Oscillating Brush Cleaning for Construction Production Pallets
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaning devices for production pallets in the construction industry are expensive, complex, and inflexible, requiring multiple components and drives, making them difficult to maintain and adapt to varying pallet dimensions, with insufficient cleaning efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning device featuring a brush that moves oscillatingly along the longitudinal extent, driven by a single device, allowing efficient cleaning of the entire pallet width with minimal components, adjustable to different dimensions, and easy maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If disc brushes or vertical brushes are used for cleaning production pallets, then cleaning performance is improved, but device complexity and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning device divides the pallet width into multiple cleaning zones, with each zone served by a separate brush element. This segmentation allows the system to achieve comprehensive cleaning coverage while maintaining simplicity in each individual brush unit, avoiding the need for complex oversized disc brushes.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from the conventional vertical orientation of disc brushes to a horizontal arrangement where brush elements are distributed across the pallet width. This dimensional change enables effective cleaning with simpler, smaller brush units arranged in parallel rather than requiring a single complex vertical structure.
2Area of stationary object
If multiple disc brushes are used to cover the pallet width, then cleaning coverage is improved, but the number of drive devices and components increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple brush elements are merged into a single integrated cleaning device structure that spans the pallet width. This combining approach achieves comprehensive cleaning coverage while maintaining a unified, simple structure rather than requiring separate complex drive systems for each brush.
3Productivity
If large diameter disc brushes are used, then cleaning effectiveness is improved, but installation space and maintenance difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning function is segmented into multiple smaller brush elements instead of one large disc brush. This segmentation reduces the diameter of individual brushes, making them easier to install, maintain, and replace while collectively providing effective cleaning across the entire pallet width.
4Device complexity
If the cleaning device is designed for fixed pallet dimensions, then structural simplicity is maintained, but adaptability to varying pallet sizes is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning device incorporates adjustable elements that allow the brush elements to be repositioned or reconfigured according to different pallet dimensions. This dynamic adaptability enables the same simple structural design to effectively clean various pallet sizes without requiring completely different device configurations.
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 device provides effective, energy-efficient cleaning with reduced installation space, low cost, and ease of maintenance, ensuring thorough removal of contaminants without additives.
Implementation Method 1
the at least one brush can be moved in an oscillating manner along the longitudinal extent by the at least one drive device
Implementation Method 2
concrete residues are rubbed off the production pallet by a disc brush
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AI summary
Cleaning device (1) for cleaning a production pallet (2) for the construction industry, comprising at least one brush (3) with a longitudinal extension (4) and at least one drive device (5) for moving the at least one brush (3), wherein the at least one brush (3) can be moved in an oscillating manner along the longitudinal extension (4) by the at least one drive device (5).