Automated Tire Changer with Dynamic Clamping and Sensor Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional tire changer machines face difficulties in automating the tire change process for modern tires and wheel rims, particularly with clamping, force management, positional conflicts, and accommodating features like TPMS sensors, leading to inefficiencies and potential damage.
Innovation Solution
The development of an interactive tire changer machine with a clamping mechanism, rotatable drive shaft, and tool assembly that includes bead breaker tools and bead pressing devices, controlled by a system with sensory capabilities and a graphical user interface, allowing for automated and manual operation modes to facilitate efficient tire mounting and demounting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated tire changer machines are used to facilitate tire changing, then time and labor are reduced, but difficulties remain in accommodating modern tires and wheel rims with features like TPMS sensors
Solution Approach 1:
The machine employs dynamic, programmable control systems that can adapt procedures based on detected tire and rim characteristics. The automated control adjusts operational parameters in real-time to accommodate different tire sizes, rim types, and TPMS sensor configurations, resolving the contradiction between automation and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system modifies operational parameters such as clamping force, bead breaker pressure, and demounting speed based on the specific tire and rim combination being serviced. This allows the automated machine to handle diverse modern tire configurations without compromising efficiency or causing damage.
2Ease of operation
If clamping mechanisms and force application tools are used to secure and manipulate tires, then tire changing becomes feasible, but damage risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The machine incorporates sensors and control systems that monitor forces applied during clamping, bead breaking, and demounting operations. Real-time feedback allows the system to adjust applied forces to remain within safe limits, preventing damage to tires and rims while maintaining operational effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-positions tools and adjusts operational parameters before contact with the tire to minimize impact forces. Protective features and controlled force application prevent sudden shocks that could damage sensitive components like TPMS sensors or rim surfaces.
3Ease of operation
If full automation is implemented to reduce operator effort, then labor requirements decrease, but complexity of the machine increases
Solution Approach 1:
The automated machine integrates multiple functions including clamping, bead breaking, demounting, and monitoring within a single coordinated system. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate manual operations while managing complexity through integrated control rather than separate systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically detects tire and rim characteristics, selects appropriate procedures, and executes operations without continuous operator intervention. This self-service capability reduces operator effort while the programmable control manages system complexity through automated decision-making algorithms.
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AI summary
A tire changing machine including enhanced control features for automated operator of tire change procedures with operator oversight and ability to manually adjust machine operation when desired. Dead man control input, user interfaces and programs for implementing the interfaces, methods for completing tire bead seating, informational displays of wheel rim and tire information, coordinated tool positioning, and automated lubrication features are described.