Flexible Component Routing Layout Using Motion Simulation Scans
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for flexible component routing design are time-consuming and costly, relying heavily on R&D experience and subjective judgment, often requiring repeated physical verification tests and re-manufacturing when initial designs fail to meet requirements.
Innovation Solution
A method involving robots and scanning technology to simulate operational motion states of flexible components, obtaining and comparing routing data sets to determine optimal routing designs, which includes adjusting the length and angle of the flexible component and filling it with fluid under pressure for testing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If routing design relies on R&D experience and subjective judgment with physical verification tests, then design accuracy can be achieved, but time consumption and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the flexible component and its surrounding environment in a simulation system. This virtual model allows routing design verification without physical prototypes, enabling multiple design iterations rapidly while maintaining design accuracy through virtual measurement and analysis capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces physical mechanical verification tests with a computer-based simulation system. The simulation model replicates the mechanical behavior, constraints, and operational conditions of the flexible component, allowing routing design validation through virtual computation rather than physical experimentation.
2Reliability
If physical verification tests are conducted and re-manufacturing is performed when requirements are not met, then design reliability is improved, but cost and time loss increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary routing design verification through simulation before actual manufacturing. The simulation system evaluates routing designs under various operational conditions in advance, identifying potential issues before physical production, thereby ensuring design reliability while avoiding costly re-manufacturing cycles.
Solution Approach 2:
The simulation system provides immediate feedback on routing design performance by comparing simulated operational results against design requirements. This feedback mechanism allows designers to iteratively optimize routing designs within the virtual environment, ensuring reliability requirements are met before manufacturing begins.
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AI summary
A method, system and apparatus for flexible component routing design, wherein a flexible component includes a first end and a second end, includes moving the second end relative to the first end to simulate an operational motion state of the flexible component, scanning the flexible component to obtain a first set of routing data for the flexible component, changing position of the second end from a first position to a second position, moving the second end relative to the first end to simulate an operational motion state of the flexible component, scanning the flexible component to obtain a second set of routing data for the flexible component, and comparing the first set of routing data with the second set of routing data to determine a routing design for the flexible component.