Friction Stir Welding Head Adapter With Automated Gripping Clamps
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Solution Overview
Problem
Friction stir welding heads require manual mounting and dismounting on rotating driving machines, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Innovation Solution
An equipment kit with an adapter and interface featuring actuatable gripping clamps and an actuation connector for automated mounting and dismounting, utilizing pressurized fluid or electrical/electro-mechanical actuation to control the clamps.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual mounting and dismounting of friction stir welding heads is used, then device complexity is reduced, but productivity decreases and time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into separate functional components: an adapter attached to the welding head, an interface on the machine chassis, actuatable gripping clamps for securing, and an actuation connector for control. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently while maintaining overall system manageability and productivity improvement.
2Extent of automation
If automated mounting with actuatable gripping clamps is implemented, then productivity increases, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The actuation connector is designed to be accessible from the outside and automatically actuates the gripping clamps based on its own position relative to the interface. When the adapter is mounted, the connector's position automatically triggers the clamping action without requiring external control systems, operators, or complex control logic,从而实现自动化同时保持系统相对简单。
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Automates the process of mounting and dismounting friction stir welding heads, reducing time and effort required for changing welding heads on rotating driving machines.
Implementation Method 1
the actuatable gripping clamps are actuatable by pressurized fluid
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to an equipment kit (100, 400) for mounting and dismounting a friction stir welding head (1) , the equipment kit comprising an adapter (100) intended to be fixed to the head (1) and an interface (400) intended to be fixed to a chassis (300) of a rotating driving machine (C), characterized in that one of the second surface (103) of the adapter (100) and of the interface (400) has actuatable gripping clamps (105) having each a gripping position for gripping pull tabs (402) of the other one of the second surface (103) of the adapter (100) and of the interface (400) and a releasing position for releasing the pull tabs (402).