Spiral-Cooled Heating Light Modules for Uniform Workpiece Irradiation
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional heat treatment devices are optimized for specific workpiece sizes, leading to uneven heating and cooling issues when handling workpieces of varying sizes and shapes, and lack flexibility in accommodating multiple processes in a single device.
Innovation Solution
A heating light source device with modular light-emitting elements and a cooling member having a spiral cooling channel that adjusts to workpiece size and shape, ensuring consistent cooling and uniform irradiation across the workpiece surface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If light-emitting element units are arranged on a support plate to handle different workpiece sizes, then adaptability to various workpiece sizes is improved, but uniform cooling of the light-emitting elements becomes difficult resulting in temperature differences and uneven brightness
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling channel is designed with a spiral shape that dynamically adapts to the radial arrangement of light-emitting elements. The cooling medium flows from the center outward along the spiral path, ensuring that elements at different radial positions receive proportional cooling, maintaining temperature uniformity while accommodating various workpiece sizes through modular arrangement
Solution Approach 2:
The cooling channel provides localized cooling optimization by positioning the spiral path to match the radial distribution of light-emitting elements. Each segment of the spiral channel delivers cooling medium to the corresponding radial zone, ensuring that elements regardless of their position on the support plate maintain consistent operating temperatures
2Manufacturing precision
If conventional heat treatment devices are optimized for specific workpiece sizes, then heating uniformity for that size is improved, but the device cannot be readily applicable to workpieces of other sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The support plate structure with radially arranged light-emitting elements and spiral cooling channels creates a universal heating system. The modular design allows the same configuration to maintain heating uniformity across different workpiece sizes by adjusting the radial arrangement density, eliminating the need for device redesign when handling various workpiece dimensions
3Ease of operation
If light-emitting element units are moved or modified in position, then arrangement flexibility is improved, but the cooling mechanism does not respond to the movement resulting in insufficient cooling
Solution Approach 1:
The spiral cooling channel design dynamically adapts to the radial position of light-emitting elements. When elements are rearranged radially on the support plate, the spiral cooling path automatically provides appropriate cooling distribution, maintaining reliable cooling performance while allowing flexible repositioning of elements for different operational requirements
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 device provides uniform heating and cooling for workpieces of various sizes and shapes, enhancing process flexibility and efficiency by maintaining consistent light intensity and temperature distribution.
Implementation Method 1
a cooling member having a first main surface on which the light-emitting element substrate is disposed and is in contact with the back side surface of the light-emitting element substrate, and a second main surface that is located opposite to the first main surface; and including a cooling channel that is formed inside the cooling member and that communicates cooling medium for cooling the light-emitting elements
Implementation Method 2
a plurality of light-emitting elements mounted on the placement surface of the light-emitting element substrate
Implementation Method 3
a heating light source device for heating a workpiece with optical irradiation
Data Source
AI summary
A heating light source device includes a plurality of heating light source modules; each of the heating light source modules includes; a light-emitting element substrate having a placement surface and a back side surface, the back side surface being opposite to the placement surface; a plurality of light-emitting elements mounted on the placement surface; and a cooling member being in contact with the back side surface and including a cooling channel formed inside the cooling member and that communicates cooling medium for cooling the light-emitting elements, an inlet port that introduces the cooling medium into the cooling channel, an outlet port that discharges the cooling medium to the outside of the cooling member; and the cooling channel has a spiral shape being gradually from a center portion side of the light-emitting element substrate to a circumferential edge portion side thereof when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the placement surface.