Warehouse Shelf Guide Rail Mounting via Beam Support Base
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing mounting structure of guide rails on shelving units in warehousing systems is complex, leading to high costs and low precision.
Innovation Solution
A shelving unit design that includes a support base connected to beams, allowing direct mounting of guide rails without docking with columns, featuring a connection member that enhances stability and alignment, and a hanging kit for improved mounting convenience and precision.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the guide rail is directly mounted to the support base without docking with columns, then mounting convenience is improved and mounting precision is improved, but the mounting structure becomes simpler
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the guide rail mounting from the column docking requirement and relocates it to the support base. This separation removes the complexity of coordinating guide rail installation with column positioning, allowing independent optimization of each component's mounting process and improving overall installation convenience and precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system is segmented into distinct functional elements: the support base serves as the primary mounting platform, while the guide rail becomes an independent component mounted solely to the support base. This segmentation eliminates the need for the guide rail to interface with columns, simplifying the overall mounting structure and reducing installation complexity.
2Ease of manufacture
If the guide rail is directly mounted to the support base, then mounting costs are reduced, but mounting precision must be maintained
Solution Approach 1:
The support base acts as an intermediary component between the shelving unit structure and the guide rail. It provides a dedicated mounting interface with precise positioning features (such as positioning holes or slots) that ensure accurate guide rail installation while simplifying the overall mounting process and reducing costs through standardized connection mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The support base is pre-configured with mounting features (positioning holes, alignment slots, or pre-drilled attachment points) that prepare the mounting location in advance. This preliminary preparation ensures that when the guide rail is installed, it achieves precise positioning immediately without requiring complex adjustment procedures or expensive precision machining during the mounting process.
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AI summary
This application provides a shelving unit and a warehousing system, and relates to the field of warehousing and logistics technologies. A shelving unit includes a shelving unit body, a guide rail, and a support base. The shelving unit body includes a plurality of columns and a plurality of beams. The plurality of columns extend along a vertical direction and are arranged at intervals along a first horizontal direction. Any beam of the plurality of beams is connected to at least two columns, and the plurality of beams are arranged at intervals along the vertical direction. The support base is connected to at least one beam of the plurality of beams and extends along a second horizontal direction, and the guide rail extends along the vertical direction. The guide rail is connected to the shelving unit body through the support base. During assembly of the guide rail, the guide rail may be directly mounted with the support base, so that the guide rail does not need to dock with and be fixed with the column, thereby improving mounting convenience of the guide rail and reducing mounting costs.