Profile Separating Apparatus with Adjustable Stop Cams
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing separating devices for profiles struggle to efficiently separate profiles that are stacked on top of each other without requiring complex adjustments for different support widths, limiting their effectiveness.
Innovation Solution
The use of stop cams with adjustable stop points that determine the rotation angle and distance from the support surface, allowing the device to adapt to profiles of varying cross-sectional shapes and sizes without additional construction measures, ensuring consistent separation by limiting the conveying path based on the profile's cross-sectional dimensions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an adjustable stop is assigned to the receiving surfaces to accommodate profiles with different support widths, then the device can handle various profile widths, but the effective radial length of the driver surfaces is limited and the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The stop cam serves multiple functions: it limits the conveying path of profiles, determines the position of the support surface, and adapts to different cross-sectional sizes through rotational adjustment. This single component replaces what would otherwise require separate adjustable stops for each profile width, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The stop cam is rotatable to different angular positions corresponding to different profile cross-sectional sizes. This dynamic adjustment allows the same physical component to adapt to varying profile dimensions without requiring mechanical reconfiguration or additional adjustable elements, thereby maintaining simplicity while achieving adaptability.
2Reliability
If the support width corresponds to the radial extent of the carrier surface, then profiles can be lifted effectively, but additional complex construction measures are required to adapt to profiles of different support widths
Solution Approach 1:
The stop cam is integrated into the existing carrier surface structure, serving both as a positioning element and an adaptive mechanism. By rotating the stop cam to different angles, the same carrier surface can reliably lift profiles of different support widths without requiring additional lifting mechanisms or complex construction modifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The position of the stop cam is changed by rotating it to different angular positions, which corresponds to different profile cross-sectional sizes. This parameter change allows the carrier surface to maintain reliable lifting action across varying profile dimensions without altering the physical structure or adding complexity.
3Manufacturing precision
If stop points determine the contour of stop cams, then the conveying path can be limited accurately for different profile sizes, but the device requires controlled rotation to different positions
Solution Approach 1:
The stop cam is designed to be rotatable to specific angular positions that correspond to different profile cross-sectional sizes. This dynamic positioning allows the contour defined by stop points to accurately limit the conveying path for each profile type, while the rotation mechanism maintains ease of operation by allowing quick adjustment between predetermined positions.
Solution Approach 2:
The stop cam positions are predetermined and pre-configured for specific profile cross-sectional sizes. This preliminary setup means that once the stop cam is rotated to the appropriate position, accurate conveying path limitation is automatically achieved without requiring complex real-time adjustments or complex control mechanisms during operation.
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
Ensures efficient separation of profiles by allowing individual pickup and transfer, even when stacked, by controlling the cross conveyors based on stop cam positions, accommodating different cross-sectional sizes with minimal design changes.
Implementation Method 1
stop cams for the profiles are assigned to the receptacles, that stop points of the stop cams which determine the contour determine an angle of rotation of the stop cams and a distance from the support surface of the cross conveyor
Implementation Method 2
the profile resting against the receiving surface, along with any profiles resting on this profile, is lifted from the support surface of the cross conveyor by the carrier surface during a subsequent rotation of the discs
Implementation Method 3
when several profiles taken from a stack are placed on a cross conveyor, the profiles will not only lie next to each other, but also on top of each other
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AI summary
The invention relates to a separating apparatus for profiles (6), said separating apparatus comprising transfer means (8) which are provided between supporting surfaces (13) of successive transverse conveyors (1, 2, 3) and which have receiving portions (11) for a plurality of profiles (6), said receiving portions being displaceable in rotational steps of a shaft (9) between a receiving position and a transfer position and forming a catch surface (12) which, in the receiving position, engages under only one profile (6). In order to ensure a simple construction, according to the invention: stop cams (14) for the profiles (6) are associated with the receiving portions (11); stop points (16) determining the contour (15) of the stop cams (14) define an angle of rotation (α) of the stop cams (14) and a distance (h) from the supporting surface (13) of the transverse conveyor (1, 2, 3); the rear boundary edge (18) of the resting surface (17), which edge is defined by the stop points (16) depending on the cross-sectional shape and cross-sectional size of the profiles (6), is at least at the same distance from the shaft (9) as the outer end (19) of the catch surface (12); and the transverse conveyors (1, 2, 3) can be controlled in a manner dependent on the abutting of the profiles (6) against a stop cam (14) rotated into the rotational position for the cross-sectional shape and cross-sectional size of the profiles (6) to be separated.