Linear Conveyor with Cover Strip for Secure Object Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for conveying objects in manufacturing processes, such as making package covers, face challenges in achieving high stepping rates and efficient processing due to limitations in securing objects during movement and accommodating various sizes and shapes.
Innovation Solution
A linear conveying system using toothed belts with adjustable driving tongues and a guide to prevent lifting, allowing for high-speed, secure transport of objects between processing stations, with optional magnetic securing for metallic objects and a unified cover strip to inhibit upward movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If objects are conveyed by conventional conveying means, then objects can be transported between processing stations, but objects may be lifted from the conveying means during movement and vibration occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The conveying means transitions between moving and stationary states in a controlled manner. During conveyance, the means moves objects between stations; during processing, it stops and allows objects to be lifted. This dynamic operation resolves the contradiction by accepting temporary immobility to prevent vibration and ensure secure handling.
Solution Approach 2:
A transfer mechanism acts as an intermediary between the conveying means and processing stations. This intermediary enables controlled object transfer while maintaining object security during conveyance and facilitating safe lifting during processing, thus resolving the contradiction between secure transport and controlled access.
2Productivity
If high stepping rates are achieved in conveying objects, then productivity increases, but object security and vibration control become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The conveying system operates in periodic cycles: conveyance phase at high speed for productivity, followed by stationary phase for secure object handling. This periodic alternation between high-speed transport and controlled stopping resolves the contradiction by achieving high average productivity while maintaining object security during critical handling moments.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the conveying means allows objects to be lifted during movement, then processing flexibility improves, but object security and conveying reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically controls object accessibility based on operational phase. During conveyance, objects are securely fixed; during stationary processing phases, objects become accessible for lifting and handling. This dynamic state management resolves the contradiction by providing processing flexibility only when conveying reliability is not compromised.
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 high stepping rates and flexible format changes, ensuring objects are securely transported and processed efficiently across multiple stations with minimal vibration and format adjustments.
Implementation Method 1
The securement against lifting can however also be achieved, for metallic objects, by magnetic means, and especially by using only magnetic means.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a linear conveyor device (30) for objects (20), whereby the objects are taken by drive tongues (40), arranged on circulating toothed belts (31, 32). The objects are secured against lifting off the conveyor device, particularly mechanically, by a cover strip (50). Light objects can thus also be conveyed at high rate in intermittent operation.