UV Curing Machine Angled Lamp Assemblies
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing UV-curable adhesive curing machines require specialized equipment to cure adhesives on workpieces, which can be inefficient and limited in their ability to uniformly cure adhesives within complex geometries.
Innovation Solution
A curing machine design featuring a base plate with multiple UV lamp assemblies positioned at angles to intersect with the workpiece's sidewalls, allowing for direct irradiation of UV-curable adhesive within slots and holes, ensuring comprehensive curing of adhesives on both inner and outer surfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If conventional UV curing machines are used, then adhesive curing can be performed, but the curing is inefficient and non-uniform on complex geometries
Solution Approach 1:
The curing machine divides the workpiece into multiple zones (inner surfaces, outer surfaces, top surfaces, bottom surfaces) and positions UV lamp assemblies accordingly. Each lamp assembly targets specific geometric zones, allowing segmented curing that ensures uniform coverage across complex shapes while maintaining high productivity through parallel processing of multiple zones.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from conventional single-angle UV irradiation to multi-dimensional irradiation by positioning lamp assemblies at various angles (front, rear, left, right, top, bottom). This dimensional approach enables UV light to reach all surfaces of complex geometries uniformly, resolving the contradiction between curing uniformity and efficiency.
2Adaptability or versatility
If UV lamps are positioned to irradiate all surfaces, then comprehensive curing is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The curing machine employs a universal base plate design that can accommodate multiple lamp assemblies with different orientations and focal lengths. This modular universal structure enables the same device to cure various complex geometries (slots, holes, multi-layer structures) without requiring custom configurations for each workpiece type, thereby achieving geometric versatility while controlling device complexity through standardized components.
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 design enables efficient and uniform curing of UV-curable adhesives on workpieces with complex geometries, improving the curing process by ensuring thorough irradiation and solidification of adhesives, enhancing the machine's versatility and effectiveness.
Implementation Method 1
at least one UV lamp coupled to the holding member. Axis of the at least one UV lamp can intersect with the holding member at an angle of less than 90 degrees
Implementation Method 2
A curing machine design featuring a base plate with multiple UV lamp assemblies positioned at angles to intersect with the workpiece's sidewalls, allowing for direct irradiation of UV-curable adhesive within slots and holes
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AI summary
A curing machine to cure a UV-curable adhesive adhering on a workpiece, the workpiece having a slot thereon and a hole on a sidewall of the slot. The hole receives the UV-curable adhesive, the curing machine can include a curing mechanism. The curing mechanism can include a base plate holding a curing assembly and the curing assembly can include a holding member, at least one UV lamp being coupled to the holding member. Axis of the at least one UV lamp can intersect with the holding member at an angle of less than 90 degrees. A workpiece being positioned on the base plate, the UV lamp can irradiate directly an inside or an outside of a sidewall through the hole in the sidewall of the slot.