Filter Segment Drum with Prime Troughs for Tobacco Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing filter segment assembly devices in the tobacco processing industry require a large number of components and conveyance elements to achieve efficient and variable production of filter segments, limiting efficiency and variability.
Innovation Solution
A filter segment assembly device with a filter segment barrel for cross-axial transfer, featuring a removal device with a prime number of troughs (≥29) and a sliding/cutting device that rotates to cut filter rods into multiple segments, reducing the number of necessary components and enhancing variability and efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a large number of conveying and processing elements are used to achieve efficient and variable production of filter segments, then productivity and adaptability are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions (conveyance, cutting, stacking, and transfer) into a single integrated drum structure. The drum serves as both a conveying element and a processing station, eliminating the need for separate pusher/cutting devices and discharge mechanisms. This merging of functions maintains high productivity while significantly reducing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The drum is designed as a multi-functional element that performs conveying, cutting, stacking, and transfer operations simultaneously. By making the drum universal in its capabilities, the system achieves variable production of filter segments without requiring multiple specialized components, thus improving productivity while controlling device complexity.
2Manufacturing precision
If multiple pusher/cutting drums are used to cut filter rods into multiple segments, then manufacturing precision is improved, but device complexity and loss of substance increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple cutting operations that would traditionally require separate pusher/cutting drums are merged into a single drum structure. The drum incorporates cutting mechanisms that can perform multiple cuts in sequence during one rotation, achieving the same manufacturing precision with fewer components and reduced material loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The drum performs cutting operations continuously during its rotation, eliminating the need for multiple discrete cutting devices. Each position on the drum can execute a cut, and the continuous rotation ensures uninterrupted processing, maintaining precision while reducing the number of components and material waste associated with transferring between multiple devices.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a prime number of troughs (≥29) are provided in the drum, then adaptability and productivity are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The drum is segmented into a prime number of troughs (≥29), which allows for flexible arrangement and processing of filter segments. The prime number segmentation enables variable production configurations while maintaining systematic organization, achieving high adaptability without excessive complexity through the inherent efficiency of prime number distribution.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a filter segment assembling device of the tobacco processing industry, comprising a section of filter segment for transferring a filter segment (9, 9') in the direction of the transverse axis to a filter segment assembling member (28), wherein a removal device (1, 1', 1'') is provided in the section of filter segment, which is designed to remove a filter rod (8) having a multiple usage length from a filter magazine (21.1-21.5), wherein, in addition, a pushing/cutting device (3, 3', 3'') is provided in the section of filter segment, which is designed to receive the filter rod (8) having multiple usage length, the pushing/cutting device (3, 3', 3'') comprising troughs (7) for receiving filter rods (8), characterized in that the number of troughs (7) is a prime number greater than or equal to 29. The invention relates to a corresponding method for assembling filter segments of the tobacco processing industry.