Rebar Binding Machine Layout for Deep and Narrow Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing binding machines struggle to effectively bind reinforcing bars in deep-sided or narrow spaces due to limitations in reach and size, often getting obstructed by other reinforcing bars.
Innovation Solution
A binding machine design featuring a first main body with a binding part and driving part, a second main body with a handle and operation trigger, and a bridge part connecting the two, allowing for extended reach and flexibility in navigating through lattice-shaped reinforcing bar arrangements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the binding machine has a short length from handle part to guide part, then the machine is compact and easy to handle, but the guide part and twisting part cannot reach reinforcing bars in deep side when obstructed by front reinforcing bars
Solution Approach 1:
The binding machine is divided into two separate main bodies: a first main body containing the binding part and driving part, and a second main body containing the handle part. These are connected by a bridge part, allowing the machine to achieve extended reach while maintaining operational control.
2Length of moving object
If the binding machine has a long length from handle part to guide part, then the guide part can reach deep-sided reinforcing bars, but the binding machine main body becomes too big to pass through lattice shaped by front reinforcing bars
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the machine into two compact main bodies connected by a bridge part, the design achieves extended reach distance while keeping each main body compact enough to navigate through lattice structures of reinforcing bars.
Solution Approach 2:
The bridge part connects the two main bodies in a configuration that extends the reach in one dimension while keeping the overall machine footprint compact in other dimensions, allowing passage through narrow lattice spaces.
3Device complexity
If the front handle part is positioned close to the binding part, then the machine structure is compact, but the handle part becomes obstructive and prevents the machine from passing through lattice shaped by front reinforcing bars
Solution Approach 1:
Separating the handle part into a distinct second main body connected by a bridge part eliminates the obstruction problem, allowing the machine to pass through lattice structures while maintaining structural simplicity.
4Device complexity
If the binding machine uses a single integrated main body, then the structure is simple and robust, but the machine cannot effectively bind reinforcing bars in deep or narrow spaces
Solution Approach 1:
The machine is segmented into two main bodies connected by a bridge part, enabling access to deep and narrow spaces while preserving structural simplicity and robustness through the connected design.
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AI summary
A binding machine includes a first main body, a second main body and a bridge part. The first main body houses a binding part which twists a wire and a driving part which drives the binding part. The second main body is provided with a handle part including an operation trigger. The bridge part connects the first main body and the second main body to each other.