Cell String Conveyor Layout for Blockage-Free Cutting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cell string manufacturing apparatuses experience operational instability due to string blockage on conveyor belts caused by speed differences, leading to inefficiencies in the manufacturing process.
Innovation Solution
A cell string manufacturing apparatus with a unified conveyor belt system that includes a string cutting mechanism with a string cutter and a driving component to maintain consistent speeds before and after cutting, combined with a compression assembly to stabilize the cell string and tension rollers to maintain belt tension, ensuring smooth conveyance and reducing blockage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If independent conveyor belts are used for string connecting and conveying mechanism and string cutting mechanism, then each mechanism can operate independently, but speed differences between conveyor belts cause string blockage and reduce operational stability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the conveyor belts of the string connecting mechanism and string cutting mechanism into a single unified conveyor belt system. This allows the cell string to be conveyed continuously at a consistent speed from the connecting mechanism through the cutting mechanism, eliminating speed mismatches that cause blockage. The unified belt maintains operational independence of each mechanism while ensuring synchronized motion to prevent string accumulation and blockage.
2Reliability
If a unified conveyor belt is used to convey cell strings through both connecting and cutting mechanisms, then speed consistency is maintained, but the belt must be designed to accommodate multiple functions and structural requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The unified conveyor belt is divided into multiple segments or zones, each optimized for specific functions. The first conveyor belt portion handles the string connecting mechanism requirements, while the second conveyor belt portion handles the string cutting mechanism requirements. This segmentation allows each portion to be independently optimized while maintaining overall speed consistency, reducing the complexity of designing a completely uniform belt for all functions.
Solution Approach 2:
Different portions of the unified conveyor belt are designed with locally optimized properties. The belt width, tension, and support structure are adjusted in different zones to match the specific requirements of the connecting mechanism versus the cutting mechanism. This local quality approach allows the single belt to satisfy multiple functional requirements without requiring a completely complex redesign throughout the entire system.
3Area of stationary object
If the first conveyor belt is widened to accommodate both connecting and cutting mechanisms, then space for mechanisms is increased, but the belt width increases leading to larger device footprint
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of increasing the conveyor belt width (two-dimensional expansion) to accommodate both mechanisms, the patent arranges the string connecting mechanism and string cutting mechanism in a sequential one-dimensional layout along the belt's length. The mechanisms are positioned at different locations along the conveyor belt's travel direction, allowing sufficient space for each mechanism without requiring a wider belt. This dimensional reorganization reduces the overall device footprint while maintaining adequate mechanism space.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided are a cell string manufacturing apparatus and a string soldering machine with the same. The apparatus includes a first support, a first conveyor roller, a second conveyor roller, a first transition roller, a second transition roller, a first compression roller, and a first conveyor belt. Part of the first conveyor belt is wound around the first transition roller, the first compression roller, and the second transition roller to form a string cutting groove. A string cutting mechanism is disposed on the first support and includes a string cutter and a first driving component for driving the string cutter into or out of the string cutting groove. The speeds of a cell string before and after being cut are consistent. A conventional way to convey the cell string with two independent conveyor belts can be abandoned to avoid string blockage. The operational stability of the apparatus can be improved.