Road Paver Assembly Container for Ordered Component Staging
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Solution Overview
Problem
The storage, provision, and installation of modular road paver assemblies are problematic due to difficulties in maintaining completeness, protecting components, and preventing delays on construction sites, leading to increased production costs.
Innovation Solution
A container with a standardized storage system that arranges individual components in a specific order corresponding to their assembly sequence on the road paver, allowing for easy visual inspection and ensuring that all components are present and correctly stored, preventing uncontrolled assembly and loss, and facilitating their correct installation and removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If modular road paver assemblies are stored and transported separately, then the road paver becomes versatile and adaptable to different applications, but the components are difficult to keep together and protect over long periods
Solution Approach 1:
The road paver system is divided into modular assemblies (screed, auger, conveyor, etc.) that can be independently stored and transported in separate containers. Each module is a self-contained unit with standardized mounting interfaces, allowing the road paver to be configured differently for various applications while ensuring all components remain organized and complete through standardized container storage.
2Reliability
If all components of a modular assembly are stored together in a container, then completeness can be maintained, but the container size and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
A single standardized container design serves multiple functions: it stores complete modular assemblies, facilitates easy transport, enables visual inspection of components through standardized arrangements, and allows for efficient loading/unloading. The container's standardized structure can accommodate different module types while maintaining organization and completeness without requiring multiple specialized storage solutions.
3Ease of operation
If components are arranged in standardized positions within the container, then visual inspection for completeness becomes easy, but the storage system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Components are pre-positioned in standardized locations within the container according to a predetermined arrangement plan before storage. This preliminary organization allows operators to quickly visually inspect for completeness by checking if components are present in their expected positions, eliminating the need for complex checking procedures while maintaining simple storage structure.
4Productivity
If modular assemblies are kept ready for installation, then construction site delays are reduced, but storage and protection costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The standardized container serves as an intermediary storage solution between the warehouse and construction site. It provides protected, organized storage that maintains component readiness and completeness while being cost-effective for transport and on-site storage. The container system enables assemblies to be kept ready for installation without requiring expensive specialized facilities or excessive protective measures.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure refers to a container for storing and providing at least one modular road paver assembly designed for detachable mounting on a road paver. The container comprises a storage system by means of which individual components of the road paver assembly can be positioned within the container in a standardized arrangement, such that the components of the road paver assembly can be checked for completeness by an operator by means of a visual inspection along a sequence determined between opposite boundaries of the container in view of their assembly sequence on the road paver.