Upper Jacking Structure for Stable Silicon Rod Half-Slitting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cutting devices are unable to perform a half-slitting operation on silicon rods by moving a cutting line to the clamping area where the device clamps the silicon rod, preventing the silicon rod from being cut into two blanks along its length direction.
Innovation Solution
An upper jacking structure and half-slitting machine with a first linear reciprocating device, upper jacking block, auxiliary tensioner, and cutting assembly, allowing for a cutting-feed and half-slitting process that includes steps to stabilize the silicon rod during cutting by using jacking heads and tensioners to maintain rod stability and enable precise cutting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the cutting device uses a fixed clamping structure, then the device structure is simple, but the cutting line cannot move to the clamping area to perform half-slitting operation
Solution Approach 1:
The upper jacking block is divided into multiple independent jacking heads that can move separately along the vertical direction, allowing the cutting line to access different positions including the clamping area for half-slitting operations
Solution Approach 2:
The cutting device transitions from a fixed clamping structure to a dynamic structure where the upper jacking block and its jacking heads can reciprocate vertically, enabling the cutting line to move into the clamping area while maintaining structural controllability
2Adaptability or versatility
If the cutting device allows cutting line movement to clamping area, then half-slitting operation becomes possible, but the silicon rod may tilt during cutting
Solution Approach 1:
Different jacking heads are assigned different functions: the first jacking head provides primary support to prevent tilting, while the second and third jacking heads can be selectively activated to maintain rod stability from multiple points during the half-slitting operation
Solution Approach 2:
The auxiliary tensioner acts as an intermediary component that applies additional stabilizing force to the silicon rod during cutting, preventing tilting while allowing the cutting line to move into the clamping area
3Stability of the object's composition
If multiple jacking heads are used to prevent tilting, then rod stability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple jacking heads share common guidance and control mechanisms, allowing them to function both individually for localized support and collectively for overall rod stabilization, reducing the need for completely independent control systems for each head
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AI summary
Disclosed are an upper jacking structure, a half-slitting machine and a half-slitting method. The upper jacking structure includes a lower jacking block, a cutting assembly, a first linear reciprocating device, an upper jacking block and an auxiliary tensioner. The lower jacking block is located below the upper jacking block, a clamping space is formed between the lower jacking block and the upper jacking block, a cutting end of the cutting assembly moves in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction in and out of the clamping space, a movable end of the first linear reciprocating device moves in the vertical direction, and the upper jacking block is provided on the movable end of the first linear reciprocating device; the upper jacking block has a first jacking surface provided with a first jacking head and a second jacking head at either side of a center line of the first jacking surface.