Meat Pressing Device Segmented Pressing Elements
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing meat product pressing devices are limited in their ability to apply consistent pressure across different sizes of shape containers and meat portions, leading to uneven pressing and requiring a stable, heavy housing to transfer forces.
Innovation Solution
The device features multiple shape container recording rooms with individually configurable press elements that can move towards each other, allowing for consistent pressure application across different size containers, and a lightweight housing design that minimizes pressure on the housing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If mold containers are stacked directly on top of one another with a single drive, then the device structure is simple, but the pressing force is uneven and the housing must be heavy and stable
Solution Approach 1:
The device divides the pressing function into multiple independent pressing element arrangements, each with its own drive mechanism. This segmentation allows each pressing element to independently apply force to individual mold containers, ensuring uniform pressing force without requiring a heavy housing to distribute loads, while maintaining reasonable structural complexity through modular design.
2Ease of operation
If a single drive presses multiple stacked mold containers, then the device is simple to operate, but different sizes of containers receive uneven pressure
Solution Approach 1:
The pressing element arrangements are designed to be movable and adjustable, allowing each pressing element to adapt to different container sizes and positions. The drives can be independently controlled to provide dynamic adjustment of pressing forces, enabling the device to handle various container configurations while maintaining ease of operation through automated or semi-automated control.
3Reliability
If the housing is designed to be stable and rigid to transmit pressing forces, then the device is reliable, but the housing becomes heavy
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the pressing function into multiple independent pressing element arrangements with individual drives, the device eliminates the need for a heavy, rigid housing to transmit forces across multiple stacked containers. Each pressing element can be supported by a lighter housing structure since forces are applied locally rather than transmitted through the entire housing structure, maintaining reliability through distributed independent force application.
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 solution enables flexible handling of various shape container sizes, ensures even pressure distribution, and reduces the weight and structural requirements of the housing, resulting in a more efficient and cost-effective meat product pressing device.
Implementation Method 1
the at least one tension element is drive-connected to the drive at its other end
Implementation Method 2
The pressing elements are each designed as movable pressing elements which can be moved towards and away from the other pressing element of the relevant pressing element arrangement
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AI summary
A device (1) for producing meat products has a housing (2) open on at least one side, in which several forming container receiving chambers (3) are arranged one above the other, each serving to receive at least one forming container that can be filled with a portion of meat. Each forming container receiving chamber (3) is associated with at least one pressing element arrangement, comprising an upper pressing element (8A, 8B) arranged above the forming container receiving chamber (3) and a lower pressing element (9A, 9B) arranged below the respective forming container receiving chamber (3). The pressing elements (8A, 8B, 9A, 9B) of the individual pressing element arrangements are movable between a rest position and a pressing position, moving towards and away from each other.At least one deflection element for a tension element (17) is arranged on at least one pressing element (8A, 8B, 9A, 9B) of each pressing element arrangement. The tension element is guided over the deflection elements of the pressing element arrangements in such a way that the upper and lower pressing elements (8A, 8B, 9A, 9B) of the pressing element arrangements can be moved relative to each other from their rest position to the pressing position by applying a tensile force to the at least one tension element (17). To tension the tension element (17), it is supported at one end against the housing (2) and connected at its other end to a drive (18).