Modular Technical Workbench With Multi-Level Cable Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technical workbenches are not designed to facilitate connectivity between different computer equipment components, lack flexibility in configuration, and often make it difficult to access connection points, limiting their adaptability and efficiency in technical work setups.
Innovation Solution
A configurable modular technical workbench with manhole modules that allow for multiple wiring levels and geometrical configurations, featuring side-accessible manhole covers, inlets, and outlets for cable management, enabling flexible assembly and connectivity between components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional workbenches are used for single computer devices, then the structure is simple, but the connectivity between different equipment components is not facilitated
Solution Approach 1:
The workbench is divided into multiple modular sections, each equipped with manhole modules and wiring levels. These segments can be independently configured and connected, enabling versatility in connectivity while maintaining manageable structural complexity through standardized modular units.
Solution Approach 2:
The manhole modules serve multiple functions: they provide access to wiring channels, support cable management, enable connectivity between components, and can be configured in various geometries. This multi-functionality increases adaptability without proportionally increasing structural complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If workbenches are designed with fixed geometry, then the structure is stable, but flexibility in configuration is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The workbench employs modular manhole modules that can be dynamically reconfigured into different geometric arrangements. The standardized connection interfaces ensure structural stability is maintained while allowing flexible adaptation to different spatial requirements and equipment layouts.
3Ease of operation
If equipment is housed in enclosed modules, then the structure is compact, but access to connection points becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The manhole modules feature removable covers that can be easily taken off to access connection points and wiring channels. This extraction of the access mechanism from the enclosed structure allows quick connectivity work without disassembling the entire module, improving ease of operation while maintaining a compact enclosed design.
4Ease of operation
If multiple wiring levels are implemented, then cable management is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The workbench utilizes multiple vertical wiring levels within the modular structure, organizing cables in different height planes. This three-dimensional cable management approach improves ease of operation by separating and routing cables systematically, while the modular design keeps the wiring structure complexity manageable through standardized multi-level units.
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AI summary
Workbench that comprises: one or several manhole modules (1, 2 ,8) equipped with manhole covers (4, 6, 9) on at least one of the sides and with removable sides fixed by magnetic means; a first wiring level that comprises at least horizontal wirings (5) between the manhole modules and is equipped with inlets (5.1) at the ends and outlets at the front (5.3), and a closing top panel (7), (15); moreover, it may further comprise a second wiring level, for which reason the support modules are accessible manhole modules and are equipped with manhole and inlet covers on at least one of the sides, and the second level comprises manhole boxes (12), horizontal wirings (13), and angled and final sections (14), all of them equipped with inlets (12.1), (13.1) and (14.1), which face one another in order to allow for cable pass-through. The workbench presents a high level of connectivity between the modules, configuration flexibility and easy access to the equipment housed in the modules.