Solar Table Transport Sideshift for Precise Field Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The installation of large-scale solar panel systems is cost-prohibitive due to the complexity and inefficiency of moving and aligning thousands of solar panels across multi-acre terrains, particularly in remote areas, where traditional methods require individual assembly and precise positioning of heavy solar tables, leading to increased labor and resource costs.
Innovation Solution
A motorized solar table transport with horizontal sideshift capability that allows for centralized assembly, pre-assembled solar tables to be moved and aligned at installation sites using a solar table alignment and support component, enabling extended horizontal, vertical, and angular movement, reducing the need for precise positioning and minimizing labor-intensive alignment processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If traditional individual assembly and installation methods are used for each solar panel, then installation precision can be achieved, but installation cost and time increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The solar table assembly is divided into modular components (solar panels, mounting structures, support systems) that can be pre-assembled and tested at a centralized facility before being transported and installed at the deployment site. This segmentation allows precision work to be done in a controlled environment while speeding up on-site installation.
Solution Approach 2:
Solar tables are pre-assembled, pre-positioned, and pre-aligned at a centralized assembly facility before transport. The alignment and support components are prepared in advance, allowing rapid deployment at the installation site without requiring time-consuming on-site assembly and alignment operations.
2Ease of operation
If materials are delivered to deployment site via access road and staged on-site, then material handling is simplified, but labor costs and installation time increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple solar tables and their associated mounting structures are combined into integrated assemblies at the centralized facility. This merging reduces the number of separate components that need to be handled and installed individually, thereby reducing both labor costs and installation time at the deployment site.
Solution Approach 2:
A centralized assembly facility acts as an intermediary between manufacturing and final installation. This intermediary prepares and pre-assembles solar table units, reducing the complexity and time required for on-site installation while maintaining ease of material handling through organized transport and staged delivery.
3Productivity
If heavy equipment is used to move pre-assembled solar tables to specific locations, then assembly efficiency improves, but equipment cost and site complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The alignment and support components are designed to be dynamically adjustable during the transport and installation process. This allows heavy equipment to efficiently move pre-assembled solar tables while the dynamic alignment mechanisms accommodate variations in positioning requirements without requiring complex custom equipment for each installation scenario.
Data Source
AI summary
A solar table mobile transport with sideshift capability is described that moves a solar table to a point of installation. The solar table mobile transport comprises multiple motors that allow movement within a three-dimensional coordinate system as well as provide angular controls of pitch, yaw and roll. Extended horizontal movement of the solar table is provided by a sideshift element that extends the solar table beyond an edge of a transport component of the solar table mobile transport.