RI Target Exchange Mechanism for Compact Isotope Production
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing RI manufacturing processes experience downtime due to target replacement in particle accelerators, necessitating a solution to enhance efficiency and reduce downtime while maintaining a compact device size.
Innovation Solution
The RI manufacturing apparatus incorporates a target attachment and detachment device with air cylinders and slide plates to facilitate automated and efficient target replacement, allowing multiple targets to be positioned and detached from the accelerator's derivation portion with precise angle adjustments, using a compact configuration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a target attachment and detachment device is added to enable automated target replacement, then productivity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The target attachment and detachment device integrates multiple functions into a single unit: holding multiple targets, positioning them at different angles, and automating the attachment/detachment process. This merging of functions into one device enables efficient target replacement while avoiding the need for multiple separate mechanisms, thus resolving the contradiction between productivity improvement and device complexity increase.
Solution Approach 2:
The device holds multiple targets in advance at predetermined angles and positions them ready for immediate attachment to the derivation portion. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for time-consuming target positioning and angle adjustment during replacement operations, significantly improving productivity while keeping the device structure manageable through pre-configured mechanisms.
2Manufacturing precision
If an incident angle adjustment mechanism is added to optimize particle beam irradiation, then manufacturing precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The incident angle adjustment mechanism is merged with the target attachment and detachment device, so that the same device that handles target replacement also provides precise angle adjustment. This integration allows the device to hold multiple targets at different predetermined angles while maintaining compact structure and avoiding the complexity of separate adjustment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The mechanism enables dynamic adjustment of target angles to optimize particle beam irradiation for different target types and materials. By making the angle adjustment capability integral to the attachment device, the system can adapt to various manufacturing requirements without adding significant complexity, thus improving manufacturing precision while maintaining device manageability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple targets of different materials are held simultaneously, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The target attachment and detachment device is designed with universal capability to hold and manage multiple targets of different materials and types simultaneously. The device provides standardized interfaces and predetermined angle positions that accommodate various target configurations, enabling the system to adapt to different radioactive isotope manufacturing requirements without requiring material-specific specialized mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The device segments the target holding function into multiple independent positions and angles within a single unified structure. Each position can accommodate different target types and materials independently, allowing the system to manage variety through spatial segmentation rather than through multiple separate holding mechanisms, thus improving adaptability while controlling device complexity.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to an RI manufacturing apparatus including an accelerator, a target irradiated with a particle beam of an accelerated particle emitted from the accelerator, and an incident angle adjustment mechanism that adjusts an incident angle of the particle beam to the target. The apparatus further comprises a target attachment and detachment device attached to the accelerator.