Flow-pack Packaging Machine Control Board Vertical Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Flow-pack packaging machines typically have a large footprint on the ground, making it difficult to reduce space usage while maintaining accessibility to the unwinding unit for loading packaging material, as placing the electrical control board above the machine can obstruct access for lifting devices.
Innovation Solution
The electrical control board is positioned above the vertical dividing plane and behind the front work area, with a casing that allows access to the unwinding unit from above, reducing the machine's footprint and enabling easy loading of spools without interfering with lifting devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the electrical control board is placed in a raised position above the unwinding unit to reduce ground footprint, then the machine's footprint is reduced, but access from above for lifting devices to load spools is blocked
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical control board is repositioned from a ground-level placement to a raised position mounted on the vertical face of the support frame. This dimensional change allows the control board to occupy vertical space rather than horizontal space, reducing the machine's ground footprint while maintaining accessibility to the unwinding unit from above for spool loading operations
2Ease of operation
If the electrical control board is placed on the ground to ensure easy access and maintenance, then accessibility is improved, but the machine occupies more ground space
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical control board is mounted on the vertical face of the support frame at a height that provides adequate accessibility for operation and maintenance, while transitioning from ground-level placement to vertical mounting reduces the horizontal footprint occupied by the machine
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AI summary
A flow-pack packaging machine comprising: - a support frame (12) including two front uprights (16), an upper front support plate (24) and a lower front support plate (26), said front support plates (24, 26) being oriented vertically and being fixed to said front uprights (16), - an unwinding unit (28) carried by said upper front support plate (24), - a supplying and forming unit (34), a longitudinal welding unit (36) and a cross welding unit (38) carried by said lower front support plate (26), and - an electric control board (44) enclosed in an outer casing (46), wherein the machine (10) has a vertical dividing plane (Pv), coplanar with a front face of said lower front support plate (26) and an upper horizontal plane (Po), tangent to an upper end of said upper front support plate (24), wherein said electric control board (44) is located above said upper horizontal plane (Po) and behind said vertical dividing plane (Pv).