Box Packing with Article Posture Detection Before Loading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing box packing apparatuses face issues with article damage and loss due to improper accumulation, leading to incomplete packing of articles in boxes.
Innovation Solution
A box packing apparatus equipped with an accumulating mechanism, detection unit, and packing mechanism that includes a camera or photosensors to detect the posture of article groups, ensuring normal packing by preventing abnormal postures from being packed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the accumulation of one tier's worth of articles is performed without detection, then the packing process is simple and fast, but article damage and loss occur due to improper accumulation
Solution Approach 1:
The detection unit performs detection of article group posture before the packing mechanism packs the articles. This preliminary detection prevents damage and loss by identifying abnormal accumulations before they are packed, resolving the contradiction between reliability improvement and device complexity increase.
2Manufacturing precision
If the posture of article group is not detected, then the packing process is simple, but abnormal article groups are packed leading to incomplete packing boxes
Solution Approach 1:
The detection unit detects the posture of the article group on the article group placement unit before packing occurs. This preliminary detection ensures packing accuracy by preventing abnormal groups from being packed, while minimizing time loss through efficient pre-packing inspection.
3Reliability
If detection is performed after packing, then the structure is simpler, but damage and loss occur during the packing process itself
Solution Approach 1:
The detection unit is positioned to detect the posture of the article group before the packing mechanism grips and packs it. This timing prevents damage and loss by identifying problems before they occur during packing, rather than detecting after damage has already happened.
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
Prevents article damage and loss by accurately detecting and preventing the packing of article groups with abnormal postures, thereby ensuring complete and undamaged packing.
Implementation Method 1
the detection unit has a camera
Data Source
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AI summary
A box packing apparatus (90) has an accumulating mechanism (40), a detection unit (60), and a packing mechanism (50). The accumulating mechanism (40) accumulates a plurality of articles (A) to create an article group (G). The detection unit (60) detects the posture of the article group (G). The packing mechanism (50) packs the article group (G) into a packing box (B) on the basis of the detection result of the detection unit (60).