Automatic Rubber Belt Disassembling and Assembling for Vulcanization
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Solution Overview
Problem
The production line for rubber belt vulcanization has a low automation degree due to manual operations, which significantly reduces production efficiency despite automation in front and rear procedures.
Innovation Solution
A production line with automatic belt disassembling and assembling, featuring a working platform with disassembling and assembling stations, circular die placement, and a transferring device that includes a rubber belt clamping device and pneumatic clamping mechanisms to automate the stacking, vulcanization, and unloading of rubber belts and circular dies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If manual operations are used for sleeving belts on circular dies, then the production process can be completed, but the automation degree is low and production efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic self-service operations where the rubber belt clamping device automatically clamps and positions belts on circular dies without manual intervention. The transferring device automatically moves stacked belts and dies between stations, and the disassembling device automatically separates belts from dies after vulcanization, creating a self-operating system that resolves the contradiction between automation and efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The production line is divided into distinct functional modules: belt stacking station, circular die stacking station, disassembling and assembling station, and transferring device. Each module performs a specific function independently, allowing automated operations to be implemented in each segment, thereby increasing overall automation degree and production efficiency simultaneously.
2Productivity
If manual operations are used for belt stacking and die handling, then the process can be completed, but the operation efficiency is low
Solution Approach 1:
The transferring device serves multiple functions: it transfers stacked rubber belts from the stacking station to the disassembling station, transfers circular dies between stations, and positions components during assembly. This multi-functional device increases operation efficiency without requiring separate complex mechanisms for each task, thereby managing system complexity effectively.
Solution Approach 2:
The working platform serves as an intermediary structure that supports and coordinates the operations of the belt clamping device, circular die clamping device, and transferring device. It provides a unified base for automated operations, simplifying the overall system architecture while improving operation efficiency.
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AI summary
A production line with automatic belt disassembling and assembling for rubber belt vulcanization is provided and includes a working platform, two sides of the working platform are respectively a raw rubber belt placement platform and a finished rubber belt placement platform; and a truss; a rubber belt clamping device, a circular die clamping device and a transferring device are arranged on the truss; the rubber belt clamping device transfers raw rubber belts from raw rubber belt unloading station to disassembling and assembling station, and transfers finished rubber belts from disassembling and assembling station to finished rubber belt loading station; the circular die clamping device controls circular dies to move between the two stations; the transferring device transfers the stacked raw rubber belts and circular dies into a vulcanization device, and transfers the vulcanized finished rubber belts and the circular die to the disassembling and assembling station.