Conveying Guide Device for Angled Transfer Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conveyor systems for piece goods, such as parcels and luggage, face challenges in maintaining optimal alignment during transfer from one conveyor section to another, leading to inefficiencies and potential damage due to twisting and misalignment, especially in mail sorting areas where trays are angled, causing packages to occupy multiple trays or get trapped.
Innovation Solution
A conveyor system with a guide device that supports piece goods on one side along the infeed conveying direction, allowing them to be transferred without changing orientation, featuring a tilting device and transport rollers to facilitate smooth and controlled transfer, ensuring alignment is maintained during the transition from the infeed conveyor section to the induction conveyor section.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If piece goods are transferred from an infeed conveyor line to an induction conveyor line at an angle, then the sorting capacity is improved, but the alignment of piece goods deteriorates causing them to occupy multiple trays
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a transfer conveyor line as an intermediary element between the infeed conveyor line and the induction conveyor line. This transfer conveyor line is arranged at an angle to both conveyor lines and serves as a mediator to transfer piece goods while maintaining their alignment. The transfer conveyor line enables the angled transfer to occur without causing the piece goods to twist or misalign, thus resolving the contradiction between improving sorting capacity and maintaining alignment precision.
2Adaptability or versatility
If piece goods are transferred between conveyor sections with different directions, then the conveying flexibility is improved, but the piece goods twist resulting in misalignment
Solution Approach 1:
The transfer conveyor line acts as an intermediary that bridges the directional difference between the infeed conveyor line and the induction conveyor line. By being arranged at an angle to both, it provides a smooth transition path that allows piece goods to be conveyed flexibly between different directions without experiencing sudden directional changes that would cause twisting and misalignment.
3Manufacturing precision
If complex alignment control systems are implemented, then the alignment precision is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The transfer conveyor line is designed to maintain alignment automatically through its geometric arrangement and friction-based contact. The piece goods are supported by the transfer conveyor line in a way that naturally maintains their orientation without requiring active control systems. The friction contact between the piece goods and the transfer conveyor line provides passive alignment maintenance, eliminating the need for complex active alignment control mechanisms.
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 system enables efficient and damage-free transfer of piece goods by maintaining optimal alignment, reducing sorting capacity issues and equipment damage, while allowing for gentle tipping and stable transport along the infeed conveying direction without additional drive means.
Implementation Method 1
The piece goods are transported along the infeed conveying direction resting on the infeed conveying section and on the guide device
Implementation Method 2
In order to enable the piece goods to be tilted as easily as possible for transfer and to achieve an even more abrupt change in transport direction
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AI summary
The invention discloses a conveying system (2) for the controlled transfer of a unit load (4) from a feed conveying section (6) with a feed conveying direction (106) to an infeed conveying section (8) with an infeed conveying direction (108). The feed conveying section (6) opens into the infeed conveying section (8) at an angle within a transfer area (16) and is arranged above the infeed conveying section (8). The conveying system comprises a guide device (18) as a support for one side along an edge of the unit load (4) and is aligned along its length along the feed conveying direction (106) and is arranged above the infeed conveying section (8), on a side of the transfer area (16) facing away from the infeed conveying direction (108). The invention discloses a method for the controlled transfer of a unit load (4) from the feed conveying section (6) to the infeed conveying section (8).