Modular Cleaning Machine for Fibrous Materials
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaning machines for fiber materials are inflexible and expensive to modify or expand, requiring multiple machines for different cleaning functions due to their fixed designs, which leads to increased construction and operational inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
A modular cleaning machine design featuring self-supporting modules with a machine base, fiber material inlet, and outlet, allowing for easy assembly and adjustment of cleaning performance by adding or removing modules, including cleaning rollers and devices like grate bars or separating knives, without altering the machine substructure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If cleaning machines are constructed with a fixed mesh housing and machine frame design, then structural stability is ensured, but adaptability and ease of modification are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning machine is divided into modular components including a machine base, multiple cleaning modules with cleaning rollers, and separate formwork elements. Each cleaning module can be independently added, removed, or repositioned on the machine base, allowing the machine to be adapted for different cleaning functions without redesigning the entire structure. The machine base provides stable support while the modular cleaning modules enable flexibility.
2Reliability
If multiple cleaning machines are used for different cleaning functions, then cleaning performance requirements are met, but construction costs and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The machine base is designed as a universal platform that can support various types of cleaning modules for different cleaning functions. By adding different cleaning modules (e.g., with grate bars, separating knives, or other cleaning elements) to the same machine base, a single machine can perform multiple cleaning tasks that previously required separate machines, thereby reducing overall device complexity and construction costs.
3Productivity
If cleaning machines are expanded or converted to another machine type, then cleaning capacity is increased, but modification effort and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning machine is designed with dynamic configurability through modular cleaning modules that can be easily added, removed, or repositioned on the machine base. This allows the cleaning capacity to be dynamically adjusted by simply adding more cleaning modules without requiring complex modifications to the machine base or existing structure, significantly reducing modification effort and costs.
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 flexible operation with reduced construction costs and minimal assembly effort, allowing the machine to be adapted for various cleaning tasks without repositioning the machine substructure, improving cleaning efficiency and performance by adding additional modules as needed.
Implementation Method 1
The opening, also called dissolving, of the fiber material transported along a cleaning roller is brought about by a mechanical action of the driven cleaning roller on the fiber material. This mechanical action also removes dirt from the fiber material.
Implementation Method 2
EP 1 866 468 discloses a cleaning machine with a cleaning roller which has a large number of grate bars on its circumference for separating waste.
Data Source
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AI summary
The invention relates to a cleaning machine (1) for cleaning fibrous materials, wherein in a basic embodiment a machine base (2), a fiber inlet (3), a fiber outlet (4), at least one cleaning module (5) with a cleaning roller (6), and at least one cleaning device (8) are provided. The cleaning device (8) is arranged at least partially in a shell-like manner around the cleaning roller (6), and the cleaning roller (6) has a cleaning roller axis (7). The fiber inlet (3), the fiber outlet (4), and the cleaning module (5) are designed as self-supporting modules. The cleaning module (5) and the fiber outlet (4) are mounted on the machine base (2), and the fiber inlet (3) is held on the cleaning module (5).