Multi-Belt Carrier Tool for Faster Conveyor Belt Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for applying multiple belts to a conveyor device are labor-intensive, requiring each belt to be tensioned and pulled onto the device individually, which increases workload as the number of belts increases.
Innovation Solution
A belt setting tool with parallel carrier elements and a belt carrier having grooves for receiving belts, allowing multiple belts to be tensioned and pulled onto a shaft simultaneously, with recesses for easy alignment and positioning on the conveyor device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple belts are applied individually to the conveyor device, then each belt can be properly tensioned and positioned, but the workload and time required increases considerably with an increasing number of belts
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple carrier elements (first carrier element, second carrier element, etc.) into a single integrated belt setting tool. Each carrier element has a recess for receiving a belt, and they are connected via a belt carrier. This merging allows multiple belts to be tensioned and applied to the conveyor device simultaneously through a single tool operation, rather than requiring separate operations for each belt, thereby increasing productivity while maintaining proper tensioning for each belt
2Quantity of substance
If a single carrier element is used for belt application, then the tool structure remains simple, but it cannot accommodate multiple belts simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The belt setting tool is segmented into multiple independent carrier elements (first carrier element, second carrier element, etc.), where each carrier element has its own recess for receiving a belt. These segmented carrier elements are connected via a belt carrier, allowing the tool to accommodate multiple belts simultaneously while maintaining a relatively simple modular structure that is easier to manufacture and maintain compared to a fully integrated complex tool
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AI summary
The invention relates to a belt fitting tool (1) for applying at least two belts (6) to a conveyor device (100), wherein the belt fitting tool (1) has at least a first and a second support element (2, 3) which extend substantially parallel to each other, wherein the first support element (2) has a first recess (20) for placing the first support element (2) onto a shaft (10), wherein the second support element (3) has a second recess (30) for placing the second support element (3) onto the shaft (10), wherein the first and the second support elements (2, 3) are connected via a belt carrier (4), wherein the belt carrier (4) has at least two grooves (40) for receiving at least two belts (6).