Textile Machine Compartmentalized Air Pipe Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional textile machines face challenges in maintaining the internal components due to hindrance and kink generation from air pipes, which complicates maintenance and affects the reliability of compressed air supply.
Innovation Solution
The textile machine incorporates a unit body member with partitioned compartments to separate pipe arrangement from control boards, using elastic material pipes laid within designated compartments to prevent kinks and ensure easy maintenance, with a hinge mechanism allowing the upper part to rotate without disconnecting pipes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If pipes are arranged inside the body of the textile machine, then the compressed air supply is integrated, but the pipes hinder maintenance operation of control boards
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the internal space of the textile machine body into separate compartments: one compartment for arranging control boards and another compartment for laying pipes. This segmentation allows maintenance personnel to access control boards for maintenance without being hindered by pipes, while still maintaining integrated compressed air supply throughout the machine.
2Adaptability or versatility
If elastic material pipes are used, then flexibility is improved, but kinks are more likely to generate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-arranges the pipes in a designated compartment with sufficient space and proper routing before the machine operates. By providing adequate space and proper arrangement in advance, the pipes can flex without generating kinks during maintenance operations or normal machine operation.
3Extent of automation
If control boards are arranged inside the body, then individual control of structural components is achieved, but maintenance becomes difficult due to pipe hindrance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the internal arrangement by creating separate compartments: one for control boards and another for pipes. This allows control boards to be individually controlled for automated operation while being easily accessible for maintenance, as pipes are confined to a separate compartment and do not hinder access to control boards.
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AI summary
An automatic winder includes a unit body member, structural components, and pipes. The structural components are arranged in or near the unit body member. The pipes are made of an elastic material and supply a compressed air to the structural components to operate the structural components. The inner space of the unit body member is partitioned into first and second board arrangement compartments (51,53) and first, second, and third air-pipe arrangement compartments (50,52,54) by partition walls. In the unit body member, the pipes are arranged in the first, second, and third air-pipe arrangement compartments (50,52,54), and control boards (63) are arranged in the first and second board arrangement compartments.