Rolling Guide Device Lubrication via Elastic End Plate
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing rolling guide devices face issues with complex lubricant application routes leading to increased manufacturing costs, operational complexity, and environmental degradation due to lubricant leakage and improper lubrication, affecting device lifespan and operational costs.
Innovation Solution
A rolling guide device design featuring a track member with wall portions and a moving member, utilizing a lubricant tank and greasing nipple that allows for direct, gapless contact with rolling bodies during lubrication, simplifying component parts and ensuring precise lubricant application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a complicated lubricant supplying route is used to apply lubricant to the rolling-body rolling surface, then the lubricant can be supplied to the rolling body, but the structure of component parts becomes complicated and manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the lubricant storage function from a complex routing system and concentrates it in a simple tank structure. The lubricant tank is directly positioned to contact the rolling body, eliminating the need for complicated supplying routes while maintaining reliable lubricant application.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the lubricant storage tank and application mechanism into a single integrated structure. The tank itself serves as both the storage container and the application device through direct contact with the rolling body, simplifying the overall component structure.
2Reliability
If a complicated lubricant supplying route is used, then lubricant can be supplied to the rolling body, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention removes the complex routing infrastructure and retains only the essential lubricant supply function through a simple tank structure, significantly reducing mold manufacturing complexity and cost.
3Reliability
If lubricant is applied through a complicated route, then the rolling body can be lubricated, but lubricant leakage between parts occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the lubricant from a complex multi-component routing system and applies it directly through a simple tank structure, eliminating the interfaces and joints that cause leakage while maintaining effective lubrication.
4Reliability
If lubricant is applied to the rolling-body rolling surface more than necessary, then the rolling body is well-lubricated, but environmental degradation and operational cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The invention applies lubricant locally and precisely where needed on the rolling body surface through direct tank contact, avoiding excessive lubricant application and the associated environmental harm and operational costs.
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
Reduces manufacturing costs, maintains stable operation, and minimizes environmental impact by ensuring suitable lubricant application, thereby enhancing operational efficiency and reducing waste.
Implementation Method 1
the end plate being elastically deformed by a pressing force of the grease gun
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AI summary
On an end portion of a moving member 21 configuring a rolling guide device 10 in the longitudinal direction thereof, a plate-shaped end plate 51, a greasing nipple 52 attached to the end plate 51 on the outer surface side thereof, and a lubricant tank 55 attached to the end plate 51 on the inner surface side thereof are installed, and the lubricant tank 55 constantly has a gap between the lubricant tank 55 and a rolling body 31. When a user performs lubricant charging by pressing a grease gun against the greasing nipple 52, lubricant is applied to the rolling body 31 in a state in which the lubricant tank 55 and the rolling body 31 are in gapless contact with each other by the end plate 51 being elastically deformed by a pressing force of the grease gun. By including the configuration above, the rolling guide device 10 in which a mechanism that applies lubricant to the rolling-body rolling surface of the rolling body is improved is realized.