Automated Laminated Glass Cutting Machine with Rotatable Tools
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing machines for incising and breaking laminated glass plates are limited in efficiency, functionality, and versatility, requiring manual processing steps after incision and lacking automation in the breaking phase.
Innovation Solution
The machine incorporates automated incision and breaking tools with electronic control systems that allow for precise movement along predetermined paths without rotating the glass plate, using rotatable incision and breaking tools that maintain tangency with the cutting path, and includes a hot air source for automatic softening and separation of glass layers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated breaking tools are added to the machine, then productivity and automation are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions (incision, breaking, and softening operations) into a single integrated machine system. The breaking tools are integrated with the incision tools and electronic control system, allowing automated multi-step processing of laminated glass plates without requiring separate manual operations for each step.
Solution Approach 2:
The machine is designed with universal capabilities to perform multiple operations: incision of glass layers, breaking along predetermined paths, and softening of the interlayer film. The electronic control system coordinates all these functions through a single interface, making the machine versatile and reducing the need for multiple separate devices.
2Manufacturing precision
If electronic control systems with coordinated movements are implemented, then manufacturing precision and automation are improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic control system incorporates feedback mechanisms that monitor the positions of the incision and breaking tools, as well as the movement of the laminated glass plate. This feedback allows the system to maintain precise coordination between multiple moving components and correct any deviations from the predetermined cutting path, ensuring high manufacturing precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical control with an electronic control system that uses sensors, motors, and computerized coordination. This substitution enables precise control of complex multi-axis movements and automated decision-making, achieving high precision while reducing the need for complex mechanical linkages and manual intervention.
3Adaptability or versatility
If rotatable tools maintaining tangency with cutting path are used, then adaptability to complex paths is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The incision and breaking tools are designed to be rotatable rather than fixed in orientation. The electronic control system dynamically adjusts the rotation of these tools to maintain tangency with the cutting path at all points, whether straight or curved. This dynamic positioning capability allows the machine to handle complex geometries including circles, arcs, and irregular shapes with a single tool configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The rotatable tool design provides universal applicability to various cutting path geometries. Instead of requiring different specialized tools for straight cuts, curves, and complex shapes, the single rotatable tool configuration can adapt to any path type through electronic control, simplifying the overall tooling system while maximizing versatility.
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
The machine achieves automated incision and breaking of laminated glass plates along complex paths, reducing manual intervention and enhancing processing efficiency by coordinating movements to perform incision and breaking operations automatically, with improved functionality and versatility.
Implementation Method 1
a hot air source 26 mounted on a slide 27 slidable on guides 28... The source 26 is displaceable between a lowered inoperative condition spaced from the plate and a raised and operational condition wherein the source 26 is brought level with the lower layer of the plate L so as to heat the aforesaid film
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AI summary
A machine for performing incision and breaking operations on laminated glass plates (L) comprising a fixed work bench (1), defining a supporting plane (2) intended to receive the plate (L) to be processed, a fixed cutting bridge (3) on which at least one carriage (4, 5) is movable carrying at least one incision tool (6, 7) and at least one breaking tool (18, 20a, 21a, 32a, 33a). Both for the implementation of the incision, and for the implementation of the breaking, the electronic control unit controls a coordinated movement of the plate along the longitudinal direction X of the work bench and the carriage (4, 5) along the direction Y perpendicular to X.