Server Rack Damping Post for Transport Vibration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The transportation of pre-installed servers in server racks poses challenges in providing adequate anti-vibration protection while maintaining structural strength, especially during data center construction when timelines are accelerated.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable leveling foot with a damping function is integrated under the server rack posts, which can be raised for normal operation and lowered to directly contact a transport pallet during transport, utilizing various damping materials like elastomeric rubber, hydraulic fluid, or mechanical springs to absorb vibrations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If servers are pre-installed in server racks for transport, then data center construction lead time is shortened, but vibration protection during transport becomes challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies beforehand cushioning by installing damping posts with elastomeric materials at the corners of the server rack frame before servers are loaded. These damping elements are positioned in advance to cushion and absorb vibrations that will occur during transport, protecting the pre-installed servers without requiring additional protection measures during the actual transport process.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If damping materials are added under server rack posts, then vibration protection is improved, but structural strength may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by placing damping posts only at specific locations (corners of the rack frame) rather than throughout the entire structure. The damping elements are localized at points where vibration impact is most severe, providing targeted protection while maintaining the overall structural integrity and strength of the server rack framework.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses composite materials by combining the rigid metal rack frame structure with elastomeric damping materials. This composite approach allows the structure to benefit from both the strength and rigidity of metal and the vibration-absorbing properties of elastomeric materials, achieving both structural strength and vibration protection simultaneously.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If adjustable leveling feet are lowered to contact transport pallet, then direct vibration absorption is improved, but ease of operation increases complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service by designing the adjustable leveling feet with threads that engage with the rack frame and allow the feet to be manually lowered onto the transport pallet by simply unscrewing them. The gravity and weight of the rack cause the feet to automatically contact and rest on the pallet surface, providing vibration absorption without requiring complex mechanisms or additional operations.
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 effectively protects both the servers and the server rack from vibration damage during transport, ensuring they are securely supported and reducing the risk of damage from movement.
Implementation Method 1
an adjustable leveling foot with a damping function is provided under the posts of a server rack to directly absorb vibration when the server rack is transported as a unit
Implementation Method 2
utilizing various damping materials like elastomeric rubber, hydraulic fluid, or mechanical springs to absorb vibrations
Implementation Method 3
utilizing various damping materials like elastomeric rubber, hydraulic fluid, or mechanical springs to absorb vibrations
Implementation Method 4
utilizing various damping materials like elastomeric rubber, hydraulic fluid, or mechanical springs to absorb vibrations
Data Source
AI summary
A server rack is pre-loaded with servers, prior to the server rack being transported to a data center. In order to facilitate movement of the pre-loaded servers and server rack into the data center, dampers are provided on the underside of the server rack. The dampers absorb vibration as the server rack and servers are moved to, or within, the data center on transporting pallets.