Adaptable Consumable Packaging with Identification for Woodworking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing packaging solutions for machining devices, such as woodworking devices, are not adaptable to various consumable materials, leading to inefficiencies in handling and logistics, as well as loss of critical information about the consumables during processing.
Innovation Solution
A flexible packaging system that includes a base body made from adaptable packaging material, an output device for accessing consumables, and an identification device to retain information about the consumables, allowing for automated handling and efficient logistics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a standardized cassette is used for multiple consumables, then handling is simplified and automated insertion is enabled, but the solution becomes impractical or too expensive for diverse consumable types with varying properties
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging system uses a standardized base body design with variable parameters including different opening positions, consumable arrangements, and identification device configurations to accommodate diverse consumable types while maintaining automated handling compatibility
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging is divided into a standardized base body portion and variable consumable-specific portions, allowing the standardized portion to enable automated handling while the variable portions adapt to different consumable properties
2Ease of manufacture
If packaging material is disposed of after material removal, then the packaging serves its containment function, but critical information about the consumables is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging system retains the identification device after the consumable is used up, allowing information recovery and continued use of the packaging as a carrier for the identification device, thereby preventing information loss while maintaining disposal simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The identification device acts as an intermediary between the consumable and the packaging system, maintaining the information link even after the consumable is removed from the packaging
3Adaptability or versatility
If a flexible packaging material is used, then the base body can adapt to the shape of the consumable and cost is reduced, but the packaging may lack structural rigidity
Solution Approach 1:
The flexible packaging material parameters are optimized to provide sufficient adaptability to consumable shapes while maintaining adequate structural strength through material selection and thickness variations in different packaging regions
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AI summary
The invention relates to a package (10) for packaging consumables (13) for use in a processing device, in particular a woodworking device for processing plate-shaped workpieces, said package comprising: a main body (11) which is formed from at least one packaging material to be used once or several times, the main body (11) delimiting at least part of a receiving region (12) for receiving and dispensing the consumables (13), and at least part of the receiving region (12) being surrounded by the packaging material; a dispensing device (20) which enables access to the consumables (13) which can be received in the receiving area (12); and at least one identification device (18) for identifying properties of the packaged consumables (13), wherein at least the main body (11) is designed to be supplied to the processing device together with the consumables (13).