Bottle Case RFID Frame Assembly for High-Speed Wine Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
The wine production process faces challenges in increasing production rate while maintaining quality, as existing methods are optimized but lack a systematic approach to efficiently manage and track wine bottles during the bottling and casing phases.
Innovation Solution
A bottle case management system equipped with electronic chips and a framework that includes chip readers, conveyors, and a user terminal, allowing for real-time tracking and verification of bottle contents, enabling efficient inventory management and identification of cases moving on a conveyor system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional manual or basic automated tracking methods are used during bottling and casing, then the system complexity remains low, but the production rate cannot be sufficiently accelerated and quality tracking is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The framework structure serves multiple functions: it provides mechanical support for the conveyor system, houses the chip readers for tracking, and organizes the bottling and casing operations. This multi-functionality increases productivity while limiting the increase in system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual tracking and verification methods with electronic chip readers that automatically read RFID tags on bottles. This substitution enables high-speed automated tracking and quality verification, significantly increasing production rate without proportionally increasing system complexity.
2Measurement precision
If electronic chip readers are installed in the framework to track each bottle, then tracking precision and quality control improve, but the device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The chip readers are integrated into the framework structure itself, merging the tracking function with the supporting structure. This integration improves measurement precision for bottle tracking while minimizing the increase in device complexity by combining multiple functions into a unified structure.
3Strength
If the framework uses a fixed rigid structure, then structural strength and stability are high, but adaptability to different conveyor configurations and production rates is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The framework incorporates adjustable elements that allow modification of the conveyor configuration and operating parameters. This dynamic capability enables the system to adapt to different production rates and conveyor types while maintaining structural strength through proper mechanical design.
4Productivity
If automated chip reading and verification systems are implemented, then production speed increases, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring bottle contents and verifying authenticity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic chips on bottles automatically transmit their identification and verification data when passed near the chip readers. This self-service capability enables high-speed automated tracking and verification without requiring complex manual intervention or sophisticated measurement systems, thus increasing productivity while managing detection difficulty.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This system enhances the speed of wine production by ensuring accurate and efficient tracking of bottle contents, optimizing inventory management, and maintaining quality by preventing errors in the bottling and casing process.
Implementation Method 1
at least one chip reader is comprised in the framework
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a bottle case management system, each bottle being provided with an electronic chip, the management system comprising:a first frame (160) having a first shape,a second frame (162) having a second form, the second shape being complementary to the first shape,the assembly of the two frames (160, 162) forming a framework delimiting an internal opening intended for the insertion of a conveyor (58) on which cases (12) run in a running direction (X), the internal opening having a dimension along a direction orthogonal to the running direction between 300 mm and 1000 mm, at least one chip reader being comprised in the frame.