Diverting Segments for High-Speed Container Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing diverting devices for containers, such as bottles, face challenges in maintaining high transport speeds while reliably diverting containers without causing tipping or collisions, due to braking effects and excessive accelerations.
Innovation Solution
A diverting device with multiple segments that have a diverting surface parallel to the transport direction, allowing for controlled diversion with negligible braking and reduced risk of tipping, using a low coefficient of friction and independent motor control for each segment to manage the diversion process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If curved diverting segments are used to divert containers from the transport path, then containers can be diverted onto a diversion path, but considerable braking effects occur and containers can tip over due to excessive accelerations
Solution Approach 1:
The diverting device is divided into multiple individual diverting segments (at least two) that can be independently controlled. Each segment can be moved between a retracted position and an extended position, allowing the container to be diverted in steps rather than through a single curved path, thereby reducing braking effects and excessive accelerations.
Solution Approach 2:
The diverting segments are designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing dynamic adjustment of the diverting process. The segments can be extended and retracted in a controlled manner to match the container's speed, minimizing braking effects while maintaining container stability during diversion.
2Reliability
If diverting segments are extended transversely to the transport direction to divert containers, then containers can be diverted from the transport path, but braking effects cause containers to tip over
Solution Approach 1:
The diverting segments are moved into position and extended in a controlled sequence before the container reaches each segment. This preliminary positioning allows the segments to be ready to gently guide the container onto the diversion path without causing sudden braking effects that would tip the container.
Solution Approach 2:
The diverting segments can be adjusted in their extension distance and timing parameters. By controlling the extent to which each segment is extended and the timing of its movement, the system can minimize braking effects while achieving reliable container diversion.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables diversion of containers at higher speeds with reduced risk of tipping and collisions, allowing for flexible diversion paths and simultaneous handling of multiple containers, while minimizing forces and accelerations on the containers.
Implementation Method 1
The diverting surfaces are designed to run parallel to the transport direction of the container, which significantly reduces the coefficient of friction between the container and the diverting segments, allowing containers to be diverted at higher speeds without tipping
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AI summary
The invention relates to a diverting device for diverting containers, such as bottles, from a transport path. The diverting device (100) comprises a stationary frame (101) which is arranged adjacently to the transport path and in which at least two diverting segments (102-104) are arranged that are designed to be movable perpendicularly to the central axis of the transport path. The diverting segments are suitable for diverting a container from the transport path, said diverting segments comprising a diverting surface (151) which is parallel to the transport direction of the containers in the transport path and which can come into contact with a container to be diverted.