Removable Slide Hammer Weights for Modular Tool Configurations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional slide hammers are limited to specific applications and sizes, requiring users to purchase and carry multiple tools for different tasks, which increases manufacturing and storage costs due to the need for various types and sizes of slide hammers.
Innovation Solution
The development of slide hammer weights that are removably coupled via fasteners, allowing for adjustable configurations and the use of identical weights in different applications, reducing the need for multiple slide hammers and lowering manufacturing costs by enabling a single set of weights to be used across various configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional slide hammers are designed with fixed mass and size for specific applications, then the tool can perform its designated function reliably, but users must purchase and carry multiple slide hammers for different applications, increasing manufacturing and storage costs
Solution Approach 1:
The slide hammer is divided into a handle and separate removable weights. The weights can be detached and replaced independently from the handle, allowing users to segment the tool into modular components that can be reconfigured for different applications.
Solution Approach 2:
A single handle can work with multiple different weights to perform various applications. The universal handle design accepts different weight configurations, enabling one base tool to serve multiple functions by simply changing the weight component.
2Reliability
If multiple types and sizes of slide hammers are manufactured for different applications, then each tool can be optimized for its specific use, but manufacturing costs and storage requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the slide hammer into a standardized handle and interchangeable weights, manufacturers can produce handles in high volumes with standardized components, reducing per-unit manufacturing costs. The weights are also produced as separate standardized parts.
Solution Approach 2:
A single handle design can serve multiple applications when paired with different weights, eliminating the need to manufacture entirely different tools for each application. This universality reduces the total number of unique parts that need to be manufactured.
3Adaptability or versatility
If users carry multiple slide hammers for different applications, then they have the right tool for each task, but the portability and convenience are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The weights are designed as detachable components that can be quickly removed and replaced. This segmentation allows users to carry a single handle and swap weights as needed, rather than transporting multiple complete slide hammer assemblies.
Solution Approach 2:
The slide hammer configuration is made dynamic and adjustable rather than fixed. Users can adapt the tool to different tasks by changing the weight configuration in the field, providing versatility without requiring multiple separate tools to be transported.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution allows users to adapt slide hammer weights for various applications with a single set, reducing the need for multiple tools and lowering manufacturing and storage costs by enabling adjustable weight configurations.
Implementation Method 1
The inertia of the weight is thereby transferred to the object by a puller coupled to the attached end via the shaft
Implementation Method 2
slide hammer weights that are removably coupled to each other and a slide hammer via fasteners
Implementation Method 3
slide hammer weights releasably coupled together via threaded fasteners
Data Source
AI summary
A slide hammer tool including a shaft having first and second opposing ends, a handle slidably coupled to the shaft, and a slide hammer weight assembly removable coupled to the handle via threaded fasteners. The slide hammer weight assembly including a number of slide hammer weights coupled together.