Cutting Blade Tray Identification for Faster Automatic Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing cutting apparatus with blade changers requires tedious and time-consuming pre-processing tasks for registering information of consumable products before automatic replacement, which slows down the mounting process.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that utilize identification marks on consumable products stored on a storage tray, allowing a reading unit to identify and position the correct products for replacement, enabling the cutting apparatus to automatically mount new consumable products without prior registration, using a holding table, cutting unit, replacing mechanism, and controller to streamline the process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If consumable products are stored in a storage tray with multiple storage regions, then the cutting apparatus can automatically replace cutting blades, but pre-processing tasks such as registering information of each consumable product become tedious and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The consumable products themselves store identification information (such as barcodes or RFID tags) that enables the system to automatically identify and register them during the replacement process, eliminating the need for manual pre-registration by operators
Solution Approach 2:
Identification information is pre-marked on the consumable products during manufacturing, so that when they are placed in the storage tray, the system can automatically read and register their information without requiring separate pre-processing steps
2Ease of operation
If identification marks are read from consumable products in the storage tray, then the correct products can be automatically identified and positioned, but the system complexity increases with the addition of reading units and control mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
Optical or electromagnetic reading units (such as barcode scanners or RFID readers) replace manual visual inspection and manual data entry, enabling automatic identification of consumable products
Solution Approach 2:
The identification information on consumable products is read and stored as digital data in the controller, creating a digital copy that enables automatic tracking and management without physical handling
Data Source
AI summary
A mounting method includes a storing step of storing a plurality of cutting blades on a storage tray having a plurality of storage regions for storing the cutting blades, a replacement product position identifying step of reading identification marks on the cutting blades stored on the storage tray with a reading unit and identifying which storage regions the cutting blades to be mounted in a cutting apparatus are stored in on the basis of the read identification marks, a positioning step of positioning the storage tray on which the cutting blades are stored in a consumable product replacing position, and after the positioning step has been carried out, a mounting step of mounting one of the cutting blades from the storage tray in the cutting apparatus with a replacing device on the basis of the storage regions identified in the replacement product position identifying step.