Modular Stamping Device for Adjustable Dough Ring Production
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing stamping devices for creating endless dough rings are primarily designed for industrial use and lack versatility for hand-baking applications, such as producing doughnuts.
Innovation Solution
A stamping device with a revolving head and dough piece support system, featuring replaceable punches and holders with centering mechanisms and a conveying drive, allowing for high-throughput production of dough rings with adjustable sizes and quality, and capable of being integrated into a dough processing system for various dough products.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If stamping devices are designed for industrial use with high throughput, then productivity is improved, but device complexity and adaptability for hand-baking applications deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The stamping device is divided into modular components: a stamping head with replaceable punches, a dough piece support with replaceable holders, and a conveying drive. This segmentation allows different combinations to be used for industrial production (multiple punches and holders) or hand-baking applications (single punch and holder), resolving the contradiction between productivity and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates adjustable and replaceable elements, including different punch sizes, interchangeable dough piece holders, and variable conveying speeds. This dynamic configurability enables the same device to adapt between high-throughput industrial operation and lower-volume hand-baking use, maintaining versatility across different productivity requirements.
2Productivity
If multiple dough piece holders are arranged on a single support, then productivity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The dough piece support is designed as a universal platform that can accommodate multiple dough piece holders in various configurations. The same support structure serves both as a multi-position holder for high-throughput production and can be simplified to hold fewer holders for less complex applications, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining productivity options.
3Adaptability or versatility
If replaceable punches and holders are provided, then adaptability is improved, but ease of manufacture deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The replaceable punches and holders are designed with standardized parameters and dimensions that allow variation in size and shape to create different doughnut types. By maintaining consistent interface parameters and mounting mechanisms across different sizes, the device achieves adaptability for various doughnut sizes while keeping manufacturing relatively simple through standardized design approaches.
Data Source
AI summary
A stamping device serves to create one or more rows of endless dough rings. The stamping device has a stamping head with a stamping punch or a plurality of stamping punches, wherein each stamping punch is associated with a dough ring row. A dough piece support of the stamping device has a dough piece holder or a plurality of dough piece holders. Each dough piece holder of the dough piece support is associated with one of the stamping punches. An opening for the associated stamping punch is configured in a dough piece holder or in each of the dough piece holders as a die. A stamping device results in which the stamping of dough rings in particular to produce doughnuts can also be used, for example, for baking by hand.