Modular Welding Table With Sliding Plates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional welding tables lack adaptability to accommodate work pieces of varied shapes and dimensions and often do not integrate seamlessly with other clamping or holding tools, limiting their versatility in precision machining.
Innovation Solution
A modular welding table design featuring sliding plates with matching holes and through-holes that allow for re-shaping of the surface, enabling easy integration with clamping tools and devices, and providing adjustable anchoring points for securing work pieces of different sizes and shapes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional welding table design is used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the adaptability to accommodate work pieces of varied shapes and dimensions is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The welding table surface is divided into multiple removable plates that can be individually positioned and secured to seats. Each plate can be independently adjusted and removed, allowing the surface configuration to be customized for different work piece shapes and sizes while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The plates are designed to be movable along the width direction and can be secured at different positions using matching holes and screws. This dynamic positioning capability allows the welding table surface to adapt to various work piece configurations without requiring a completely complex fixed structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional welding table design is used, then the manufacturing cost is low, but the capability for conjunctive use with other clamping or holding tools is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The plates incorporate multiple types of holes (matching holes for securing plates to seats, through-holes for clamping tools, and parallel grooves for tool latching) that serve multiple functions. This universal design allows various clamping and holding tools to be used with the welding table without requiring specialized features, while the manufacturing remains relatively simple using standard drilling and machining operations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the surface is made fixed and rigid, then the manufacturing precision is maintained, but the adaptability to change the working surface for different work objects is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The surface is segmented into multiple plates that can be individually positioned on seats. When properly secured using the matching holes and screws, each plate provides a stable, precise surface for welding work, while the ability to reconfigure which plates are used allows adaptation to different work objects.
Solution Approach 2:
The plates incorporate self-aligning features with matching holes that guide proper positioning on the seats. This self-service mechanism ensures that when plates are installed, they automatically achieve the correct alignment and stable positioning, maintaining manufacturing precision while enabling surface reconfiguration.
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AI summary
A modular welding table where the work surface is made up of a plurality of plates that can be easily slid to and fro, adapting to objects of different shapes is disclosed. The through holes on these plates, as well as the parallel grooves between these plates, provide the foothold for clamping tools and devices that are used in conjunction to this welding table, to secure the work piece in place. Under each of the leg, a height-adjustable pad is provided, so that the welding table can adjust its evenness accordingly, by turning the screw stem of the pad easily.