Modular Printing Apparatus with Removable Head Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing printing apparatuses face challenges with precise and reliable adjustment of printing heads, requiring expensive mechanical solutions or limited electronic adjustments, leading to bulky and inflexible systems that necessitate specialized personnel for maintenance and alignment, making them inefficient and costly.
Innovation Solution
A modular printing apparatus with removable positioning devices and adjustable printing heads that allow for precise alignment in any direction, enabling easy replacement and maintenance by non-specialized personnel, forming a compact and versatile system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If mechanical adjustment with extremely precise support plate working is used, then positioning precision of printing heads is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The support plate is divided into multiple movable support elements that can be independently adjusted. Each support element can be positioned separately to accommodate printing heads of different sizes and configurations, eliminating the need for extremely precise monolithic support plate working while achieving the same positioning precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The support elements are made movable rather than fixed, allowing dynamic adjustment of the support plate configuration. This enables the system to adapt to different printing head arrangements and maintain precise positioning without requiring complex mechanical adjustment mechanisms or specialized technician intervention.
2Device complexity
If electronic adjustment devices are used, then device complexity is reduced, but positioning precision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment system is segmented into multiple independently adjustable support elements rather than a single electronic adjustment mechanism. This allows for fine-grained positional control of each printing head while using simple, non-complex adjustment devices that can be manually operated by non-specialized personnel.
3Ease of repair
If modular design with removable positioning devices is implemented, then ease of maintenance and replacement is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The printing apparatus is divided into modular printing units that can be independently removed and replaced. Each printing unit is supported by adjustable support elements that can be quickly reconfigured, allowing non-specialized personnel to perform maintenance and replacements without complex adjustment procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable support elements are designed to automatically adapt to different printing unit configurations through simple manual adjustment, eliminating the need for complex alignment procedures or specialized technician knowledge. The system enables self-service maintenance by ordinary operators.
4Manufacturing precision
If precise mechanical adjustment systems are used, then positioning precision is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The support elements are designed to be manually movable rather than requiring complex mechanical adjustment systems. Ordinary operators can easily reposition the support elements to accommodate different printing head configurations, achieving precise positioning through simple, intuitive adjustments rather than sophisticated mechanical mechanisms.
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AI summary
A printing apparatus comprising a support plane on which a substrate to be printed can be positioned and a plurality of printing units provided with at least one printing head; each of the printing units is housed on at least one support plate positionable in proximity to the substrate to be printed and crossed by the printing head of the printing units; the apparatus also comprises removable positioning devices of each printing head and therefore of each of the printing units on the support plate; the removable positioning devices are able to hold the printing head on the support plate and allow their possible removal from the support plate; the printing units are configured to be aligned in a modular manner in at least a determinate direction, so as to form at least a printing battery.