Automated Powder Adding Bucket With Weighing Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional methods for adding powders in material development are inefficient, labor-intensive, and prone to errors, leading to high labor costs and low throughput, with manual addition failing to meet experimental accuracy and efficiency needs.
Innovation Solution
A powder sample adding device and system that includes a first bracket, sample adding mechanism, and various driving and positioning components to automate the powder addition process, ensuring precise and efficient addition of powders.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual powder addition is used, then operation simplicity is maintained, but productivity and measurement precision deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The powder adding bucket performs self-stirring through its own rotation driven by the stirring driving member, eliminating the need for separate stirring equipment. The bucket rotates to stir powder at the outlet, ensuring smooth flow and consistent addition without requiring additional mechanical stirring components
Solution Approach 2:
The powder adding bucket serves multiple functions: it stores powder, rotates to stir powder at the outlet, and tilts to control powder discharge. This multi-functionality consolidates storage, stirring, and dispensing operations into a single component, improving productivity without proportionally increasing device complexity
2Measurement precision
If manual powder addition is used, then device complexity is low, but measurement precision and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The balance provides real-time feedback on the container weight during powder addition. The control unit receives weight data from the balance and automatically adjusts the powder addition process to achieve the target weight, ensuring high measurement precision through closed-loop control
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual mechanical powder addition with an automated control system that uses electrical signals from the balance to control the powder dispensing process, substituting human judgment and manual operation with automated measurement and control
3Productivity
If automated powder addition is implemented, then productivity improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The powder adding bucket combines storage, stirring, and dispensing functions in one integrated component. The stirring driving member and tilting mechanism are merged with the bucket structure itself, reducing the number of separate components and simplifying the overall device while maintaining automated functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The stirring driving member rotates the powder adding bucket in advance to stir and loosen powder before dispensing begins. This preliminary stirring action ensures smooth powder flow during addition, preventing blockages and ensuring consistent delivery without requiring complex real-time adjustment mechanisms
4Productivity
If manual powder addition is used, then labor cost is low, but productivity and measurement precision deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The automated system enables continuous powder addition operations without interruption by manual handling. The control unit coordinates the stirring, tilting, and dispensing actions seamlessly, maintaining continuous operation that significantly reduces the time cycle compared to repeated manual addition and weighing cycles
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AI summary
The present application provides a powder sample adding device and a powder sample adding system. The powder sample adding device includes a first bracket and a sample adding mechanism. The first bracket includes a powder adding substrate and a powder bucket carrying member, the powder adding substrate is connected to the powder bucket carrying member. The sample adding mechanism is connected to the powder adding substrate. The sample adding mechanism includes a powder adding member, a stirring driving member, and a pressing-down driving member. The stirring driving member is connected to the powder adding member in a transmission way and configured to drive the powder adding member to rotate. The pressing-down driving member is rotatably connected to the powder adding member and configured to drive the powder adding member to rise and fall relative to the powder adding substrate.