Twin Pump Mounting Member for Misalignment-Tolerant Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in correctly installing a twin pump on an installation surface when the installation portions of the first and second pump units are misaligned relative to each other, preventing accurate alignment and secure attachment.
Innovation Solution
A pump installation member featuring separate support members and installation elastic members that can be pressed onto the installation surface, allowing for misalignment compensation and secure attachment, with a connecting elastic member facilitating handling and attachment even when units are misaligned.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If rigid support members are used to ensure stable attachment, then attachment strength is improved, but adaptability to misalignment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The support members change their physical state from rigid to flexible through elastic deformation, allowing them to adapt to misalignment while maintaining attachment strength. The elastic members deform to accommodate position deviations, enabling the system to simultaneously achieve both strength and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The support members transition from a static rigid structure to a dynamic flexible structure that can adapt its shape. The elastic members allow the support structure to dynamically adjust to misalignment conditions while maintaining secure attachment to the installation surface.
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate support members are used to accommodate misalignment, then adaptability is improved, but structural integrity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple separate elastic support members are merged into a unified installation structure that works together as an integrated system. The connecting elastic member joins the first and second support members, creating a combined structure that maintains both adaptability to misalignment and overall structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The connecting elastic member acts as an intermediary element that joins the separate support members. This intermediary component allows the separate members to function independently for adaptability while being connected for structural integrity, resolving the contradiction between separation and unity.
3Ease of operation
If elastic members are used to accommodate misalignment, then ease of installation is improved, but precision of alignment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic members provide beforehand cushioning that absorbs alignment errors before they affect the final installation precision. By accommodating misalignment through elastic deformation, the system enables easy installation while maintaining sufficient alignment precision for proper pump operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables secure installation of the twin pump on the installation surface by accommodating misalignment through elastic deformation, ensuring proper attachment and handling as an integral structure.
Implementation Method 1
the installation elastic members can be set between the first and second support members and the installation surface while being pressed and deformed according to the misalignment between the installation portions
Implementation Method 2
the connecting elastic member is elastically deformed to allow the first and second support members to be properly attached to the installation portions of the first and second pump units, respectively
Data Source
AI summary
A pump installation member has a first and second mutually discrete support members to be secured to predetermined installation portions of the first and second pump units, respectively. The pump installation member further has installation elastic members to be set between the first and second support members and the installation surface. The installation elastic members are elastically deformable as the first and second support members are displaced toward the installation surface when the first and second support members are fastened to the installation surface.