Thickness Detection Platform with Motion Simulation Module
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing thickness detection equipment requires online debugging on production lines, leading to production line shutdowns and decreased efficiency, as well as difficulty and inconvenience in the debugging process.
Innovation Solution
A thickness detection experiment platform with a motion simulation module that replicates production line motions and a non-contact thickness detection module, allowing offline debugging by simulating various motions of products, such as translation, vibration, and rotation, using a multi-degree-of-freedom robot and laser sensors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If thickness detection equipment is installed on the production line for online detection, then thickness detection can be performed in real-time, but the production line must be shut down for debugging, decreasing production efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a motion simulation module that replicates the motion states of products on the actual production line. This copying approach allows offline debugging by simulating production conditions without requiring actual production line operation, thus resolving the contradiction between real-time detection capability and production efficiency during debugging
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary debugging actions offline using the motion simulation module before actual production line deployment. By completing debugging in advance in a laboratory setting, the system eliminates the need for production line shutdowns during the debugging phase, thereby maintaining production efficiency while still achieving thickness detection calibration
2Measurement precision
If thickness detection equipment is debugged online on the production line, then the equipment can be calibrated in actual working conditions, but the debugging process is difficult and inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
By copying the production line motion characteristics into the motion simulation module, the system enables calibration under simulated actual working conditions in a controlled laboratory environment. This makes debugging more convenient and accessible without requiring access to the actual production line, while still maintaining the validity of calibration results
Solution Approach 2:
The motion simulation module acts as an intermediary between the thickness detection equipment and the actual production line. It provides a bridge that allows debugging and calibration to be performed offline with simulated motion states, making the process easier and more convenient while preserving the effectiveness of calibration for actual production conditions
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
Enables offline debugging of the thickness detection equipment in a laboratory setting, avoiding production line disruptions and simplifying the debugging process, thus maintaining normal production efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
a first laser sensor and a second laser sensor mounted on the first sliding block and the second sliding block, respectively
Implementation Method 2
the product to be detected is adapted to pass through between the first arm and the second arm without contacting the first laser sensor and the second laser sensor
Data Source
AI summary
A thickness detection experiment platform, including: a motion simulation module adapted to drive a product to be detected to perform a predetermined simulation motion simulating various motions of the product on an actual production line and a thickness detection module adapted to detect a thickness of the product driven by the motion simulation module. The motion simulation module may drive the product to be detected to simulate various motions of the product on the actual production line. Thus, conditions of the product on the actual production line may be simulated and reproduced in the laboratory. As a result, the thickness detection experiment platform may be debugged offline in the laboratory without debugging online, normal production of the actual production line is not affected, and debugging of the thickness detection experiment platform becomes easier.