Movable Splash Guard for Dip Tank Liquid Encrusting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing dip tank apparatuses for treating components with liquids require frequent and costly manual cleaning, especially with quick-curing liquids, as the splash guard captures and re-deposits these liquids, leading to encrusting and unusable treatment solutions.
Innovation Solution
A movable splash guard system that can be positioned around rotating components outside the liquid, dipped back into the liquid to prevent curing, and designed to allow centrifuged liquids to drip back into the tank, reducing contamination and enabling continuous use of the treatment liquid.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the splash guard is stationary and fixed in the dip tank, then it effectively captures centrifuged liquid, but it requires frequent manual cleaning and incurs high service costs
Solution Approach 1:
The splash guard is made movable relative to the dip tank, transitioning from a stationary structure to a dynamic component that can be repositioned. This allows the splash guard to be moved into a cleaning position where it can be easily cleaned or rinsed, eliminating the need for frequent manual disassembly and cleaning while maintaining its liquid capture functionality during operation
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables the splash guard to be self-cleaning or easily maintainable through its movable design. By allowing the splash guard to be repositioned independently, the system facilitates automatic or simplified cleaning processes without requiring forced downtime and hand cleaning, thus reducing service costs and maintaining operational reliability
2Object-generated harmful factors
If the splash guard captures centrifuged liquid, then it prevents liquid spillage, but the captured liquid cures on the splash guard and contaminates the treatment liquid
Solution Approach 1:
The movable splash guard is extracted from the stationary structure and made independently repositionable. This allows the splash guard to be moved out of the dip tank or to a separate cleaning zone where cured liquid can be removed without contaminating the treatment liquid in the dip tank, thus preserving treatment liquid usability while maintaining spillage prevention functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The movable splash guard acts as an intermediary that can be separated from the dip tank environment. By allowing independent movement, it serves as a mediator between the centrifuging process and the treatment liquid, enabling captured liquid to be disposed of or cleaned separately without affecting the treatment liquid's quality or usability
3Productivity
If the components are rotated outside the liquid for centrifuging, then excess liquid is removed, but the splash guard must be frequently cleaned to prevent encrusting
Solution Approach 1:
The splash guard's movability allows it to be dynamically repositioned during or after the centrifuging process. It can be moved to a cleaning position where encrusting can be removed quickly, or designed to be easily rinsed, thereby minimizing cleaning downtime while maintaining high centrifuging efficiency during the treatment process
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
The system minimizes manual cleaning needs, prevents liquid encrusting, and ensures the reuse of treatment liquids, reducing operational costs and downtime by maintaining the liquid's usability and preventing external contamination.
Implementation Method 1
rotating the components within the splash guard
Implementation Method 2
captures the liquid centrifuged off during the rotation of the mass components
Data Source
AI summary
A dip tank is fillable with a liquid. An accommodation device accommodates components and is rotatingly drivable around an axis of rotation. The accommodation device and the dip tank are movable relative to each other to dip the components in the dip tank or to lift the components out of the dip tank. A splash guard is provided. A lifting device is arranged to move the splash guard relative to the dip tank.