Cantilevered Press Conveyor Crossbar With Passive Vibration Damping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conveyor apparatuses in press installations face challenges in accurately conveying workpieces due to vibrations, which can affect the precision of workpiece placement and require complex sensor-based control systems to mitigate these vibrations, leading to potential delays and loss of path monitoring.
Innovation Solution
A conveyor apparatus with a cantilevered crossbar configuration and compensation blocks that passively absorb vibrations, eliminating the need for sensors and control systems to correct movement, ensuring precise and stable workpiece placement and path monitoring.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If a conveyor apparatus with longitudinal guiding supports and sensor-based control is used to reduce vibrations, then vibration reduction is achieved, but device complexity increases and path monitoring is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the complex sensor-based control system and longitudinal guiding supports from the conveyor apparatus. Instead of using active vibration control through sensors and actuators, the invention extracts these complex elements and replaces them with a simple cantilevered crossbar structure that inherently minimizes vibrations through its structural design, thus reducing device complexity while maintaining vibration reduction benefits
Solution Approach 2:
The cantilevered crossbar structure serves itself by inherently providing vibration reduction through its structural configuration without requiring external sensors or control systems. The design leverages the natural mechanical properties of the cantilevered structure to minimize vibrations during workpiece conveyance, eliminating the need for complex path monitoring and correction systems
2Object-affected harmful factors
If sensor-based control systems are incorporated to detect and correct vibrations, then vibration mitigation is improved, but response time delays occur and path monitoring is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by designing the cantilevered crossbar structure to inherently minimize vibrations before they can affect the workpiece. The structural design pre-empts vibration generation through its rigid cantilevered configuration, eliminating the need for delayed sensor detection and corrective control actions, thus ensuring precise placement without time losses
3Object-affected harmful factors
If longitudinal guiding supports are used to stabilize the crossbar, then vibration reduction is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes the longitudinal guiding supports from the conveyor apparatus design. The invention demonstrates that these supporting elements are not necessary if the crossbar is designed as a cantilevered structure, thereby simplifying the overall device while maintaining the ability to reduce vibrations through proper structural design
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 solution effectively reduces vibrations transmitted to workpieces, maintaining precise control over the conveyor path and improving the accuracy of workpiece placement without the need for additional sensors or control systems, enhancing the overall efficiency of the press installation process.
Implementation Method 1
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Data Source
AI summary
A conveyor apparatus that includes a support, a crossbar and a plurality of tools attached to the crossbar. The crossbar is suitable for being moved to convey a workpiece and is supported only by the support. The crossbar includes first and second segments that are located on opposite sides of the support. First and second tools are respectively attached to the first and second segments. The conveyor apparatus includes at least one passive vibration compensation block attached to at least one element of the conveyor apparatus selected from the crossbar, the first tool, and the second tool, to reduce vibrations generated during the movement of the crossbar.