Stand Housing Contact Surface Layout for Flexible Sliding Rail Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing stand housings for rolling metal rods, wires, or pipes lack flexibility in positioning and adjustment configurations, limiting their versatility and accessibility for both manual and automatic operation within a rolling mill.
Innovation Solution
A stand housing with four contact surfaces arranged at 120° angles, allowing for modular placement and adjustable roller spacing, featuring sliding rails for secure insertion into stand bases and enabling both manual and remote adjustment mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the stand housing uses a conventional design with limited contact surfaces, then the structure is simple, but the flexibility in positioning and adjustment configurations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The stand housing is designed with four contact surfaces (first and second adjacent contact surfaces at 120°, third and fourth adjacent contact surfaces at 120°) that can interface with sliding rails in multiple orientations. This allows the same housing structure to accommodate both manual adjustment connectors and automatic adjustment motors, as well as support both Y-arrangement and anti-Y-arrangement configurations, making the stand universally adaptable to different operational modes without requiring multiple specialized components.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing is divided into distinct contact surface regions, each capable of independently receiving sliding rails. The first and second adjacent contact surfaces form one interface configuration, while the third and fourth adjacent contact surfaces form another, allowing the housing to be segmented into functional zones that can engage with different types of adjustment mechanisms simultaneously or alternatively.
2Ease of operation
If the adjustment connector is positioned for manual operation accessibility, then manual operation is easy, but automatic adjustment by motor becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The housing design incorporates multiple contact surfaces that can accommodate both manual adjustment connectors and automatic adjustment motors. The first and second adjacent contact surfaces can receive sliding rails that position either a manually operated connector or an automatically actuated motor, allowing the same housing structure to support both operation modes without compromising accessibility or automation capability.
3Stability of the object's composition
If multiple stands are arranged in succession with fixed positions, then the rolling mill structure is stable, but the ability to switch between Y-arrangement and anti-Y-arrangement is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is designed with four contact surfaces arranged to receive sliding rails that can accommodate the housing in multiple orientations. This allows the stand to be dynamically repositioned between Y-arrangement and anti-Y-arrangement configurations by rotating the housing 180° about its longitudinal axis, while the sliding rails maintain stable engagement during and after the repositioning operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances the flexibility and compact design of rolling mills by allowing versatile positioning and adjustment configurations, facilitating both manual and remote operation of the rollers.
Implementation Method 1
The contact surfaces are designed to receive sliding rails for inserting the stand housing into a stand base
Data Source
AI summary
The present application relates to a stand housing (10) for a stand (1) for rolling metal rods, wires or pipes along a rolling axis (19), which comprises at least four contact surfaces which are arranged on an outside (12) of the stand housing (10) and which, viewed along the rolling axis (19), are in parallel therewith. Of the contact surfaces, two form non-adjacent, mutually parallel contact surfaces, and the two others form adjacent contact surfaces. In this case, the adjacent contact surfaces are at an angle of 120° to one another, and each thereof is at an angle of 120° to one of the parallel contact surfaces. The two parallel contact surfaces and/or the adjacent contact surfaces are designed to receive sliding rails (40.2, 40.3, 40.4, 40.5) for inserting the stand housing (10) into a stand base.