Workpiece Alignment Tool With Access Cutouts for Welding Joints
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional tools for aligning workpieces, such as speed squares, lack the ability to quickly and accurately align workpieces at specific angles, fail to maintain alignment during operations, and obstruct access to the point of joinder, particularly in scenarios where there is no single point of joinder corresponding to the desired angle.
Innovation Solution
The workpiece tool includes multiple side panels with alignment surfaces oriented at specific angles, accessibility cutouts, and access spaces, allowing simultaneous access to joint points without obstruction, and can hold objects in place to ensure alignment stability during operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a conventional tool (e.g., speed square) is placed directly at the point of joinder to align workpieces, then alignment accuracy is improved, but access to the point of joinder for welding operations is obstructed
Solution Approach 1:
The alignment tool is segmented into multiple side panels (first side panel, second side panel, third side panel) that can be positioned at different locations relative to the workpieces. This segmentation allows the tool to provide alignment references without requiring a single component to be placed directly at the obstructed point of joinder, thereby maintaining both alignment accuracy and welding access
2Device complexity
If a single welder attempts to hold two workpieces and maintain alignment manually, then no additional tools are needed, but alignment consistency and stability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The alignment tool serves as an intermediary device between the workpieces and the welder. It provides fixed reference surfaces (first, second, and third side panels) that establish and maintain the desired angular relationship between workpieces, allowing the welder to focus on the welding operation while the tool ensures alignment stability throughout the process
3Measurement precision
If conventional tools are used to align workpieces at specific angles, then alignment capability is provided, but the tools fail to accommodate variations in workpiece geometry (e.g., welding beads, chamfered corners)
Solution Approach 1:
The alignment tool is designed with multiple side panels that can accommodate various workpiece geometries. The first side panel can align with the first workpiece, the second side panel with the second workpiece, and the third side panel can adapt to features like welding beads or chamfered corners. This multi-functional design allows the same tool to handle diverse alignment scenarios while maintaining precise angular relationships
Data Source
AI summary
Workpiece tools and techniques are described. In one example, a workpiece tool includes different side panels that provide surfaces for workpiece alignment. Further, a workpiece tool includes apertures that can align with a work surface such as a welding table. An adjustable tool is also described that includes a tool body and a slidable member that is slidable relative to the tool body. The slidable member, for instance, represents a measurement tool that can be used to measure object dimensions. Further, the tool body includes different side panels that are arranged to enable a variety of different usage scenarios such as include different positions of the slidable member relative to an adjacent object and/or surface.