Movable Vertical Band Guide Arches for Parallel Packing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional automatic banding packing systems require large installation spaces and complex configurations due to the need for orthogonal conveying lines and tilting mechanisms, which increase costs and complicate the apparatus, while also facing issues with band supply and packing efficiency.
Innovation Solution
The automatic banding packing machine features a pair of vertical band guide arches that can move between a standby and communication position, forming a U-shaped band guide arch with a horizontal arch, allowing for parallel banding and simplifying the apparatus configuration by reducing the need for complex tilting mechanisms and optimizing band supply.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional automatic banding packing systems use orthogonal conveying lines and tilting mechanisms, then cross banding can be achieved, but the installation space increases and the apparatus configuration becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The band guide arch is made movable between a tilted state (for cross banding) and a horizontal state (for parallel banding), allowing the same apparatus to perform multiple banding operations without requiring orthogonal conveying lines, thereby reducing installation space while maintaining versatility
Solution Approach 2:
The band guide arch serves multiple functions by being repositionable: it can perform both cross banding (when tilted) and parallel banding (when horizontal), eliminating the need for separate dedicated machines for different banding configurations
2Adaptability or versatility
If tilting mechanisms are added to enable cross banding, then banding versatility improves, but the apparatus complexity and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The band guide arch is designed to be dynamically repositionable between tilted and horizontal positions, enabling the system to adapt to different banding requirements without adding complex permanent structures or multiple dedicated mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The banding function is segmented into distinct operational modes (cross banding with tilted arch, parallel banding with horizontal arch), allowing the system to switch between functions by repositioning the arch rather than maintaining complex integrated mechanisms
3Adaptability or versatility
If the band guide arch is fixed in a tilted position for cross banding, then cross banding is enabled, but band supply becomes problematic and packing efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The band guide arch dynamically changes position based on the banding operation required: tilted for cross banding, horizontal for parallel banding, optimizing both the banding capability and the band supply geometry for each operation type
Solution Approach 2:
The spatial orientation parameter of the band guide arch is changed between operations (tilted vs. horizontal), which fundamentally alters the band supply path and geometry, enabling efficient band feeding in both cross and parallel banding configurations
Data Source
AI summary
An automatic banding packing machine is provided with a packing machine body having an upper-face table on which the object to be packed passes, a pair of vertical band guide arches arranged separately from each other above the upper-face table in a direction parallel with a passage direction of the object to be packed, and a horizontal band guide arch arranged above the upper-face table in the direction parallel with the passage direction of the object to be packed, and the pair of vertical band guide arches is configured to be movable between a standby position separated from the horizontal band guide arch and a communication position communicating with the horizontal band guide arch in a direction orthogonal to the passage direction of the object to be packed.