Toggling Punch Hydraulic Crimping Waveguide Spinning
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for attaching waveguide spinings to waveguide entry panels are time-consuming and require riveting, which involves aligning rivet openings, a process that is inefficient and labor-intensive.
Innovation Solution
A toggling punch with a hydraulic cylinder and crimping assembly that deforms the waveguide spinning flange to secure it to the panel without rivets, using a crimping pin actuator to move the crimping pins and outwardly deform the spinning, allowing for rapid attachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If riveting is used to attach waveguide spinnings to panels, then the attachment is secure and reliable, but the process is time-consuming and requires alignment of rivet openings
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and eliminates the rivet component entirely from the attachment process. Instead of using rivets that require alignment and insertion, the patent employs a toggling punch that directly crimps the spinning flange to the panel, removing the intermediary fastener and its associated alignment requirements, thereby significantly reducing installation time while maintaining attachment reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The invention replaces the mechanical riveting system with a hydraulic or pneumatic toggling punch system. The toggling punch uses fluid pressure to generate crimping force, substituting the manual or mechanical rivet insertion process with an automated crimping action that deforms the spinning material directly onto the panel, eliminating alignment steps and reducing installation time
2Reliability
If riveting is used to attach waveguide spinnings to panels, then the attachment is secure, but the process requires alignment of rivet openings which increases complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and eliminates the rivet component entirely from the attachment process. Instead of using rivets that require alignment and insertion, the patent employs a toggling punch that directly crimps the spinning flange to the panel, removing the intermediary fastener and its associated alignment requirements, thereby significantly reducing installation time while maintaining attachment reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The toggling punch system performs the attachment function through self-contained crimping action. The hydraulic or pneumatic actuator automatically positions and applies crimping force through the spinning flange to the panel without requiring external alignment operations. The system serves itself by integrating the positioning and crimping functions into a single automated operation, eliminating the need for separate alignment steps
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 enables efficient and economical attachment of waveguide spinings to panels, eliminating the need for riveting and reducing alignment complexities, thus facilitating quicker installation.
Implementation Method 1
The base end of the cylinder is fixed to a first support. A crimping assembly is positioned on and is secured to a second support which is positioned above the first support.
Implementation Method 2
Each of the crimping pins is movable between an upper non-crimping position to a lower crimping position with each of the crimping pins being spring-loaded to yieldably urge the crimping pins to their upper non-crimping positions.
Implementation Method 3
The lower ends of the bores exiting from the crimping body adjacent the lower end thereof. The lower ends of the crimping pins protrude from the lower ends of the bores when the crimping pins are in their crimping positions.
Data Source
AI summary
A toggling punch for attaching a waveguide entry spinning to a waveguide entry panel wherein the cylindrical body portion of the waveguide entry spinning is deformed outwardly over the waveguide entry panel by means of a plurality of inclined movable pins which are moved to their crimping positions by means of a hydraulic cylinder operatively connected thereto.