Substrate Magazine With Sliding Side Wall For Width Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing substrate magazine systems are not efficiently adaptable to handle substrates of different widths, leading to inefficiencies in substrate handling and increased requirements for multiple substrate magazines.
Innovation Solution
A substrate magazine system with a displaceably mounted side wall and an external actuator, coupled via a spindle drive and clutch mechanism, allows for automatic adjustment of the clear width between side walls, enabling the system to accommodate substrates of varying widths without the need for the actuator to be integrated into the magazine.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the actuator is integrated into the substrate magazine, then the magazine can automatically adapt to different substrate widths, but the weight and installation space of the magazine increase
Solution Approach 1:
The actuator is extracted from the substrate magazine and relocated to the substrate handling device. The magazine retains only the essential adaptive structure (movable side wall with coupling mechanism), while the actuation function is separated and provided externally. This reduces the magazine's weight and installation space while preserving its adaptability to different substrate widths through the external actuator coupled via the clutch mechanism.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the actuator is integrated into the substrate magazine, then the magazine can automatically adapt to different substrate widths, but the installation space of the magazine increases
Solution Approach 1:
The actuator is extracted from the substrate magazine and relocated to the substrate handling device. The magazine retains only the essential adaptive structure (movable side wall with coupling mechanism), while the actuation function is separated and provided externally. This reduces the magazine's installation space requirements while preserving its adaptability to different substrate widths through the external actuator coupled via the clutch mechanism.
3Adaptability or versatility
If control electronics are integrated into the substrate magazine, then the magazine can automatically adapt to different substrate widths, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control electronics are extracted from the substrate magazine and relocated to the substrate handling device along with the actuator. The magazine retains only the mechanical adaptive structure (movable side wall with coupling mechanism), while the control function is separated and provided externally. This simplifies the magazine to a purely mechanical device, reducing its complexity while preserving adaptability through the externally controlled actuator.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple substrate magazines are used to handle different substrate widths, then all substrate types can be accommodated, but the quantity of substrate magazines increases
Solution Approach 1:
The substrate magazine is designed with universal adaptability through its movable side wall mechanism that can be adjusted to accommodate different substrate widths. By coupling this adaptive structure with an external actuator on the substrate handling device, a single magazine design can serve multiple substrate types, eliminating the need for multiple specialized magazines and reducing the total quantity required.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This solution allows for improved handling of different substrates, reduces the number of substrate magazines required, and ensures safe and precise adaptation without increasing the weight or installation space of the substrate magazine, while maintaining a purely mechanical design.
Implementation Method 1
the clutch is formed by two clutch elements which can be shifted relative to one another in order to make and release the coupling
Data Source
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AI summary
Substrate magazine system (1) for loading or unloading devices of production lines, comprising at least one substrate magazine (2) having two spaced-apart and parallel side walls (13, 14) between which a plurality of drawers (15) are arranged one above the other, wherein the drawers (15) are each designed for storing one or more planar substrates (18), and wherein each drawer (15) is formed by two guide rails (16, 17) arranged opposite each other at a distance from each other on the side walls (13, 14), wherein at least one of the side walls (14) is slidably mounted to change the clear width between the side walls (13, 14), and comprising at least one substrate handling device (3) in, on or on which the at least one substrate magazine (2) can be arranged for handling substrates (18).It is provided that the substrate handling device (3) has a first actuator (28) which can be coupled to the slidably mounted side wall (14) by means of an actuable coupling (34) and is designed to move the slidable side wall (14) in the coupled state.