Grinding Disc Information Pattern for Machine-Readable Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing grinding means, such as grinding discs, lack efficient methods to provide information about their state or usage without requiring removal from a machine tool, and often compromise grinding performance due to ventilation holes.
Innovation Solution
A grinding means with a flexible support element, grinding elements, and a base binder element, where the grinding region forms an information pattern on the grinding side, allowing for fast and reliable information retrieval without removing the grinding means from the machine tool, and maintaining a larger grinding region.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If ventilation holes are made in the grinding means to provide information, then information can be obtained, but the grinding means is weakened
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the information provision function from the structural body of the grinding means. Instead of creating holes in the grinding disc, an information element is applied to the surface, separating the information carrier from the load-bearing structure. This resolves the contradiction by providing information without compromising the structural integrity of the grinding means.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces an information element as an intermediary carrier that conveys information about the grinding means without being part of its structural body. This mediator (information element with machine-readable code) allows information retrieval while the grinding means maintains its full structural strength without any holes or openings.
2Loss of information
If the grinding means is removed from the machine tool to obtain information, then information can be read, but productivity is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The grinding means is equipped with an information element that enables it to provide information about itself while remaining in place on the machine tool. The machine tool's reading device can automatically read the machine-readable code without requiring the grinding means to be removed, allowing the system to serve its own information needs during operation and maintain continuous productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The information element is pre-applied to the grinding means before it is mounted on the machine tool. This preliminary preparation ensures that all necessary information is already available and accessible during the grinding operation, eliminating the need for subsequent removal or separate information retrieval steps that would interrupt productivity.
3Loss of information
If the grinding region is reduced to make room for information elements, then information can be provided, but the grinding performance is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The invention applies information elements to specific locations on the grinding means that do not interfere with the grinding region. By placing information carriers on non-grinding surfaces or edges, the grinding area maintains its full size and performance while still providing necessary information through locally positioned elements that serve the information function without compromising grinding quality or productivity.
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AI summary
A grinding mechanism, in particular a grinding disc, for grinding a workpiece is disclosed. The grinding disc includes (i) a flexible support element, (ii) a plurality of grinding elements for grinding a workpiece, and (iii) a base binder element for arranging the grinding elements on the support element, in particular on a grinding side of the support element. The support element has a grinding region and, adjoining the grinding region, a free region which is in particular free from the, in particular each, base binder element. The grinding mechanism has an edge region which delimits an, in particular maximum, extension of the grinding mechanism and is free from a base binder element.