Telescopic Mast Drilling Device for Confined Spaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing drilling devices face challenges when operating in confined spaces, requiring significant conversion work to adapt to varying room widths and heights, which increases setup and drilling time.
Innovation Solution
A small, mobile drilling device with a telescopic mast that can be adjusted in length and pivoted about multiple axes, allowing for flexible positioning and operation without needing to move the device, enabling drilling in tight spaces and varying orientations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the drill mast length is fixed, then the device structure is simple, but it cannot adapt to different room heights and requires conversion work
Solution Approach 1:
The drill mast is designed as a telescopic structure with multiple sections that can be extended or retracted to different lengths. This dynamic adjustment capability allows the drilling device to adapt to various room heights and spatial conditions without requiring structural conversion work, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The drill mast is divided into multiple telescopic sections that can be independently adjusted. This segmentation enables flexible length adjustment while maintaining a relatively compact base structure, allowing adaptation to different spatial conditions without proportionally increasing overall device complexity
2Adaptability or versatility
If the drilling device is moved to drill holes close to walls, then drilling position flexibility is improved, but setup time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The drill mast is equipped with multiple-axis pivoting mechanisms that enable dynamic positioning adjustments. The mast can be tilted about a first axis and rotated about a second axis, allowing the drilling device to reach holes close to walls without physically moving the entire device, thereby reducing setup time while maintaining drilling position flexibility
Solution Approach 2:
The pivoting mechanism adds rotational degrees of freedom to the drill mast positioning system. By enabling rotation about a second axis in addition to tilting about the first axis, the system can access drilling positions in three-dimensional space without relocating the base device, eliminating the need for time-consuming repositioning
3Ease of manufacture
If the mast is non-telescopic, then the device is simpler and more stable, but it requires conversion work to adapt to different heights
Solution Approach 1:
The mast is designed as a telescopic structure with movable sections that can be extended or retracted to achieve different lengths. This dynamic design enables easy adaptation to various heights without conversion work, while the telescopic mechanism itself integrates smoothly into the overall device structure, maintaining reasonable complexity levels
Solution Approach 2:
The telescopic mast serves multiple functions: it provides the primary drilling support structure, enables height adjustment for different room conditions, and maintains structural stability. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate conversion components, achieving ease of adaptation without proportionally increasing device complexity
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AI summary
The?small drilling apparatus (2) has a main carrier (4) and a telescopic mast (7) with an adjustable length. A rotating device (6) is provided for pivotably coupling the telescopic mast to the main carrier around a vertical axis (A1). The telescopic mast is configured to accommodate drill rods with a length from 0.5 m to 2.5 m.