Egg Transport Device with Variable Speed Distribution Belts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current egg transport devices face disruptions in distributing eggs over discharge tracks due to uncontrolled movement of eggs, leading to potential blockages and increased risk of breakage, which reduces packaging capacity and requires manual intervention.
Innovation Solution
An egg transport device with a conveyor belt and independently drivable distribution belts, equipped with sensors to control the drive based on egg flow and accumulation, ensuring reliable distribution with reduced manual intervention and minimizing breakage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the speed of the feed mat is increased to deliver more eggs, then the productivity is improved, but the risk of egg breakage increases due to accumulation and pushing pressure
Solution Approach 1:
The feed mat speed is made variable rather than constant. The control device adjusts the feed mat speed dynamically based on real-time egg flow conditions detected by sensors, allowing the system to optimize productivity while preventing egg accumulation and breakage during distribution transitions.
Solution Approach 2:
Sensors detect egg flow conditions and provide feedback to the control device, which then adjusts the feed mat speed accordingly. This closed-loop control ensures that eggs are delivered at optimal speeds without accumulation, resolving the contradiction between productivity and egg safety.
2Reliability
If manual intervention is used to clear blockages, then the reliability of egg distribution is improved, but the productivity decreases due to production stoppage
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-diagnosis and self-correction through sensors that detect distribution issues and control devices that automatically adjust feed mat speed or activate distribution belts to clear blockages, eliminating the need for manual intervention and maintaining continuous productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
Manual mechanical clearing of blockages is replaced by an automated control system that uses sensors to detect issues and electronically controls the feed mat and distribution belts to resolve blockages automatically, maintaining both reliability and productivity.
3Productivity
If the feed mat speed is increased to match packaging capacity, then the productivity is improved, but the flow control precision deteriorates leading to uncontrolled egg movement
Solution Approach 1:
The feed mat operates at variable speeds rather than a fixed high speed. The control device dynamically adjusts the speed to match packaging capacity requirements while maintaining precise egg flow control through real-time sensor feedback, resolving the contradiction between productivity and flow precision.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to an egg transport device for a packaging device for eggs, comprising a distribution conveyor which extends in a direction of transport from a feed outer end to a discharge outer end and which, as seen in the direction of transport, is bounded on either side by guides extending at least substantially in the direction of transport, which egg transport device is adapted to deliver eggs over at least two discharge tracks of a discharge conveyor (12) which are distributed in a width direction extending at right angles to the direction of transport, wherein the feed conveyor comprises at least over a part of its length at least two distribution belts (17) extending parallel to each other and drivable independently of each other by drive devices, and distributing sections (9) lying in the line thereof, and sensors (7,10) are further provided which during use detect the delivery of an egg to a distributing section (9).