Vacuum Box Pick-Up Mechanism With Air Distribution for Destacking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Manual transportation of packaging boxes in factories is labor-intensive, inefficient, and not aligned with modern automation requirements.
Innovation Solution
A goods pick-up mechanism comprising a frame body, suction components, vacuum generator, and air distributor, which uses negative pressure to adsorb boxes onto suction components, allowing robotic arms to move and transfer them without manual handling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual transporting is used, then operation flexibility is maintained, but labor intensity increases and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical transporting system with an automated robotic arm system equipped with suction components. The robotic arm automatically picks up packaging boxes from stacks and transports them to the packing station, eliminating manual labor while maintaining controlled operation through the vacuum-based suction mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a vacuum generator connected to suction components that use negative pressure (pneumatic force) to adsorb packaging boxes onto the suction cup. This pneumatic mechanism enables the robotic arm to securely grasp and transport boxes without manual handling, significantly improving transporting efficiency while reducing labor intensity.
2Device complexity
If vacuum generator is connected directly to suction component, then structure is simplified, but negative pressure distribution may be insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an air distributor as an intermediary component between the vacuum generator and the suction component. The air distributor includes multiple air guiding members that channel and distribute the negative pressure from the vacuum generator to different regions of the suction cup, ensuring uniform and reliable adsorption of packaging boxes across the entire contact surface.
3Reliability
If single suction component is used, then device complexity is reduced, but adsorption coverage is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the suction system into multiple suction components (suction cups) distributed across the frame body. Each suction component is independently connected to the vacuum generator through the air distributor, allowing simultaneous adsorption of multiple packaging boxes or different portions of a stack, thereby improving overall adsorption coverage and efficiency without requiring a single complex suction mechanism.
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
Reduces labor intensity and improves efficiency by securely transferring boxes using a robotic arm, facilitating subsequent processes with a simple, efficient, and adaptable system.
Implementation Method 1
the vacuum generator is fixedly mounted on the frame body, wherein one end of the vacuum generator is configured to be connected to an air source and the other end thereof is connected to the suction component, for generating and providing a negative pressure to the suction component
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AI summary
The goods pick-up mechanism comprises a frame body connected to a robotic arm, a suction component arranged on one side of the frame body towards goods to be picked up, and a vacuum generator fixedly mounted on the frame body, and an air distributor fixedly mounted on the frame body and connected between the vacuum generator and the suction component. One end of the vacuum generator is configured to be connected to an air source and the other end thereof is connected to the suction component for generating and providing a negative pressure to the suction component.