Rotatable Guide Frame Anchored Foundation Platform
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for creating foundation elements in the ground, particularly in water bodies, lack precision and reliability for large structures, as they often require multiple anchoring elements and complex rotations, which can be cumbersome and less secure.
Innovation Solution
A work platform with a guide frame that can be anchored in a rotationally fixed manner using a non-rotatable anchoring element, allowing for precise creation of foundation elements by pivoting the guide frame about the anchored element, enabling secure and efficient excavation of slots for filling with hardenable materials.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple anchoring elements are used to secure the work platform, then the reliability of anchoring is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The anchoring function is segmented between the rotationally fixed anchoring element (providing stable reference) and the rotatable guide frame (providing positioning flexibility). This segmentation allows one anchoring element to perform multiple functions that would otherwise require multiple anchoring elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide frame is made rotatable relative to the anchoring element, transforming a static anchoring system into a dynamic one. This allows the guide frame to be positioned at different locations around the anchoring element by rotation, eliminating the need for multiple fixed anchoring elements at different positions.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the guide frame is fixed to the ground, then the stability is improved, but the adaptability for creating slots at different positions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The guide frame is made rotatable relative to the fixed anchoring element, allowing it to dynamically change position while maintaining stability during operation. The frame can be rotated to different angular positions to create slots at various locations, then stabilized for excavation work.
Solution Approach 2:
The anchoring element serves as an intermediary between the ground and the guide frame. It provides a fixed reference point in the ground while allowing the guide frame to rotate around it, mediating between the need for stability and the need for positioning flexibility.
3Manufacturing precision
If a rotationally fixed anchoring element is used, then the precision of foundation element creation is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to complex pivoting mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The rotatable guide frame mechanism allows operators to easily reposition the excavation device around the fixed anchoring element by simple rotation, making the system more adaptable and easier to operate despite the precision requirements.
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AI summary
The platform (40) has a guide frame (42) positioned on a soil surface, and linearly guiding a removal device (20). An anchoring element e.g. concrete block, is lowerable in the soil, and anchors the frame at the soil. The anchoring element is rotationally rigidly anchored in the soil. The frame is pivotably mounted around the anchoring element by a pivot drive. The anchoring element has an angular cross-section. An annular coupling element is arranged at the anchoring element. A retainer retains and/or linearly guides the anchoring element, and is rotatably mounted relative to the frame. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a device for creating a foundation element in soil (2) a foundation method.