Clamping Device With Detachable Jaw And Adjustable Arms
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional clamping devices typically have limited clamping points, making them unstable for holding workpieces of different sizes and shapes, and often require specialized designs for specific workpieces, leading to inconvenience and increased costs.
Innovation Solution
A clamping device with a clamp assembly featuring symmetrical clamp arms, a detachable jaw with arc-shaped sections, and an adjustment assembly including a bolt, nut, and spring, allowing for secure clamping of variously sized and shaped workpieces with at least four clamping points, reducing damage and enabling flexible adjustment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the number of clamping points is increased to improve stability, then the clamping force increases, but the workpiece may be damaged
Solution Approach 1:
The clamp arm is divided into multiple clamp pieces (at least two), each with its own clamp jaw, creating multiple independent clamping points. This segmentation allows the clamping force to be distributed across multiple points rather than concentrated at one location, improving stability while reducing damage to the workpiece.
2Reliability
If the clamping device is designed with fixed size and shape to fit specific workpieces, then the clamping effectiveness is improved, but the adaptability to different workpieces is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The clamp jaw is designed with a universal structure featuring arc-shaped clamp surfaces that can adapt to different workpiece shapes and sizes. The adjustable mechanism allows the same device to effectively clamp various types of workpieces, eliminating the need for multiple specialized clamping devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The clamping device incorporates an adjustable mechanism that allows dynamic modification of the clamp arm configuration. This enables the device to adapt its size and shape to match different workpieces, maintaining clamping effectiveness across various applications.
3Manufacturing precision
If specialized clamping devices are designed for specific workpiece types, then the clamping precision is improved, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
A single clamping device design with universal features can achieve precise clamping across different workpiece types, eliminating the need for multiple specialized devices. The arc-shaped clamp surfaces and adjustable mechanism provide precision while reducing device variety and overall system complexity.
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
The device provides stable and versatile clamping of different workpieces with reduced damage, flexibility in adjusting to various shapes and sizes, and cost-effectiveness through interchangeable jaw components and anti-skid surfaces, while requiring minimal installation space.
Implementation Method 1
the adjustment assembly includes a bolt, a nut and a spring
Implementation Method 2
The second arc-shaped section and the horizontal section are each provided with toothed surface
Data Source
AI summary
A clamping device includes: a clamp assembly and an adjustment assembly, the clamp assembly comprises two symmetrical clamp arms which are oppositely hinged to each other. Each of the clamp arms includes two identical and parallel clamp pieces, and a jaw, the jaw is detachably connected between the two clamp pieces, a lower edge of the jaw includes, in order from left to right, a first arc-shaped section, a second arc-shaped section and a horizontal section, the bottoms of the first arc-shaped section, the second arc-shaped section and the horizontal section are at a same plane, the first and second arc-shaped sections are symmetrical to each other, an angle is defined between the first and second arc-shaped sections, a V-shaped groove is defined between the second arc-shaped section and the horizontal section, and the first and second arc-shaped sections are each longer than the horizontal section.