Tilting Table Load Dispersion via Insertion Holes

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing tilting tables for machining centers face issues with durability and precision due to uneven load distribution and complex installation processes, which affect the machining center's performance and require high precision molding.

Innovation Solution

The proposed tilting table features insertion holes in the machining center's body for mounting brackets with a bracket fixing unit, including a fixing pin, adjustment bolt, and adjustment wedge, allowing for load dispersion and easy maintenance, enabling precise control of tilting body installation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If only lower ends of tilting bodies are fixed to the body of the machining center, then the structure is simple, but durability of the body is considerably affected by operation of the tilting shaft

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructure complexityVSAvoiddurability of the body
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the mounting structure into multiple segments: brackets are inserted into insertion holes formed in the body, and multiple fixing pins are used to secure the brackets. This segmentation distributes the load from the tilting shaft operation across multiple attachment points, preventing concentrated stress on the body while maintaining structural integrity and durability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Device complexity

If only lower ends of tilting bodies are fixed to the body of the machining center, then the structure is simple, but high precision molding of the body is required for precise installation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructure complexityVSAvoidprecision molding of the body
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces brackets as intermediary components between the tilting bodies and the body of the machining center. The brackets are inserted into insertion holes and secured with fixing pins, serving as a mediator that absorbs positioning tolerances and reduces the requirement for high-precision molding of the body itself, while still enabling precise installation of the tilting bodies.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If tilting bodies are mounted in the body of the machining center, then installation control is improved, but load distribution becomes problematic

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinstallation control precisionVSAvoidload distribution
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSStress or pressure

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the load-bearing structure by introducing multiple brackets positioned at different locations on the tilting bodies. Each bracket is independently secured to the body via insertion holes and fixing pins, which divides the overall load into multiple smaller loads distributed across different attachment points, preventing excessive stress concentration while maintaining precise installation control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

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 solution improves the machining center's durability and precision, reduces manufacturing costs by allowing minute control of tilting body installation, and facilitates easy maintenance, effectively addressing the load distribution and installation challenges.

Implementation Method 1

an adjustment wedge provided in the body of each of the brackets, the adjustment wedge rectilinearly moving forward and backward by rotation of the adjustment bolt so that the rectilinear movement of the adjustment wedge is transmitted to the fixing pin

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectWedge: Wedge

Data Source

PatentEP3187300B1Tilting table for machining center
Publication Date: 2019.05.08 HYUNDAI WIA CORP
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AI summary

The present invention relates generally to a tilting table for a machining center, and more particularly, the present invention relates to a tilting table for a machining center capable of dispersing a load occurring in the tilting table and allowing easy maintenance thereof in such a way that tilting bodies of the tilting table are mounted in insertion holes formed in a body of the machining center. The tilting table according to the present invention can disperse a load occurring in the tilting table and allow easy maintenance thereof in such a way that the tilting bodies of the tilting table are mounted in the insertion holes formed in the body of the machining center. Furthermore, the tilting table according to the present invention can improve precision in cutting of the machining center by easily ensuring durability of the body of the machining center.