Hinged Multi-Function Clamp for Gland Seal and Sliding Cover Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing auxiliary assembly tools for industrial products are limited in their functionality, requiring separate tools for different types of products such as gland seals and sliding covers, leading to increased costs and reduced assembly efficiency due to the need for multiple tool types and complex management.
Innovation Solution
A multi-functional clamp with a hinged clamping structure, featuring oppositely arranged pressing and pressure receiving parts, extending arms with protrusions, and position-limiting mechanisms, allowing for the assembly of both gland seals and sliding covers with improved adaptability and efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate auxiliary assembly tools are used for different types of covers (gland seals and sliding covers), then each tool can be optimized for its specific function, but the number of tool types increases and tool management becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The clamp is designed with a universal structure that can accommodate both gland seals and sliding covers. The clamping arms are equipped with adjustable clamping surfaces and positioning structures that adapt to different cover types, allowing a single tool to perform multiple assembly functions without requiring separate specialized tools for each cover type.
Solution Approach 2:
The clamp incorporates adjustable and reconfigurable elements such as movable clamping arms with adjustable positioning features. The tool can dynamically adapt its clamping configuration through simple adjustments, enabling it to handle different cover types (gland seals, sliding covers) with varying dimensions and assembly requirements, thus achieving versatility without increasing tool inventory.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple types of auxiliary assembly tools are maintained for different products, then each product type can have a specialized tool, but tool costs increase and assembly efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The clamp is designed as a universal assembly tool that can handle multiple product types including toys, lamps, and plugs with different cover types. By consolidating multiple specialized tools into one multi-functional clamp, the system reduces tool inventory complexity and improves assembly efficiency through a standardized, easily manageable tool that covers all product variants.
Solution Approach 2:
The clamp allows for parameter adjustments such as clamping force, arm positioning, and fixture configuration to accommodate different product specifications. This flexibility enables the same tool to efficiently assemble various product types by simply adjusting its parameters rather than switching between multiple specialized tools, thereby maintaining high assembly efficiency across different products.
3Device complexity
If a single multi-functional clamp is used for different cover types, then tool costs and complexity are reduced, but the clamping force distribution may become suboptimal for specific cover types
Solution Approach 1:
The clamp features locally optimized clamping surfaces and positioning structures on its arms that are specifically designed to match the geometry of different cover types. These localized features ensure that when the clamp is adjusted for a specific cover type, the clamping force is precisely distributed at the critical contact points, maintaining high assembly precision even though the tool structure itself remains unified and simple.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The multi-functional clamp enhances usability and assembly efficiency by enabling the same tool to handle various types of covers, reducing tool costs and complexity while maintaining strength and ease of use.
Implementation Method 1
a first clamping arm and a second clamping arm, and the first clamping arm and the second clamping arm are hinged to form a clamping structure that may be opened and closed
Implementation Method 2
a pressing structure is disposed on one surface of the pressing part facing the pressure receiving part, and a pressure receiving structure is disposed on one surface of the pressure receiving part facing the pressing part... the first clamping arm and the second clamping arm are held to apply force so as to press the gland seal into the workpiece
Implementation Method 3
a concave clamping space for clamping a workpiece to be assembled is formed on an inner side of each of the protrusions
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure discloses a multi-functional clamp including a first clamping arm and a second clamping arm. A pressing part is disposed at a portion of the first clamping arm close to a hinge part, and a pressure receiving part is disposed at a portion of the second clamping arm close to the hinge part. The pressing part and the pressure receiving part are arranged oppositely, and a pressing structure is disposed on one surface of the pressing part facing the pressure receiving part, a pressure receiving structure is disposed on one surface of the pressure receiving part facing the pressing part. Extending arms are disposed at tail ends of the first clamping arm and the second clamping arm, and the extending arms of the first clamping arm and the second clamping arm are provided with protrusions. A clamping space is formed on an inner side of the protrusions.