Gear-Coupled Product Carrier Alignment for High-Speed Poultry Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for processing slaughtered products, such as poultry, face challenges with inaccurate mutual positioning of product carriers during transfer, leading to high error rates and system downtime, especially at increased processing speeds due to varying product weights and lengths of conveying members.
Innovation Solution
A system with a transmission device using gear wheel transmissions to couple circulating elements with a fixed ratio, allowing for precise adjustment of product carrier alignment through displacement of gear wheels' centers of gravity, enabling accurate and reliable transfer of products between carriers while maintaining operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the conveying speed is increased to improve production capacity, then productivity increases, but the positioning accuracy of product carriers deteriorates leading to higher error rates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the positioning of product carriers during operation. The displacement device allows real-time modification of the angular position of gear wheels, which in turn adjusts the positioning of product carriers on circulating elements to compensate for positioning errors that occur at higher conveying speeds
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates detection devices that monitor the actual positioning of product carriers and provide feedback signals. Based on this feedback, the control device activates the displacement device to correct positioning deviations, ensuring accurate transfer even at increased processing speeds
2Manufacturing precision
If the system is stopped to adjust positioning settings when positioning accuracy deteriorates, then positioning accuracy can be improved, but downtime increases
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning adjustment mechanism is designed to operate dynamically during system operation. The displacement device can modify the angular position of gear wheels while the circulating elements are rotating, allowing continuous positioning optimization without stopping the system
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous operation by enabling positioning adjustments during runtime. The control device receives feedback signals and activates the displacement device to correct positioning errors without interrupting the conveying process, ensuring uninterrupted production flow
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
The system ensures reliable transfer of slaughtered products at higher speeds with reduced failure rates by allowing real-time adjustment of carrier alignment, minimizing incorrect transfers and system downtime.
Implementation Method 1
a transmission device (30) which is configured for coupling the first and second circulating element (8, 18) to each other using a fixed transmission ratio, such as for example using a gear wheel transmission
Implementation Method 2
a displacement device (60) which is adapted to displace the centre of gravity of at least one of the first transmission gear wheel (36) and the second transmission gear wheel (38) while maintaining the toothed engagement
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AI summary
The invention relates to a system for processing slaughtered products, comprising a first and second circulating element and first and second product carriers cooperating with these, and a transmission device for coupling the first and second circulating elements for opposite rotation, wherein a slaughtered product is transferred from a first to a second product carrier at a transfer location, comprising a first and second gear wheel connected to the first and second circulating element, wherein the first gear wheel is coupled to the second gear wheel via a first and second transmission gear wheel for rotation, and a displacement device which is adapted to displace the centre of gravity of the first and/or second transmission gear wheel while maintaining the toothed engagement, in such a way that an angular position of the first gear wheel changes with respect to an angular position of the second gear wheel. The invention also relates to a method for positioning product carriers of such a system.