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Research & expert: Development process of spur gear casting ladle and support from experts.

Research process & expert support   

When I was working in the workshop, I saw the magical lifting of the hand chain hoist, and I saw the structure of the foundry ladle in the foundry, I want to combine it. Wang Mingping, chief engineer of the Jinan Foundry and Forging Research Institute, encouraged me to delve into it. 

I learned the teaching materials of Professor Meng Fanyu's ladle, knowing that the worm wheel ladle of the portable shaft should be self-locking in two directions; the hand chain hoist can only be locked in one direction, and the simple combination fails. An inspiration made me suddenly clear, conversion with two brakes. I drew a picture, let the worker made a physical model, the effect is ideal. 

I contacted Professor Meng, he thought it was feasible, we have more than a dozen letters to contact. I calculated the position of the ladle shaft and the maximum torque, he was very cautious and he conducted a check calculation, and he laid the foundation. Professor Wang Weiti of Shandong University also recommended to the factory. 

Pictures of letters exchanged between Professor Meng and me.

Professor Meng & my correspondence;

Picture of the homepage of Professor Meng’s calculation book.

Book of computing of professor Meng.

Pictures of several articles published by Ding Yande.

Articles published by DING YanDe

I applied for a patent for invention, and neither the United States, Britain, France, Japan, and Germany did, so I passed the novelty examination. The patent examiner has not seen the physical object, and the hand chain hoist is difficult to explain, he said that what I said was not clear. I have limited funds and I can't defend myself. I have to give up.

I submitted to the Jinan Foundry and Forging Research Institute's [China Foundry Equipment and Technology] magazine, which was published in 1998, and once again in 2017. Publication and recognition of national authoritative publications, this greatly encouraged me.

In magazine, spur gear casting ladle, the catalog it published twice.

two-time publication of ladle;

Spur gear casting ladle, the front page of the magazine in 1998.

Published in 1998;

Spur gear casting ladle, the front page of the magazine in 2017.

Published in 2017

The American foundry ladle factory replied to the letter and he did not believe in my technology. I do not appreciate his structure.

The original reply letter from American Whiting Company.

Reply from American Whiting

Pouring machine from American Whiting Company.

Spur gear ladle reducerin America

The ad attached to the reply letter from American Whiting Company.

letter from American’s Whiting Ltd

I made three portable 2t spur gear ladle, a dozen safety ladle, and now they have been used for more than ten years, they did not say that there is a problem. Our factory moved from the ravine to Tai'an, it went bankrupt; in 2004, my child died of work injuries, I didn't have the energy and no strength, I had to stop.

In 2014, I knew that the previous spur gear ladle was very useful; I used the retirement salary, on-site guidance, and made some spur gear ladle. It's very light, do whatever you want, same as hand chain hoist, please watch the demo video.

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