Adaptive Tool Accessory Packaging for Non-Slip Geometry Fit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tool accessory packaging fails to securely hold tools with varying geometries, leading to slipping and inefficiencies in manufacturing, packaging, and recycling.
Innovation Solution
A packaging base body with a receiving pocket that adapts to the geometry of the tool accessory through material-specific restoring force, featuring fold lines for easy formation and a perforated region for easy removal, made from renewable materials like cardboard.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a rigid packaging structure is used, then manufacturing precision and stability are improved, but adaptability to different tool geometries deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging base body is made from a flexible material such as cardboard that can deform and adapt to different tool accessory geometries. The material's flexibility allows the receiving pocket to conform to various shapes while maintaining structural integrity for stable packaging.
Solution Approach 2:
The physical state of the packaging material is utilized - cardboard that is flexible during packaging can be made rigid through moisture treatment or lamination to prevent transport damage, allowing the same material to provide both adaptability and stability as needed.
2Manufacturing precision
If a fixed geometry receiving pocket is used, then manufacturing precision is improved, but adaptability to different tool geometries deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The receiving pocket transitions from a static fixed geometry to a dynamic adaptive structure. The flexible material allows the pocket to change its shape and dimensions to match different tool accessory geometries, providing both precision fitting and versatility.
3Adaptability or versatility
If material-specific restoring force is used to adapt to tool geometry, then adaptability is improved, but fixing reliability may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The physical state of the packaging material is utilized - cardboard that is flexible during packaging can be made rigid through moisture treatment or lamination to prevent transport damage, allowing the same material to provide both adaptability and stability as needed.
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
Provides stable, user-friendly packaging that securely holds tools without slipping, enhances manufacturing efficiency, reduces costs, and promotes sustainable recycling.
Implementation Method 1
the receiving pocket adapts to a geometry of the tool accessory at least in sections due to its material-specific restoring force when the tool accessory is arranged in the receiving pocket and fixes the tool accessory in a receiving region, in particular in a non-slip manner
Data Source
AI summary
A tool accessory packaging for at least one tool accessory, in particular a drill bit, includes a packaging base body which forms a receiving pocket, in particular a folded pocket, for receiving the at least one tool accessory and which is intended for receiving tool accessories with different geometries in the receiving pocket. The receiving pocket adapts to a geometry of the at least one tool accessory, at least in sections, due to its material-specific restoring force when the at least one tool accessory is arranged in the receiving pocket and fixes the at least one tool accessory in a receiving region, in particular in a non-slip manner.