Aerosol Product Filling Sequence Inversion
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing production processes for aerosol generating products face issues such as material pollution, high material loss, low qualification rates, and inefficient quality inspection due to the filling sequence and properties of fuming particles or paste, which affect both production efficiency and user experience.
Innovation Solution
A method where components are filled successively from the near-lip end to the far-lip end of the aerosol generating product, with the fuming unit being filled last and sealed at the far-lip end, preventing pollution and allowing for improved quality control and customization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If fuming particles or paste are filled from the near-lip end to the far-lip end of the tube, then the filling process is simple, but material pollution occurs on the tube and qualification rate decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional filling sequence by sealing the near-lip end first and filling fuming particles from the far-lip end towards the near-lip end. This reversal prevents moisture and materials from contaminating the tube exterior during filling, thereby maintaining high qualification rates while keeping the process simple.
2Loss of substance
If fuming particles are filled after sealing the tube, then material loss is reduced, but manual quality inspection intensity increases and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary sealing of the near-lip end before filling operations. This preliminary action creates a contained environment that prevents material loss during filling while simultaneously ensuring product quality is built-in during manufacturing, thereby reducing the need for intensive post-manufacturing quality inspection.
3Ease of manufacture
If the tube is sealed at the far-lip end with fuming material filled from the near-lip end, then the sealing process is straightforward, but user smoking experience is affected due to pollution
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the filling direction to fill from the far-lip end towards the sealed near-lip end. This inversion prevents fuming material moisture and contaminants from reaching the tube exterior and user-contact areas, thereby maintaining simple sealing operations while ensuring clean, pollution-free user experience.
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AI summary
A method for filling an aerosol generating product includes: preparing a tube body of the aerosol generating product; filling a filter element into the tube body, wherein the filter element is adjacent to a near-lip end of the tube body; installing a blocking and flow guide element from a far-lip end of the tube body; installing a fuming unit from the far-lip end of the tube body, where the fuming unit is located at the far-lip end of the tube body; and sealing the far-lip end of the tube body, and forming a sealing part on an end face of the far-lip end of the tube body. In the new method, each component is successively filled from the near-lip end to the far-lip end of the aerosol generating product, thereby effectively avoiding the pollution caused by the fuming unit on the tube body during the filling of the fuming unit.