Forming Socket With Segmented Ring For Edible Container Uniformity
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing forming and baking machines for edible, biodegradable containers suffer from significant technological waste due to uneven dough distribution and placement, leading to wavy or unfilled sections in the products, which increases production costs and time.
Innovation Solution
The proposed forming socket design incorporates forming elements between the punch and mold, allowing for controlled pressure and even dough distribution, reducing the gap between the mold and punch, and enabling the formation of products with uniform density and homogeneity, eliminating the need for precise dough placement and dosing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a precision dosing machine is used to measure and place dough exactly in the center of each molding socket, then manufacturing precision is improved, but device complexity and production cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the critical forming function from the dosing process by introducing a dedicated forming element within the molding socket. This forming element takes over the task of shaping and distributing the dough, allowing the dosing machine to perform only the simple function of placing dough anywhere in the socket without requiring precise centering or exact weight measurement.
Solution Approach 2:
The forming element acts as an intermediary between the dough and the mold walls. It receives the dough from the dosing machine and actively distributes it evenly across the molding socket, mediating the transformation from imprecise dough placement to uniform product formation without requiring the dosing machine to be precise.
2Ease of operation
If dough is placed with slight deviation from center or incorrect weight, then ease of operation is improved, but manufacturing precision deteriorates causing wavy unfilled sections
Solution Approach 1:
The forming element performs self-service by automatically distributing the dough evenly across the molding socket through its own movement and deformation. As the forming element is pressed into the dough and then withdrawn, it self-regulates the dough distribution, ensuring uniform filling regardless of the initial placement position or weight of the dough.
Solution Approach 2:
The forming element performs preliminary action by pre-distributing and pre-shaping the dough before the final molding process. This preliminary distribution ensures that when the molding completes, the dough is already evenly spread, preventing wavy or unfilled sections in the final product.
3Manufacturing precision
If the gap between mold and punch is reduced for better precision, then manufacturing precision is improved, but device complexity and difficulty of manufacture increase
Solution Approach 1:
The forming element serves as an intermediary that fills and controls the gap between the mold and punch during the forming process. By positioning and deforming the forming element within this gap, the system achieves precise product formation without requiring the mold and punch to be manufactured with extremely tight tolerances, thus simplifying the manufacturing of the forming socket.
4Manufacturing precision
If forming elements are added between punch and mold, then manufacturing precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The forming element is designed as a segmented or modular component that can be easily installed and removed from the molding socket. This segmentation allows the forming function to be added without permanently complicating the overall forming socket structure, maintaining ease of manufacture and operation.
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 design significantly reduces technological waste, production time, and costs by ensuring uniform density and quality of the products, particularly for hot drinks, without requiring precise dough dosing or placement.
Implementation Method 1
A heater is installed in the punch cavity
Implementation Method 2
Another heater can also be installed in a cavity formed in the body, in which the mold is installed
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a forming socket of a forming and baking machine for manufacturing of edible, biodegradable containers for hot and cold beverages and food. The forming socket (1) of the forming and baking machine, includes a body (2), in which a mold (3) is mounted, whereby a punch (4) is movably positioned in the mold (3). Between the punch (4) and the mold (3) are installed one or more forming elements, above and/or on the sides of which a production waste area (16) is formed. The forming element (15) is an integral or consisting of two arcs, conical or cylindrical ring.