Motorized Battery Grid Feeder for Fast Pasting Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing battery grid pasting machines require significant time to adjust to different grid configurations and thicknesses, and jammed strips can disrupt operations, necessitating the disconnection and reinstallation of guide plates.
Innovation Solution
A grid guidance device with adjustable platforms and motors allows for precise positioning of battery grids relative to the pasting orifice, enabling automated adjustment of advancement, retraction, raising, and lowering to accommodate various grid configurations and thicknesses, reducing setup time and minimizing jam-related disruptions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a fixed guide plate is used for a specific grid configuration, then the manufacturing precision is maintained, but the adaptability to different grid configurations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The guide plate is replaced with an adjustable platform that can be dynamically repositioned in multiple dimensions (longitudinal, lateral, vertical) to adapt to different grid configurations while maintaining pasting precision. The platform's movable design allows it to accommodate varying grid positions without requiring a fixed design for each configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustable platform serves multiple functions: it guides grids, positions them relative to the orifice, and adapts to different grid configurations and thicknesses. This single multi-functional component replaces the need for multiple fixed guide plates designed for specific configurations.
2Device complexity
If a fixed guide plate is used, then the device complexity is reduced, but the setup time for different grid configurations increases
Solution Approach 1:
The static guide plate structure is transformed into a dynamic adjustable platform with motors and positioning mechanisms. While this increases structural complexity, it dramatically reduces setup time by allowing quick electronic adjustment rather than manual disconnection and reinstallation for each grid configuration change.
3Reliability
If the guide plate is disconnected to clear jammed grids, then the reliability is improved, but the productivity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable platform can be dynamically repositioned to clear jammed grids without requiring complete disconnection. By moving the platform longitudinally or laterally, operators can access and remove jammed material while keeping the system assembled, thus maintaining operational continuity.
Solution Approach 2:
The platform's adjustable components can be independently positioned to access different areas, allowing localized jam clearance without affecting the entire system. This segmented approach to problem-solving maintains productivity by isolating the clearance operation to specific platform adjustments.
4Ease of operation
If manual adjustment of guide plate position is used, then the ease of operation is improved, but the manufacturing precision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Manual mechanical adjustment is replaced with motorized positioning systems that use electrical control to achieve precise platform movement. This substitution maintains ease of operation through simple control interfaces while dramatically improving positioning precision through motor control mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The positioning system incorporates feedback mechanisms that monitor platform position and make automatic adjustments to achieve precise grid alignment. This closed-loop control maintains ease of operation while ensuring high manufacturing precision through continuous position verification and correction.
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
Facilitates faster setup and operation by allowing for quick adjustments to different grid configurations and reduces downtime due to jamming issues, enhancing the efficiency and flexibility of battery grid pasting processes.
Implementation Method 1
The assembly may include a first electric motor, a first shaft, a second electric motor, and a second shaft. An advancement and retraction position of an exit end of the platform, or more of the platform, with respect to the pasting orifice is adjustable via rotation of the first shaft by the first electric motor.
Implementation Method 2
A raising and lowering position of the exit end of the platform, or more of the platform, with respect to the pasting orifice is adjustable via rotation of the second shaft by the second electric motor.
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AI summary
A grid guidance device for guiding battery grids to a battery pasting machine. The grid guidance device includes an assemblage of components that work together to adjust a position of a platform relative to a pasting orifice of the battery pasting machine. The platform receives the battery grids over it amid use of the grid guidance device. Multiple electric motors can be provided to rotate shafts for making the position adjustments. The position adjustments can involve one or more of the following: lateral positioning of the battery grids relative to the pasting orifice, advancement and retraction positioning of the platform relative to the pasting orifice, and/or raising and lowering positioning of the platform relative to the pasting orifice.