Movable Receptacle for Textile Core Magazine
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing textile machines with sleeve magazines face inefficiencies in filling and managing sleeves, leading to cumbersome manual loading and potential operational disruptions.
Innovation Solution
A textile machine design where the sleeve magazine's receptacle can be moved between a filling position and a transfer position, allowing for easier and more convenient filling, with features like pivoting, rotating, and linear mobility, along with a height difference, to facilitate automatic transfer of sleeves and reduce manual effort, and the use of an energy accumulator for autonomous movement to the forwarding position.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the receptacle is fixed in position, then the structure is simple, but filling with empty spools becomes cumbersome and manual labor increases
Solution Approach 1:
The receptacle is made movable between a filling position and an operating position, allowing it to be easily filled with empty spools at the filling position and then moved to the operating position for automated supply to workstations. This dynamic positioning resolves the contradiction by enabling easy manual filling while maintaining operational efficiency.
2Ease of operation
If the receptacle is movable between positions, then filling becomes easier, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates an energy accumulator that enables the receptacle to autonomously move between filling and operating positions without requiring continuous manual intervention. The receptacle can be filled manually at the filling position, then automatically returns to the operating position using stored energy, reducing overall operational complexity despite the added movement capability.
3Productivity
If manual loading of spools is used, then device complexity is low, but productivity decreases and operational disruptions increase
Solution Approach 1:
The movable receptacle serves as an intermediary between manual spool filling and automated workstation supply. Empty spools are manually loaded into the receptacle at the filling position, which then transports them to the operating position where they are automatically supplied to workstations. This intermediary mechanism enables automated high-speed operation while requiring minimal manual intervention.
4Ease of operation
If the receptacle remains in operating position, then space is saved, but filling with empty spools becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The spool supply system is segmented into two distinct positions: a filling position optimized for manual loading with easy access and space for empty spools, and an operating position optimized for compact integration and automated supply. The receptacle moves between these segmented positions, allowing each to be optimized for its specific function without compromising the other.
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
Enhances the efficiency of sleeve magazine filling, reduces manual labor, and minimizes operational disruptions by allowing easy and automated movement of the receptacle, ensuring seamless operation of the textile machine.
Implementation Method 1
the use of an energy accumulator for autonomous movement to the forwarding position
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AI summary
The invention relates to a textile machine (1) with several workstations (2), each configured to wind a yarn (3) onto a core (5) held by a core holder (10) of the workstation (2), wherein each workstation (2) is assigned at least one core magazine (9) for storing and supplying the respective workstation (2) with cores (5), the core magazine (9) comprising a receptacle (11) for temporarily receiving the cores (5). According to the invention, the receptacle (11) is movable between a filling position (12) for filling the receptacle (11) with cores (5) and a transfer position (13) from which the cores (5) can be transferred to an intermediate storage area (21) of the core magazine (9) or directly to the core holder (10). The invention also relates to a method for supplying a workstation with cores.