Rotator Pocket Suction Conveying for Molded Product Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing conveying devices for molded products suffer from variations in relative position during transportation, leading to defects such as erroneous inspections and improper typing, and often result in damage to fragile products like orally disintegrating tablets due to improper alignment and handling.
Innovation Solution
A conveying device with a rotator having pockets and suction bores along its circumference, where the molded products are initially sucked into pockets and then transferred to suction bores, maintaining constant positioning and reducing positional variation, and featuring an inspection system for accurate product analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If molded products are conveyed using a conventional chute system, then the conveying structure is simple, but the molded products experience positional variation and damage during transport
Solution Approach 1:
The conveying system is divided into multiple functional segments: a rotator with multiple pockets for individual product handling, suction bores for secure attachment, and transfer mechanisms between stations. Each pocket independently holds and transports a single molded product, preventing positional variation and damage while maintaining system reliability.
2Ease of manufacture
If molded products are transported through chutes, then the conveying method is simple, but the products suffer from repeated impacts and collisions causing damage
Solution Approach 1:
The rotator pockets act as intermediary carriers between the molding station and post-processing equipment. Instead of products directly contacting chutes and suffering impacts, they are gently held and transported within the rotating pockets, eliminating repeated collisions while maintaining ease of manufacture through a straightforward rotational mechanism.
3Productivity
If molded products are conveyed without precise positioning, then the conveying process is simple, but inspection accuracy and typing precision deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The suction bores establish precise product positioning in advance before inspection and typing operations. By securing each molded product in a fixed position within the rotating pocket through suction attachment, the system ensures that subsequent inspection and typing processes occur with high precision while maintaining efficient conveying speed.
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 solution effectively maintains consistent product positioning, reducing defects and damage, while enhancing inspection accuracy by ensuring precise alignment and handling of molded products throughout the conveying process.
Implementation Method 1
pockets disposed along an outer circumference of the rotator, recessed inward and opened radially outward and perpendicularly to the rotary axis, and provided or fed therein with negative pressure to suck the molded product
Implementation Method 2
suction bores, each of which is positioned to confront the pocket at a first end or a second end along the rotary axis of the rotator, opened toward a corresponding one of the pockets to be at least partially overlapped with the pocket when viewed along the rotary axis, and provided or fed therein with negative pressure to suck the molded product
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AI summary
The invention provides a molded product conveying device C1 configured to suck a molded product P to a rotator 24 rotating about a predetermined rotary axis and convey the molded product P along a rotation orbit, the conveying device C1 including: a pocket 243 disposed along an outer circumference of the rotator 24, recessed inward and opened outward radially and perpendicularly to the rotary axis, and fed therein with negative pressure to suck the molded product P; and a suction bore 244 positioned to confront the pocket 243 at a first end or a second end along the rotary axis of the rotator 24, opened toward the pocket 243 to be at least partially overlapped with the pocket 243 when viewed along the rotary axis, and fed therein with negative pressure to suck the molded product P.