Vertical Container Carrier Transport for High-Density Part Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices for stocking parts, particularly plastic products, require significant installation space, are complex to manufacture and maintain, and have limited storage capacity, making them inefficient and costly.
Innovation Solution
A device with multiple transport devices that allow flexible movement of container carriers along a transport route, reducing complexity and increasing storage density, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, while maintaining robustness, by using a combination of guide devices and drive systems to manage container movement and positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a transport device with multiple container carriers moving along a closed circumferential transport path is used, then storage capacity is increased, but installation space requirement increases and device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a horizontal circumferential transport path to a vertical transport path where container carriers move up and down guide rails. This dimensional change allows the storage device to utilize vertical space instead of horizontal space, significantly reducing the installation footprint while maintaining high storage capacity through multiple tiers of container carriers
2Quantity of substance
If a transport device with closed circumferential transport path and multiple container carriers is used, then storage capacity is increased, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the storage device into multiple independent vertical guide rail assemblies, each handling a subset of container carriers. This segmentation allows each guide rail system to be simpler in design compared to a single complex circumferential path, while the collection of segmented guides achieves the same overall storage capacity through modular repetition
3Quantity of substance
If container carriers are guided along a closed circumferential transport path, then storage capacity is increased, but manufacturing and maintenance complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storage device is divided into multiple independent vertical guide rail modules that can be manufactured separately and assembled. Each module contains simpler linear guide rails rather than complex curved circumferential paths, making individual components easier to manufacture while the assembled system achieves high storage capacity through vertical stacking of multiple modules
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AI summary
A device (3, 3.1, 3.2) for storing parts (2), in particular injection-molded parts, comprises a support structure, a parts feeding device (8) for automatically feeding the parts (2) into a container (11), a parts dispensing device for automatically dispensing the parts from the container (11), at least two container supports (17) for each supporting at least one container (11) for receiving the parts (2), a guide device (14) formed on the support structure for guided movement of the at least two container supports (17) along a transport path, a first transport device with a motor-driven transport means for moving the at least two container supports (17) along a first transport section of the transport path at a defined transport distance from each other,and a second transport device with a motor-driven transport means for relocating at least one of the container carriers (17) along a second transport section of the transport route adjacent to the first transport section and along the transport route relative to at least one of the container carriers (17) in the first transport device.