Rotating Surface Processing Element with Oscillatory Drive
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing surface processing technologies for rock and concrete surfaces are inefficient and costly, requiring multiple sets of brushes for different formats and shapes, leading to frequent replacements and time-consuming processing due to the need for specific grinding directions and angles.
Innovation Solution
A device with surface processing elements that rotate and have an additional drive mechanism for independent movement, allowing for adjustable polishing directions and depths without replacing brushes, using oscillation to optimize brush usage and prevent lateral contact issues.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple sets of brushes are used for different formats and shapes, then processing versatility is improved, but device complexity and maintenance time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal brush support structure that can accommodate brushes of various diameters and configurations through adjustable mounting mechanisms. The support structure includes movable components that allow the same physical apparatus to handle different brush sizes (e.g., 350mm, 400mm, 450mm diameters) and types (round brushes, belt brushes, flap discs) without requiring separate dedicated stations for each format or shape, thereby achieving multi-functionality while reducing overall device complexity
2Manufacturing precision
If multiple brushes are arranged at angles to create different grinding directions, then surface treatment quality is improved, but processing time and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs adjustable and reconfigurable brush support structures that allow operators to dynamically change brush angles, positions, and orientations during operation. This dynamic adjustability enables the creation of different grinding directions and surface patterns without requiring fixed multi-station arrangements, thereby achieving high surface treatment quality while reducing processing time through faster setup changes and simplified operational sequences
3Manufacturing precision
If brush sets extend beyond the workpiece surface, then effective polishing is improved, but lateral contact issues and safety risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements adjustable support structures with controlled positioning mechanisms that allow precise adjustment of brush extension distances. This dynamic control enables optimization of brush contact with the workpiece surface to achieve effective polishing while preventing excessive lateral contact that could cause safety issues or damage to the workpiece edges, thereby resolving the contradiction between polishing effectiveness and harmful lateral contact
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
Enables efficient, cost-effective surface processing for various rock and concrete surfaces by allowing a single set of brushes to be used for multiple formats, reducing waste and improving processing precision and safety.
Implementation Method 1
the surface processing element is rotated about an axis of rotation at least during direct mechanical contact with the rock and/or concrete surface to be processed, in order to generate the abrasive contact with the rock and/or concrete surface to be processed by means of this rotation
Implementation Method 2
each surface processing element experiences in addition to the rotation at least one drive in a drive direction different from a rotation direction
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for surface treatment of a rock and/or concrete surface, characterized in that a workpiece to be treated, which has the rock and/or concrete surface to be treated, and a processing machine, which has at least one surface treatment element by means of which the surface is treated by mechanical surface removal, wherein the surface treatment element is rotated about an axis of rotation at least during direct mechanical contact with the rock and/or concrete surface to be treated, in order to generate an abrasive contact with the rock and/or concrete surface to be treated by means of the rotation.