Vibration Tray Spacing Device for Container Filling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container filling machines are inefficient due to limited speed and inaccurate spacing of discrete articles, leading to suboptimal filling processes.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a vibration tray with a spacing device that increases the speed of discrete article deposition by using rotational motion and belts to transport articles from the tray to guiding paths, ensuring they are spaced apart and moved at a faster rate.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If a vibration tray is used to move discrete articles towards containers, then the articles can be transported and spaced, but the speed of movement is limited and articles leave closely packed
Solution Approach 1:
A spacing device acts as an intermediary between the vibration tray and the guiding paths. This device receives articles from the vibration tray at a first speed, spaces them apart, and deposits them onto the guiding paths at a second speed greater than the first speed, thereby resolving the contradiction between speed and spacing accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The spacing device is driven at a rotation speed that allows it to dynamically adjust the deposition speed of articles. By rotating faster than the vibration tray feeds articles, it creates spacing between articles while maintaining high throughput, enabling both speed improvement and spacing control
2Productivity
If articles are moved quickly through the vibration tray, then productivity increases, but articles become closely packed and difficult to count
Solution Approach 1:
The spacing device serves as a mediator that decouples the high-speed feeding from the deposition process. It receives articles at high speed from the vibration tray but deposits them at controlled intervals onto the guiding paths, ensuring articles are spaced apart for accurate counting while maintaining high productivity
Solution Approach 2:
The spacing device performs preliminary spacing action on articles before they enter the counting and filling stages. By spacing articles apart in advance on the guiding paths, it ensures that subsequent counting operations can be performed accurately without interfering with overall productivity
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 solution enhances the efficiency and accuracy of filling containers by allowing discrete articles to be deposited at a higher speed and in a spaced-apart manner, improving the overall filling process.
Implementation Method 1
a vibration tray suitable for moving discrete articles from a discrete article receiving end of the vibration tray towards a discrete article drop-off end of the vibration tray
Implementation Method 2
The at least one spacing device is driven at a rotation speed and is operative for receiving discrete articles from the vibration tray at a first speed and causing the discrete articles to be deposited from the vibration tray at a second speed
Data Source
AI summary
A container filling machine comprising a vibration tray that is suitable for moving discrete articles from a discrete article receiving end of the vibration tray towards a plurality of guiding paths that lead to a container. The container filling machine further comprises at least one spacing device located in proximity to the vibration tray. The at least one spacing device is operative for receiving the discrete articles from the vibration tray at a first speed, and causing the discrete articles to be deposited into the plurality of guiding paths at a second speed. The second speed is greater than the first speed.