Transport Platform With Wedge Elements for Reel Immobilization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for transporting reels in containers often result in inefficient load distribution and risk of damage due to inertial forces, as well as wear on support bases, especially when reels are placed on pallets or in cradles, leading to reduced cost-effectiveness and potential damage during transport.
Innovation Solution
A platform with parallel longitudinal profiles, tubular profiles, and wedges with polygonal protrusions that securely fasten reels using straps, cables, or chains, ensuring homogeneous load distribution and immobilization within the container through stop blocks, preventing unwanted movements and rotations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If reels are placed on pallets for transport, then they can be supported and fixed, but the weight is concentrated on a small surface causing wear on the support base and risk of release during transport
Solution Approach 1:
The platform is divided into multiple wedge-shaped support elements distributed across the base, rather than using a single pallet. This segmentation distributes the reel's weight across multiple contact points, reducing concentration stress on any single location and minimizing wear on the support base while maintaining secure fixation.
Solution Approach 2:
The wedge elements are positioned at specific locations on the platform base to optimize weight distribution. The geometry of the wedges creates localized support zones that naturally distribute loads, providing adequate support where needed while avoiding concentration of forces on small surfaces.
2Reliability
If reels are placed in cradles with stop pivots for securing, then longitudinal movement is halted, but the structure becomes complex and return trip cost-effectiveness drops
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the essential function of movement prevention from the complex cradle structure by using simple wedge elements that can be easily positioned and removed. The stop blocks are simplified to basic rectangular elements that provide the necessary longitudinal constraint without requiring complex mechanical cradle systems, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The wedge elements are designed to be movable and repositionable rather than fixed in complex cradle structures. This dynamic approach allows the same simple elements to provide effective constraint when needed while enabling easy removal and return trip utilization, improving cost-effectiveness.
3Reliability
If multiple aligned openings are made in the container base for positioning reels with wedge bodies, then reels can be securely positioned, but the container structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The platform with its wedge elements serves multiple functions: it provides positioning, secures the reel, and distributes loads. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate specialized openings in the container base, as the platform itself adapts to the container's existing structure, thereby avoiding increased complexity while maintaining positioning accuracy.
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AI summary
The platform comprises a first and a second pair of parallel longitudinal profiles (2, 3) attached to one another by a plurality of tubular profiles (4) orthogonal to them and of a height similar to the width thereof, such that said first and second pair of parallel longitudinal profiles (2, 3) are attached to one another, in parallel, by first attachment profiles (5). Fixed in the orthogonal position on the external lateral face of the external profile of each of the pairs of parallel longitudinal profiles (2, 3) are at least a third and a fourth pair of parallel profiles (6, 7) attached by respective second attachment profiles (8) in proximity to the free end thereof. The platform also comprises elements in the form of a wedge (9) with a protrusion (10) with a polygonal section on its external lower face.