Cellulose Product Forming Unit Buffering Module Layout
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for manufacturing cellulose products from air-formed cellulose blank structures face challenges such as high engineering costs and time requirements due to the need for integrating standard modules from different industries, resulting in complex and non-compact product forming units.
Innovation Solution
A method and product forming unit that utilize a buffering module and a pressing module with differing feeding directions, allowing for a compact and efficient layout, where the cellulose blank structure is continuously fed in one direction and intermittently fed in another, enabling a more integrated and lightweight setup that can be easily installed and operated with minimal engineering skills.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Force
If standard modules from different industries are integrated into a product forming unit, then the unit can achieve high forming pressure capability, but the integration requires high engineering costs and long time requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into separate functional modules: a pressing module for high-pressure forming operations and a buffering module for material handling. This segmentation allows each module to be optimized independently, reducing integration complexity and engineering costs while maintaining the required forming pressure capability.
Solution Approach 2:
A buffering module is introduced as an intermediary between material supply and the pressing module. This intermediary decouples the continuous material feed from the intermittent high-pressure forming cycles, simplifying the overall system integration and reducing engineering complexity.
2Force
If standard modules from different industries are integrated into a product forming unit, then the unit can achieve high forming pressure capability, but the resulting design becomes complex and non-compact
Solution Approach 1:
The buffering module and pressing module are merged into a single integrated unit with a unified design. This merging reduces the overall system complexity and achieves a compact configuration, eliminating the need for separate, bulky module assemblies while maintaining high forming pressure capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from horizontal module arrangement to a vertical configuration, stacking the buffering and pressing functions in the vertical dimension. This dimensional change achieves a more compact footprint and simplifies the overall design while preserving all required functionalities.
3Area of stationary object
If cellulose blank structure is continuously fed in one direction and intermittently fed in another direction, then the layout becomes compact and efficient, but the feeding mechanism becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The feeding mechanism uses dynamic, movable guide members that can change the direction of material transport. These guide members are positioned and oriented based on the specific feeding requirements, allowing the system to achieve compact layout with differentiated feeding directions without requiring complex mechanical structures.
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
This configuration allows for a significant reduction in installation time, lower investment costs, and a more compact design, facilitating the conversion to cellulose-based products from plastic materials while maintaining efficient production capabilities.
Implementation Method 1
heating the cellulose blank structure to a forming temperature, and pressing the cellulose blank structure with a forming pressure
Implementation Method 2
pressing the cellulose blank structure with a forming pressure
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AI summary
A method for manufacturing non-flat cellulose products from an air-formed cellulose blank structure in a product forming unit. The product forming unit includes a buffering module and a pressing module including one or more forming molds. The method includes providing the cellulose blank structure and feeding the cellulose blank structure to the buffering module; buffering the cellulose blank structure in the buffering module, and feeding the cellulose blank structure from the buffering module to the pressing module; forming cellulose products from the cellulose blank structure in the one or more forming molds by heating the cellulose blank structure to a forming temperature, and pressing the cellulose blank structure with a forming pressure. The cellulose blank structure is continuously fed to the buffering module in a first feeding direction, and intermittently fed from the buffering module in a second feeding direction, wherein the second feeding direction differs from the first feeding direction.