Steel Pipe Support Rib-and-Groove Structure for Rust Prevention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing steel pipe stacking and transportation devices fail to effectively prevent rusting, particularly during long-term stacking and sea transportation, due to water accumulation and contact between steel pipes.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a steel pipe support with axial grooves, first and second supporting rib plates, and recessed grooves to reduce contact area, enhance drainage and ventilation, and include a vertical connecting mechanism for efficient assembly and alignment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If steel pipes are stacked and transported using conventional supporting devices with axial grooves, then the steel pipes can be supported and transported, but water accumulates in the grooves causing rusting of the steel pipes
Solution Approach 1:
The axial groove is segmented into multiple sections by adding first and second supporting rib plates that extend along the groove. These rib plates divide the continuous groove into separate drainage channels, allowing water to flow out through recessed grooves between the rib plates, thereby preventing water accumulation that causes rusting.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention converts the harmful water accumulation in the axial groove into a beneficial drainage system. By designing recessed grooves between the supporting rib plates, the groove structure itself becomes a water drainage channel that actively removes water, transforming the rust-causing environment into a protective drainage system.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the contact area between the support and steel pipes is increased to improve stability, then the steel pipes are more firmly supported, but the rusting risk increases due to greater contact area
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting rib plates provide localized support at specific points along the steel pipe, rather than continuous contact. The rib plates are positioned to bear the weight and stabilize the pipe while leaving gaps (recessed grooves) that prevent water accumulation, thus achieving both stability and rust prevention through differentiated local functions.
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AI summary
The invention discloses a steel pipe support and a steel pipe supporting device. The steel pipe support comprises a steel pipe supporting part, a supporting inner core arranged inside the steel pipe supporting part, a plurality of steel pipe storage grooves formed in the steel pipe supporting part and arranged along the length direction of the steel pipe supporting part and spacing parts arranged between every two adjacent steel pipe storage grooves; and each of the steel pipe storage grooves is internally provided with at least two first supporting rib plates located at one side of the center section of the steel pipe storage groove and/or at least two second supporting rib plates located at the other side of the center section of the steel pipe storage groove, first recessed grooves are formed between every two adjacent first supporting rib plates, and second recessed grooves are formed between every two adjacent second supporting rib plates. The steel pipe support and the steel pipe supporting device are simple in structure, convenient to manufacture, low in cost and capable of effectively preventing the surfaces of steel pipes from being rusted.