Riveting Machine for Planar Materials with Laser Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing machines for riveting accessories onto textile materials are not suitable for automating the coupling of planar materials like cartons or cardboard to produce boxes, as they lack the necessary size adaptability and precision for such products.
Innovation Solution
A setting machine with a housing body, separate chambers for accessory and pin storage, a table assembly with sizing plates, independent drive motors, a PLC control mechanism, and a laser for precise alignment, along with a hand safety section for compressing materials, enabling the riveting of planar materials into a box form.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing riveting machines are used for textile materials, then riveting accessories onto fabrics is achieved, but the machines are not suitable for coupling planar materials like cartons or cardboard
Solution Approach 1:
The patent modifies key parameters of the riveting machine including the chamber dimensions, channel geometry, plunger force, and table assembly configuration to accommodate planar materials like cartons and cardboard. These parameter changes enable the machine to reliably couple planar materials while maintaining its ability to handle textile materials, thus resolving the adaptability-reliability contradiction.
2Device complexity
If a single drive motor is used for both accessory and pin feeding, then device complexity is reduced, but manufacturing precision and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the drive system into two independent drive motors: one for accessory feeding and another for pin feeding. This segmentation allows each motor to be optimized for its specific function, ensuring precise synchronization and positioning of accessories and pins during the riveting operation, thereby maintaining high manufacturing precision while managing device complexity through functional separation.
3Device complexity
If the table assembly is not divided, then device complexity is reduced, but manufacturing precision and alignment capability worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The table assembly is divided into multiple sections or segments that can be independently positioned and adjusted. This segmentation enables precise alignment of long planar materials during the coupling process, as each section can be fine-tuned to ensure proper positioning. The divided structure maintains manufacturing precision while managing complexity through modular design.
4Device complexity
If no sizing plates are provided, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to different material sizes worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates sizing plates that can be dynamically adjusted and repositioned on the table assembly. These adjustable sizing plates allow the machine to accommodate various material dimensions and configurations by changing the plate positions or configurations. This dynamic adaptability enables the machine to handle different sizes of planar materials without requiring a completely different setup, thus resolving the complexity-adaptability contradiction.
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
The machine efficiently couples planar materials into a box format by allowing precise alignment and adjustment of riveting elements, reducing material loss and operator errors, and enabling the production of boxes from materials like cartons or cardboard.
Implementation Method 1
at least a laser which aligns the pin and accessory at a point between the upper plunger part and the lower plunger part
Implementation Method 2
a vibrator which provides vibrational motion to the rivets to move in the channel
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AI summary
The present invention relates generally to a setting machine (1) which is developed for coupling of planar materials (30) such as carton, cardboard, fabric and the like by riveting of mounting elements (31) thereon. Said setting machine (1) generally comprises a housing body (11), a first chamber (2) for storing of accessory materials, a second chamber (19) for storing pins which are necessary for riveting of the accessory materials, an accessory channel (16) and a pin channel (15) providing feeding of accessories in the first chamber (2) and pins in the second chamber (19) to a point between an upper pressing element (7) and a lower pressing element (8) for riveting, a table assembly (9) upon which the planar material (30) to be riveted with accessories can be moved during the riveting operation, and at least two drive motors which are independent of each other for each of first chamber (2) and second chamber (19).