Removal Tray Sidewall Recesses for Automated Cable Gripping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cable processing machine systems face frequent interruptions due to the complexity and impossibility of automated or mechanical removal of cables from removal trays, requiring manual intervention to avoid mixing different lots.
Innovation Solution
A removal tray with side walls featuring recesses and indentations for mechanical gripping by a gripper arm, allowing for automatic or mechanical removal of cables, enabling continuous operation of the cable processing machine without interruptions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual removal of cables from the removal tray is used, then the cables can be removed without mixing different lots, but the operation of the cable processing machine is frequently interrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The removal tray is designed with self-gripping features where recesses and indentations in the side walls automatically engage with gripper arms, enabling the system to remove cables without manual intervention while maintaining lot separation
Solution Approach 2:
Gripper arms act as intermediaries between the removal tray and the cable processing machine, mechanically engaging with the tray's side wall features to automatically transfer cables without requiring direct manual handling
2Productivity
If automated or mechanical removal of cables from previously known removal trays is implemented, then the continuous operation can be maintained, but the technical complexity becomes very complex or almost impossible
Solution Approach 1:
The side walls of the removal tray are segmented with multiple recesses and indentations that create discrete engagement points for gripper arms, breaking down the complex removal task into simple, repeatable mechanical interactions
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of making the gripper mechanism complex to adapt to various tray designs, the tray design is inverted to actively present gripping features (recesses and indentations) that naturally accommodate simple gripper arms, reversing the problem-solution approach
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AI summary
Disclosed is a removal trough (22) for a cable processing machine system (1), said removal trough (22) being designed to accept cables (15) processed by a cable processing machine (5) of the cable processing machine system (1); sidewalls (34, 35) of the removal trough (22) each have one or more recesses (90) and/or bays in order for the cables (15) to be able to be gripped by a machine, in particular by a gripping arm (55), in the removal trough (22).