Glass Container Storage System with Movable Baffle
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage systems for glass containers with unstable shapes face issues of increased risk of overturning, scratching, and damage due to contact with baffles or other containers during storage and handling, particularly during bumps or accelerations.
Innovation Solution
A temporary storage system utilizing a conveyor belt and a movable baffle with synchronizing control, which transfers containers from an advancement line to a storage conveyor, ensuring uniform distribution and minimizing contact between containers, using a sliding drawing device and adjustable baffle configurations to prevent clustering and damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a baffle is placed to deviate containers towards storage table, then container storage is enabled, but contact between containers and baffle increases risk of overturning and damage
Solution Approach 1:
A transfer conveyor belt is introduced as an intermediary device between the feeding line and storage table. The transfer conveyor belt receives containers from the feeding line and transports them to the storage table, eliminating direct contact with the baffle and reducing the risk of overturning and damage while maintaining storage capability
Solution Approach 2:
The transfer conveyor belt performs preliminary action by receiving containers before they reach the baffle and redirecting them to the storage table. This preliminary transfer action prevents containers from contacting the baffle and reduces the harmful effects of potential overturning
2Productivity
If baffle is used to redirect containers, then storage function is achieved, but containers gather on storage table leading to clustering and increased damage risk
Solution Approach 1:
The transfer conveyor belt is divided into multiple independent conveyors that can operate separately. Each conveyor can be controlled independently to distribute containers uniformly across the storage table, preventing clustering while maintaining storage function
Solution Approach 2:
The transfer conveyor belt is made movable and adjustable, allowing dynamic control of container distribution. The conveyors can be positioned and adjusted to optimize container spacing and prevent clustering on the storage table
3Stability of the object's composition
If containers are conveyed on conveyor belt above support, then container stability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The transfer conveyor belt serves multiple functions: it acts as both a support structure for container conveyance and a transfer mechanism between feeding line and storage table. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate components, thereby reducing overall system complexity while maintaining container stability
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AI summary
A temporary storage system for storing containers made of glass and not, comprising: -advancement means (2) for advancement of the containers along an advancement line (20); -a storage (3) comprising a conveyor (30) which receives the containers coming from the advancement line (20) and moves transversally to the advancement line (20); -transfer means (4) for transferring the containers from the advancement means (2) to said storage (3); said transfer means (4) comprising a baffle (40) which at least in one operating configuration extends transversally to the advancement line (20) in order to intercept the containers and displace the containers onto the storage (3). The baffle (40) is movable along the advancement line (20).