Angled Closing Device for Long Sausage Suspension
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing closing devices and suspension systems are not suitable for automatically handling and suspending very long sausage-type packaging units without causing collisions or damage, as they are designed for shorter lengths and require manual intervention.
Innovation Solution
The closing device is arranged at an angle relative to the transport direction, with a conveyor belt and a tiltable receptacle to securely guide and release packaging units, and a catching surface to support and raise sausages, preventing collisions and damage, allowing for automatic suspension on smoke sticks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the closing device is arranged in line with the transport direction, then the handling of shorter sausages is efficient, but collisions and damage occur with very long sausages
Solution Approach 1:
The closing device is rotated 90 degrees so that its throughput section is arranged perpendicular to the transport direction of the suspension device. This dimensional change in arrangement allows very long sausages to pass through the closing device without colliding with each other or the device structure, while still enabling efficient automatic handling and suspension
2Reliability
If manual intervention is used for suspending long sausages, then damage is avoided, but productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is designed to automatically handle and suspend very long sausages without manual intervention. The perpendicular arrangement of the closing device allows the sausages to be automatically fed, closed, and transferred to the suspension device, which then automatically hooks them onto smoke sticks, achieving both high productivity and damage prevention through automated self-service operation
3Area of stationary object
If the closing device processes very long sausages in the traditional linear arrangement, then space is utilized efficiently, but the risk of sausage collision increases
Solution Approach 1:
By arranging the closing device's throughput section perpendicular to the transport direction rather than in the traditional linear arrangement, the system eliminates the collision risk associated with processing very long sausages while maintaining efficient space utilization through the compact orthogonal configuration of the processing and suspension zones
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a combination consisting of a closing device (1) for sausages and a suspension device (2) for the sausages. The closing device is arranged at an angle relative to the suspension device, allowing very long sausages to be closed and suspended.