Cable Bundling Feed Wheel With Adhesive Strip Bonding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cable bundling methods are complex, costly, and inefficient, particularly when multiple cables need to be connected to a device, and existing solutions do not provide a simple and cost-effective means for bundling and handling cable bundles.
Innovation Solution
A device featuring a rotatable feed wheel with an adjacent abutment designed as a roller, spring-mounted pressure roller, and interchangeable feed wheels with congruent notches, allowing manual or motorized operation, to facilitate easy insertion and adhesion of cables using adhesive strips, with a support frame for modular use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If cables are mounted separately to connect electrical devices, then connection functionality is achieved, but workload and time consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The device segments the cable bundling process into distinct functional zones: insertion region with notches for individual cable placement, guiding region with side walls for alignment, and bonding region with adhesive application. This segmentation enables systematic processing of multiple cables simultaneously, improving efficiency while reducing time loss compared to separate mounting operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The device merges multiple cable mounting operations into a single integrated process. Multiple cables are inserted simultaneously into notches, guided through the same housing structure, and bonded using a unified adhesive application system. This combining of operations directly addresses the productivity improvement needed to overcome the time-consuming nature of separate cable mounting.
2Ease of operation
If cable connectors are used to bundle multiple cables together, then cable organization is achieved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The device employs a simple, cost-effective adhesive bonding system rather than complex reusable cable connectors. The adhesive strips are applied directly to bond cables within the housing, creating a permanent but simple fixation. This approach reduces device complexity and cost while maintaining ease of operation for cable bundle handling.
Solution Approach 2:
The device structure itself provides the bundling function through its integrated housing, notches, and adhesive application system. The housing walls guide and position cables, while the adhesive system automatically bonds them in place. This self-service approach eliminates the need for separate complex cable connectors, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining operational ease.
3Ease of manufacture
If adhesive strips are used to fix cables at intervals, then cable positioning is achieved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device uses thin adhesive strips applied to the interior surfaces of the housing or to cable surfaces. These flexible thin films conform to the cable shapes and positioning requirements, providing effective bonding without requiring complex rigid structures. This approach maintains ease of manufacture while achieving the necessary cable positioning functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using complex mechanical fixtures to position and hold cables, the device inverts the approach by using adhesive strips that actively pull cables into position and hold them there. The adhesive system becomes the primary positioning mechanism rather than a secondary fixation method, simplifying the overall manufacturing process while maintaining positioning accuracy.
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
Enables simple, cost-effective, and reliable cable bundling with low susceptibility to malfunctions, offering ease of use and long service life, suitable for standalone or integrated use in cable processing centers.
Implementation Method 1
a force storage device, in particular in the form of a compression spring (10), for the spring loading of the pressure roller (2)
Implementation Method 2
whereby the cable is held adhesively between the two adhesive strips (8)
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AI summary
A device for bundling several cables (14), comprising at least one rotatable feed wheel (3) which has several notches (4) circumferentially for receiving at least one cable (14) each, a spring-loaded pressure roller (2) that can be pressed against an abutment (5) and two roller receptacles (6) arranged apart from each other for holding one roll of adhesive tape (7) with a rollable adhesive tape (8), wherein in operation the adhesive tapes (8) with their adhesive surfaces facing each other are guided between the abutment (5) and the pressure roller (2).