Modular Cutting Machine with Closed-Loop Water Recycling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional machines for cutting ceramic, porcelain, clay, marble, granite, and wood tiles lack a unified solution for accurate cutting, often requiring unique machines for each material and suffer from inefficiencies in dust and water management, leading to environmental pollution and safety concerns.
Innovation Solution
A modular cutting machine with a removable bed and motor-driven cutting disc, featuring a trolley system for precise cutting and a closed-loop water recycling system that filters and reuses water, minimizing dust and water pollution, and includes a bin to contain wood shavings and sawdust, enhancing operational safety and environmental preservation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional separate machines are used for cutting different materials, then each material can be cut with specialized equipment, but the overall system complexity increases and productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal cutting machine that can process multiple materials (ceramic, porcelain, clay, marble, granite, and wood tiles) using a single device. The cutting disc is designed with universal applicability through selective use of diamond-coated segments for hard materials and carbide segments for wood, eliminating the need for separate specialized machines for each material type.
2Productivity
If conventional cutting machines are used, then cutting operations can be performed, but dust and water pollution occurs leading to environmental harm
Solution Approach 1:
The patent converts the harmful waste water and dust byproducts of cutting operations into a beneficial closed-loop system. Water is sprayed during cutting to suppress dust, then collected and filtered through a filtration system that removes particulates. The cleaned water is recycled back into the system, transforming the harmful pollution into a controlled, reusable resource that eliminates environmental contamination.
3Productivity
If conventional water management systems are used, then cutting operations can proceed, but water is wasted and environmental pollution increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a water recovery and recycling system where water used during cutting operations is collected, filtered to remove dust and particulates, and then reused. This closed-loop system recovers the water that would otherwise be discarded, eliminating continuous water consumption and associated environmental pollution while maintaining uninterrupted cutting operations.
4Manufacturing precision
If fixed cutting machines are used, then stable cutting performance is achieved, but mobility and ease of relocation are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the cutting machine into modular, separable components including the cutting disc assembly, support structure, and base. This segmentation allows the machine to be disassembled and relocated as needed while maintaining cutting precision when assembled and properly aligned. The modular design enables mobility without sacrificing the stable performance required for accurate cutting operations.
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
The machine provides accurate and efficient cutting of various materials while reducing environmental impact by containing dust and water, improving worker safety, and allowing for easy mobility and modular disassembly for versatile use.
Implementation Method 1
a sliding trolley on a track or rails above a working table or bed secured upon a support structure... the movement of the trolley is to allow the work piece to engage the cutting tool or blade or disc
Implementation Method 2
a shower sprays water onto the work piece as a cutting aid and dust smother
Implementation Method 3
the water is filtered of entrained particulates by means of a series of filters and baffles
Implementation Method 4
pumped back through the shower by means of a submersible pump, forming a closed-looped water circuit
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AI summary
A machine for accurately cutting tiles, blocks of concrete, clay, blocks of stone and stone materials, wood and wooden materials is described. It may include a support stand which at its top supports a removable bed structure. The bed includes a motor-driven cutting disc recessed-mounted axially along pillow blocks such that a substantial portion of the cutting disc is projected above the bed surface and its mode of rotation is about a fixed centralized axis. Trolley track rails situated on distal ends of both long sides of the bed allow for lateral movement of the trolley above the bed surface to facilitate the cutting operation. During operation the object secured safely on the trolley which is manually moved towards the cutting disc while a perforated shower head sprays water onto the work piece. Water is filtered and recycled back to the shower via the bin situated below the cutting disc and then to the recycle and filter unit.