Automated Cable Coiling and Binding System
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a lack of automatic equipment for processing cables, which involves coiling, bundling, and loading them efficiently during transportation, leading to potential loosening and inefficiencies in handling.
Innovation Solution
A cable processing system comprising a cable supply unit, a coiling unit that uses a rotating disc and fingers to coil the cable, a binding unit that secures the coil with adhesive tape, and a conveying unit that loads the bundled coil onto a loading device, ensuring stability and efficient handling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual coiling and bundling processes are used, then device complexity is reduced, but productivity and manufacturing precision deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple cable processing functions (coiling, bundling, cutting, and loading) into a single integrated automated system. The coiling unit, binding unit, cutting device, and loading unit work together as one coordinated mechanism, eliminating the need for separate manual operations and significantly improving processing efficiency while maintaining controlled complexity through functional integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The automated system performs cable processing operations autonomously without continuous human intervention. The control unit coordinates the various components to automatically coil, bundle, cut, and load cables based on pre-set parameters, allowing the system to serve itself and dramatically increasing productivity compared to manual processes.
2Reliability
If cables are coiled without automatic binding, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to potential loosening
Solution Approach 1:
The binding unit applies adhesive tape to secure the coiled cable immediately after coiling occurs, preventing loosening before transportation or storage. This preliminary securing action ensures the cable coil maintains its shape and stability, addressing the reliability concern while the entire process remains part of the automated sequence.
Solution Approach 2:
The control unit monitors and coordinates the binding operation to ensure proper securing of the cable coil. The system can detect when coiling is complete and automatically triggers the binding mechanism, ensuring reliable stabilization of the cable coil through coordinated feedback control between processing stages.
3Loss of time
If manual loading processes are used, then device complexity is reduced, but loss of time increases during cable handling
Solution Approach 1:
The loading unit is integrated with the coiling and binding operations, allowing seamless transition from coiling to loading without manual intervention. The automated loading mechanism picks up the secured cable coil and places it onto the designated location, eliminating time-consuming manual handling while the system remains part of the unified processing equipment.
Solution Approach 2:
The automated loading operation continues the processing sequence without interruption after coiling and binding. The system maintains continuous operation from cable supply through coiling, binding, and loading, eliminating idle time and manual transfer operations, thus reducing overall handling time despite increased automation.
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AI summary
A cable processing system includes a cable supply unit supplying a cable. A cable coiling unit of the system coils the supplied cable into a cable coil. The coiled cable is bundled by a cable coil binding unit. A cable coil loading unit loads the bundled cable coil, and a cable coil conveying unit conveys the bundled cable coil to the cable coil loading unit.