Tool Packaging With Securing Device for Error-Free Magazine Loading
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Solution Overview
Problem
The manual sorting of tools into intermediate tool storage stations in machining units is laborious and prone to errors, leading to incorrect tool clamping during material-removing machining operations.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a securing device within the packaging that allows the tool and packaging to be inserted and fixed into the intermediate tool storage station of the machining unit, eliminating the need for individual tool insertion and ensuring correct tool positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If tools are manually sorted into intermediate tool storage station, then tools can be stored and retrieved, but the process is laborious and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging serves as an intermediary carrier that interfaces between the tool and the intermediate tool storage station. The packaging includes a securing device that automatically engages with the storage station, eliminating the need for manual tool handling while ensuring correct positioning through the standardized packaging structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging with its integrated securing device enables self-service functionality where the packaging automatically secures itself to the intermediate tool storage station without requiring manual intervention. The securing device autonomously engages with the storage station structure, reducing labor while maintaining reliability.
2Productivity
If manual sorting of tools is performed, then flexibility in tool arrangement is possible, but labor intensity increases and errors occur
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging merges multiple functions into a single integrated structure: it serves as the tool container, the positioning interface, and the securing mechanism. The securing device is combined with the packaging body, eliminating the need for separate manual sorting operations while maintaining simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging design provides universal functionality by serving as both the transport container and the storage interface. The same packaging structure that protects the tool during handling also provides the securing interface for the intermediate tool storage station, reducing the need for additional components.
3Loss of time
If tools are removed from packaging for storage, then tools can be accessed, but the process becomes more complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The tool is pre-positioned within the packaging during manufacturing, with the securing device already integrated into the packaging structure. This preliminary arrangement eliminates the need for separate tool removal and positioning steps during tool changes, reducing time while maintaining operational simplicity.
Data Source
AI summary
An assembly including a tool (1) and packaging (2) for accommodating the tool (1). The tool (1) includes at least one machining head (3) for machining a workpiece (4), in particular a dental workpiece (4), by a machining unit (5), and a clamping portion (6) for securing the tool (1) in a chuck (7) of the machining unit (5) while the workpiece (4) is being machined. The tool (1) can be repeatedly removed from and placed back in the packaging (2), with the packaging (2) being provided with at least one securing device (11) for fastening the packaging (2) in a temporary tool magazine (12) of the machining unit (5).