Lid Conveyor Separation With Detection for Precise Orientation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional conveyor devices struggle to provide conveyed goods, such as lids, in a predetermined positional state, often leading to contamination and excessive vibration, especially when handling materials with varying diameters and heights.
Innovation Solution
A conveyor device with a detection system that includes a conveyor belt with receiving areas defined by studs, a detection device to ensure lids are in the correct position, and a discharge mechanism to remove excess or incorrectly positioned lids, minimizing vibration and contamination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If vibration helical conveyors are used to transport lids, then the lids can be conveyed, but contamination occurs due to friction and excessive vibration is generated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the vibration-based mechanical conveying system with a friction-driven belt conveyor system. The conveyor belt transports lids upward along an inclined surface using friction between the belt surface and the lids, eliminating the harmful vibrations and friction-induced contamination associated with vibration helical conveyors while maintaining conveying functionality.
2Productivity
If conventional conveyor devices are used, then lids can be transported, but the lids cannot be provided in a predetermined positional state with high precision
Solution Approach 1:
The conveyor belt is divided into multiple discrete receiving areas, each capable of holding a single lid. This segmentation ensures that each lid is individually positioned and transported, enabling precise control over the positional state of each lid while maintaining efficient batch transport capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates a detection device that monitors the positional state of lids in each receiving area and provides feedback signals. This feedback mechanism enables real-time detection and correction of positioning errors, ensuring that lids are provided in the predetermined positional state with high precision while maintaining continuous productivity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the conveyor device is designed to handle various lid sizes and shapes, then versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The conveyor belt is designed with receiving areas that can accommodate lids of various sizes and shapes through universal design features. The inclined surface and receiving area geometry are optimized to work with different lid configurations, allowing a single conveyor system to handle multiple lid types without requiring complex adjustment mechanisms or multiple specialized conveyors.
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 system effectively separates and positions lids with high precision, reducing vibration and contamination, ensuring each receiving area holds a single lid in the desired orientation, suitable for various lid sizes and shapes.
Implementation Method 1
The conveyor device is friction driven by means of one or more drive pulleys
Implementation Method 2
a detection device with a detection area for detecting a predetermined positional state and/or for detecting a number of the lids arranged on the conveyor in a respective receiving area
Data Source
AI summary
A separating device for the provision of one or more conveyed materials, in particular lids, in a predetermined positional state comprises a conveyor device for receiving and transporting lids in one transport direction, with a conveyor belt and several receiving areas formed on the conveyor belt for receiving at least one lid each, the conveyor device being inclined with respect to the horizontal at least in a pre-separation section in such a way that the transport direction is designed for the upward transport of the lids, and wherein the receiving areas are each limited at least downwards by a stud, and a detection device with a detection area for detecting a predetermined positional state and/or for detecting a number of the lids arranged on the conveyor in a respective receiving area.