Suction Equipment Baffle Plate Swirl Flow Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing suction equipment faces challenges in applying stable suction to members, such as soft, permeable, or fragile materials, as they tend to enter concave parts, leading to damage or improper handling.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a columnar main body with a concave part and a baffle plate, supported by connecting members that form a fluid flow path, preventing the member from entering the concave part while generating negative pressure through swirl or radial flows, ensuring stable suction and prevention of damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If suction is applied to soft, permeable, or fragile materials, then the materials can be conveyed, but the materials tend to enter the concave part causing damage or improper handling
Solution Approach 1:
A baffle plate is introduced as an intermediary element between the suction source and the material. The baffle plate allows fluid to pass through while physically preventing direct contact between the material and the concave part, thus enabling suction application without causing damage to soft, permeable, or fragile materials
Solution Approach 2:
The suction space is segmented into multiple regions by dividing the single concave part into multiple concave parts. This segmentation creates separate suction zones that work together to convey materials without allowing them to enter any single concave part, preventing damage while maintaining conveyance capability
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a baffle plate is added to prevent material from entering the concave part, then material protection is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The baffle plate is designed with porous or permeable characteristics, allowing fluid to pass through while blocking material. This reduces the need for additional complex components as the baffle plate itself performs both fluid transmission and material protection functions simultaneously
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple functions are merged into the baffle plate structure: it serves as a flow distributor, a material barrier, and a structural support element. This consolidation reduces overall device complexity compared to having separate components for each function
3Object-affected harmful factors
If multiple concave parts are created to prevent material entry, then material protection is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The suction space is divided into multiple concave parts that can be manufactured as integrated features of a single component or as separate elements assembled together. This segmentation provides material protection while using conventional manufacturing techniques to maintain ease of production
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 allows for stable and non-contact suction and conveyance of difficult-to-handle materials by controlling fluid flow and preventing direct contact with the concave part, thus maintaining the integrity of the materials.
Implementation Method 1
a fluid flow-forming means for forming a fluid swirl flow in the concave part or forming a radial flow by discharging fluid into the concave part, the fluid swirl flow or the radial flow generating negative pressure that applies suction to a member
Implementation Method 2
a fluid flow-forming means for forming a fluid swirl flow in the concave part or forming a radial flow by discharging fluid into the concave part
Implementation Method 3
equipment is proposed for conveying a plate-like member in a non-contact manner, by applying Bernoulli's principle
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AI summary
Suction equipment 10 is provided with a swirl flow-forming body 1, a baffle plate 2, and connecting members 3 that connect swirl flow-forming body 1 and baffle plate 2. Baffle plate 2 obstructs a member W to which suction is applied from entering a concave part 12 provided in swirl flow-forming body 1. Connecting members 3 form, between end face 13 and baffle plate 2, a flow path for fluid to flow out of concave part 12.