Detection Shaft Pressure Control for Consistent Polishing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current polishing processes rely heavily on manual operation, which fails to consistently control and automatically compensate for pressure between the grinding wheel and workpiece, leading to inconsistent machining quality and efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A method utilizing a detection shaft to measure pressure or moment between the polishing wheel and workpiece, with a controller determining differences and adjusting an adjustment shaft to maintain consistent pressure, ensuring stable and accurate machining by continuously compensating for pressure variations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If manual operation is used for polishing, then the equipment is simple and easy to operate, but the machining accuracy and quality consistency cannot be maintained due to inability to control pressure

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemachining accuracyVSAvoidequipment complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs a detection shaft with sensors to continuously monitor the pressure between the polishing wheel and workpiece, feeding this information back to a control system that automatically adjusts the polishing pressure to maintain consistency, thereby resolving the contradiction between machining precision and equipment complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs automatic detection and compensation of pressure variations without requiring manual intervention, allowing the polishing equipment to self-regulate and maintain consistent machining quality while reducing operational complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Measurement precision

If pressure sensor is mounted on work holder as in prior art, then the sensor can detect pressure, but it detects all pressures including those caused by coupling factors between grinding object and workpiece

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepressure detection accuracyVSAvoiddetection system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the pressure detection function from the work holder and relocates it to a dedicated detection shaft positioned between the polishing wheel and workpiece, isolating the measurement from interfering coupling factors and achieving more precise pressure detection

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The detection shaft acts as an intermediary component that specifically measures the direct contact pressure between polishing wheel and workpiece, separating this measurement from other forces and coupling effects that would interfere with accurate detection

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Adaptability or versatility

If frequency converter control is used for grinding wheel, then the rotation speed can be adjusted, but the current feedback cannot accurately reflect the pressure between grinding wheel and workpiece

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespeed adjustment capabilityVSAvoidpressure measurement accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a dedicated pressure detection shaft as an intermediary measurement device that directly measures the contact pressure between polishing wheel and workpiece, providing accurate pressure feedback independent of the frequency converter's current signals

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the electrical current-based pressure inference method with a direct mechanical pressure sensing system using the detection shaft and mounted sensors, achieving more accurate and reliable pressure measurement

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

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

This approach stabilizes the pressure between the polishing wheel and workpiece, enhancing machining quality and efficiency, and reducing manual labor, while accommodating wear in the polishing wheel.

Implementation Method 1

detecting a pressure between a polishing wheel and a polished workpiece by a detection shaft or detecting a moment generated on the detection shaft by the pressure between the polishing wheel and the polished workpiece

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPressure detection:

Data Source

PatentEP3457225B1Method for detection, control and automatic compensation of pressure during polishing
Publication Date: 2023.03.01 TUNG HING AUTOMATION INVESTMENT LTD
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AI summary

The invention relates to a method for detecting, controlling and automatically compensating pressure in a polishing process, including: detecting a pressure between a polishing wheel and a polished workpiece by a detection shaft or a moment generated on the detection shaft, and outputting the detected pressure or moment to a controller; comparing the detected pressure or moment with a preset pressure or moment and determining whether there is a difference between them; calculating a compensation feeding amount based on the difference and outputting an adjustment signal to an adjustment shaft based on the compensation feeding amount; and moving the adjustment shaft correspondingly based on the adjustment signal so as to drive the polishing wheel or the polished workpiece to move correspondingly to adjust a relative position between the polishing wheel and the polished workpiece so that the difference keeps consistent.