Pants Pad Wing Folding With Airflow-Stabilized Coupling
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for producing absorbent pads fail to reliably and precisely fold and couple wings to form the shape of pants at high production speeds, leading to uncontrollable fluttering and incorrect connections.
Innovation Solution
A method involving the lifting and overturning of first and second wings onto the surface of the semifinished product, maintaining them in an overturned position, and then folding them to engage with complementary third and fourth wings using quick connection means, ensuring stability and precision during high-speed production.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If wings are folded and coupled at high production speeds using conventional methods, then productivity is improved, but manufacturing precision deteriorates due to uncontrollable fluttering and incorrect connections
Solution Approach 1:
The method applies preliminary action by first lifting the wings with airflow before folding them. This preliminary lifting stabilizes the wings in a controlled manner, preventing fluttering during the subsequent folding operation at high speeds, thereby maintaining manufacturing precision while preserving productivity
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses pneumatic means (airflow) to lift and stabilize the wings during the folding process. This pneumatic action provides controlled support to the wings, preventing uncontrolled fluttering and ensuring precise coupling connections even at high production speeds
2Ease of operation
If wings are folded to form pants shape, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional folding mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The method applies self-service by using the product's own structure (the wings and body) to facilitate the folding process. The wings are lifted and folded using airflow and the natural movement of the product along the processing path, rather than requiring complex external folding mechanisms, thus maintaining ease of operation while limiting device complexity
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
Ensures stable and precise folding of pads into the shape of pants, preventing fluttering and ensuring correct coupling of wings, even at high production speeds, with the option for adjustable width and easy disconnection.
Implementation Method 1
said overturn of the first wing (101) and of the second wing (101) on the plane (100) of the pad comprises a step of lifting said first wing (101) and second wing (101) through an airflow
Data Source
AI summary
A method for folding pads shaped as pants includes providing a first wing and a second wing of a pad with hook and loop elements, overturning the first and the second wing by 180° on the plane of the pad, and maintaining the first and the second wing in such position until the pad having the shape of pants is closed.