Container handling machine foot
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing machine feet for container handling machines, particularly in hygienically sensitive areas, face challenges with contamination from spills and residue buildup, requiring complex designs and large adjustment ranges, while failing to meet hygiene standards and ease of cleaning.
Innovation Solution
A height-adjustable machine foot with a protective sleeve that covers all functional components, allowing for large adjustment ranges and enhanced protection against contamination, featuring sealing elements and detachable connections for easy maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If machine feet are designed with exposed functional components for height adjustment, then ease of operation is improved, but contamination protection deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The protective sleeve is arranged telescopically around the carrier unit, allowing the sleeve to enclose the functional components when needed while permitting access when required. This nested configuration enables the protective sleeve to cover the carrier unit for contamination protection while allowing operation when the sleeve is retracted or removed.
Solution Approach 2:
The protective sleeve acts as a flexible barrier that can be moved between covering and non-covering positions. The sleeve provides a physical shield against contamination while maintaining ease of operation through its movable design, resolving the contradiction between protection and accessibility.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If machine feet are designed with complex structures for hygiene protection, then contamination protection is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The protective sleeve integrates with the existing carrier unit structure through a telescopic arrangement, avoiding the need for separate complex hygiene protection systems. This nested design provides effective contamination protection while maintaining relatively simple overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The protective sleeve serves multiple functions: it protects against contamination, allows for height adjustment range, and can be easily removed or moved for maintenance. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate components, thereby limiting device complexity while achieving comprehensive hygiene protection.
3Adaptability or versatility
If machine feet are designed with large adjustment ranges, then adaptability is improved, but contamination exposure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The protective sleeve is arranged to move telescopically with the carrier unit, ensuring that the functional components remain enclosed throughout the entire adjustment range. This maintains contamination protection regardless of the height adjustment position, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and contamination exposure.
Solution Approach 2:
The protective sleeve is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing it to dynamically adjust its position relative to the carrier unit. This dynamic arrangement ensures continuous protection during height adjustment operations, maintaining contamination protection while enabling full adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
A container handling machine, such as a container filling machine or container closing machine, is used to handle containers, such as bottles, cans, and similar containers, which containers are configured to hold or contain a beverage, such as water, soft drinks, beer, wine, and juices, or a similar product for transport and consumption by consumers of beverages and similar products. Such container handling machines are usually supported on container handling machine feet, which can be adjusted in height.