Perforated Brick Insulation Feeding Device with Movable Support Portal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices face difficulties in reliably introducing insulating materials into the holes of perforated bricks due to porosity issues and threader buckling, leading to congestion and inefficiencies in the manufacturing process.
Innovation Solution
A device with a support portal and receptacles that adapts to the hole pattern, allowing threaders to be securely inserted and preventing buckling, along with movable parts to adjust geometry for funnel-shaped threaders and controlled tamping, ensuring smooth introduction and removal of insulating materials.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If spring plates are used as threaders to insert insulating materials into perforated brick holes, then the threading process can be automated, but the spring plates buckle outward due to contact with the brick bearing surfaces, causing device downtime and replacement costs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a movable support portal that can shift position dynamically during the threading operation. The portal moves to different locations along the brick holder, allowing threaders to be supported at optimal positions that prevent buckling while maintaining automated operation. This dynamic adjustment resolves the contradiction between automation and threader stability.
2Reliability
If insulating materials are introduced into holes with high porosity, then thermal insulation performance improves, but congestion occurs during material introduction, preventing complete filling within the required number of cycles
Solution Approach 1:
The support portal is positioned in advance at specific locations along the brick holder before the threading operation begins. This preliminary positioning ensures that threaders are properly supported from the start, preventing congestion issues during material introduction and enabling complete filling of high-porosity holes within the required production cycles.
3Manufacturing precision
If the number of threaders corresponds to the hole pattern of perforated bricks, then complete coverage of all holes is achieved, but the complexity of the threading device increases
Solution Approach 1:
The movable support portal serves multiple functions: it provides structural support for threaders, enables dynamic repositioning during operation, and accommodates various hole patterns by adjusting its position. This multi-functional design allows complete coverage of the hole pattern while avoiding the need for complex, dedicated structures for each hole, thus reducing overall device complexity.
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AI summary
The device (1) has a feed element (13) and another feed element for insulating materials and adapted to hole patterns of holes (2) of hollow bricks (3). The feed elements are guided into holes of the bricks and removed from the holes. Needle threaders (8) are attached to the feed elements and formed as sealing strips. The threaders are lowered at a needle threader device (7). The needle threaders are clamped in an arrangement of support retainers (10) of a support portal (6) that is moved up and down and provided below a supply device (12) and the threader device. The hollow bricks are made of mineral materials such as pearlite or clay.