Spindle Transport System with Selective Inlet Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing spinning cop and tube transport systems lack the ability to selectively assign individual spinning cops to specific workstations, limiting single-variety processing and special type processing at designated workstations.
Innovation Solution
The transport system incorporates a transporter that can be positioned in two rest states: one to release the transverse inlet section adjacent to the feed route and another to block it, allowing for selective routing of spinning cops, with identification units ensuring accurate assignment and processing at individual workstations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the feed route extends along the transverse transport routes so that transport means automatically enter inlet sections, then the continuous supply of spinning cops is improved, but the ability to selectively assign individual spinning cops to specific workstations is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The inlet section is designed to be dynamically switchable between two states: open (releasing) and closed (blocking). The transporter can actively change the state of the inlet section based on identification data, allowing the system to dynamically adapt between automatic continuous supply mode and selective assignment mode, thus resolving the contradiction between productivity and adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary identification of spinning cops before they reach the workstation. The identification unit reads identification data on the transport means in advance, and based on this information, the transporter is pre-positioned to either release or block the inlet section, enabling selective assignment to occur before the spinning cop arrives at the workstation
2Adaptability or versatility
If the transporter blocks the inlet section to forward transport means in the transport direction, then selective routing is improved, but the automatic entry into inlet sections is prevented
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses identification data on transport means as feedback to control the transporter's position. The identification unit reads the identification data, and this information feeds back to the control unit which then positions the transporter appropriately (open or closed state), enabling the system to automatically make routing decisions based on the identity of each spinning cop
Solution Approach 2:
The transporter acts as an intermediary element between the feed route and the transverse transport routes. It mediates the flow of transport means by selectively opening or closing the inlet section, thus controlling whether transport means enter the transverse route or continue along the feed route based on identification data
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AI summary
The invention relates to a spindle and core transport system for a dishwasher having several workstations, comprising a feed section for feeding spindles arranged on transport means to the workstations, a return section for transporting the unwound spindles from the workstations, several transverse transport sections, each assigned to a workstation, connecting the feed section and the return section in the area of the workstations with inlet sections adjacent to the feed section, and several independently driven conveyors, each assigned to a workstation, for adjusting the transport means between the feed section and the return section, wherein the feed section extends along the transverse transport sections in such a way that the transport means conveyed in the transport direction along the feed section automatically enter transport-free inlet sections.In order to provide a spinneret and sleeve transport system that enables an active assignment of individual spinnerets to individual workstations along the dishwasher, the conveyor is designed in such a way that, in a first rest position, it releases the inlet section relative to the feed section and, in a second rest position, blocks the inlet section relative to the feed section in such a way that the transport means are forwarded in the transport direction.