Modular Workpiece Support Member for Stable Thermal Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing workpiece support members for thermal processing machines require complete replacement due to damage, leading to increased production costs and labor, and existing partial replacement solutions face issues with wear, rattling, and high production costs.
Innovation Solution
A workpiece support member design featuring a base member with protruding attachment parts and removable carbon fiber supporting members, allowing efficient and stable replacement of damaged components without requiring complete member replacement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If workpiece support members are composed of single members, then structural simplicity is achieved, but complete replacement is required when damaged, increasing production cost and labor
Solution Approach 1:
The workpiece support member is divided into two main segments: a base member and a supporting member. The supporting member is further segmented into multiple plate-like portions that can be independently attached and detached from the base member. This segmentation allows only the damaged supporting member to be replaced rather than the entire assembly, directly resolving the contradiction between structural simplicity and ease of repair.
2Reliability
If workpiece support members are replaced completely, then reliability is restored, but production cost and labor time increase
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the support member into replaceable plate-like portions attached to a base member, the system allows selective replacement of only the damaged portion. This maintains reliability by ensuring the supporting function is restored, while significantly reducing replacement time and cost compared to replacing the entire support member.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention enables discarding only the damaged supporting member portion while recovering and reusing the intact base member and other undamaged supporting portions. This approach restores reliability by replacing the damaged component while minimizing waste and reducing replacement time and cost.
3Area of stationary object
If multiple plate-like workpiece support members are arranged side-by-side, then support coverage is improved, but replacement complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple plate-like supporting members are merged with a common base member to form an integrated workpiece support member assembly. This provides extended support coverage area through multiple plates while simplifying replacement, as all plates share a common attachment interface on the base member, reducing the complexity of managing multiple independent members.
Data Source
AI summary
A workpiece support member for a thermal processing machine is installed on a workpiece support table to support a workpiece to be thermally processed, and includes a base member and a supporting member. The base member is formed of a plate-like member in a horizontally long shape, and provided with a plurality of protruding supporting member attachment parts at predetermined distance intervals on an upper part thereof. The supporting member is formed of a plate-like member in a horizontally long shape, and is installed in an attachable and removable state with a lower side thereof fitted alternately to a front surface and a rear surface of each of the adjacent supporting member attachment parts of the base member.