Moving Assembly Platform With Lifted Workpiece Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current assembling production systems face inefficiencies in transporting and assembling workpieces, particularly due to limitations in lifting and operating on moving paths, which restricts operators' ability to perform comprehensive assembly operations without stopping the workpiece's movement.
Innovation Solution
The system incorporates moving bodies with working platforms and lifting portions that allow operators to assemble workpieces on all directions while in motion, using a power supply device and operating portion to facilitate lifting along a partial section of the path, enabling continuous assembly operations without halting the transportation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a conveyor belt is used to transport the workpiece, then the assembling operation may continue at the round-trip point on the moving path, but it is difficult to perform lifting on the conveyor belt and the operator may only perform assembling operation on two opposite sides
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the workpiece support function into separate components: the conveyor belt handles horizontal transportation while independent lifting portions handle vertical movement. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in one function, enabling operators to access all sides of the workpiece through the movable platform while maintaining continuous transportation.
Solution Approach 2:
The platform is designed to be movable in multiple directions (horizontal movement via conveyor belt and vertical movement via lifting portions). This dynamic capability allows the platform to adjust its position and orientation, enabling operators to perform assembling operations on all sides of the workpiece rather than being limited to two opposite sides.
2Ease of operation
If a lifter is used to lift the workpiece at a fixed point, then the operator may install parts under the workpiece, but it makes it difficult to perform assembling operation at round-trip points on a moving path
Solution Approach 1:
The lifting portions are integrated into the moving platform system, which itself is transported by the conveyor belt. This multi-functional design allows the same platform to serve both as a transportation carrier and as a base for lifting operations, enabling parts installation and assembling operations at various locations including round-trip points on the moving path.
Solution Approach 2:
The platform acts as an intermediary between the conveyor belt and the workpiece. It receives the workpiece from the conveyor belt, provides lifting capability through integrated lifting portions, and enables operators to perform assembling operations. This intermediary structure bridges the gap between continuous transportation and discrete lifting/assembling operations at moving path locations.
3Device complexity
If the operator performs assembling operation only on two opposite sides of the conveyor belt, then the operation is simplified, but the assembling production efficiency is low
Solution Approach 1:
The platform's ability to move horizontally via the conveyor belt and vertically via lifting portions creates a dynamic working environment. This dynamic capability allows operators to access all sides of the workpiece during transportation, significantly increasing the number of assembling operations that can be performed simultaneously without proportionally increasing operational complexity.
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AI summary
An assembling production system, which can improve assembling production efficiency, is provided. The assembling production system is adapted for assembling a part on a workpiece and includes multiple moving bodies for transportation, each transporting the workpiece; and a transporting device, transporting the moving bodies for transportation along a moving path, wherein each of the moving bodies for transportation includes a working platform for an operator to ride on, a supporting portion supporting the workpiece, and a lifting portion lifting the supporting portion, and the lifting portion lifts the supporting portion to change a height of the workpiece supported on the supporting portion relative to the working platform.