Particle Capture Device Using Viscous Material for Machining
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Solution Overview
Problem
During reactor tank maintenance, metal particles from machining tools can fall into the tank and circulate with reactor water, causing abrasion damage to sensitive components, and existing filters are inefficient in capturing these particles before they accumulate.
Innovation Solution
A device with a container and guiding means to collect particles using a viscous or paste-like material that hardens after the machining process, ensuring all particles are retained without risk of leakage, featuring a contact surface to enclose the machining area and a mechanism for mixing and hardening the material.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a filter is used to capture particles, then particles are captured, but particles may get stuck in inappropriate places before being captured and filters need to be emptied
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the particle capture function from a traditional filter system and integrates it directly into the machining tool. The container with capturing material is attached to the tool, allowing particles to be captured at the source rather than circulating through a separate filter system that requires maintenance.
Solution Approach 2:
The capturing material (viscous or paste-like substance) acts as an intermediary between the machining area and the particles. This material directly contacts and retains particles at the machining zone, preventing them from entering the reactor tank circulation system.
2Reliability
If a viscous or paste-like material is used to retain particles, then particles are securely retained, but the material must have specific consistency properties
Solution Approach 1:
The invention changes the physical parameters of the capturing material by using a viscous or paste-like substance with specific consistency properties. This material state allows it to securely retain particles while still being workable during the machining process. The hardening capability further modifies the material parameters after particle capture.
Solution Approach 2:
The capturing material appears to be a composite substance combining viscous/paste-like properties for particle retention with hardening capabilities. This composite nature allows the material to serve multiple functions: capturing particles during machining and then solidifying for secure transport.
3Ease of operation
If the container is removed from the machining area, then the tool can be moved, but captured particles may fall out
Solution Approach 1:
The invention applies preliminary action by hardening the capturing material before removing the container from the machining area. The hardening process secures the captured particles within the material matrix, ensuring they cannot fall out during tool movement or container removal.
Solution Approach 2:
The capturing material undergoes a phase transition from a viscous/paste-like state during machining to a hardened solid state after particle capture. This phase change ensures particles are securely retained and prevents them from falling out when the container is moved or removed from the machining area.
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 effectively captures and retains all metal particles during machining, preventing abrasion damage by ensuring they are securely held until the material hardens, allowing safe removal of the tool without particle loss and enabling examination of the collected particles by heating the hardened material.
Implementation Method 1
the first material is hardenable and that the device comprises hardening means which is configured to harden the first material such that it changes to a solid state after a machining process has been completed
Implementation Method 2
the internal space contains a first material having a consistency such that it has the ability to receive and retain detached particles which are led into the internal space during the machining process
Implementation Method 3
said guiding means comprises a contact portion with a contact surface in connection with the tool opening which is configured to abut a surface of an object processed by the tool
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a device designed to capture the detached particles from an object being processed by the tool. The device includes an inlet opening to an internal space. The device includes guiding means configured to lead particles, which is detached during a machining process, the inner space of the container via the inlet opening and the inner space comprises a first material that has a consistency such that it has the ability to receive and retain detached particles, which are led into the inner space during the machining process.