Integrated Conveyor Motor Chassis Without Tensioning Mechanisms
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional motor-driven conveyor assemblies with pulley drives are expensive to manufacture and maintain due to complex tensioning mechanisms.
Innovation Solution
A conveyor system with a chassis that forms part of the power assembly housing, reducing weight, component count, and complexity, and eliminating the need for separate tensioning devices by integrating the motor and pulley drive components directly into the chassis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional pulley drives with separate tensioning mechanisms are used, then reliable power transmission is achieved, but manufacturing and maintenance costs increase due to device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the motor housing and conveyor frame into a single integrated chassis structure. The motor is directly mounted to the chassis, eliminating the need for separate mounting brackets, alignment mechanisms, and tensioning devices. This merging of previously separate components reduces the overall device complexity while maintaining reliable power transmission from the motor to the conveyor belt through direct coupling.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated chassis serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural support for the conveyor, houses the motor, and acts as the mounting platform for all drive components. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate tensioning mechanisms and alignment devices, reducing complexity while ensuring reliable power transmission through the unified structure.
2Reliability
If conventional separate motor and conveyor assembly is used, then functional reliability is maintained, but system weight increases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the motor housing and conveyor frame into a single integrated chassis, the patent eliminates redundant structural components such as separate mounting brackets, alignment mechanisms, and tensioning devices. This consolidation reduces the overall material usage and system weight while maintaining the functional reliability of the conveyor operation through the unified structural design.
3Ease of manufacture
If conventional separate components are used, then functional flexibility is maintained, but manufacturing cost increases due to component count
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated chassis design merges previously separate components into a single unified structure, significantly reducing the component count. This reduction in the number of parts simplifies the manufacturing process, lowers assembly complexity, and reduces manufacturing costs while maintaining the necessary functional flexibility of the conveyor system.
Data Source
AI summary
A conveyor system includes a conveyor assembly. The conveyor assembly includes a conveyor module, a power module, and a chassis supporting the conveyor module and the power module. The conveyor module includes a roller rotatable about an axis and a conveyor belt shiftable in response to rotation of the roller. The power module provides rotational power to the roller. The power module includes a power assembly and a drive configured to transmit rotational power to the roller from the power assembly. The power assembly includes a power source and a housing at least substantially surrounding the power source. The chassis integrally forms a portion of the housing.