Triangular Tool Holder Panel Mounting for Spring Making Machines
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing spring making machines have limited tool capacity on rectangular tool holder plates, requiring frequent tool replacements and increased traveling distances due to the spacing of these plates, which restricts the efficient processing of metal wires into springs.
Innovation Solution
A tool holder configuration structure with a flat base plate and three tool holder panels, featuring triangularly arranged displacement mechanisms and obliquely positioned second tool holders, allowing for closer placement and increased tool capacity while minimizing traveling distance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If rectangular tool holder plates are used, then the structure is simple, but the tool capacity is limited and traveling distance is increased
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional single-sided rectangular tool holder plates to multi-sided panels with triangular configurations, utilizing spatial dimensionality to increase tool capacity. The triangular arrangement allows three tool holder panels to be positioned at 120-degree intervals, maximizing the use of available space around the wire guide while maintaining structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The tool holding system is divided into multiple independent panels (three triangularly arranged panels instead of one or two rectangular plates), each capable of holding multiple tools. This segmentation allows for increased overall tool capacity while enabling independent movement and replacement of individual panels, maintaining operational simplicity.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple rectangular tool holder plates are installed, then tool capacity increases, but the traveling distance of tool holder plates increases due to spacing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
By arranging three tool holder panels in a triangular configuration around the wire guide, the system reduces the radial traveling distance compared to linear arrangements of rectangular plates. The panels can be positioned closer to the wire guide in a compact triangular pattern, minimizing the distance each panel must travel during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple tool holder panels into a coordinated triangular system that operates together around the wire guide. This merging allows the panels to share the tool capacity load and reduces the overall traveling distance by positioning all panels closer to the processing area compared to spaced-apart rectangular plates.
3Ease of manufacture
If rectangular tool holder plates are used, then installation is simple, but tool capacity is limited requiring frequent tool replacements
Solution Approach 1:
The tool holding system is segmented into multiple panels with standardized mounting interfaces, making installation straightforward while significantly increasing total tool capacity. Each panel can be independently installed and removed, maintaining ease of manufacture and installation while reducing the frequency of tool replacements through increased capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The transition to triangular multi-sided panels provides increased surface area and spatial arrangement for mounting tools, thereby increasing tool capacity without complicating the installation process. The standardized geometric configuration actually simplifies mounting procedures while accommodating more tools overall.
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AI summary
A tool holder configuration structure for spring making machine includes a flat base plate and three displacement mechanisms arranged on the front side in a triangle, each displacement mechanism including a first sliding tract set and a second sliding tract set arranged at right angles, and three tool holder panels each said tool holder panel including a base, a first tool holder located on one side of the base and two second tool holders obliquely disposed at two opposite lateral sides of the first tool holder. The tool holder panels are respectively coupled to the second sliding tract sets of the displacement mechanisms to keep the first tool holders adjacent to one another so that the moving distance of the tool holder panels can be minimized and a large number of tools can be installed in each tool holder panel.