Bearing Plate Sliding Elements for Container Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Container positioning in container treatment machines is often inaccurate due to early contact with anti-slip surfaces, leading to insufficient clamping force and quality issues during treatment.
Innovation Solution
A container plate design featuring raisable sliding elements that initially avoid contact with the anti-slip surface during positioning, allowing for precise placement with minimal force, and then lower to secure the container against slipping using an anti-slip surface with a high coefficient of friction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the container comes into contact with the anti-slip surface at an early stage during positioning, then the container is secured against slipping, but the container movement is restricted and positioning accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The sliding element is designed to be movable between a raised position (during positioning) and a lowered position (during treatment). This dynamic adjustment allows the system to adapt its function: when raised, it permits smooth container positioning; when lowered, it provides anti-slip capability. The dynamic transition resolves the contradiction between positioning accuracy and anti-slip reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The sliding element is raised in advance during the positioning phase to prevent early contact with the anti-slip surface. This preliminary action ensures that the container can be positioned accurately without restriction before the anti-slip function is activated in the treatment phase, thus resolving the positioning accuracy issue while maintaining anti-slip capability when needed.
2Reliability
If the container is positioned with sufficient clamping force, then the container is secured against slipping, but the positioning force required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The movable sliding element creates two distinct phases: positioning phase (raised) and treatment phase (lowered). During positioning, minimal force is needed because the container slides on the raised element without friction. During treatment, the lowered element provides clamping force to prevent slipping. This dynamic separation reduces the force required for positioning while maintaining securing reliability.
3Reliability
If the anti-slip surface has a high coefficient of friction, then the container is protected against slipping, but the container movement during positioning is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The sliding element's vertical movement creates functional differentiation: when raised, it provides a low-friction surface for easy positioning; when lowered, it engages the high-friction anti-slip surface for slip protection. This dynamic configuration allows the system to have both low friction during positioning and high friction during treatment, resolving the contradiction between positioning ease and slip protection.
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
Ensures reliable and precise container positioning and protection against slipping, ensuring consistent quality in container treatment processes.
Implementation Method 1
a receiving element with an anti-slip surface is formed on the base body, which has a sufficiently high coefficient of friction when the clamping force is applied, so that the container does not slip
Data Source
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AI summary
Container plate (1) for holding a container (2) in a container treatment machine (10), having a main body (3) for connecting the container plate (1) to the container treatment machine (10) and having at least one holding element (4a-4d), arranged thereon, having a non-slip surface (41) for securing the container (2) against slipping in a holding position (P), characterized in that the container plate (1) comprises at least one sliding element (5a-5g) that is able to be lifted and lowered with respect to the non-slip surface (41), in order to position the container (2) in the holding position (P) in a sliding manner.