Modular Valve Drive Assembly With Interchangeable Actuator Modules
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing valve drive systems are configured as complete units, making subsequent modification, adaptation, and maintenance of individual components complex and difficult.
Innovation Solution
A modular drive system comprising interchangeable valve drive modules with standardized interfaces, allowing for flexible assembly and mounting of valve actuators, including electric, actuating, spring, rotary transmission, and swivel modules, which can be connected and configured to adapt to various valve types and requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If valve drive systems are configured as complete units with all components firmly enclosed, then system reliability is improved, but device complexity increases and ease of repair deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The valve drive system is divided into separate modular components (drive module, actuating module, spring module) that can be independently handled. Each module is enclosed in its own housing but can be disconnected and replaced separately, allowing repair of individual components without dismantling the entire system.
2Reliability
If valve drive systems are configured as complete units with all components firmly enclosed, then system reliability is improved, but device complexity increases and adaptability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system is segmented into standardized modules with uniform interfaces, enabling different combinations of modules to be assembled for various valve types and applications while maintaining reliable enclosed connections for each module pair.
Solution Approach 2:
The modules are designed with universal standardized interfaces that allow the same drive module to work with different actuating modules and valve types, providing adaptability across multiple applications while maintaining reliable enclosed connections.
3Manufacturing precision
If valve drive systems are configured as complete units, then manufacturing precision is improved, but ease of manufacture deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system is manufactured as separate standardized modules that can be produced independently using standardized processes, improving ease of manufacture while maintaining precision through standardized interface dimensions and tolerance specifications.
Solution Approach 2:
Standardized interface parameters (dimensions, tolerances, connection types) are defined for all modules, allowing different modules to be manufactured by different suppliers while ensuring precise and interchangeable connections when assembled.
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AI summary
The modular drive system according to the present disclosure, including valve drive modules is used for assembling a valve drive system. The valve drive modules of the modular drive system according to the present disclosure can be variably connected to one another via their module interfaces to form a valve drive system. The module housings of the valve drive modules contain the respective functional units separately from one another, which simplifies the assembly. The modular drive system according to the present disclosure includes an electric drive module with an drive module housing, on the bottom of which a module interface is arranged; and a drive module which can be attached to a valve and which is configured to convert the input-side rotary movement into an output-side movement with which the valve can be actuated, wherein the valve drive modules can be connected to one another via their module interfaces to form a valve drive system.