Oven Platform Stabilization for Filament Parallelism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Carbon fiber filament ovens with a height greater than width are prone to instability due to adverse weather conditions, causing filaments to become deformed or contact each other during the manufacturing process.
Innovation Solution
An oven design with a pivotable platform and attachment means that transmit movements from the upper end to the lower end, maintaining filament tension and parallel alignment through intercalated anchoring points and elastic components, ensuring filaments remain parallel and prevent deformation or contact.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the oven height is increased to maximize filament storage capacity, then the storage capacity is improved, but the structural stability deteriorates due to wind and weather conditions causing swaying
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs attachment means (cables, ropes, or chains) that act as counterbalancing elements to resist the swaying motion caused by wind and weather. These attachment means connect the movable platform to the oven structure, creating a stabilizing force that counteracts the destabilizing effect of increased height on filament storage capacity.
2Quantity of substance
If the oven height is increased to maximize filament storage capacity, then the storage capacity is improved, but the filament parallelism deteriorates due to lateral displacement from swaying
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment means function as stabilizing elements that counteract lateral displacement of the platform. By connecting the platform to the fixed oven structure, these attachment means prevent swaying-induced lateral movement, thereby maintaining filament parallelism even when the oven height is increased to maximize storage capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment means act as intermediary elements between the movable platform and the fixed oven structure. They mediate the transmission of stabilizing forces from the fixed structure to the movable platform, ensuring that filament parallelism is maintained while allowing the platform to accommodate maximum storage capacity.
3Stability of the object's composition
If attachment means are added to stabilize the platform, then the structural stability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment means are implemented as flexible elements (cables, ropes, or chains) rather than rigid structural components. This flexible implementation provides structural stability through tension-based restraint while minimizing added complexity compared to rigid mechanical stabilization systems.
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AI summary
The invention relates to an oven for the thermal treatment of filaments, which comprises: an oven body (1) having a height greater than its width, with a first end (1.1) and a second end (1.2); conduction means (2) for conducting the filaments, comprising first rotary supports (2.1) and second rotary supports (2.2) between which the filaments are threaded; a platform (3) on which the conduction means (2) for conducting the filaments are arranged and which is pivotably arranged at the first end (1.1) of the oven body (1); and attachment means (4) attaching the platform (3) to the second end (1.2) of the oven body (1), transferring the movements of the second end (1.2) of the oven body (1) to the platform (3), such that it assures that the filaments remain parallel to one another, preventing them from becoming deformed or from coming into contact with one another.