Multi-Device Block Container With Segmented Beams And Stirrups
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multi-device blocks face challenges in manufacturing precision and speed due to restrictive geometries, and difficulty in accessing cable connections, while open arrangements do not maximize mounting volume for optimized external size.
Innovation Solution
A container with an open arrangement of separate beams and stirrups, allowing for precise and fast production, easy wiring, and maximum mounting volume without interfering with equipment modules, featuring robust stirrup-to-beam assembly and optimized cable access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a one-piece profile is used to make a multi-device block housing, then manufacturing speed and industrial rate are improved, but cable access to connection points becomes difficult and bending radii cannot be respected
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is divided into a base piece and separate vertical panels that are assembled together. This segmentation allows cables to be routed through the base piece before panel assembly, respecting bending radii while maintaining industrial manufacturing speed through modular production of components.
2Strength
If a one-piece profile is used for the housing, then structural integrity is improved, but cable routing and bending radii compliance become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is divided into a base piece and separate vertical panels that are assembled together. This segmentation allows cables to be routed through the base piece before panel assembly, respecting bending radii while maintaining industrial manufacturing speed through modular production of components.
3Ease of operation
If open arrangements with separate beams and stirrups are used, then cable access and mounting volume are improved, but assembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is divided into a base piece and separate vertical panels that are assembled together. This segmentation allows cables to be routed through the base piece before panel assembly, respecting bending radii while maintaining industrial manufacturing speed through modular production of components.
4Ease of operation
If separate beams and stirrups are assembled together, then cable access is improved, but mounting volume is not maximized for optimized external size
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is divided into a base piece and separate vertical panels that are assembled together. This segmentation allows cables to be routed through the base piece before panel assembly, respecting bending radii while maintaining industrial manufacturing speed through modular production of components.
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AI summary
The invention relates to an elongated container (100) for a multi-device block (1), comprising a longitudinal opening in which device modules (3, 4, 5, 6) are intended to be installed, this longitudinal opening being delimited by two opposing longitudinal edges provided with mounting means for said modules, the container comprising four separate parts assembled together, including two profiled longitudinal members (110) each having a body (111) which carries, on an internal side, at its head, a longitudinal edge provided with said mounting means, and two brackets (120) provided with mechanical assembly means cooperating with complementary mechanical assembly means provided at the ends of said longitudinal members, each bracket being attached to the two longitudinal members to position said longitudinal edges of said longitudinal members opposite each other at a predetermined fixed width. According to the invention, the body of each longitudinal member comprises on another external side,opposite said inner side, arrangements (114,115) forming a first longitudinal groove (R2), said first grooves accommodating said mechanical assembly means (124,125) of the stirrups so that the stirrups, assembled to said longitudinal members, are located outside the mounting volume of said equipment modules, defined between the two inner sides of the opposite longitudinal member bodies.