Disintegrating Machine Bearing Mount Maintenance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Shredding machines with multiple cutter shafts face high maintenance costs due to the time and effort required to replace blade shafts, necessitating an improvement in maintenance ease.

Innovation Solution

The shredding machine incorporates a bearing mount system with a pivoting bridge and bearing plates that allow quick removal and reinstallation of cutter shafts, featuring a multifunctional bearing plate for crane hook connection, storage, and bearing support, reducing the need for separate fastening and enabling backlash-free mounting.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of repair

If traditional bearing mounts are used for cutter shafts, then the structure is simple, but the maintenance time and labor are excessive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemaintenance easeVSAvoidmaintenance time
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of repairVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The bearing mount is divided into a base body and a bridge that can pivot relative to each other. The bridge can be opened independently to provide access to cutter shafts, allowing maintenance personnel to remove and replace cutter shafts quickly without disassembling the entire bearing mount structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The bridge is designed to pivot between a closed position (during operation) and an open position (during maintenance). This dynamic structure allows the bearing mount to transition from a enclosed protective structure to an open access structure, significantly reducing maintenance time while maintaining structural integrity during operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Ease of repair

If cutter shafts are equipped with multifunctional bearing plates, then the ease of maintenance improves, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecutter shaft replacement easeVSAvoidbearing plate complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of repairVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The bearing plate is designed with multiple functions: it provides bearing support for the cutter shaft, serves as a lifting attachment point for cranes, and acts as a support base when the cutter shaft is removed. By integrating these functions into a single component, the patent reduces the number of separate parts needed, simplifying the overall device while improving maintenance ease.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Ease of operation

If the bridge is designed to pivot open for maintenance access, then the ease of operation improves, but the structural complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemaintenance access easeVSAvoidbearing mount structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The bridge is integrated with the base body of the bearing mount, forming a unified structure where the bridge pivots relative to the base body. This merging of components allows the maintenance access function to be achieved without adding completely separate mechanisms, thereby limiting the increase in structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

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 design significantly reduces maintenance time and effort, allowing for rapid replacement of cutter shafts and minimizing operational costs by facilitating easy access and alignment of components.

Implementation Method 1

a bearing receptacle (37, 38) is provided, comprising a base body (37) and a bridge (38) that can pivot relative to the base body (37)

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPivoting: Hinge

Implementation Method 2

at least one bearing plate (53), preferably both bearing plates (53), is equipped at its end with at least one connection for the bearing (25) of the cutter shaft (21, 22)

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectBearing support: Ball Bearing

Implementation Method 3

the bearing plate (53) is equipped with an opening (58) for hooking a crane hook or, in general, for connection to a crane

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMechanical advantage: Mechanical Advantage

Data Source

PatentEP2846918B1Disintegrating machine
Publication Date: 2020.01.22 ERDMANN GMBH & CO KG
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AI summary

The invention relates to a disintegrating machine, in particular a rotor cutter or rotor tearing device, comprising at least a first blade shaft (21), a second blade shaft (22), a frame (23), and a driving device (1) for driving the blade shafts, wherein the blade shafts (21, 22) are rotatably accommodated by means of bearings (25) in bearing receptacles of the frame (1), which bearing receptacles are designed to improve the maintenance friendliness, in particular by means of a maintenance-friendly bearing receptacle and/or quick-exchange coupling and/or quickly removable scrapers and/or multifunctional bearing plates and/or by means of reinforcing ribs, and with regard to a lighter construction while achieving the same or better stability properties.