Motorized Solar Table Transport for Modular Pre-Assembly and Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
The installation of large-scale solar panel systems is cost-prohibitive due to the complexity and inefficiency of individually assembling and installing thousands of solar panels across a large area, which requires significant labor and resource management, especially in remote locations.
Innovation Solution
A motorized solar table transport system that moves pre-assembled solar tables from a centralized assembly factory to installation points, providing alignment capabilities across a three-dimensional coordinate system and angular controls of pitch, yaw, and roll, using autonomous or remote-controlled vehicles for efficient integration into the solar system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If solar panels are individually assembled and installed at each location across the deployment site, then installation flexibility is maintained, but labor costs and installation time increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The solar system is divided into modular solar tables that can be pre-assembled at a factory and then transported to the deployment site. Each solar table is a self-contained module with standardized dimensions and mounting interfaces, allowing parallel assembly of multiple units before deployment, thereby improving overall installation efficiency while maintaining flexibility through modular configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
Solar tables are pre-assembled with mounting equipment attached at a centralized factory location before transport to the deployment site. This preliminary assembly action eliminates the need for on-site construction of mounting structures, significantly reducing installation time and labor requirements at the deployment location while maintaining the ability to adapt to different site conditions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If materials are delivered to the deployment site and then processed by crew, then on-site customization is possible, but material handling complexity and labor requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Solar tables arrive pre-assembled with mounting equipment already attached, eliminating the need for complex on-site assembly operations. The pre-configuration of mounting hardware and solar panel arrays reduces material handling complexity at the deployment site while maintaining adaptability through standardized interfaces that can accommodate various site conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The solar table serves as an intermediary component that bridges the factory production environment and the deployment site. By pre-assembling solar tables with mounting equipment at the factory, the system transfers complexity from the deployment site to the factory setting, where controlled manufacturing conditions can handle the complexity more efficiently.
3Force
If heavy equipment is used to move solar tables to specific locations, then transportation capability is improved, but equipment cost and site disturbance increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile transport system is designed with adjustable and movable components that can adapt to different terrain conditions and solar table configurations. The system uses dynamic positioning capabilities to reach specific installation locations without requiring heavy fixed infrastructure, thereby reducing site disturbance while maintaining adequate transportation capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional heavy mechanical equipment with a more lightweight mobile transport system that uses optimized mechanical design and control systems to achieve the same transportation function. This substitution reduces the footprint and disturbance caused by transportation equipment while maintaining the ability to move solar tables to required locations.
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AI summary
A solar table mobile transport is described that moves a solar table to a point of installation. The solar table mobile transport comprises multiple motors that allow movement within a three-dimensional coordinate system as well as provide angular controls of pitch, yaw and roll. These motors enable at least one alignment process used to install the solar table to a mounting structure within a solar system.