Muselet Calibration Unit Using Cup-Shaped Anvil
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing calibration systems for bottle cork muselets are inadequate in ensuring the quality and integrity of the surface finish, often causing abrasions or scratches, and are complex, costly, and require multiple process stages with high energy consumption.
Innovation Solution
A single-stage calibration unit that uses a combination of a cup-shaped anvil, reciprocating carriage, and lever mechanisms to precisely fold and shape the metal wire components of the muselet without significant contact or impact, ensuring precise alignment and folding of the legs and belt without damaging the surface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If traditional multi-stage calibration systems are used, then manufacturing precision can be achieved, but device complexity and energy consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple calibration operations (folding, shaping, and positioning of muselet components) into a single integrated calibration station. The anvil with multiple facets and the positioning means work together in one operation to achieve what previously required separate process stages, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining calibration precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The calibration anvil is designed with multiple facets (first facet for folding, second facet for shaping, third facet for positioning) that perform different calibration functions within a single device. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for multiple separate calibration stations, reducing overall system complexity while preserving manufacturing precision.
2Manufacturing precision
If traditional calibration systems are used, then calibration can be performed, but surface finish integrity is compromised due to abrasions and scratches
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a specifically designed anvil with multiple facets as an intermediary tool that enables calibration without direct harmful contact. Each facet is designed to perform a specific function (folding, shaping, positioning) that achieves calibration accuracy while minimizing surface contact and preventing abrasions or scratches on the muselet components.
3Manufacturing precision
If traditional multi-stage calibration processes are used, then required calibration results can be achieved, but production time and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The anvil is pre-configured with multiple facets and positioning means that are all ready to perform their respective functions in a single operation. The folding facet, shaping facet, and positioning means are prepared in advance to work sequentially during one calibration cycle, eliminating the need for multiple separate process stages and thereby increasing productivity while maintaining calibration quality.
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AI summary
The present invention refers to the field of the manufacture of systems of corking bottles, and in particular it relates to apparatuses for making muselets for equipping bottles of spumante, champagne, beer and sparkling wine in general. Even more specifically, the invention concerns a unit that, in one of the aforementioned apparatuses or downstream of it, is intended for calibrating muselets, i.e. for precisely refining the final configuration thereof according to a predetermined standard, so as to reach the required coherence to best use the muselets in the successive automatic bottling lines.