Automated Laminar Separator Machine for Bottle Packaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is no known machine that combines devices to automatically produce laminar paper separators with specific design requirements for boxes and crates, requiring supplementary hand work for packaging multiple separators.
Innovation Solution
A machine that automatically produces laminar separators by combining devices for unwinding paper reels, applying adhesive, folding, and die-cutting, using three paper reels with adhesive strips to form bonded plates that create cells for accommodating bottles, with a splicing device, adhesive applicator, pressing wheels, and die-cutting mechanism.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If individual devices are used separately with supplementary hand work to produce laminar separators, then the production process is simpler and easier to operate, but the productivity is low and requires manual labor for packaging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple individual devices (unwinding device, splicing device, adhesive applicator, pressing device, die-cutting device, and packaging device) into a single integrated machine that automatically produces laminar separators. This merging of previously separate operations into one coordinated system directly resolves the contradiction by enabling high-volume automatic production while eliminating the need for supplementary hand work.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated machine performs multiple functions within a single system: unwinding paper reels, splicing webs, applying adhesive, pressing laminated plates, die-cutting separators, and packaging them. This multi-functionality allows one machine to replace several individual devices plus manual operations, thereby increasing productivity without requiring multiple separate setups.
2Extent of automation
If a combined machine is designed to automatically produce laminar separators, then the productivity and automation are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The automated machine is divided into distinct functional modules or sections: an unwinding section for paper reels, a splicing section for joining webs, an adhesive application section, a pressing section with rollers, a die-cutting section, and a packaging section. This segmentation allows each module to perform its specific function independently while being coordinated as part of the whole system, making the complex machine more manageable and easier to operate.
Solution Approach 2:
The machine performs preliminary actions in sequence: papers are unwound and positioned before adhesive is applied, adhesive is applied before pressing occurs, and pressing is completed before die-cutting. This preliminary positioning and preparation of materials and components before the main production action reduces the complexity of real-time control during operation.
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple paper reels are used with splicing device, then the manufacturing precision and design requirements are met, but the device complexity and operation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The splicing device automatically positions and joins paper reels from multiple sources without requiring manual intervention. The system self-regulates the alignment and connection of webs as they are unwound and fed through the machine, maintaining precise positioning for adhesive application and subsequent processing while eliminating the need for operators to manually manage multiple reels.
Solution Approach 2:
The machine incorporates positioning systems and control mechanisms that monitor and adjust the alignment of multiple paper reels and webs in real-time. This feedback control ensures that papers are correctly positioned before adhesive application and pressing, maintaining manufacturing precision while the automated control system handles the complexity of coordinating multiple sources.
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 efficient and automatic production of laminar separators with precise design, ensuring proper protection and packaging of bottles, reducing manual labor and enhancing packaging efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
a first line of adhesive that extends over the front side of the intermediate web facing the lower side of the upper web; a second line of adhesive that extends over the front side of the lower web facing the lower side of the intermediate web
Implementation Method 2
the invented machine has a device that combines a pair of graphic print applicator rollers. Then, follows the feeding device made up of a pair of traction rollers through which said composite web moves forward intermittently
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AI summary
A combined machine to make laminar separators of products contained in boxes and crates, specially designed to make the separators made of at least two laminar sheets of paper that are bound together by an adhesive bond.