Atomization Core with Liquid Guiding Channel for Uniform Heating
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing atomization cores face issues with poor assembly consistency and uneven temperature distribution due to uncontrollable spacings of heating wires, leading to inconsistent taste and atomization performance.
Innovation Solution
An atomization core design featuring a support member with a liquid guiding channel and hole, a liquid guiding core, and a heating mesh woven on the outer periphery, allowing for automated assembly and uniform temperature distribution, enhancing taste consistency and atomization area.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If heating wire is manually wound around cotton core, then assembly is flexible, but assembly consistency is poor and turn spacing is uncontrollable
Solution Approach 1:
A support member with pre-defined liquid guiding channels and holes serves as an intermediary structure between the cotton core and heating wire. The support member provides fixed positioning features that ensure consistent turn spacing and uniform distribution of the heating wire around the cotton core, eliminating the variability of manual winding while maintaining assembly flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The support member is pre-formed with liquid guiding channels and positioning holes before the heating wire is installed. This preliminary preparation of the support structure enables consistent and uniform heating wire placement, as the positioning features are already in place to guide the heating wire at correct intervals and spacing.
2Device complexity
If heating wire spacing is uneven, then assembly is simple, but localized high temperature occurs and taste consistency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The support member acts as a mediator that enforces uniform spacing of the heating wire through its pre-defined positioning holes. This ensures even heat distribution across the cotton core, preventing localized high temperature spots while maintaining relatively simple assembly procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The support member provides localized positioning features at specific intervals around the cotton core. These localized positioning holes ensure that the heating wire is placed at uniform intervals, creating consistent local heating zones that collectively provide uniform temperature distribution across the entire atomization surface.
3Ease of manufacture
If cotton core and heating wire are assembled separately, then manufacturing is simple, but process deviation causes poor taste consistency
Solution Approach 1:
The support member merges the functions of structural support, liquid guidance, and heating wire positioning into a single integrated component. The liquid guiding channels and positioning holes are built into the support member itself, combining multiple functions that would otherwise require separate components and assembly steps, thereby improving precision without significantly increasing manufacturing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The support member serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural support for the cotton core, guides liquid flow through pre-formed channels, and positions the heating wire at correct intervals via positioning holes. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate positioning components and reduces assembly variability, improving both manufacturing simplicity and precision.
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 ensures improved assembly efficiency, uniform temperature distribution, and increased atomization area, resulting in consistent aerosol quality and taste.
Implementation Method 1
a heating mesh arranged on an outer periphery of the liquid guiding core, the heating mesh being configured to heat and atomize the aerosol-forming medium
Implementation Method 2
a liquid guiding core sleeved on an outer periphery of the support member, an aerosol-forming medium in the liquid guiding channel being guidable to the liquid guiding core through the liquid guiding hole
Data Source
AI summary
An atomization core includes: a support member having a liquid guiding channel and a liquid guiding hole, the liquid guiding channel running through two ends of the support member in an axial direction of the support member, the liquid guiding hole running through a side wall of the liquid guiding channel in a radial direction of the support member; a liquid guiding core sleeved on an outer periphery of the support member, an aerosol-forming medium in the liquid guiding channel being guidable to the liquid guiding core through the liquid guiding hole; and a heating mesh arranged on an outer periphery of the liquid guiding core for heating and atomizing the aerosol-forming medium