PV Panel Cleaning Rack Hooks to Prevent Equipment Fall-Off
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment tends to fall off inadvertently during cleaning, compromising the efficiency and safety of the cleaning process.
Innovation Solution
An anti-falling mechanism is integrated into the photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment, featuring a cleaning rack with detachable connecting rods and hooks to prevent the equipment from falling, along with a telescopic mechanism and obstacle crossing mechanism for stable movement and adaptation to different panel arrays.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment is used, then cleaning function is provided, but the equipment tends to fall off inadvertently during movement on the photovoltaic panels
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning equipment is divided into modular components including a cleaning rack with multiple connecting rods and separate hook assemblies. Each hook can be independently attached to different connecting rods, allowing segmented attachment points that distribute the equipment weight and prevent falling without requiring a completely fixed rigid structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The connecting rods are designed with detachable connections that allow the structure to adapt dynamically. The hooks can be attached and detached from different positions on the connecting rods during operation, enabling the equipment to adjust its attachment configuration based on the panel geometry and movement requirements, thereby maintaining stability while facilitating safe movement.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the cleaning equipment is made to move freely on photovoltaic panels, then cleaning coverage is improved, but the equipment easily falls out inadvertently
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting rods are designed with multiple attachment positions and configurations, allowing the same rod to serve multiple functions. The rods can be attached to different panels and configured in various orientations, enabling the equipment to adapt to different panel arrays and cleaning coverage requirements while maintaining reliable attachment through the standardized hook-connecting rod interface.
3Ease of manufacture
If hooks are detachably mounted on connecting rods, then ease of assembly and disassembly is improved, but structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment system is segmented into independent hook assemblies and connecting rod components. Each hook is a separate unit that can be independently manufactured and attached to the connecting rods through simple mounting holes, avoiding the need for complex integrated attachment mechanisms while maintaining ease of assembly and disassembly.
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AI summary
An anti-falling mechanism, configured and adapted on a photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment for cleaning photovoltaic panels, is provided. The photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment includes a body and a cleaning rack, in which the anti-falling mechanism is being mounted on. The cleaning rack includes several connecting rods which are detachably connected. The anti-falling mechanism includes a first hook and a second hook, each of the first hook and the second hook comprises a fixed part and an anti-falling part, the fixed part is fixedly connected with the anti-falling part and the fixed part is detachably mounted on the first connecting rod. By adopting the anti-falling mechanism, the body of the photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment can be prevented from falling off from the photovoltaic panels during cleaning process of the photovoltaic panels.