Balancing Adapter Flange Connection for Quick Workpiece Changeover
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing balancing adapters for balancing devices are complex and require intricate connections for adapting to different workpieces, making them difficult to use and prone to damage.
Innovation Solution
A balancing adapter design featuring a clamping sleeve element with a ring flange that securely rests on the base body, connected via screws or magnetic elements, allowing easy detachment and adaptation to various workpieces, with a centering device for precise alignment and a pneumatically operated drive unit for clamping adjustment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a complex connection system with rolling elements and wedge-shaped gaps is used to connect the clamping sleeve element to the base body, then the connection provides radial clamping force, but the device complexity increases and the connection becomes prone to damage
Solution Approach 1:
The connection system is segmented into a clamping sleeve element with an integrated ring flange and a base body with a separate flange. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and simplifies the overall connection structure by eliminating the need for rolling elements and wedge-shaped gaps, replacing them with a direct flange-to-flange connection that is both simpler and more reliable
Solution Approach 2:
The ring flange is merged with the clamping sleeve element as an integrated component rather than a separate part. This merging simplifies the connection system by reducing the number of components and eliminating the need for complex connection mechanisms, while maintaining the necessary radial clamping force through the direct connection between the ring flange and base body flange
2Adaptability or versatility
If interchangeable balancing adapters with different clamping systems are used to adapt to different workpieces, then the adaptability increases, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The base body is designed with a universal flange connection system that can accommodate different clamping sleeve elements with various clamping mechanisms (external clamping, internal clamping, different diameters). This universal interface allows a single base body to support multiple workpiece types while maintaining simple, standardized connections, thereby achieving high adaptability without proportionally increasing device complexity
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
Enables a simple, reliable, and robust connection of the clamping sleeve element to the base body, facilitating easy adaptation to different workpieces while maintaining balance and minimizing damage risk.
Implementation Method 1
The clamping sleeve has a cone, and the clamping element has a counter-cone corresponding to the clamping sleeve cone. By displacing the clamping element relative to the clamping sleeve element, the clamping diameter of the clamping sleeve can be adjusted, particularly under the influence of the cones
Implementation Method 2
connected via screws or magnetic elements
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AI summary
The invention relates to a balancing adapter for a balancing device, with a clamping device (21) for clamping a workpiece, wherein the clamping device (21) has a clamping sleeve element (27) with a clamping sleeve (26) and a clamping element (47) that is displaceable relative to the clamping sleeve element (27), in particular a rod-shaped clamping element, wherein the clamping sleeve (26) has a cone and the clamping element (47) has a counter-cone corresponding to the clamping sleeve cone, wherein by displacing the clamping element (47) relative to the clamping sleeve element (27) the clamping diameter of the clamping sleeve (26) is adjustable and thus a workpiece can be clamped, wherein the clamping sleeve element (27) is detachably connectable to a base body (15) of the balancing adapter (1).According to the invention, the clamping sleeve element (27) has a ring flange (29) for connection with the base body (15), with which the clamping sleeve element (27) rests on an end wall (31), in particular annular, of the base body (15) in the connected state of clamping sleeve element (27) and base body (15), in particular in a planar contact.