Planar exterior pipe rack system, and planar exterior forming square rack pipe and rack pipe connecting square joint which constitute planar exterior pipe rack system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pipe rack systems with curved outer surfaces are inconvenient for attaching planar components, prone to foreign matter accumulation, and have insufficient strength for supporting heavy loads due to their hollow cylindrical shape.
Innovation Solution
A planar exterior pipe rack system featuring a rack pipe with a planar outer surface and a connecting rectangular joint that forms a planar surface, allowing for easy attachment of components and enhanced strength by clamping and inserting joint members into the rack pipe body.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a hollow cylindrical rack pipe with curved outer surface is used, then the manufacturing is simple, but it is inconvenient to attach planar components and foreign matter accumulates
Solution Approach 1:
The rack pipe outer surface is segmented into curved portions and planar portions, where the planar portions provide flat surfaces for attaching components while the curved portions maintain structural integrity. This segmentation allows both manufacturing simplicity and attachment convenience to coexist.
Solution Approach 2:
Different portions of the rack pipe outer surface have different geometric qualities - some areas are curved while others are planar. The planar portions are specifically located at areas where component attachment is needed, providing local quality enhancement without changing the entire pipe structure.
2Ease of manufacture
If a hollow cylindrical rack pipe is used, then the manufacturing is simple, but the strength is insufficient for supporting heavy loads
Solution Approach 1:
The rack pipe employs a composite structure combining curved and planar surface portions, where the planar portions provide enhanced structural rigidity and load-bearing capacity while the curved portions maintain manufacturing simplicity. This composite geometric structure increases overall strength without complicating the manufacturing process.
Solution Approach 2:
The rack pipe utilizes a combination of curved and planar surfaces, where the curved portions provide structural continuity and the planar portions provide enhanced stiffness. This hybrid curvature approach maintains the manufacturing advantages of curved structures while adding the strength benefits of planar sections.
3Shape
If a rectangular profile plate is separately coupled to the rack pipe to create a planar surface, then the planar surface is achieved, but the assembly process becomes difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The planar surface portion is merged into the rack pipe as an integrated structural feature rather than a separate component. This merging eliminates the need for separate coupling operations, reducing assembly complexity while maintaining the planar surface shape needed for component attachment.
Solution Approach 2:
The planar surface is formed as part of the rack pipe manufacturing process itself, rather than being added later through separate coupling. This preliminary action creates the planar surface during pipe production, eliminating subsequent assembly steps and reducing overall complexity.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a planar exterior forming square rack pipe, which comprises a rack pipe main body, a joint coupling protrusion part, and a plane forming member, and thus the outer surfaces of the planar exterior forming square rack pipes can be simply formed as a plane without operations such as the attachment of a separate member, such that the coupling of additional objects to the outer surface of the planar exterior forming square rack pipe such as the assembly of a planar panel, the mounting of a shock absorber, the mounting of a name plate, and the fastening of angles is simplified, assembly and mounting for the coupling of the additional objects can be completely carried out, and external foreign material such as dust can be blocked, and the rigidity of the exterior of the planar exterior forming square rack pipe can be reinforced relatively more than that of a conventional rack pipe having a curved shape so as to allow the rack pipe to be used as a pillar for supporting heavy materials or receiving a heavy load, thereby enabling stable support.