Tool-Changing Plate Drive Integration for Compact Press Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tool installation aids for press systems require expensive and space-consuming separate drive devices to transfer tool-changing plates, which are cumbersome and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
Integration of a drive device directly into the tool-changing plate, with a holding console attached to the press, allowing the tool-changing plate to be moved onto the clamping plate using a combination of driven and non-driven drive elements, reducing the need for external space and components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a separate drive device is used to transfer the tool-changing plate, then the tool-changing plate can be displaced into the press, but the drive device requires a great deal of space in the region in front of the press and increases device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The drive device is merged with the tool-changing plate by integrating the drive elements directly into the plate structure. The first drive elements are embedded in the tool-changing plate while the second drive elements are integrated into the receiving element, creating a compact combined system that eliminates the need for separate external drive mechanisms and reduces space requirements in front of the press.
2Ease of operation
If a separate drive device is used to transfer the tool-changing plate, then the tool can be replaced in the press, but the drive device increases device complexity and cost
Solution Approach 1:
The drive functionality is merged into the tool-changing plate itself through the integration of drive elements. The coupling element with transmission gear and the meshing gear segments create an integrated drive system that reduces overall device complexity while maintaining full tool replacement capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The tool-changing plate is given multiple functions: it serves as both the carrier for tool replacement and as the housing for the drive mechanism. The receiving element similarly serves as both the support structure and the housing for the second drive elements, reducing the need for separate dedicated components.
3Area of stationary object
If manual transfer of the tool-changing plate is attempted, then no additional space is required, but the considerable weight of the tool and plate makes manual transfer impractical
Solution Approach 1:
The tool-changing plate is equipped with self-driven capability through the integrated drive elements. The motor unit or manual coupling element activates the drive mechanism that is built into the plate itself, enabling the heavy tool-changing plate to move itself without requiring external heavy-duty drive devices or manual lifting.
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AI summary
A tool installation aid for installing a tool into a press includes a holding console attachable to a press, and a tool-changing plate in or on which a tool is attachable, wherein the tool-changing plate can be placed onto a receiving element of the holding console, a drive device, drivable by a motor or manually, is disposed in the tool-changing plate and by way of which the tool-changing plate is displaceable on the receiving element in the direction toward the press to be transferred from the receiving element onto the clamping plate of the press, the drive device includes at least one driven first drive element, and the receiving element includes at least one non-driven second drive element, the first and second drive elements being operatively connected for displacing the tool-changing plate.