Oven with Movable Partitions for Variable Baking Lengths
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tunnel ovens require significant effort to change the length of baking regions, involving rearrangement of partitioning plates and temperature settings, making it difficult to adjust aging times effectively.
Innovation Solution
The oven features movable partitions and intermediate regions that can be dynamically configured by opening or closing partitions to combine regions for different baking processes, allowing for easy adjustment of baking process lengths without rearranging fixed plates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If fixed partitioning plates are used to define baking regions, then the structure is simple and stable, but it requires significant effort and time to change the length of baking regions
Solution Approach 1:
The partitioning plates are made movable instead of fixed, allowing them to be repositioned along the conveying direction to change the length of baking regions. This dynamic configuration enables flexible adjustment of aging and baking times without requiring complete disassembly or complex rearrangement of the oven structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If intermediate regions are added between first and second regions, then baking process flexibility is improved, but the number of partitions and control parameters increases
Solution Approach 1:
The intermediate regions are designed to be multi-functional, serving as buffer zones that can be dynamically assigned to either the first or second baking process based on production requirements. By using movable partitions, the same physical space can fulfill different functional roles, reducing the need for dedicated separate regions for each baking process.
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AI summary
An oven includes a conveying part configured to convey a food material, a first region and a second region to perform a first baking process and a second baking process, respectively, on the conveyed food material, and an intermediate region between the first region and the second region. The oven further includes a movable first partition provided between the first region and the intermediate region and a movable second partition provided between the intermediate region and the second region. The intermediate region is added as a region to perform the first baking process to the first region in response to the first partition being opened and the second partition being closed. The intermediate region is added as a region to perform the second baking process to the second region in response to the first partition being closed and the second partition being opened.