Modular Test Body Assembly for Accurate Weight Calibration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing measuring systems, particularly scales, require efficient and cost-effective test bodies with precise weight distribution and modular construction for accurate calibration and testing, while minimizing wear and storage costs.
Innovation Solution
A modular test body system comprising coupled receiving and spacer elements, each with pockets for test weights, allowing flexible assembly to create predetermined loads and distributions, and featuring elastic coupling means for stability and mobility during movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a continuously rigid test body is used to ensure measurement accuracy, then measurement precision is improved, but manufacturing cost and wear increase
Solution Approach 1:
The test body is divided into multiple modular elements that can be coupled together. Each element can be manufactured separately with standardized interfaces, reducing the cost and complexity of producing long continuous test bodies while maintaining measurement accuracy through precise coupling mechanisms.
2Measurement precision
If a continuously rigid test body is used to ensure measurement accuracy, then measurement precision is improved, but wear increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the test body into discrete elements with standardized coupling interfaces, wear is localized to specific coupling points rather than distributing across the entire continuous body. This allows for easier maintenance and replacement of worn components.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate test bodies are provided for different test loads, then adaptability is improved, but storage and transport costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The test body system is segmented into modular elements of standardized dimensions and weights that can be combined in various configurations. This allows a single set of modular elements to create multiple different test body configurations for different test loads, eliminating the need to store and transport multiple complete test bodies.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular elements are designed with universal coupling interfaces and standardized properties that allow them to function in multiple different test configurations. A single element type can be used in various positions and combinations to create different test scenarios, maximizing adaptability while minimizing the total number of components needed.
4Measurement precision
If test bodies are made as unchangeable as possible to ensure reproducibility, then measurement precision is improved, but adaptability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The test body is segmented into modular elements with standardized interfaces that ensure consistent, reproducible coupling. This standardization guarantees that the same elements can be repeatedly assembled in the same configuration to produce reproducible test results, while the modularity itself enables adaptability for different test scenarios.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a multi-element system for testing measuring systems, by means of which a train of several receiving elements and/or spacer elements lying one behind the other and/or side by side can be formed. The receiving elements have one or more pockets for receiving test weights.