Electric Guide Rail Conveyor With Windable Belt for Length Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing guide rail type conveying systems face challenges in simplifying the installation process of conveying members, as they require on-site cutting of conveyer belts to match different guide rail lengths, which is inefficient and inconvenient.
Innovation Solution
The electric guide rail type conveying system incorporates an elastically deformable conveying member with a windable structure, preassembled on rotating members, allowing for easy adjustment and installation by tensioning and loosening mechanisms, eliminating the need for on-site cutting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the conveying member is made as a fixed-length conveyer belt, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but it cannot adapt to different guide rail lengths without on-site cutting
Solution Approach 1:
The conveying member is designed as a windable structure that can dynamically change its effective length by being wound or unwound around rotating members, allowing adaptation to different guide rail lengths without requiring cutting or complex adjustment mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The conveying member is stored in a nested configuration by winding it around rotating members within the transmission case, allowing a long conveying member to be compactly stored and easily installed without requiring large installation space
2Ease of operation
If the conveying member is made elastically deformable and windable, then the installation process is simplified and no on-site cutting is needed, but the structure becomes more complex with rotating members and elastic deformation mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The conveying member is pre-assembled in a wound state around rotating members within the transmission case before installation, allowing for quick and easy installation by simply connecting the transmission cases to the guide rail ends without requiring on-site cutting or complex assembly procedures
Solution Approach 2:
The transmission case integrates multiple functions including housing, rotation support for the conveying member, and tensioning mechanisms, combining what could be separate components into a single integrated unit to reduce overall system complexity
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 solution simplifies the installation process by allowing the conveying member to adapt to different guide rail lengths without on-site cutting, enhancing efficiency and reducing installation complexity.
Implementation Method 1
one end of the conveying member being elastically deformably wound on the first rotating member in a first winding direction; when a relative outer portion of the conveying member wound on the first rotating member is separated from the first rotating member, a first elastic resilience opposite to the first winding direction is generated
Data Source
AI summary
An electric guide rail type conveying system comprises a driving motor, a guide rail, a main transmission case, an auxiliary transmission case, a conveying member, and a moving trolley. Both ends of the conveying member are elastically deformably wound on the first rotating member and the second rotating member of a main transmission case body in two opposite winding direction. Before installation, the conveying member is basically wound on the first rotating member and the second rotating member. When a relative outer portion of the conveying member wound on the first rotating member is separated from the rotating member, a first elastic resilience opposite to one of the two opposite winding direction is generated; with the increase of a portion, separated from the first rotating member, of the conveying member, the first elastic resilience will increase; otherwise, the first elastic resilience will decrease.