Buffer Device With Transposition Device For Containers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing buffer systems for containers lack flexibility and adaptability in response to changing operational requirements, with limited ability to adjust buffer capacity and container path during transportation.
Innovation Solution
A buffer device comprising an inlet, inlet manipulator, first buffer system, transposition device, second buffer system, and outlet manipulator, allowing for independent operation of buffer systems, adjustable buffer capacity, and flexible container transportation directions, with gripper systems and conveyor belts for efficient container handling and formatting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single buffer system is used between two transport devices, then the device structure is simple, but the buffer capacity cannot be adjusted and the system lacks flexibility for changing operational requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The buffer system is divided into two independent buffer systems (first buffer system and second buffer system) connected by a transposition device. Each buffer system can be adjusted independently, allowing flexible buffer capacity control while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular design
Solution Approach 2:
The buffer capacity is made dynamically adjustable by independently controlling the transport speeds of the first and second buffer systems and by adjusting the transfer position of the transposition device, enabling adaptation to changing operational requirements
2Quantity of substance
If the buffer capacity is increased to handle varying throughput requirements, then the system can accommodate more containers, but the container travel distance increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the buffer into two separate buffer systems with a transposition device in the middle, containers can be transferred between buffers, effectively increasing buffer capacity without requiring a single long continuous buffer path, thus limiting maximum travel distance
Solution Approach 2:
The transposition device acts as an intermediary between the first and second buffer systems, allowing containers to be transferred between buffers. This mediator enables increased buffer capacity while maintaining shorter travel distances by providing an intermediate transfer point
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AI summary
Buffer device for buffering containers, with an inlet, an inlet manipulator, a first buffer system, a transposition device, a second buffer system, an outlet manipulator, and an outlet, where containers can be transferred by the inlet manipulator from the inlet to the first buffer system and can be transported along a first direction in the first buffer system, where the transposition device can transfer containers from the first buffer system to the second buffer system, and the containers can be transported in the second buffer system along a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and the containers can be removed from the second buffer system by the outlet manipulator and fed to the outlet, where the buffer capacity of the buffer device is adjustable.