowing standardization of tank bases that can accommodate various mixer and valve configurations, while maintaining optimal drainage angles.
Implementation Method 1
an inclined bottom wall (5), to allow a fluid to flow, by gravity, towards a minimum portion (9)
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AI summary
A tank base for a pressure container having a tank base body made in a single piece is provided. The tank base body has an annular connection edge for connecting the tank base to the pressure container, and an inclined bottom wall, the annular connection edge and the inclined bottom wall delimiting a tank bottom cavity with edge surfaces and bottom wall surfaces converging towards a minimum portion. The minimum portion has a drainage opening. The inclined bottom wall is devoid of further drainage openings. The drainage opening is surrounded by a valve flange for connecting a clamp connection adapter unit that converts a bolt compression connection into a clamp compression connection for interchangeably connecting a valve device to the tank base.