Pressing Machine Side Plate Units for Sandwich Panel Manufacturing
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Solution Overview
Problem
The manufacturing of sandwich panels for shelters requires complex mechanical clamping and heating mechanisms, leading to a cumbersome structure that cannot directly produce a shelter body, necessitating a novel pressing machine and side plate unit structure.
Innovation Solution
A pressing machine with a clamping chamber that integrates inner and outer sheets using an electromagnetic absorption force, combined with a side plate unit structure composed of heating and electromagnetic modules, allowing for tight integration and adjustable size manufacturing through assembly of side plate units.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If traditional mechanical clamping mechanism and heating mechanism are used, then sandwich panels can be manufactured, but the structure becomes complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional mechanical clamping mechanism with an electromagnetic clamping mechanism. The electromagnetic module generates magnetic fields that exert clamping forces on the sandwich panel, eliminating the need for complex mechanical presses and clamps while achieving the same manufacturing function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the heating function and clamping function into an integrated side plate structure. The side plate includes both heating modules and electromagnetic modules, merging two previously separate functions into a single unified component, thereby simplifying the overall device structure.
2Productivity
If traditional pressing machine is used, then sandwich panels can be pressed, but it cannot directly generate a shelter body
Solution Approach 1:
The pressing machine is designed with side plate units that can be assembled in different configurations to directly form various types of shelter bodies. The side plates serve multiple functions: they provide clamping, heating, and simultaneously form the structural framework of the final shelter product, eliminating the need for separate production steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The side plate units are designed to be dynamically configurable through assembly and disassembly. Different numbers and arrangements of side plate units can be used depending on the desired shelter size and type, allowing the same basic pressing machine to produce multiple product variants directly.
3Adaptability or versatility
If side plate units are assembled to form side plates, then sandwich panels with different sizes can be manufactured, but the assembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The side plates are divided into standardized modular side plate units that can be independently manufactured and then assembled. Each unit contains complete heating and electromagnetic functionality, allowing flexible combination to create different sizes while maintaining functional integrity. The segmentation enables scalable production without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system achieves size variability by changing the number and arrangement of identical standardized side plate units rather than designing different complex structures for each size. This parameter-based scalability (changing quantity而非design) simplifies the assembly process while maintaining versatility.
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
Enables the production of sandwich panels with different sizes at a lower cost by ensuring tight integration of sheets and controlled pressing temperature, simplifying the manufacturing process and reducing complexity.
Implementation Method 1
After the electromagnetic module and the corresponding heating module are initiated, an electromagnetic absorption force is formed between the inner sheet and the outer sheet
Implementation Method 2
a proper pressing temperature can be kept
Data Source
AI summary
A pressing machine comprising a base, wherein a first inner edge side plate and a second outer edge side plate are arranged on the base; a clamping chamber with sealed inner and outer end surfaces is reserved between the outer wall of the first inner edge side plate and the inner wall of the of the second outer edge side plate; the interior of the clamping chamber is used for preparing sandwich panels; the first inner edge side plate comprises a first side plate assembly, a second side plate assembly, a third side plate assembly and a fourth side plate assembly, wherein the four groups of the side plate assemblies are arranged in parallel in pairs; each side plate assembly is formed by assembling a plurality of side plate units along the length direction of the corresponding side plate assembly.