Pipe Processing Support and Sorting Structure for Stable Unloading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional pipe processing machines face issues with pipe shaking and processing defects during conveying and unloading, and they require large spaces due to the need for extensive machine frames, making them inefficient and difficult to allocate in plants.
Innovation Solution
A pipe processing machine with a movable feeding mechanism, main chuck assembly, processing mechanism, and movable unloading mechanism, featuring slide rails and power-driven components for stable support and processing, including a clamping device, movable blocks, and a rotary processing head, along with an unloading mechanism that provides stable support and automatic unloading and sorting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the machine frame reserves sufficient length for feeding and processing pipes, then the pipe processing capability is improved, but the machine size becomes large and occupies excessive space
Solution Approach 1:
The patent converts the traditional static machine frame into a dynamic system where the feeding mechanism and processing mechanism can move independently along guide rails. This allows the machine to process pipes of various lengths without requiring the entire machine frame to be as large as the longest pipe, thereby reducing the occupied space while maintaining processing capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The machine is divided into independent functional modules (feeding mechanism, processing mechanism, support mechanism) that can move and position themselves as needed. This segmentation allows each module to operate independently, reducing the need for a large continuous machine frame structure.
2Device complexity
If the pipe is conveyed in suspension status between feeding and processing mechanisms, then the machine structure is simplified, but pipe shaking occurs causing processing defects
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a support mechanism with support blocks as an intermediary element between the feeding and processing mechanisms. These support blocks provide intermediate support points for the pipe during conveyance, preventing pipe shaking and processing defects while maintaining a relatively simple machine structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The support mechanism is designed to be movable, with support blocks that can dynamically position themselves along the pipe to provide support at optimal locations during the conveying and processing operations, ensuring processing quality without requiring a complex fixed structure.
3Device complexity
If the finished products cannot be stably supported during unloading, then the unloading process is simplified, but sorting effectiveness is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The unloading mechanism incorporates movable support blocks that can dynamically adjust their position and provide stable support to finished pipes during the unloading and sorting processes. This ensures effective sorting while keeping the unloading mechanism relatively simple in design.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a pipe processing machine with auxiliary support and sorting structure, which is equipped with a first and second slide rails at the front end of a machine base, a feeding mechanism and a main chuck assembly are installed at the first slide rail, and an unloading mechanism is installed at the second slide rail; when the pipe is clamped between the feeding mechanism and main chuck assembly for processing by the processing mechanism, the unloading mechanism will move to the bottom of the pipe on the second slide rail to be a support, which enables the processing mechanism to carry out stable processing of pipes, and when the processing is completed, the finished pipes can be unloaded in stable support by the unloading mechanism, which further increases the processing yield of pipes.