Sorting System for Conveying Apparatus with Modular Turning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sorting systems for conveying apparatuses in unmanned factories are complex, costly, and difficult to maintain, with limitations in turning angles, space requirements, and precision control, leading to potential damage and high maintenance costs, especially when handling different article shapes and weights.
Innovation Solution
The solution involves arranging turning driving devices side by side at branching points on the conveying platform, with directional motors and wheel hub motor modules that can quickly rotate to guide articles along preset paths, allowing for easy assembly, maintenance, and modular replacement, reducing downtime and costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If forced-turning sorting method is used, then articles can be sorted at branching points, but articles easily hit the side of the conveying platform causing damage and the system stops when articles get stuck
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of forcing articles to turn using a pendulum plate that pushes from above, the invention uses gravity to naturally guide articles downward along inclined conveying surfaces. The article's own weight drives the sorting action, reversing the conventional approach of applying external force to push articles into turns.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention replaces the mechanical forced-turning mechanism (pendulum plate) with a gravity-based system using inclined planes and rollers. Articles are guided by gravitational force along angled surfaces rather than being mechanically pushed, eliminating the harmful side-forcing action that causes damage.
2Productivity
If linked-roller sorting method is used, then articles can be sorted with complex linkage structure, but the system requires excessive installation space and has high structural complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The invention divides the sorting system into multiple independent roller modules, each capable of autonomous operation. Instead of a single complex linkage system, multiple simple modular units work in parallel, reducing overall structural complexity and installation space while maintaining sorting capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention uses dynamically adjustable roller modules that can independently control their rotation and positioning. This dynamic control replaces the static complex linkage structure, allowing the system to adapt to different sorting needs without requiring excessive installation space or complex mechanical linkages.
3Productivity
If differential-roller sorting method is used, then articles can be sorted with three roller assemblies, but the drive control program is complicated and conveying speed is slow for heavy articles
Solution Approach 1:
The invention enables roller modules to autonomously determine their own operational parameters based on detected article characteristics. Each module independently adjusts its rotation speed and direction based on the weight and size of articles it encounters, eliminating the need for a complex centralized drive control program.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention dynamically adjusts operational parameters (rotation speed, direction) of roller modules based on real-time detection of article properties. This parameter adaptation allows the system to handle both light and heavy articles efficiently, maintaining high conveying speed while simplifying control logic through localized decision-making.
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
This approach simplifies the structure, reduces assembly space, and lowers costs while ensuring quick and reliable sorting operations, enabling efficient handling of various article types and weights without causing damage to the apparatus or articles.
Implementation Method 1
a rotation shaft of the directional motor drives a fixing frame of the wheel hub motor module to horizontally turn to a preset angular position
Implementation Method 2
the wheel hub motor module drives a roller to vertically rotate to drive the article, which is placed on the roller, to convey along the preset path
Data Source
AI summary
A sorting system for a conveying apparatus is disclosed. A conveying platform of the conveying apparatus includes turning driving devices disposed side by side at a branching position on the article conveying path, and each turning driving device includes a directional motor, and a wheel hub motor module and a driving device disposed above and below the directional motor, respectively. When the article conveyed by the conveying platform enters the branching position, a control module outputs and transmits control signals to the directional motors and the wheel hub motor modules, and a rotation shaft drives a fixing frame of the wheel hub motor module to horizontally turn to a preset angular position, and the wheel hub motor module drives a roller to vertically rotate to drive the article to convey to a predetermined position along a preset path, so that a sorting operation can be completed quickly.