Air-float guide wheel for LCD panel transmission
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional methods for transmitting liquid crystal display panels during manufacturing, which involve contact with wheels, result in imprinting, reduced passing rates, and risks of scratching, pollution, deformation, and static electricity due to friction.
Innovation Solution
A non-contact air-float guide wheel system with a magnetic wheel driving device and elastic layers to suspend and move the panels without direct contact, using air-flow through gas holes on a platform to maintain panel stability and reduce friction-related issues.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If contact transmission with back wheels is used, then the liquid crystal display panel can be transmitted to different machines, but imprint remains on the surface and the film becomes waved away reducing passing rate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses pneumatic principles by introducing air through gas holes in the transmission platform to create an air cushion between the panel and the platform surface. This pneumatic cushion enables non-contact transmission, eliminating the imprint and wave deformation caused by direct wheel contact while maintaining effective panel transport.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the traditional mechanical contact transmission system (back wheels) with a magnetic wheel driving device that operates through magnetic field interaction. The magnetic wheels rotate without physically touching the panel, substituting mechanical contact with magnetic field-based propulsion to avoid surface damage.
2Ease of operation
If contact transmission with wheels is used, then the panel can be moved, but scratching, polluting or deforming occurs due to friction
Solution Approach 1:
The air cushion generated by gas holes providing upward air flow creates a protective pneumatic barrier between the transmission surface and the panel. This barrier enables panel movement while preventing direct contact that would cause scratching, polluting, or deforming.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces air as an intermediary substance between the transmission platform and the panel. This air layer acts as a mediator that allows force transmission and panel movement without direct solid-to-solid contact, thereby eliminating friction-related surface damage.
3Productivity
If contact transmission is used, then the panel can be transmitted, but static electricity is produced from friction reducing passing rate
Solution Approach 1:
By using pneumatic air cushion transmission through gas holes, the system eliminates the friction between the panel and transmission surface that generates static electricity. The non-contact air-based transmission prevents charge buildup while maintaining effective panel conveyance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent substitutes the mechanical friction-based transmission system with a magnetic field-based system using magnetic wheels. This replacement eliminates the friction that produces static electricity, preventing the harmful electrostatic effects that reduce passing rate.
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
The solution significantly reduces friction-related damage, improves passing rates, and minimizes static electricity, ensuring smoother and more reliable panel transmission while maintaining panel integrity.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of gas holes are opening on the air-float supplying platform... the air can be flowing through the gas holes of the air-float supplying platform
Implementation Method 2
a magnetic wheel driving device... the magnetic wheel is connected with the air-float guide groups... the magnetic wheel driving device can drive the wheel rotating
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention is provided for a transmission device with air-float guide wheel to guide the liquid crystal display panel, which comprising an air-float supplying platform, two air-float guide groups and a magnetic wheel driving device, wherein a plurality of gas holes are opening on the air-float supplying platform, the two air-float guide groups are assembled at the two sides of the air-float supplying platform, the magnetic wheel is connected with the air-float guide groups, and the air-float guide groups can be rotating with the magnetic wheel rolling, the air can be flowing through the gas holes of the air-float supplying platform, the liquid crystal display panel can be limited and transmitted by the two air-float guide groups in the rolling direction.