INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES RUNNING ON GRAVITY POWER - by design
NATURE GAVE US THE DESIGN FOR OUR FACTORIES IN THE FORM OF HUMAN BODY MACHINE - START AT THE TOP (mouth) & FINISH AT THE BOTTOM(rectum) & STILL ABOVE THE GROUND (on legs)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
To reduce our carbon foot prints we have planned to go green with energy harnessed from wind, sun, tidal waves, and biogas/natural gas. But we forgot about the most potent force of GRAVITY. When gravity is used in piecemeal or as an after thought then it is not economical. It is now proposed to plan at corporate level to use the power of gravity by design. Large complexes capable of accommodating hundred or more, small to medium industrial plants is being planned on wasted plateaus/hillocks’ instead of flattened individual plots of prime land.
MAJOR COST OF PRODUCTION IS MATERIAL HANDLING COSTS
Material handling costs form a major component of the total cost of production. It can range from 50% to 70% of the total cost, depending upon the type of product and manufacturing route. The basic function of layout planning is to facilitate movement of materials with the least cost. This function will now be full filled by delivering and storing the raw materials up hill of the processing machines and moving the in process materials and finished products by gravity, totally free of cost.
THE BASIC THEME
The theme is to have the raw materials uphill of the industrial factories and use gravity to move materials at every storage /processing point by choice and design. A very large hill/plateau will be chiseled into ten basic steps measuring 5m high by 5m deep each all along the outer perimeter of the plateau/hill. In a nut shell it will resemble a giant sports stadium in reverse, wrapped around the plateau. Each industrial plant/factory will be allocated and laid out as a narrow strip from top to bottom of the plateau. The top of the plateau will be connected by a long meandering wide road to the bottom step of the plateau, and the in coming highway to facilitate movement of materials just once, the first time and never again.
TOP TO BOTTOM APPROACH
The raw materials arrive by road or rail directly on the top of the plateau, which is large enough to accommodate such traffic. Special purpose cranes and unloading equipment unload the raw materials directly on to the first and second steps. Third to seventh steps house the processing machines which are inter linked by inclined chutes, gravity rollers, slides, idler spirals, self moving stairs, over lapping hoppers, self unloading turrets, and other special purpose conveyors running on gravity, free of charge. Eighth and ninth steps will hold the finished products ready for dispatch/shipment. The final tenth step will accommodate the trucks or railcars for loading by telescopic conveyors under the power of gravity alone. This is how higher productivity and lower costs are achieved.
Each step within the individual plant will be inclined instead of being leveled horizontal to facilitate movement of materials from point A to point B under the influence of gravity alone.
The storage of raw materials and finished products will be palletized or unitized and strategically positioned on inclined gravity conveyors for instant retrieval and forward motion to the next point of use.
SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS & VALUABLE ADVANTAGES
The capital costs to set up industrial plants are drastically reduced on account of compactness of design, use of air rights, overall cubic space utilization, and minimum material handling equipments purchase cum installation, and site development associated costs.
The cost of production is significantly slashed because of non motorized material handling systems running on gravity power alone.
The wasted hilly terrains are utilized more profitably and the prime flat lands are left alone for agriculture and township expansions.
The industrial congestion and associated traffic is greatly reduced in the towns and cities.
The overall productivity goes up thus reducing the total cost of manufacture and increasing the profit margins, or competing in the overseas international markets.
The depth of foundations for the building columns and structures will be minimized on account of common elements/sharing and standardized design for all plants in on the plateau.
Vertical shaft giant wind turbines can be installed on the near by hills to generate power for the complex, very conveniently and cheaply. Comparative analysis between the existing and the proposed systems has been attempted to high light the advantages of the gravity powered industrial complexes. The potential savings in cost of manufacture are phenomenal 58% on an average.
MORAL OF THE STORY
Gravity holds us on to this planet firmly, even when the mighty Earth is spinning so fast that we could easily be shot out in the outer space at the speed of light. In the same fashion we tend to hold on to material things & our acquired sense of Ego as if we are charged up with the power of Gravity. The sorrow in our lives is self generated & the simplest solution is to LET GO. Learn to use the power to let go like we are doing with gravity in the case study given above.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION FOR TECHNOLOGISTS & INDUSTRIALISTS
Handling equipment Powered Non-powered
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RENEWABLE ENERGY
To reduce our carbon foot prints we have planned to go green with energy harnessed from wind, sun, tidal waves, and biogas/natural gas. But we forgot about the most potent force of GRAVITY. When gravity is used in piecemeal or as an after thought then it is not economical. It is now proposed to plan at corporate level to use the power of gravity by design. Large complexes capable of accommodating hundred or more, small to medium industrial plants is being planned on wasted plateaus/hillocks’ instead of flattened individual plots of prime land.
MAJOR COST OF PRODUCTION IS MATERIAL HANDLING COSTS
Material handling costs form a major component of the total cost of production. It can range from 50% to 70% of the total cost, depending upon the type of product and manufacturing route. The basic function of layout planning is to facilitate movement of materials with the least cost. This function will now be full filled by delivering and storing the raw materials up hill of the processing machines and moving the in process materials and finished products by gravity, totally free of cost.
THE BASIC THEME
The theme is to have the raw materials uphill of the industrial factories and use gravity to move materials at every storage /processing point by choice and design. A very large hill/plateau will be chiseled into ten basic steps measuring 5m high by 5m deep each all along the outer perimeter of the plateau/hill. In a nut shell it will resemble a giant sports stadium in reverse, wrapped around the plateau. Each industrial plant/factory will be allocated and laid out as a narrow strip from top to bottom of the plateau. The top of the plateau will be connected by a long meandering wide road to the bottom step of the plateau, and the in coming highway to facilitate movement of materials just once, the first time and never again.
TOP TO BOTTOM APPROACH
The raw materials arrive by road or rail directly on the top of the plateau, which is large enough to accommodate such traffic. Special purpose cranes and unloading equipment unload the raw materials directly on to the first and second steps. Third to seventh steps house the processing machines which are inter linked by inclined chutes, gravity rollers, slides, idler spirals, self moving stairs, over lapping hoppers, self unloading turrets, and other special purpose conveyors running on gravity, free of charge. Eighth and ninth steps will hold the finished products ready for dispatch/shipment. The final tenth step will accommodate the trucks or railcars for loading by telescopic conveyors under the power of gravity alone. This is how higher productivity and lower costs are achieved.
Each step within the individual plant will be inclined instead of being leveled horizontal to facilitate movement of materials from point A to point B under the influence of gravity alone.
The storage of raw materials and finished products will be palletized or unitized and strategically positioned on inclined gravity conveyors for instant retrieval and forward motion to the next point of use.
SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS & VALUABLE ADVANTAGES
The capital costs to set up industrial plants are drastically reduced on account of compactness of design, use of air rights, overall cubic space utilization, and minimum material handling equipments purchase cum installation, and site development associated costs.
The cost of production is significantly slashed because of non motorized material handling systems running on gravity power alone.
The wasted hilly terrains are utilized more profitably and the prime flat lands are left alone for agriculture and township expansions.
The industrial congestion and associated traffic is greatly reduced in the towns and cities.
The overall productivity goes up thus reducing the total cost of manufacture and increasing the profit margins, or competing in the overseas international markets.
The depth of foundations for the building columns and structures will be minimized on account of common elements/sharing and standardized design for all plants in on the plateau.
Vertical shaft giant wind turbines can be installed on the near by hills to generate power for the complex, very conveniently and cheaply. Comparative analysis between the existing and the proposed systems has been attempted to high light the advantages of the gravity powered industrial complexes. The potential savings in cost of manufacture are phenomenal 58% on an average.
MORAL OF THE STORY
Gravity holds us on to this planet firmly, even when the mighty Earth is spinning so fast that we could easily be shot out in the outer space at the speed of light. In the same fashion we tend to hold on to material things & our acquired sense of Ego as if we are charged up with the power of Gravity. The sorrow in our lives is self generated & the simplest solution is to LET GO. Learn to use the power to let go like we are doing with gravity in the case study given above.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION FOR TECHNOLOGISTS & INDUSTRIALISTS
NAME OF INVENTION: DESIGN OF FUTURISTIC INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES USING GRAVITY AS PRIME MOVER
ABSTRACT: The theme of the invention is to have the raw materials uphill of the industrial factories and use gravity to move materials at every storage /processing point by choice and design.
BACK GROUND OF THE INVENTION: To reduce our carbon foot prints we have planned to go green with energy harnessed from wind, sun, tidal waves, and biogas/natural gas. But we forgot about the most potent force of GRAVITY. When gravity is used in piecemeal or as an after thought then it is not economical. It is now proposed to plan at corporate level to use the power of gravity by design. Large complexes capable of accommodating hundred or more, small to medium industrial plants is being planned on wasted plateaus/hillocks’ instead of flattened individual plots of prime land.
001 – FIELD OF INVENTION: Material handling costs form a major component of the total cost of production. It can range from 50% to 70% of the total cost, depending upon the type of product and manufacturing route. The basic function of layout planning is to facilitate movement of materials with the least cost. This function will now be full filled by delivering and storing the raw materials up hill of the processing machines and moving the in process materials and finished products by gravity, totally free of cost.
002 - DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ACT: A very large hill/plateau will be chiseled into ten basic steps measuring 5m high by 5m deep each all along the outer perimeter of the plateau/hill. In a nut shell it will resemble a giant sports stadium in reverse, wrapped around the plateau. Each industrial plant/factory will be allocated and laid out as a narrow strip from top to bottom of the plateau. The top of the plateau will be connected by a long meandering wide road to the bottom step of the plateau, and the in coming highway to facilitate movement of materials just once, the first time and never again.
003 - SUMMARY OF INVENTION: The raw materials arrive by road or rail directly on the top of the plateau, which is large enough to accommodate such traffic. Special purpose cranes and unloading equipment unload the raw materials directly on to the first and second steps. Third to seventh steps house the processing machines which are inter linked by inclined chutes, gravity rollers, slides, idler spirals, self moving stairs, over lapping hoppers, self unloading turrets, and other special purpose conveyors running on gravity, free of charge. Eighth and ninth steps will hold the finished products ready for dispatch/shipment. The final tenth step will accommodate the trucks or railcars for loading by telescopic conveyors under the power of gravity alone. This is how higher productivity and lower costs are achieved.
004 – Accordingly the capital costs to set up industrial plants are drastically reduced on account of compactness of design, use of air rights, overall cubic space utilization, and minimum material handling equipments purchase cum installation, and site development associated costs.
005 - Accordingly the cost of production is significantly slashed because of non motorized material handling systems running on gravity power alone.
006 – Accordingly the wasted hilly terrains are utilized more profitably and the prime flat lands are left alone for agriculture and township expansions.
007 – Accordingly the industrial congestion and associated traffic is greatly reduced in the towns and cities.
008 – Accordingly the overall productivity goes up thus reducing the total cost of manufacture and increasing the profit margins, or competing in the overseas international markets.
009 – Accordingly the depth of foundations for the building columns and structures will be minimized on account of common elements/sharing and standardized design for all plants in on the plateau.
010 – Accordingly vertical shaft giant wind turbines can be installed on the near by hills to generate power for the complex, very conveniently and cheaply.
011 – Accordingly each step within the individual plant will be inclined instead of being leveled horizontal to facilitate movement of materials from point A to point B under the influence of gravity alone.
012 – Accordingly the storage of raw materials and finished products will be palletized or unitized and strategically positioned on inclined gravity conveyors for instant retrieval and forward motion to the next point of use.
013 – Accordingly a table of comparative analysis between the existing and the proposed systems has been attempted to high light the advantages of the gravity powered industrial complexes, below. The potential savings in cost of manufacture are phenomenal 58% on an average.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
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PARAMETERS EXISTING PROPOSED
SYSTEM SYSTEM
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Layout axis Two Three
Level of handlings Ground level twelve levels
Foundations Deep Shallow
Structures heavy very light
Handling equipment Powered Non-powered
Horse power requirement Excessive Optimum
Production Costs {x}
Raw materials 0.20x 0.20x
Misc overheads 0.30x 0.30x
Material handling 0.50x 0.10x
Total Prod cost 1.00x 0.60x
Capital costs {z}
Land cost 0.10z 0.05z
Development cost 0.10z 0.20z
Building 0.20z 0.10z
Machinery/equipment 0.60z 0.35z
Total capital cost 1.00z 0.70z
Grand Total Cost 1.00xz 0.42xz
Floor Space requirement {y}
Processing machines 0.30y 0.30y
Handling equipment 0.30y 0.10y
Total floor space 1.00y 0.70y
All figures are based on annual reports of diverse industries.
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