Electrode Plate Screening with Integrated Test, Cleaning, and Drying
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electrochemical biosensors require manual immersion and detection of electrode plates in standard liquids for accuracy, which is time-consuming and lacks automation for batch processing.
Innovation Solution
An automatic sensor screening and detection device with transfer mechanisms, including vertical and horizontal movements, clamping systems, and integrated cleaning and drying processes, allowing for automated electrode plate testing, cleaning, and drying in a single system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If manual immersion and detection of electrode plates is performed, then detection accuracy can be ensured, but the process is time-consuming and lacks automation for batch processing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple detection stations into a single integrated detection device, where multiple electrode plates can be detected simultaneously in different liquid environments (standard liquid, cleaning liquid, air showering) within one unified system, achieving both automation and batch processing efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The detection device performs multiple functions including detection in standard liquid, cleaning in cleaning liquid, and air showering drying, all within a single automated system that handles multiple electrode plates simultaneously, eliminating the need for separate manual operations
2Productivity
If multiple detection stations are combined into one device, then batch processing efficiency improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The detection device is divided into independent functional modules including first detection station, second detection station, third detection station, transfer mechanisms, and cleaning mechanisms. Each module operates independently but is coordinated through a control system, allowing for easier manufacturing, assembly, and maintenance while achieving batch processing efficiency
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
Enables high-efficiency, automated detection and cleaning of electrode plates, maintaining their state and improving production efficiency through batch processing.
Implementation Method 1
a redox reaction is produced in a liquid to be tested by means of an electrochemical reaction of an electron mediator
Implementation Method 2
the cleaning nozzles being aligned with the detection electrode plate to perform spray cleaning with purified water
Implementation Method 3
the air showering micro-holes being aligned with the detection electrode plate to perform air showering drying
Data Source
AI summary
An automatic sensor screening and detection device, including a box, transfer mechanisms arranged in the box, a test apparatus, a cleaning apparatus, and an air showering apparatus. The transfer mechanisms are configured to sequentially move the detection electrode plate to a clamping piece carrier tray, the test apparatus, the cleaning apparatus, the air showering apparatus, and the clamping piece carrier tray. The test apparatus is provided with a liquid immersion tank and a test board. The detection electrode plate is immersed in the liquid immersion tank. Test probes arranged on the test board are in contact with the detection electrode plate. The cleaning nozzles arranged on the cleaning apparatus are aligned with the detection electrode plate to perform spray cleaning with purified water. The air showering micro-holes arranged on the air showering apparatus are aligned with the detection electrode plate to perform air showering drying.