Wood Panel Support Block Layout for Side Face Machining
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wood panel processing machines face limitations due to the close proximity of support blocks to cross members, which prevents machining of side faces and requires complex, expensive telescopic feed lines that need frequent maintenance.
Innovation Solution
The machine incorporates support blocks with a bottom slide and top support plate that move perpendicularly between raised and lowered positions, using flexible pneumatic circuits and actuator cylinders to allow for machining of both faces and contours without interfering with cross members, and simplifies the design to reduce complexity and maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If support blocks are positioned close to cross members to reduce machine footprint, then space utilization is improved, but side face machining becomes impossible due to interference
Solution Approach 1:
The support block incorporates a movable support plate that can be positioned in raised or lowered positions. When lowered, the plate allows side face machining operations to proceed without interference from cross members. When raised, it provides adequate support for face machining operations, thus adapting to different machining requirements while maintaining compact machine dimensions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If telescopic feed lines are used to connect pneumatic suction device to movable support plate, then support plate mobility is improved, but device complexity and maintenance requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a flexible hose instead of rigid telescopic feed lines to connect the pneumatic suction device to the movable support plate. This flexible hose can accommodate the movement of the support plate between raised and lowered positions without requiring complex telescopic mechanisms, thereby reducing device complexity and maintenance requirements while preserving mobility.
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 design enables efficient machining of both faces and contours of wood panels, reducing production costs and maintenance needs while maintaining operational reliability.
Implementation Method 1
Each support block is positioned on the relative cross member according to the dimensions of the panels to be machined, and is limited by a substantially flat top face that can be connected to a pneumatic suction device by means of a valve device operated by said panels.
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AI summary
A machine for processing components (2) of wood or the like is provided with at least one support block (10) defined by a bottom slide (11, 13) movable along a cross member (8) and a top plate (18) which defines a support plane (P) for at least one component (2), is mounted on the bottom slide (11, 13) to move between a lowered position and a raised position, and is connected to a pneumatic suction device by means of a pneumatic circuit (21) having a flexible feed line (23), which is coupled to the bottom slide (11, 13) and to the top plate (18), and is housed inside a cable-holder chain (26).