Modular Processing Platform With Interchangeable Control Interfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing processing apparatuses often require multiple devices for various uses or need laborious adaptation for optimal use, lacking a versatile and modular solution for controlling, measuring, and regulating processes.
Innovation Solution
A modular processing apparatus with a unified main board and interchangeable function modules, allowing adaptation to different devices such as weighing, metering, and monitoring systems, featuring a display unit that can be detached and rotated, and a housing system for protection and flexibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple separate processing apparatuses are used for different functions (weighing, metering, monitoring, etc.), then each function can be performed with a dedicated device optimized for that purpose, but the quantity of devices required increases and the complexity of system management increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal processing apparatus with a main board that can perform multiple functions (weighing, metering, monitoring, controlling, etc.) through interchangeable function modules. Each function module can be plugged into or detached from the main board, allowing a single device to replace multiple dedicated devices while maintaining functional optimization for each specific task.
2Reliability
If dedicated processing apparatuses are used for each specific function, then the device is optimized for that particular use, but the adaptability to other uses is poor and requires laborious adaptation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a dynamic system where the functional configuration of the processing apparatus can be changed by plugging in or detaching different function modules from the main board. This dynamic reconfigurability allows the device to be easily adapted to different uses without laborious modification, while each function module remains optimized for its specific function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides the processing apparatus into separate functional modules that can be independently designed, manufactured, and optimized for specific functions. These segmented modules can then be combined with the main board in different configurations, achieving both functional optimization and adaptability to various uses.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a unified main board with interchangeable function modules is used, then the adaptability and versatility of the apparatus increases significantly, but the device complexity and interface requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The main board is designed with universal interfaces that can accommodate multiple types of function modules. This universal interface design, while appearing complex, actually simplifies the overall system by providing standardized connection points that work with all function modules, reducing the need for multiple specialized interfaces and their associated complexity.
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AI summary
A processing apparatus for controlling, measuring and/or regulating, comprising an appliance for installation for output and/or input, with an intermediate housing, a unit for display and/or operation, and a main board connected to the unit having a central computer unit, wherein the appliance for installation is provided for use in a device or for a device such as a weighing device, metering device, conveying device, screening device, grinding device, mixing device, filter device, status monitoring device and/or material analysis device, wherein the main board serves as an electronic platform regardless of use and has, for each use, a particular combination of interfaces to the device in question. Furthermore, the invention relates to a processing apparatus for controlling, measuring and/or regulating having such an appliance for installation.