RFID Tire Tag Cutting Equipment with Visual Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for cutting RFID tire tags are inefficient, inaccurate, and cause secondary pollution of the material strip, failing to meet the demands of high-speed automation in the tire industry.

Innovation Solution

A cutting equipment comprising a cling film peeling unit, a transport unit, a visual detection unit, and a cutting and grabbing unit that automates the peeling, positioning, cutting, and placement of RFID tire tags, improving efficiency and accuracy while minimizing material strip pollution.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual operation or auxiliary semi-automatic processing equipment is used for cutting RFID tire tags, then the device complexity is low, but the productivity is reduced and manufacturing precision is not high

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing efficiencyVSAvoidequipment complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple functions (peeling, transporting, detecting, cutting, and grabbing) into an integrated automatic cutting equipment system. The cutting device merges the cutting blade mechanism with the grabbing mechanism that conveys RFID tire tags to the placement position, allowing simultaneous cutting and transfer operations to improve productivity without proportionally increasing device complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical operations with an automated control system. The visual detection unit provides automated positioning information, and the controller coordinates the cutting blade and grabbing mechanism automatically, substituting human-operated mechanical systems with automated electro-mechanical systems that achieve higher productivity and precision

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Manufacturing precision

If manual operation or auxiliary semi-automatic processing equipment is used for cutting RFID tire tags, then the equipment cost is low, but the manufacturing precision is not high

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecutting accuracyVSAvoidequipment complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent incorporates a visual detection unit that detects the position of the material strip and provides feedback to the control system. This feedback mechanism enables real-time positioning adjustments, ensuring high cutting accuracy by automatically compensating for position variations in the material strip during the cutting process

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The visual detection unit creates an optical copy or image of the material strip position, which is then processed by the controller to determine the precise cutting location. This optical copying and processing approach enables high-precision positioning and cutting without requiring complex mechanical positioning mechanisms

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Object-affected harmful factors

If manual operation or auxiliary semi-automatic processing equipment is used for cutting RFID tire tags, then the equipment complexity is low, but secondary pollution of the material strip occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecondary pollutionVSAvoidequipment complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent incorporates a dedicated cling film peeling unit with upper and lower peeling rollers that separates and removes the cling film from the material strip before cutting. This extraction of the peeling function into a separate unit prevents contamination of the material strip and ensures clean cutting surfaces without requiring complex additional cleaning mechanisms

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentEP3513929B1Electronic tag cutting device
Publication Date: 2022.11.30 MESNAC CO LTD
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AI summary

A cutting equipment for RFID tire tag comprises: a cling film peeling unit (1) for peeling off the cling film on a material strip; a transport unit (2) for transporting the material strip; a visual detection unit (3) for detecting the position of the material strip; and a cutting and grabbing unit (4) for cutting the material strip and conveying the cutting-formed RFID tire tag to a placement position. The cutting equipment for RFID tire tag can not only improve the processing efficiency and save costs, but also effectively improve the processing accuracy of the RFID tire tags and avoid secondary pollution of the material strip.