Male Element for Box-Making Machine Synchronous Pressure Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current box-making machines require complex and costly automated mechanisms to simultaneously adjust multiple pressure means, increasing manufacturing costs and reducing efficiency due to the need for individual adjustment of each pressure element, leading to longer setup times and higher error likelihood.
Innovation Solution
A male element with a single rotating threaded shaft synchronously adjusts the position of two pressure means, allowing for identical and simultaneous adjustment of pressure elements on opposite sides, reducing setup time and eliminating the need for complex automated mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If individual adjustment means are used for each pressure means, then the position of each pressure means can be adjusted independently, but the adjustment time increases and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple individual adjustment mechanisms into a single centralized adjustment system. The adjustment means includes a movable element that can simultaneously adjust the position of multiple pressure means (first and second pressure means) along their respective adjustment paths, eliminating the need for separate adjustment operations for each pressure means.
2Loss of time
If automated adjustment mechanisms are used to simultaneously adjust multiple pressure means, then adjustment time is reduced, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment means is designed to be manually operated without requiring complex automated systems. The operator can directly move the movable element along the adjustment path to simultaneously position multiple pressure means, achieving simple and efficient manual adjustment without the need for automated mechanisms.
3Measurement precision
If multiple individual adjustment mechanisms are installed, then each pressure means can be precisely adjusted, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The single adjustment means serves multiple functions by simultaneously adjusting the position of both the first and second pressure means. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for multiple separate adjustment mechanisms, reducing manufacturing costs while maintaining precise position control for each pressure means through the centralized movable element.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enables precise and reliable manual adjustment of pressure means, reducing setup time and manufacturing costs while maintaining the precision of automated systems, improving the efficiency and reliability of box-making machines.
Implementation Method 1
a first threaded end (4) joined, by threading, to a lower element (6b) of the sliding part (6)... a second threaded end (4') joined, by threading, to a lower element (6b') of the sliding part (6')... upon manually rotating this shaft, the two sliding parts move in the direction of travel of said shaft simultaneously and synchronously
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AI summary
The invention relates to a male element for a box-making machine comprising a central core that comprises in turn: - two back plates having through holes and arranged on two opposite sides of the central core; - a rotating shaft for adjusting the position of two pressure means, wherein the through holes of the back plates penetrate said shaft, and wherein said rotating shaft also has two ends threaded in opposite directions; - two sliding parts, each of said sliding parts being joined to one of the threaded ends of the shaft; and - two pressure means, wherein each of these pressure means is solidly connected to one of the sliding parts. The invention also relates to the box-making machine containing the described male element, in any of its variants.