Apparatus and method for treating garments
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Solution Overview
Problem
Garment treatment apparatuses lack effective monitoring and control mechanisms to accurately adjust treatment processes such as drum motion and treatment time, leading to suboptimal garment treatment outcomes.
Innovation Solution
The integration of a monitoring device within the drum that communicates wirelessly with the garment treatment apparatus, providing movement information to adjust drum rotation speed, direction, and treatment time based on real-time sensing data, allowing for improved control over the treatment process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a monitoring device is integrated within the drum to provide real-time movement information, then treatment precision and control accuracy are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring device is nested inside the drum, allowing it to move together with the garments during rotation. This integration enables direct measurement of garment movement without adding external monitoring components, thereby improving measurement precision while minimizing the increase in overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The monitoring device acts as an intermediary between the garments and the control system. It collects movement information and transmits it wirelessly to the controller, which then adjusts drum rotation and treatment parameters. This intermediary role enables precise control based on real-time garment state without requiring direct complex interaction between the control system and garments.
2Productivity
If drum rotation is dynamically adjusted based on real-time monitoring data, then treatment effectiveness is improved, but control system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control system receives movement information from the monitoring device and dynamically adjusts drum rotation speed and direction based on this feedback. The system can detect when garments are properly disentangled through their movement patterns and automatically terminate the treatment process, improving effectiveness while using algorithmic control to manage system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The drum rotation parameters are made dynamic rather than fixed. The control system adjusts rotation speed, direction, and duration in real-time based on monitoring data, allowing the treatment process to adapt to the actual state of the garments. This dynamic adjustment improves treatment effectiveness by responding to real-time conditions.
3Manufacturing precision
If treatment time is extended to improve garment disentanglement, then treatment quality improves, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring device provides real-time feedback on garment movement and disentanglement status. The control system uses this information to determine when the treatment objective has been achieved, allowing the process to terminate early rather than running for a fixed extended duration. This feedback-based termination reduces energy consumption while maintaining treatment quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The drum performs periodic rotation and pause cycles rather than continuous rotation. During pause periods, the drum stops to allow garments to settle and disentangle, then resumes rotation to further separate them. This periodic action achieves effective disentanglement more efficiently than continuous rotation, reducing overall energy consumption while maintaining treatment quality.
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AI summary
An apparatus and a method for treating garments are provided. A method, performed by a garment treatment apparatus, of controlling an operation of the garment treatment apparatus includes: establishing wireless communication with a monitoring device placed inside a drum of the garment treatment apparatus; rotating the drum; receiving movement information associated with movement of the monitoring device from the monitoring device during the rotation of the drum; and controlling the rotation of the drum based on the received movement information.