Acceleration Roller Positioning for Short Waste Part Transport

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing devices for marking and removing defects in wooden workpieces have limited capacity due to the large distance between the acceleration roller and the separating device, which restricts the ability to efficiently handle short sawn-off parts.

Innovation Solution

The acceleration roller is positioned very close to the separating device, eliminating the need for a feed element between them, allowing short sawn-off parts to be immediately picked up and transported, thereby increasing throughput and handling capacity regardless of part length.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a feed element is placed between the separating device and the acceleration roller, then the workpiece can be held during transport, but the distance between the acceleration roller and the separating device increases, reducing throughput

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveworkpiece holding during transportVSAvoidthroughput
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The feed element is extracted from the transport path between the separating device and the acceleration roller. By removing this intermediate component, the distance between the acceleration roller and separating device is minimized, allowing short workpiece parts to be immediately accelerated without waiting for feed roller transport, thereby maximizing throughput while the acceleration roller itself provides the necessary holding function during acceleration

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Ease of manufacture

If the acceleration roller is positioned far from the separating device, then there is space for feed elements, but short sawn-off parts cannot be immediately picked up and transported

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespace for feed elementsVSAvoidtransport delay for short parts
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The feed element is removed from the system in the critical zone between the separating device and acceleration roller. This extraction eliminates the time delay for short parts while the acceleration roller is positioned as close as possible to the separating device, enabling immediate pickup and acceleration of short sawn-off parts without compromising manufacturability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The acceleration roller is positioned to act immediately after separation, performing the acceleration function at the earliest possible moment. This preliminary action ensures that even very short parts are caught and accelerated without delay, preventing them from being lost or causing bottlenecks in the transport system

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If the feed roller has a large diameter, then it can reliably transport workpieces, but the distance between the acceleration roller and separating device increases, limiting device capacity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveworkpiece transport reliabilityVSAvoiddevice capacity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The feed roller is removed from the critical transport path between the separating device and acceleration roller. This eliminates the constraint imposed by the feed roller's large diameter on the positioning of the acceleration roller, allowing the acceleration roller to be placed immediately behind the separating device for maximum device capacity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The transport device itself serves as the intermediary between the separating device and acceleration roller, eliminating the need for a feed roller in this critical zone. This allows the acceleration roller to be positioned optimally close to the separating device while maintaining reliable transport through the inherent design of the transport device

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This configuration enables high-throughput processing of all sawn-off parts, regardless of length, by ensuring immediate acceleration and reliable transportation, significantly enhancing the device's performance and efficiency.

Implementation Method 1

In the direction of transport of the workpieces behind the saw there is at least one acceleration roller with which the sawn workpiece part forming a good part is accelerated in the direction of transport

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectFriction: Friction

Data Source

PatentEP2251163B1Device for separating waste parts of workpieces in cutting devices, preferably in optimising chop saws
Publication Date: 2014.11.26 GRECON DIMTER HOLZOPTIMIERUNG SUD GMBH
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AI summary

Such devices (3) have a separating element (30) to which the workpieces (2) are fed by means of a transport device (6, 11, 12). A downstream transport device (15, 22) is located behind the separating device (3) to transport the sawn workpiece parts (2'). A feed roller is located between the acceleration roller (17, 18) and the separating device (30). To ensure that even short workpiece parts (2') are transported quickly, the acceleration roller (17, 18) is positioned downstream of the separating device (30) in such a way that there is no feed element between the acceleration roller (17, 18) and the separating device (30) that would engage and transport the sawn workpiece part (2'). The device is used for sorting out waste parts from workpieces on saws.