Tilting Feed and Vibratory Conveyor for Bulk Material Singulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vibration conveyors struggle with handling large quantities of bulk materials, particularly those that tend to snag or form nests, leading to unpredictable transportation and processing difficulties due to the formation of piles or nests that cannot be separated effectively.
Innovation Solution
A system incorporating a tilting device with a motor-driven swivel basket and a vibration conveyor, allowing for metered feeding of bulk material, ensuring that bulk material is fed in a controlled and isolated manner to prevent the formation of piles, using a tilting device with a machine frame and swivel basket that can be adjusted and controlled to manage the bulk material's flow onto the vibration conveyor.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If large quantities of bulk material are fed onto the vibratory conveyor simultaneously, then the conveyor can handle high volume material flow, but nests or heaps form that cannot be separated and cause unpredictable transportation
Solution Approach 1:
The bulk material is divided into individual portions by the tilting device, which releases material element by element rather than as a bulk mass. This segmentation prevents nest formation while maintaining high throughput capacity through continuous operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The tilting device operates with periodic tilting motions to release bulk material in controlled intervals. This periodic action ensures that material is fed onto the vibratory conveyor in manageable quantities that can be properly separated and transported predictably.
2Ease of operation
If bulk material elements tend to interlock or jam, then the material can be handled in bulk form, but nests or heaps form that cannot be separated during transport
Solution Approach 1:
The tilting device performs preliminary separation of bulk material elements before they enter the vibratory conveyor. By releasing material individually from the tilting device, interlocking is prevented before it can occur, eliminating the harmful nest formation effect.
Solution Approach 2:
The tilting device acts as an intermediary between the bulk material source and the vibratory conveyor. It mediates the material flow by controlling release patterns, preventing direct bulk dumping that would cause interlocking and nest formation on the conveyor.
3Manufacturing precision
If the vibratory conveyor distributes bulk material particles to break up heaps, then separation can occur, but excessively large quantities of material cannot be effectively processed
Solution Approach 1:
The tilting device performs preliminary portioning of bulk material before it reaches the vibratory conveyor. This pre-separation ensures that the conveyor receives manageable quantities optimized for effective distribution and separation, while the system maintains high throughput through continuous operation.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the precise handling and transportation of large quantities of bulk materials, such as up to 1000 screws, by preventing the formation of nests and ensuring that individual elements are separated and conveyed efficiently, improving the predictability and ease of processing.
Implementation Method 1
at least one controllable and/or steerable vibratory drive by means of which a vibrating movement of the conveying element can be generated such that the bulk material metered to the conveying element is singulated or substantially singulated along the conveying element
Implementation Method 2
the swivel basket, continuously driven by a motor around a horizontal axis on the machine frame, for receiving the bulk material and/or at least one container filled with bulk material
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a system (1) for handling bulk material or similar elements along a handling path, comprising at least a tilting device (2) and a vibratory conveyor (10) downstream of the tilting device (2) along the handling path, such that the bulk material can be fed into the handling path in bulk at an inlet (E) of the system (1) and can be discharged singly or substantially singly at an outlet (A) of the system (1), wherein the tilting device (2) comprises at least a machine frame (4) and a swivel basket (6) for receiving the bulk material and/or at least one container filled with bulk material, which is continuously driven by a motor on the machine frame (4) about a horizontal axis (AS), wherein the bulk material can be metered to the vibratory conveyor (10) by means of the tilting device (2).and wherein the vibratory conveyor (10) has at least one conveying element (12) forming the handling section for the bulk material and at least one controllable and/or steerable vibratory drive (16) by means of which a vibrating movement of the conveying element (12) can be generated such that the bulk material metered to the conveying element (12) is separated or substantially separated along the conveying element (12) and can be conveyed to the outlet (A) of the system (1).