Hydrogel Skin Care Pack Device with Temperature-Controlled Nozzle Modules
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for producing customized hydrogel skin care packs face challenges due to hydrogel's semi-solid state at room temperature, leading to viscosity issues and leakage during discharge, making precise control of discharge timing, position, and amount difficult, which affects product quality and productivity.
Innovation Solution
A device comprising a housing with temperature control, movable nozzle modules with pumps and cooling devices, including a cooling fan to manage the viscosity of hydrogel, allowing precise control over the discharge of heated hydrogel onto a platform for forming customized skin care packs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If hydrogel is heated to reduce viscosity for discharge, then dischargeability is improved, but hydrogel leaks from the nozzle
Solution Approach 1:
The hydrogel is heated in advance within the reservoir before discharge, so that when it is pumped through the nozzle, it maintains optimal viscosity for precise control without leaking. The pre-heating action prepares the material in advance to resolve the contradiction between dischargeability and precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the heating temperature and pumping speed based on real-time conditions to maintain optimal hydrogel viscosity. This dynamic control allows the system to adapt to changing conditions and prevent leakage while ensuring smooth discharge.
2Manufacturing precision
If heating temperature is lowered to prevent leakage, then discharge control is improved, but viscosity is insufficient for forming
Solution Approach 1:
The hydrogel is pre-heated to an optimal temperature range that maintains sufficient viscosity for forming while preventing leakage. This preliminary heating action ensures the material is properly prepared before discharge, resolving the contradiction between precision and productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system optimizes the heating temperature parameter to a specific range that balances viscosity requirements for both precise discharge control and effective forming. By carefully controlling this parameter, the system achieves both precision and productivity.
3Productivity
If mass production system is used, then productivity is improved, but customization capability is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses programmable control to dynamically adjust discharge patterns, temperatures, and pumping speeds based on customized specifications while maintaining high production speed. This dynamic adaptability allows customization without sacrificing productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system can quickly change operational parameters such as temperature, flow rate, and discharge timing to produce customized hydrogel products. These parameter adjustments enable versatility while maintaining efficient automated production.
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
Enables the rapid, precise, and high-quality production of hydrogel skin care packs optimized for user body characteristics, preventing leakage and ensuring uniform thickness and neat finishes.
Implementation Method 1
a cooling fan to manage the viscosity of hydrogel
Implementation Method 2
hydrogel is required to be heated for forming
Data Source
AI summary
A device for producing a skin care pack using hydrogel and a control method of the device are disclosed. The device includes a housing which is provided with a door for selectively opening and closing a work space for forming a skin care pack, and which maintains a forming temperature required for producing the skin care pack; a platform having a base supported on a floor plate of the work space of the housing; a former including one or more nozzle modules which are provided to be movable in the work space, and each of which includes a pump for receiving a heated hydrogel and then discharging it onto the platform through a nozzle, and includes a cooling device for cooling a pump motor of the pump; and a control unit for controlling the discharge of the hydrogel from the nozzle modules.