Chip Conveyer With Reversible Partition Plate
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional chip conveyers for machine tools face challenges in efficiently discharging chips that float in cutting fluid, requiring multiple types of conveyers based on workpiece materials, leading to increased production costs and complexity.
Innovation Solution
A chip conveyer with a modular design featuring a partition plate that can be opened or closed, allowing the chip carrying mechanism to change direction depending on the state of the partition plate, enabling efficient discharge of chips on the partition plate and those floating in the cutting fluid without the need for multiple conveyer types, thus reducing production costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If dedicated chip conveyers are produced for different workpiece materials and chip types, then chip discharge efficiency is improved, but production cost increases and device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The chip conveyer is designed with a partition plate that can be positioned in different locations to handle different chip types. When the partition plate is positioned at the first position, it effectively discharges chips that fall on the partition plate. When positioned at the second position, it effectively discharges chips that float in the cutting fluid. This multi-functional design allows a single conveyer to replace multiple dedicated conveyers, reducing production costs while maintaining high chip discharge efficiency for various workpiece materials and chip types.
2Reliability
If multiple types of chip conveyers are produced for different chip discharge scenarios, then chip discharge reliability is improved, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The partition plate is designed to be movable between a first position and a second position, allowing the chip conveyer to dynamically adapt to different chip discharge scenarios. This dynamic configuration enables the same hardware structure to reliably discharge both chips that fall on the partition plate and chips that float in the cutting fluid, eliminating the need to manufacture multiple dedicated conveyer types while maintaining high discharge reliability for each chip type.
3Productivity
If a partition plate is provided for discharging chips, then chip discharge efficiency is improved, but adaptability to different workpiece materials decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The partition plate's position is made adjustable between a first position and a second position. When the partition plate is at the first position, it effectively discharges chips that fall on it. When moved to the second position, it effectively discharges chips that float in the cutting fluid. This dynamic positioning capability allows the chip conveyer to adapt to different workpiece materials and chip types, maintaining high discharge efficiency across various applications without requiring material-specific conveyer designs.
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AI summary
A chip conveyer for a machine tool includes a casing including a chip introducing port and a chip discharging port, and a chip carrying mechanism arranged in the casing so as to extend from the chip introducing port to the chip discharging port. Chips dropped in the casing through the chip introducing port are carried to the chip discharging port by the chip carrying mechanism. A partition plate partitioning an inside of the casing up and down is arranged in the casing, and a portion of the partition plate below the chip introducing port is configured to be openable and closable. A carrying direction of the chip carrying mechanism when the partition plate is in an open state and a carrying direction of the chip carrying mechanism when the partition plate is in a closed state are set to be opposite directions.