Vacuum Pump Support Frame for Fast Forklift-Based Replacement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vacuum pumps in coating devices for containers are difficult to access and interchange due to their separate arrangement and distant locations within the system, hindering maintenance and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A support frame with releasable connections for vacuum pumps, allowing easy attachment and detachment, and a main support frame with specific openings for easy removal and insertion using a pallet truck or forklift, ensuring pumps are accessible and maintainable in close proximity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If vacuum pumps are arranged separately and at distant locations within the system, then the system can accommodate multiple pumps, but accessibility and ease of maintenance deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple vacuum pumps into a single integrated support frame structure, allowing them to be housed together in close proximity. This merging approach maintains the capability to accommodate multiple pumps while dramatically improving accessibility, as all pumps can now be reached through a single access point rather than being distributed across distant locations.
Solution Approach 2:
The support frame is designed with modular segmentation, where individual vacuum pumps can be independently accessed and maintained. The frame includes separate mounting positions and access pathways that allow technicians to service one pump without disturbing others, thus maintaining quantity while improving ease of operation.
2Stability of the object's composition
If vacuum pumps are fixed in separate locations, then system stability is maintained, but ease of replacement and maintenance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The support frame incorporates dynamic mounting mechanisms that allow vacuum pumps to be easily installed and removed. The frame includes detachable mounting brackets, adjustable positioning elements, and flexible connection points that maintain system stability during operation while enabling quick replacement when maintenance is needed, thus resolving the contradiction between stability and ease of repair.
3Area of stationary object
If vacuum pumps are positioned at distant locations, then space distribution is optimized, but accessibility and maintenance efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The support frame utilizes vertical space arrangement, positioning vacuum pumps at different heights and levels within the frame structure. This three-dimensional arrangement optimizes space utilization while maintaining close proximity and easy accessibility for all pumps, thereby improving maintenance efficiency without sacrificing space distribution optimization.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a support frame (9, 10) for a pump stand for receiving vacuum pumps (13, 14) for a coating device for coating containers by means of a coating method, comprising a structure on which bearing struts (15) are formed for detachably connecting to at least two bearing devices (11), onto which a respective vacuum pump (13, 14) can be detachably mounted, and comprising feet (16) which extend downwards from the lowermost bearing struts (15) and have detachable securing devices (12) for connecting to a main support frame (1) of the coating device, wherein the bearing devices (11) have a rectangular cross-section, which is slightly larger than the cross-section of a fork of a lifting truck or a forklift truck, and which are spaced far enough apart from one another in the horizontal direction that the fork of a lifting truck or a stacking fork of a forklift truck can be moved therein with minimal play. The invention also relates to a main support frame (1) for a coating device for coating containers by means of a coating method, comprising horizontal carriers (2, 3) and vertical carriers (4, 5) which are arranged relative to one another in a vacuum region such that a first opening (6) is formed in a lateral surface of the main support frame (1), the height of which is greater than the height of the support frame (9, 10) according to the invention for a pump stand.