Electronic Cigarette Segment Arrangement and Transport System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic cigarette manufacturing apparatuses face limitations in coupling segments in the correct arrangement sequence, leading to defects and reduced productivity due to time differences in segment delivery from parallel hoppers.
Innovation Solution
An electronic cigarette manufacturing apparatus with a supply means, delivery means, transport means, and finishing means that cut and arrange segments into specific lengths and sequences, using semicircular attachment grooves, delivery wheels, arrangement wheels, and conveyors to ensure accurate sequencing and integration of segments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If segments are sequentially transported through a single transport conveyor at time intervals, then continuous supply is achieved, but the segments cannot be coupled in the correct 1-2-3-4 or 4-3-2-1 arrangement sequence
Solution Approach 1:
The transport system is divided into multiple parallel conveyors (first, second, third, fourth conveyors) that independently transport segments. This segmentation allows each conveyor to handle specific segments at controlled intervals, enabling both continuous supply and precise arrangement sequencing when segments are delivered to the coupling position in the correct 1-2-3-4 or 4-3-2-1 order.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple hoppers are formed in parallel to supply segments, then segment supply capacity is increased, but time differences in rotation cause defects and reduced productivity
Solution Approach 1:
The hoppers are configured with different rotation speeds to dynamically adjust segment delivery timing. The first and fourth hoppers rotate at a first speed while the second and third hoppers rotate at a second speed, allowing synchronized delivery of segments in the correct sequence despite parallel operation. This dynamic speed adjustment ensures reliable arrangement sequence consistency while maintaining high supply capacity.
3Manufacturing precision
If segments are transported and coupled with adjusted time differences in rotation, then arrangement sequence may be improved, but defects still occur and work time becomes excessively long
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple parallel conveyors continuously transport segments without interruption, delivering them to the coupling position in the correct arrangement sequence. This continuous operation eliminates the need for stopping and repositioning segments, significantly reducing work time while maintaining high manufacturing precision. The synchronized rotation of hoppers ensures segments are always ready for immediate coupling.
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AI summary
The present apparatus relates to an electronic cigarette manufacturing apparatus, and more particularly, to an electronic cigarette manufacturing apparatus with which electronic cigarettes each composed of a plurality of segments can be easily and quickly manufactured without defects and thus productivity improvement and cost reduction can be achieved. The electronic cigarette manufacturing apparatus includes: a supply means configured to accommodate a plurality of segments that form an electronic cigarette and cut and supply the segments in a set length; a delivery means formed on one lower portion of the supply means and configured to deliver the plurality of supplied segments; a transport means including a conveyor configured to divide and transport the plurality of segments delivered from the delivery means so as to prevent defects in an arrangement sequence and a conveyor for integrally transport the plurality of segments; and a finishing means configured to remove spaces between the segments transported through the transport means and cut the segments into specified lengths of the electronic cigarette.