Adjustable Feed Roller Support for Carbon Fiber Lines
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current carbon fiber production processes face challenges in maintaining precise alignment and tension of feed rollers, leading to misalignments, thermal and mechanical issues, and increased waste due to complex and time-consuming adjustment methods.
Innovation Solution
A support element with adjustable means allows for real-time positioning of feed rollers without interrupting the production line, featuring a base with a support ring and adjustment mechanisms for precise alignment and a protection septum to prevent fiber windings, enabling quick and accurate adjustment of rollers along multiple axes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If traditional adjustment methods are used for feed rollers, then alignment precision can be improved, but production time is lost due to line interruption
Solution Approach 1:
The support element incorporates adjustment mechanisms that allow the feed roller position to be modified dynamically during production. The roller can be adjusted along the vertical axis and rotated without stopping the production line, enabling real-time alignment corrections while maintaining continuous operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The support structure is divided into separable components including the base, support element, and adjustment mechanisms. This segmentation allows individual rollers to be adjusted independently without affecting other parts of the production line, enabling precise alignment adjustments while maintaining overall system continuity.
2Manufacturing precision
If complex adjustment mechanisms are implemented for precise roller positioning, then alignment accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment mechanism uses a dynamic design where the support element can move along vertical guides and rotate on a horizontal axis. This dynamic capability provides precise positioning control through simple mechanical movements rather than complex multi-stage adjustment systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustment mechanism operates in multiple dimensions - vertical translation along guides and horizontal rotation around an axis. This multi-dimensional approach achieves precise roller positioning through straightforward mechanical degrees of freedom rather than complex one-dimensional adjustments.
3Device complexity
If feed rollers are fixed in position, then device simplicity is maintained, but adaptability to thermal and mechanical deformations is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The support element is designed with inherent mobility, allowing it to adapt its position dynamically. The roller can be repositioned vertically and rotated to compensate for thermal expansion, mechanical deformations, or alignment requirements, providing adaptability while maintaining a relatively simple support structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustment mechanism enables changes in positional parameters of the feed roller without complex structural modifications. By allowing vertical and rotational adjustments, the system can adapt to varying operational conditions while keeping the base support structure simple and robust.
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AI summary
A support element for a feed roller for a fibre material, preferably a precursor fibre, to be used in an oxidation or carbonization line for producing carbon fibres, including a base provided with means for attachment to a structure or frame of the oven, a support ring coupled with the base and having at least one passing-through opening for receiving one end of the feed roller, and adjustment means operatively interposed between the base and the ring, and configured to move the position of the ring with respect to the base along at least one adjustment direction, transverse to a central axis of the opening, in order to adjust the position of the ring as a function of the deformations of the roller.