Honeycomb Receiving Table With Replaceable Foam Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional receiving tables for honeycomb formed bodies face challenges in accurately supporting the side surfaces without deformation and require labor-intensive replacement of support materials, leading to increased production costs and reduced efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A receiving table with a body portion having a groove and a support portion comprising a flexible sheet substrate with a foam layer, allowing for non-adhesive attachment and easy replacement, which effectively holds the honeycomb formed body's side surface without deformation and reduces production costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional receiving tables use foamed body or porous polyurethane as support surface, then the honeycomb formed body can be supported, but the support portion cannot be easily replaced and requires labor-intensive removal
Solution Approach 1:
The support portion is divided into separate components: a flexible sheet substrate and a foam layer that can be detached and replaced independently. The foam layer is not adhesively bonded to the body portion, allowing it to be easily removed and replaced without labor-intensive processes.
Solution Approach 2:
A flexible sheet substrate is used as the base of the support portion, providing flexibility and conformability while allowing the foam layer to be easily attached and detached. The flexible nature of the substrate enables easy handling and replacement of the support portion.
2Manufacturing precision
If the receiving table uses a simple groove structure, then the device complexity is reduced, but the honeycomb formed body side surface cannot be accurately supported without deformation
Solution Approach 1:
The foam layer provides localized cushioning and conformability at the contact points with the honeycomb formed body side surface, while the rigid body portion maintains structural stability. This combination allows accurate support without deformation while keeping the overall structure relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The support portion combines a flexible sheet substrate with a foam layer to create a composite structure that provides both structural support and cushioning. This composite approach enables accurate side surface support while maintaining ease of replacement.
3Productivity
If the foam layer is adhesively fixed to the body portion, then the support portion is stable, but replacement becomes labor-intensive and reduces production efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The support portion is segmented into the foam layer and body portion as separate, non-adhesively bonded components. This segmentation allows the foam layer to be easily removed and replaced by simply detaching it from the groove, enabling quick replacement without labor-intensive adhesive removal processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The foam layer is designed as a replaceable, short-living component that can be easily discarded and replaced. This approach prioritizes quick replacement over long-term permanent fixation, using simple mechanical retention in the groove rather than permanent adhesive bonding.
Data Source
AI summary
A receiving table 100 for supporting a side surface of a honeycomb formed body, the side surface being parallel to a cell extending direction. The receiving table 100 comprises: a body portion 10 having a groove 11 extending in one direction; a support portion 20 comprising: a flexible sheet substrate 21 in contact with a surface of the groove 11 of the body portion 10; and a foam layer 22 attached to the flexible sheet substrate 21, the foam layer 22 being brought into contact with the side surface of the honeycomb formed body; and fixing members 30 for fixing the support portion 20 to the body portion 10. The support portion 20 is provided in a non-adhesive state to the body portion 10.