Box Packing Apparatus Long-Side Orientation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional box packing apparatuses face limitations in increasing box packing capacity due to the difficulty in arranging products in a direction along the long side of the cardboard box, resulting in a large number of stages and reduced storage efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A box packing apparatus that includes a transport means to align articles overlapping each other, a holding means to adjust the cardboard box to a posture with the long side downward, and a transfer means to store rows of articles along the long side, along with a supply and sealing mechanism to rotate the box for optimal packing orientations, enhancing capacity and flexibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If articles are inserted in a direction of the long side of the cardboard box, then the box packing capacity is enhanced, but the conventional apparatus cannot accommodate this orientation
Solution Approach 1:
The holding means is configured to hold the cardboard box in a first posture with the long side located downward and the opening directed laterally, allowing articles to be transferred in rows along the long side. This dynamic reorientation of the box posture enables enhanced packing capacity while maintaining operational flexibility for different packing requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus enables article insertion along the long side direction of the cardboard box by rotating the box to a specific posture, effectively utilizing the length dimension more efficiently. This dimensional reconfiguration allows more articles to be packed in a single operation, reducing the number of stages required.
2Quantity of substance
If the cardboard box is held with long side downward and opening directed laterally, then more articles can be stored at one time, but the box orientation differs from conventional posture
Solution Approach 1:
The holding means dynamically adjusts the cardboard box to a first posture with the long side located downward and opening directed laterally. This dynamic posture change maximizes the number of articles that can be stored in a single operation, directly increasing the quantity of substance packed at one time.
3Quantity of substance
If multiple stages are used to insert aligned products, then the box can be filled, but the box packing capacity is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
By dynamically reorienting the cardboard box to the first posture with long side downward, the apparatus enables more articles to be transferred in a single stage. This reduces the number of stages required for complete box filling, thereby enhancing overall box packing capacity and reducing device complexity.
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AI summary
A box packing apparatus includes a transport unit configured to transport a group of articles arranged in a state in which at least some of the articles overlap with each other to a predetermined position, a holding unit configured to hold a cardboard box having an opening with long sides and short sides, and a transfer unit configured to transfer the group of articles from the predetermined position into the cardboard box. The holding unit can hold the cardboard box in a first posture in which the long side is located downward and the opening is directed laterally. The transfer unit transfers the group of articles in a state in which rows of the group of articles are arranged in a row along the long side of the cardboard box.