Staggered Cooling Roller Layout for Strip Workpiece Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing heat treatment apparatuses face challenges in improving the workability of hanging a strip-shaped workpiece on multiple cooling rollers, which affects the efficiency and ease of processing.
Innovation Solution
A cooling device with a loading section, unloading section, and a pair of support plates that support cooling rollers arranged in a staggered manner, allowing the workpiece to be loaded from one side and unloaded from the other, with alternating contact surfaces on the rollers to enhance contact length and efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple cooling rollers are arranged in a conventional manner, then the cooling function is provided, but the workability of hanging the strip-shaped workpiece on the rollers is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling rollers are arranged in a staggered configuration where alternating rollers are displaced toward opposite sides, creating a three-dimensional alternating pattern. This dimensional arrangement allows the workpiece to be hung more easily while maintaining effective cooling contact across multiple rollers.
2Ease of operation
If cooling rollers are arranged in a staggered manner with alternating displacement, then the workability of hanging workpiece is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling roller system is segmented into distinct groups where alternating rollers are displaced toward opposite sides. This segmentation creates manageable sections that can be independently adjusted and maintained, reducing overall system complexity despite the staggered arrangement.
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 configuration improves the workability of hanging the strip-shaped workpiece on cooling rollers, enhancing cooling efficiency and reducing the facility's space requirements.
Implementation Method 1
a conveyance route for the workpiece is set so as to bring a first surface of the workpiece into contact with a cooling roller displaced toward a first side and bring a second surface of the workpiece into contact with a cooling roller displaced toward a second side
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AI summary
A cooling device includes a loading section, an unloading section, plural cooling rollers, and a pair of support plates. The pair of support plates supports the plural cooling rollers. The support plates in a pair are opposed to each other to sandwich a space in which the cooling rollers are arranged in a staggered manner. The pair of support plates includes bearings that support respective roller shafts of the plural cooling rollers. A conveyance route for the workpiece is set so as to bring a first surface of a workpiece into contact with a cooling roller displaced toward a first side and bring a second side of the workpiece into contact with a cooling roller displaced toward a second side, among the plural cooling rollers.