Cantilever Pallet Conveyor with Heaving Suppression Guide
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cantilever conveying apparatuses require large-scale equipment to support heavy workpieces, leading to complex and high-maintenance systems, especially when working on large-size products like automobiles, where access to leading and trailing surfaces is limited.
Innovation Solution
A conveying apparatus with a pallet supported by a conveyor from below and a heaving suppression guide member that abuts the opposite side, allowing cantilever support with a simple structure, reducing the need for extensive equipment and facilitating maintenance by using a roller conveyor and guided rollers to stabilize the pallet.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a cantilever conveying apparatus uses upper and lower rollers to pinch guiderails for supporting heavy workpieces, then the strength and stability are improved, but the equipment scale and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts only the essential support function from complex roller-guiderail systems. Instead of using multiple rollers pinching guiderails, it employs a single guiderail with a simple support structure that provides adequate support for heavy workpieces while dramatically reducing equipment complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses simpler, more replaceable components in the support structure rather than complex, expensive roller assemblies. The support structure can be easily adjusted or replaced without requiring precision-engineered roller mechanisms
2Stability of the object's composition
If the distance between guiderails is increased vertically to widen support points for heavy workpieces, then the stability is improved, but the maintenance difficulty increases due to high position work
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of increasing vertical distance between guiderails (which would raise maintenance height), the invention achieves stability by optimizing the horizontal arrangement and configuration of the single guiderail and support structure, solving the stability problem without compromising maintenance accessibility
3Reliability
If large-scale equipment is used to ensure strength for heavy workpieces, then the reliability is improved, but the device complexity and maintenance requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure is designed to be self-stabilizing through its configuration, requiring minimal external control or monitoring systems. The simple mechanical design inherently provides reliable support without requiring complex control mechanisms to ensure conveying reliability
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This design enables efficient and stable cantilever support of workpieces without the need for extensive equipment, allowing for easier maintenance and improved working efficiency by suppressing heaving and rotation, while maintaining stability during conveyance.
Implementation Method 1
a conveyor which supports one side of the pallet in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction from below the pallet, and includes a conveyance roller for conveying the pallet
Implementation Method 2
a heaving suppression guide member which extends along the conveyor, abuts against the other side of the pallet in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction, and suppresses heaving of the pallet
Data Source
AI summary
This invention provides a conveying apparatus which conveys a workpiece. The conveying apparatus includes a pallet which supports the workpiece, a conveyor which supports one side of the pallet in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction from below the pallet, and includes a conveyance roller for conveying the pallet and a driving source for driving the conveyance roller, and a heaving suppression guide member which extends along the conveyor, abuts against the other side of the pallet in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction, and suppresses heaving of the pallet.