Multicoupling Retaining Frame With Position Compensation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing multicoupling systems for chemical plant containers are complex and inefficient in coupling, requiring precise alignment and positioning, which can lead to inaccuracies and increased handling difficulties, especially when dealing with bulky and heavy containers.
Innovation Solution
A holding stand with a mounting device and compensating devices that allow for adjustable positioning and alignment of the multicoupling in vertical, horizontal, and angular directions, enabling simpler and more efficient coupling by compensating for inaccuracies and changes in container position during filling or emptying.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If precise alignment and positioning are required for coupling, then coupling reliability is improved, but device complexity and handling difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The holding stand enables parameter changes in the position and orientation of the multicoupling by allowing vertical and horizontal displacement as well as angular rotation. This compensates for positioning inaccuracies and eliminates the need for precise alignment during coupling, thereby maintaining coupling reliability while reducing system complexity and handling difficulty.
2Manufacturing precision
If precise positioning is required, then coupling accuracy is improved, but handling efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The holding stand with its compensating devices enables the multicoupling to self-adjust to position and orientation variations automatically. The operator simply needs to place the container near the coupling point, and the holding stand's compensating mechanisms take care of the precise alignment, thereby maintaining coupling accuracy while significantly improving handling efficiency.
3Device complexity
If fixed positioning is used, then device simplicity is maintained, but adaptability to position changes deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The holding stand transforms the fixed positioning system into a dynamic one by incorporating compensating devices that allow vertical displacement, horizontal displacement, and angular rotation. This enables the system to adapt to position changes and container movements during filling and emptying operations while maintaining relative structural simplicity.
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AI summary
A holding stand for a multicoupling for filling and/or emptying a chemical plant container is provided, having a mounting device for the essentially stationary fastening of the holding stand and at least one compensating device, couplable indirectly or directly to the multicoupling, for varying a position of the multicoupling in relation to the mounting device in the vertical direction and/or in the horizontal direction and/or for varying an angular position of the multicoupling in relation to the mounting device about a vertical and/or horizontal axis of rotation. It thereby becomes possible for a multicoupling to be coupled simply.