Conveying Device Diverting Assembly Interval Mismatch
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing conveyors struggle with maintaining stability in material feeding when feeding and picking intervals are different or irregular, leading to potential equipment damage.
Innovation Solution
A conveying device with a diverting assembly comprising multiple conveyor belts and transfer vehicles that allow trays to circulate in a loop, enabling bidirectional movement and adjusting intervals to match supply and demand, ensuring stable material conveyance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a linear conveyor belt is used for material handling, then the structure is simple and easy to operate, but the feeding interval must match the picking interval exactly, causing equipment damage when intervals differ
Solution Approach 1:
The conveyor belt is divided into multiple independent conveying sections (first conveying section, second conveying section, third conveying section, fourth conveying section) that can operate independently with different speeds and intervals. This segmentation allows each section to be optimized for its specific function (feeding, transporting, picking, returning) without requiring synchronized intervals, thereby maintaining feeding stability while keeping the overall system simple to operate.
2Reliability
If the conveyor belt operates intermittently to adjust for different feeding and picking intervals, then feeding stability can be maintained, but equipment damage occurs due to frequent stopping and starting
Solution Approach 1:
The conveyor system employs dynamic speed control where each conveying section can operate at different speeds continuously without stopping. The first conveying section operates at a speed matching the feeding interval, while the second conveying section operates at a speed matching the picking interval. This dynamic speed adjustment eliminates the need for intermittent stopping and starting, maintaining feeding stability while preventing equipment damage from mechanical stress.
3Device complexity
If a single-direction conveyor belt is used, then the device complexity is low, but the adaptability to different feeding and picking intervals is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The conveyor belt is designed with multi-functionality by creating a closed-loop structure with four distinct conveying sections that can handle different operations simultaneously. The system can accommodate various feeding and picking intervals by assigning different speeds to different sections, making it adaptable to diverse material handling requirements while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure based on a single continuous belt.
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AI summary
A conveying device (100), comprising a diverting assembly (10), a feeding belt (20), a loading belt (30), and an unloading belt (40). The diverting assembly (10) comprises a first conveyor belt (11), a second conveyor belt (12), a first diverting belt (13), a second diverting belt (14) and transfer vehicles (15) which are arranged to form a closed loop; the transfer vehicle (15) is configured for changing a conveying direction of a tray (90). In the conveying device (100), the provision of the diverting assembly (10) resolves the technical problem of mismatched intervals between the feeding of the feeding belt (20) and the supplying of the loading belt (30), ensuring the stability of supplying.