Magnetron Cooling Block Segmentation for Fastener Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional magnetron cooling block designs result in material wastage during fabrication and hinder access to pipe joints and fasteners due to protruding flanges and complex assembly processes.
Innovation Solution
A magnetron design featuring a cooling block with an annular shape and tilted discontinuous parts to accommodate fasteners, allowing for reduced material waste and improved access to pipe joints and fasteners, with the fastener disposed between pipe joints and extending in a direction perpendicular to the cooling liquid flow.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If flanges are formed at both ends of the annular continuous part for fastening the cooling block, then the cooling block can be securely fastened to the anode cylinder, but a large portion of material is cut and wasted during fabrication
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling block is divided into a continuous annular part and a separate discontinuous part. The discontinuous part is positioned to allow access to fasteners while maintaining the fastening function, thereby reducing material waste compared to a fully continuous annular structure with large flanges.
Solution Approach 2:
The cooling block transitions from a symmetric annular structure to an asymmetric structure with a discontinuous part. This asymmetry creates openings that provide access to fasteners and reduce the amount of material required, while still maintaining sufficient fastening reliability through the continuous annular portion.
2Strength
If flanges are formed at both ends of the annular continuous part, then the cooling block can be fastened to the anode cylinder, but it becomes difficult to insert fasteners into through holes and gain access to fasteners
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling block is segmented into continuous and discontinuous parts, creating openings that provide access pathways to the fasteners. This segmentation allows workers to insert and adjust fasteners without removing large flange structures, significantly improving ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The discontinuous part is essentially a removed section from the otherwise continuous annular structure. This extraction creates access openings that allow direct reach to the fasteners and through holes, eliminating the need to maneuver around large flange obstructions.
3Ease of operation
If the discontinuous part extends in a tilted manner relative to the flow direction of cooling liquid, then access to pipe joints and fasteners is improved, but the structural symmetry is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The discontinuous part is deliberately designed with asymmetric positioning and tilted orientation relative to the cooling liquid flow direction. This asymmetric design prioritizes operational access to pipe joints and fasteners over structural symmetry, allowing workers to easily reach components for installation and maintenance.
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
This design reduces material waste during fabrication, enhances access to pipe joints and fasteners, and provides a more reliable and flexible layout for the cooling block and anode cylinder, improving the overall assembly and cooling efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
cooling block has a cooling liquid circulation passage inside, so as to cool the anode cylinder
Data Source
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AI summary
Magnetron (1) includes anode cylinder (5), cooling block (10), a fastener, and a pair of pipe joints (14a, 14b). The fastener is disposed between the pipe joints (14a, 14b) of cooling block (10), and a discontinuous part between both ends of cooling block (10) facing each other extends tilted in an annular direction of cooling block (10) relative to a flow direction of cooling liquid at a connecting part of the pair of pipe joints (14a, 14b) and circulation passage. The fastener passing the discontinuous part extends in a tilted manner relative to a face perpendicular to the flow direction of the cooling liquid at the connecting part of the pair of pipe joints (14a, 14b) and circulation passage.