Vertical Storage Device for Plate-Like Members
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional storage devices for plate-like members, such as component supply pallets, are bulky, heavy, and costly due to the need for substantial driving force and rigid structures to lift and lower multiple pallets, which occupies significant space and increases weight and costs.
Innovation Solution
A storage device with a vertical arrangement of parallel storage sections and a lifting and lowering mechanism using screw shafts that rotate synchronously to move pallets in the vertical direction, reducing the required driving force and structural strength, allowing for a more compact and lightweight design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the stocker is lifted and lowered to supply components, then pallets can be loaded and unloaded at a specified height position, but the housing and structure must be highly rigid and require substantial driving force, resulting in large size, heavy weight, and high cost
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the lifting function into two independent parts: the storage member remains stationary while the plate-like members are lifted individually by a lifting mechanism. This segmentation eliminates the need to lift the entire heavy stocker structure, thereby reducing the weight and structural requirements of the housing while maintaining the ability to supply components at a specified height.
2Ease of operation
If the stocker is lifted and lowered to supply components, then pallets can be loaded and unloaded at a specified height position, but the housing and structure must be highly rigid and require substantial driving force, resulting in large size, heavy weight, and high cost
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the lifting function into two independent parts: the storage member remains stationary while the plate-like members are lifted individually by a lifting mechanism. This segmentation eliminates the need to lift the entire heavy stocker structure, thereby reducing the weight and structural requirements of the housing while maintaining the ability to supply components at a specified height.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the stocker is lifted and lowered to supply components, then all movable portions can be accommodated within the housing, but the device becomes comparatively large, heavy, and costly
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the lifting function from the stocker structure itself and implements it as a separate lifting mechanism that operates on individual plate-like members. This allows the storage member to remain lightweight and stationary, while the lifting capability is provided by a dedicated mechanism, thereby reducing overall device weight while maintaining the ability to accommodate movable portions within the housing.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables a reduction in occupied space, weight, and costs by allowing pallets to be moved vertically with minimal driving force and structural support, maintaining the positional relationship of the storage member while moving pallets in the vertical direction.
Implementation Method 1
A storage device with a vertical arrangement of parallel storage sections and a lifting and lowering mechanism using screw shafts that rotate synchronously to move pallets in the vertical direction
Data Source
AI summary
A storage device includes: a storage member having, in the vertical direction, a plurality of parallel storage sections that are capable of storing plate-like members; and a first lifting and lowering mechanism that causes the plate-like members, stored in the storage member, to move integrally in the vertical direction, while the position of the storage member in the vertical direction is maintained.