Conducting Element Marking with Sensor-Guided Tubing Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for marking conducting elements are inefficient, requiring manual insertion and positioning, limiting productivity and accuracy, especially when dealing with varying lengths and diameters of tubing.
Innovation Solution
A device with a guide passage that conveys and opens tubing using flexing forces, combined with sensors to detect the tubing end and object position, enabling automated circumferential arrangement and marking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual insertion and positioning methods are used, then device complexity is reduced, but productivity and measurement precision deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical insertion with an automated guide passage system that uses flexing forces to open the tubing and convey it onto the conducting element. Sensors replace manual visual inspection to detect tubing end and object position automatically, eliminating the need for manual positioning while maintaining simple device operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide passage system automatically opens the tubing using flexing forces during conveyance, and the sensors automatically detect positions and trigger the wrapping process. The system serves itself by eliminating manual intervention for insertion, positioning, and process initiation, thereby increasing productivity without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Productivity
If visual inspection by user is used, then measurement precision can be maintained, but productivity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent substitutes manual visual inspection with optical or electromagnetic sensors that automatically detect the tubing end and conducting element position. These sensors provide precise measurement data to the control unit, enabling accurate positioning without manual intervention and allowing continuous high-speed processing of multiple conducting elements.
3Reliability
If conventional opening method with jaws is used, then device complexity is minimized, but reliability deteriorates due to inconsistent opening
Solution Approach 1:
The guide passage system applies periodic flexing forces to the tubing during conveyance, creating a controlled opening action. This periodic flexing reliably opens the tubing at the correct position and time, ensuring consistent performance across all operations without requiring complex mechanical opening mechanisms.
4Productivity
If manual process initiation is used, then ease of operation is improved, but productivity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The sensors provide feedback to the control unit about tubing end detection and conducting element position. The control unit uses this feedback to automatically initiate the wrapping process at the correct moment, enabling seamless serial marking of multiple elements. The automated feedback-based control maintains ease of operation while dramatically increasing productivity through continuous processing.
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
Increases productivity and simplifies the marking process by allowing for reproducible positioning of tubing around objects of different lengths and diameters, enabling serial marking and reducing manual effort.
Implementation Method 1
a guide passage (110) configured to convey the piece of tubing (210) along a longitudinal direction thereof and to open piece of tubing during a conveying movement under an effect of flexing forces
Implementation Method 2
at least one sensor (116) aligned transversely to the longitudinal direction, the at least one sensor (116) being configured to detect an end of the piece of tubing (210), which end is trailing during the conveying movement, by exposing the at least one sensor (116)
Data Source
AI summary
A device for a circumferentially closed arrangement of a printed piece of tubing around a prolate object includes: a guide passage for conveying the piece of tubing along a longitudinal direction thereof and to open piece of tubing during a conveying movement under an effect of flexing forces; and at least one sensor aligned transversely to the longitudinal direction, the at least one sensor detecting an end of the piece of tubing, which end is trailing during the conveying movement, by exposing the at least one sensor, and detecting the prolate object introduced into the piece of tubing, which is opened, along the longitudinal direction against the conveying movement at an exiting of a trailing end by blocking the at least one sensor.