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简体中文 Newbie white first time to see the building prefabricated parts production workshop piled up mountains of side moulds, is not the scalp numb? These L-shaped, U-shaped metal moulds are chaotic, manual sorting is as slow as a snail crawling, not to mention the need to accurately send to the hands of the mould laying robot---.How a novice can quickly figure out automated conveyor sorting technology? Don't panic! Today, we will break down the two core elements of lift and traverse and chain caching, and you will be able to have a chat with the old drivers after reading this!
(Let's break it down in layman's terms, so we don't throw jargon in your face)
I. Lifting and traversing: letting the side moulds "jump" out of the conveyor belt
Imagine the side moulds moving forward in line on the infeed roller conveyor, how do you transfer them to the cache at the end of the line? Hard tugging will surely jam it, and that's where lift-and-transfer technology comes in.
Lifting mechanism: Tucked away under the roller conveyor is the lift cylinder (a stubby version of a pump), which pushes up against the L-shaped pallet. The key is at the top of the pallet.V-groove locating bumpsThe rollers are then inserted into the chamfered edges of the side moulds like forklift forks. With this support, the edge mould is suspended and completely separated from the roller conveyor.
panning pushThen the horizontal cylinder pushes the whole pallet along the guideway to the top of the cache rack. The whole process has zero collision between the side mould trajectory and the roller conveyor, which is as stable as riding a lift.
Why do we have to use V-grooves?
The chamfered edge of the edge mould is easy to slip, and the V-groove design can lock the edge mould like a mortise and tenon. Measured ±1mm positioning accuracy, the hand doesn't even shake when the robot is gripping the mould.
II. Chain caching: "smart parking" for edge moulds
You think caching is just a random pile? You'd be wrong! Side moulds have to be lined up by model, waiting for the robot to pick them up whenever it wants. It's up to theDouble chain linkage systemUp.
Core Dual Chain Design::
- First conveyor chain (workhorse): Equally spaced locating blocks are welded to the chain, each with its own V-groove biting into the side moulding.
- Second conveyor chain (control brain)The "Supervisor" is an equidistant deceleration signal receiver with an inductive module next to it.
God-synchronous operationThe two chains are driven by a single motor, with coaxial gears to ensure that they are in step with each other. When the sensor module catches a signal from the receiver, it immediately commands the motor to slow down and apply the brakes - just as the first conveyor chain is freed up to receive the new edge mould.
| Conventional stacking | Chain Cache |
|---|---|
| Manual handling is prone to error | Fully automatic sorting |
| The side moulds are squeezed into a mess | Spaced out. |
| It takes half a day to find a specific model. | Robots catch targets in seconds. |
Third, self-questioning: the 3 most ignorant questions of the white man
Q1: How can the system not be messed up by mixing different size side moulds?
Rely on two tricks to cure chaos:
- Adaptive lifting bracket: The pitch of the lifting part is adjustable, with a small pitch for short-side moulds and a large pitch for long-side moulds;
- isochronous arrangement of cache shelves: The spacing of the cache shelves increases in an equidistant series, with 1.5 metre side moulds going to wide aisles and 0.8 metres going to narrow aisles.
Q2：What should I do if the chain is loose and slipping after a long time?
The adjusting lever is made for this! Turning it tightens the chain (the same principle as a bicycle chain) and ensures that the conveyor doesn't run off course. And here's the kicker.Dual Chain Intercalibration--The second conveyor chain monitors the displacement of the first chain in real time, with an error of more than 1mm immediately stopping the machine and alarming.
Q3: Does this pile of equipment really improve efficiency?
Actual measured data from a factory speaks for itself:
- tapShorten 20%This is equivalent to processing an additional 15 edge mouldings per hour;
- Storage rack installation time from7 days to 2 daysThe cost of processing is reduced by 30%.
I ran over a dozen prefabricated parts factory, found that many novice superstitious imported equipment. In fact, lift the traverse + chain cache this set of domestic programmes early to weld the accuracy of ± 1mm, the cost is also cut in half! The next time you see people tossing manual sorting, directly to this piece of film on his desk ---How many cups of milk tea are enough for the man-hours saved on the assembly line?(Ahem, revealing my foodie nature...)
