Adjustable Slab Edge Deburring for Wear and Pressure Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing apparatuses for deburring and trimming slab-shaped objects, such as ceramic products, face challenges in maintaining constant pressure and achieving homogeneous deburring due to edge corrugations and tilts, and require frequent adjustments to compensate for tool wear, leading to inefficiencies and reduced productivity.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus features a portal structure with movable support structures and adjustable tools, equipped with sensors and motors for precise positioning and automatic wear compensation, allowing for consistent deburring and trimming across the entire edge length, including tilted or corrugated surfaces, and accommodating varying product widths.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the deburring and trimming tools are positioned fixedly with respect to the products, then the device complexity is reduced, but the manufacturing precision deteriorates due to edge corrugations and product tilts causing non-constant pressure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements movable support structures that can adjust the position of deburring and trimming tools along the crosspiece of the portal structure. This dynamic positioning system allows the tools to adapt to edge corrugations and product tilts, maintaining constant pressure and homogeneous machining results, thereby resolving the contradiction between device complexity and manufacturing precision.
2Manufacturing precision
If the tool position is adjusted periodically to compensate for wear, then the manufacturing precision is maintained, but the productivity is reduced due to loss of time for adjustments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates sensors that detect the position of product edges and provide feedback to the control system. This real-time feedback enables automatic adjustment of tool positions to compensate for wear and maintain constant pressure, eliminating periodic manual adjustments and thereby maintaining both manufacturing precision and productivity.
3Manufacturing precision
If the support structures are made movable to accommodate edge irregularities, then the manufacturing precision is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the movable support structures to perform multiple functions: they can adjust tool positions to accommodate edge corrugations, compensate for product tilts, and adapt to varying product widths. This multi-functionality allows a single mechanism to address multiple sources of positioning error, improving manufacturing precision without proportionally increasing device complexity.
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AI summary
An apparatus (1) for deburring and trimming the edges of slab-shaped products (6) comprises a portal-shaped structure (2) arranged astride a conveying line (5) for conveying said products (6), said portal-shaped structure (2) comprising a pair of uprights (3) arranged on sides opposite the conveying line (5) and a crosspiece (4) that connects together the uprights (3) and is arranged above the conveying line (5) in a direction that is perpendicular to an advancement direction (F) of said products (6) on said conveying line (5). The apparatus (1) further comprises a first deburring and trimming tool (16), driven by a first motor (15) supported on a first support structure (7) that can be moved along said crosspiece (4) by a second motor (9), and a second deburring and trimming tool (31), driven by a third motor (30) supported on a second support structure (8) that can be moved along said crosspiece (4) by a fourth motor (10). The first support structure (7) comprises a first part (7a), intended to abut on a first longitudinal edge (18) of a product (6), and a second part (7b) that supports said first motor (15), wherein said first part (7a) and said second part (7b) are connected together in an adjustable manner, and the second support structure (8) comprises a first part (8a), intended to abut on a second longitudinal edge (29) of a product (6) opposite said first longitudinal edge (18), and a second part (8b) that supports said third motor (30), wherein said first part (8a) and said second part (8b) are connected together in an adjustable manner. A tool (54) for an apparatus (1) for deburring and trimming the edges of slab-shaped products (6) comprises a first fixed part (56) and a second movable part (57) that can be moved in a direction parallel to a rotation axis (55) of the tool (54) so as to vary a distance (H) between said first fixed part (56) and said second movable part (57) between a set minimum value and a set maximum value.