Brush-Type Deburring Machine Pressing Device for Short Profiles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Brush-type deburring machines struggle with deburring very short metal pipe sections, which are light and prone to falling out due to their small size and weight.
Innovation Solution
A pressing device with a resilient steel spring is integrated between conveying discs to exert a radial inward force, preventing the pipe sections from falling out by pressing them against the aperture's inner wall, allowing for secure gripping and deburring of both individual and bundled sections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If very short pipe sections are inserted into the brush-type deburring machine, then the machine can process short profiles, but the light pipe sections fall out due to insufficient gripping force
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the anti-weight principle by introducing a pressing device that exerts an additional force counteracting the gravitational force on the light pipe sections. The pressing device, positioned between the conveying discs, applies a downward force that compensates for the insufficient gripping force, preventing the light pipe sections from falling out during insertion and processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies the preliminary action principle by having the pressing device already in position and ready to exert force before the pipe sections are inserted. The pressing device is pre-configured between the conveying discs to immediately apply the necessary retaining force as soon as the pipe sections are inserted, ensuring reliable gripping from the start of the processing cycle.
2Reliability
If a pressing device is added to prevent pipe sections from falling out, then gripping reliability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the intermediary principle by introducing a pressing device as a mediator element between the conveying discs and the pipe sections. This pressing device serves as an intermediate force application mechanism that transfers the retaining force needed to prevent pipe sections from falling out, thereby improving gripping reliability without requiring fundamental changes to the existing conveying disc structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies the universality principle by designing the pressing device to serve multiple functions: it provides the retaining force to prevent pipe sections from falling out, and it works in conjunction with the existing conveying discs to maintain the pipe sections in the correct position during processing. This multi-functional approach improves reliability without proportionally increasing complexity.
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 solution effectively secures short and light metal pipe sections within the deburring machine, ensuring they remain in place during processing, enhancing the machine's ability to handle very short pipe sections without falling out, and allowing for efficient deburring of both individual and bundled profiles.
Implementation Method 1
a pressing device which is arranged between the corresponding apertures in the opposed conveying discs and by which a force is capable of being exerted upon the at least one elongate profile in a direction radially towards the inside with respect to the conveying discs into the corresponding apertures
Implementation Method 2
the pressing device to have a spring which is made elongate in the conveying direction and the end of which facing away from the corresponding apertures is arranged fixed in position on a frame of the brush-type deburring machine and the free end of which facing the corresponding apertures rests radially on the outside on the at least one elongate profile so as to exert force radially towards the inside
Implementation Method 3
The elongate profile is conveyed by the rotation of the conveying discs overhead about—i.e. above, that is facing away from the ground—the axis of rotation of the conveying discs
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AI summary
The invention concerns a brush-type deburring machine for deburring opposed ends of at least one elongate profile formed in a longitudinal direction during conveying in a conveying direction with two rows of conveying discs arranged in the conveying direction, wherein the conveying discs are arranged opposite one another in pairs and in each case have at least one aperture corresponding to an opposite aperture for receiving the at least one elongate profile, a gripping device by which the at least one elongate profile is capable of being inserted into the mutually corresponding apertures, with a pressing device arranged between the corresponding apertures and by which a force is capable of being exerted upon the at least one elongate profile in a direction radially towards the inside with respect to the conveying discs into the corresponding apertures.