Sliding Door Carrier Segmentation for Pallet Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Pre-assembled furniture walls with integrated door guiding arrangements are difficult to assemble and transport due to their large size and weight, often exceeding Europool pallet dimensions, leading to potential damage during shipping.
Innovation Solution
The arrangement features a carrier composed of separable sections connected via angle plates and a cable pull device to stabilize the sliding door, allowing for easier assembly and transport by enabling the carrier to be split into smaller components and providing a restoring moment to prevent tilting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the carrier is pre-assembled as a complete package on the furniture wall, then the assembly is complete and ready for use, but the transport becomes difficult and the furniture wall may be damaged
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier is divided into multiple carrier sections (first carrier section, second carrier section, etc.) that can be separately transported and later assembled together. This segmentation allows each section to fit within standard Europool pallet dimensions while maintaining the functionality of the complete carrier when assembled.
2Ease of manufacture
If the carrier is pre-assembled as a complete package, then assembly is ready for use, but the large dimensions exceed Europool pallets and may cause damage
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier is divided into multiple carrier sections that can be separately transported and later assembled together. This segmentation allows each section to fit within standard Europool pallet dimensions while maintaining the functionality of the complete carrier when assembled.
3Ease of operation
If the carrier sections are detachably connected, then transport is simplified, but the assembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier sections are pre-assembled with the guide systems and cable pull devices before shipping. This preliminary assembly reduces the on-site assembly complexity to simply connecting the pre-prepared sections together, rather than assembling all components from scratch during installation.
4Reliability
If the cable pull device is used to compensate tilting moment, then door stability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cable pull device uses cables arranged in a specific geometric configuration to create counteracting forces that compensate for tilting moments on the carrier. The cables are anchored to the furniture wall and connected to the carrier, forming a self-balancing system that stabilizes the door without requiring complex active control mechanisms.
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 simplifies assembly and transport by allowing the carrier to be separated into smaller sections, reducing the risk of damage and ensuring stable door operation, while maintaining compactness for shipping on standard pallets.
Implementation Method 1
the arrangement has a cable pull device for compensating for a tilting moment of the carrier or the sliding door or folding/sliding door arranged on it about a tilting axis by a restoring moment
Implementation Method 2
the at least one synchronization device being designed to transmit a torque between the engagement means of the guide bodies
Implementation Method 3
the at least one synchronization device being designed to transmit a torque between the engagement means of the guide bodies
Data Source
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AI summary
Arrangement (1) for guiding a sliding door or folding-sliding door (2) on a furniture wall (3), comprising - a first guide system (4a) to be fastened on the furniture wall (3) and a second guide system (4b) to be fastened on the furniture wall (3) at a vertical distance (25) from the first guide system (4a), wherein the two guide systems (4a, 4b) each have at least one guide (5a, 5b) and a guide body (6a, 6b) which is displaceably mounted on the guide (5a, 5b), and - a carrier (7) on which the sliding door or folding-sliding door (2) is to be fastened and which is connected in a movement-coupled manner to the two guide bodies (6a, 6b) of the guide systems (4a, 4b), wherein the carrier (7) is assembled in the vertical direction from at least two carrier portions (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d), wherein the at least two carrier portions (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) can be releasably connected.