Conveying System Workpiece Distribution Rotary Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conveying systems that fail to separate workpieces during transport lead to overlapping, resulting in uneven irradiation, inspection errors, and uneven treatment in processing applications such as screening, curing, and heat treatment.
Innovation Solution
A conveying system comprising a first and second conveying mechanism, a workpiece guide, a displacement mechanism, and sensors to ensure workpieces are distributed and aligned without overlapping, using a rotary or linear motion to adjust the position of the first conveying mechanism and guide workpieces onto the second mechanism.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If workpieces are continuously fed and conveyed without neat arrangement, then productivity is improved, but workpieces overlap during conveyance causing inspection errors and uneven treatment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a vibrating mechanism that dynamically adjusts the conveyance of workpieces through controlled vibrations. The vibration frequency and amplitude are optimized to separate overlapping workpieces while maintaining continuous feeding, thus resolving the contradiction between productivity and arrangement precision
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses periodic vibrations applied to the conveyance mechanism to intermittently adjust workpiece positions. This periodic action prevents overlapping by creating temporal separation between workpieces during conveyance, allowing continuous feeding while maintaining proper spacing
2Device complexity
If workpieces are conveyed while overlapping, then device complexity is reduced, but inspection accuracy and treatment uniformity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a vibrating mechanism as an intermediary element between the feeding mechanism and the inspection area. This intermediary component actively manages workpiece spacing through vibrations, ensuring non-overlapping conveyance without requiring complex positioning systems
3Productivity
If workpieces are thrown to inspection area with momentum, then productivity is improved, but workpiece positioning precision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies preliminary vibrations to workpieces before they reach the inspection area. This preliminary action pre-positions workpieces and prevents overlapping just before inspection, ensuring accurate positioning while maintaining high conveyance speed through momentum
Data Source
AI summary
A conveying system includes a first belt conveyor; a second belt conveyor; a workpiece guide that includes guide paths that receive workpieces that have fallen from a downstream end portion of the first belt conveyor one by one and then guide the workpieces to an upstream end portion of the second belt conveyor; a rotary mechanism that displaces the downstream end portion along a substantially arc-shaped trajectory to distribute the workpieces that have fallen from the downstream end portion into the guide paths; a first sensor that detects first information that represents that one of the workpieces has fallen from the downstream end portion; and a controlling device that controls an operation of the rotary mechanism. The controlling device controls the rotary mechanism by transmitting an operation command to the displacement mechanism to intermittently displace the downstream end portion by a predetermined distance in response to first information.