JP7082781B2 - Papermaking system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a papermaking system and relates to a technique for remotely monitoring the operating status of a papermaking machine.

As a conventional paper making machine, for example, there is one described in Patent Document 1. This is related to the used paper processing equipment, and it consists of a recycled pulp section that prepares recycled pulp by separating cut pieces of used paper, a deinked pulp section that bleaches recycled pulp to prepare deinked pulp, and deinked pulp. It is equipped with a papermaking unit that prepares recycled paper and a control unit that controls the operation of each unit.

The control unit is an automatic operation control function unit that sequentially executes the operation process from operation start to operation stop, and a timing input that inputs at least one of the operation start and operation stop timings to the automatic operation control function unit as an instruction signal. Has a part.

The timing input unit emits an instruction signal when the internal clock arranged inside the control unit reaches the scheduled time, or an instruction signal issued when the external clock arranged outside the control unit reaches the scheduled time. Input to the automatic operation control function unit.

JP-A-2009-299229

As described above, in the conventional automatic operation of the paper machine, the operation is started at a predetermined time, the operation is stopped after the operation for a predetermined time, and the paper machine is automatically stopped when an operation error occurs while the paper machine is in operation. .. Further, in the manual operation of the paper machine, the user starts the operation at an arbitrary time and stops the operation at an arbitrary time.

However, since the user does not always check the operating status of the paper machine while the paper machine is in operation, the paper machine is left in a stopped state for a while even if an error occurs. It was a factor that lowered the operating rate of.

In addition, users want to easily grasp statistical values according to the operating status of paper machines.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, can remotely monitor the operating status of the papermaking machine, and allows the administrator of the papermaking machine to quickly know the occurrence of an operation error, thereby promptly operating the papermaking machine. Aimed to provide a papermaking system that can be restarted in

In order to solve the above problems, the papermaking system according to the present invention is provided with a papermaking machine, a management server for managing the operating status of the papermaking machine, and the papermaking machine integrally or independently, and the operating status of the papermaking machine. It is equipped with an operation status transmission means for transmitting operation data based on the above, and the management server has an operation status storage unit that stores operation data received from the operation status transmission means and an operation status storage unit that stores the operation data stored in the operation status storage unit. Receives a papermaking information transmission means for transmitting information related to the papermaking machine based on the user terminal, a control unit for controlling the operation of the management server, and a command from the user terminal to limit the required information arbitrarily selected by the user . An edit information generation means that reads command receiving means and operation data stored in an operation status storage unit, edits necessary information arbitrarily selected by the user from the read operation data into a predetermined form, and generates edit information. The control unit causes the editing information generation means to generate editing information of necessary information arbitrarily selected by the user according to the received command, and the control unit generates the editing information generated by the editing information generation means. It is characterized by transmitting to a user terminal.

In the papermaking system according to the present invention, the control unit controls the papermaking information transmission means when the received operation data includes various error information of the papermaking machine, and at least the papermaking-related information corresponding to the received error information is obtained. It is characterized by transmitting to a user terminal.

In the papermaking system according to the present invention, an encryption means provided in the paper making machine or the operating status transmitting means to encrypt the operating data transmitted to the management server, and a decryption provided in the management server to decrypt the received operating data. It is characterized by having a means for converting.

In the paper making system according to the present invention, the paper making machine is provided with an internal clock, and is characterized in that the time of the internal clock is corrected by receiving the time of the reference clock provided in the management server.

As described above, according to the present invention, the operating status of the paper machine can be transmitted to the user terminal as needed, and the operating status of the paper machine can be remotely monitored. In addition, since the administrator of the papermaking machine is notified that the operation error has occurred in the papermaking machine, the administrator of the papermaking machine can promptly know the occurrence of the operation error and can promptly restart the operation of the papermaking machine. .. In addition, the accumulated operating status information can be notified in the form desired by the user. Encryption can prevent data leakage due to data interception or spoofing.

Block diagram showing a papermaking system according to an embodiment of the present invention Block diagram showing a paper machine in the same embodiment Block diagram showing the control unit of the same implementation Schematic diagram showing basic information of display data example in the same embodiment Schematic diagram showing the history information of the display data example in the same embodiment Schematic diagram showing aggregated information of display data examples in the same embodiment A block diagram showing a paper machine in another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 2, the paper making machine 1 in the present embodiment is configured as a used paper recycling device which is a small paper making device that can be installed in, for example, an office. The papermaking machine 1 includes a pulp liquid manufacturing unit 2, a deinking unit 3, a papermaking unit 4, a drying unit 5, and a finishing unit 6 inside the papermaking machine main body 10, and has a control device 13 for controlling each unit. ..

The pulp liquid manufacturing unit 2 is a step of separating a pulp raw material to manufacture a pulp suspension containing pulp. In the present embodiment, a pulp suspension is produced using used paper 11 as a pulp raw material.

The deinking unit 3 is a step of deinking the pulp suspension produced in the pulp liquid manufacturing unit 2. The papermaking section 4 is a step of making a wet paper by making a papermaking of a deinked pulp suspension supplied from the deinking section 3. The drying unit 5 forms a step of drying the wet paper formed by the papermaking unit 4. The finishing unit 6 is a step of obtaining the paper 12 by performing a finishing process such as cutting on the molded paper of the dry paper dried by the drying unit 5.

In FIG. 1, the papermaking system according to the present embodiment has a basic mechanical configuration consisting of a papermaking machine 1, a management server 51, a terminal 52, and a communication network 53 that communicates between each device. In the present embodiment, the communication network 53 uses the Internet 531 as the main communication means, and includes a wireless LAN router 533 and the like.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 13 of the papermaking machine 1 has the following functional units as a functional circuit set in the CPU. That is, as the operation control unit 71, the pulp liquid production unit control function unit 711 that controls the operation of the pulp liquid production unit 2, the deinking unit control function unit 712 that controls the operation of the deinking unit 3, and the papermaking unit 4 The papermaking unit control function unit 713 that controls the operation, the drying unit control function unit 714 that controls the operation of the drying unit 5, the finishing unit control function unit 715 that controls the operation of the finishing unit 6, and the operation from start to stop. Automatic operation control function unit 716 that sequentially executes the operation process of It has a target number setting function unit 718 to be set and a counter function unit 719 for counting the number of prepared recycled papers.

It also has a public key receiving unit 720, an encryption / decryption unit 721, an operating data transmission unit 722, and an internal clock 723. Further, the control unit 13 is provided with a display unit 724. The display unit 724 is composed of a touch panel liquid crystal display or the like, and can display the current operating status of the papermaking machine 1, error information, and the like, and can also give various settings and commands for starting and stopping the operation.

The operation data transmission unit 722 serves as an operation status transmission means for transmitting operation data based on the operation status of the paper machine 1 to the management server 51, and is provided integrally with the paper machine 1 in the present embodiment. It is also possible to provide it independently of 1. Further, the operation status transmission unit 722 transmits operation data to the management server 51 at a predetermined cycle. Further, the operation status transmission unit 722 transmits operation data at the timing of process transition or the timing of process error occurrence in the papermaking process of the papermaking machine 1.

The operation data transmitted at a predetermined cycle includes paper output information (number of output sheets, etc.), environmental information (temperature, humidity, etc.) and logs (operating state of each drive unit and each sensor) in the papermaking machine 1. .. Further, the operation data can also include the user's operation information. In this case, since the user's operation information is accumulated in the management server 51, the user's operation status can be visualized. Therefore, the server administrator (manufacturer) or the serviceman can help to guess the cause of the trouble.

In the paper making machine 1, after receiving the public key from the management server 51 to the public key receiving unit 720, the operation data is encrypted. The public key is different for each paper making machine 1, and a public key that is different for each communication is used. The management server 51 manages the operating status of the paper making machine 1, and is a control unit that controls the operation of the management server. A papermaking information transmission means for transmitting to a user terminal information related to a papermaking machine based on the operation data stored in the operation status storage unit 512, the operation status storage unit 512 that stores the operation data received from the operation data transmission unit 722, and the operation data transmission unit 722. Papermaking information transmission unit 513, public key generation unit 514, operation data reception unit 515, operation command unit 516, encryption / decryption unit 517, accurate time generation unit 518, and operation data editing unit. It includes a 519, an operation status visualization unit 520, and a command receiving unit 521.

When the received operation data includes various error information of the papermaking machine 1, the control unit 511 of the management server 51 controls the papermaking information transmission unit 513 and uses at least the papermaking-related information corresponding to the received error information. It is transmitted to the person terminal 527. In addition, the papermaking-related information can also be transmitted to the manufacturer / service terminal 528.

Further, the control unit 511 controls the paper making information transmission unit 513 even when the received operation data does not include various error information of the paper making machine 1, and environmental information, operation information, consumables information and the like as the paper making machine related information. The log information is transmitted to the user terminal 527 and the manufacturer / service terminal 528.

Depending on the usage pattern of the paper machine 1, some information related to the paper machine may be unnecessary for the user. Therefore, when there is information that is unnecessary for the user, the papermaking machine-related information transmitted to the user terminal 527 may be limited to only the information required by the user.

For example, when environmental information is necessary information for the user, operation information, consumables information, and logs are omitted from the encrypted data of the papermaking machine-related information transmitted to the user terminal 527 shown in FIG. It will be.

The restrictions on the paper machine-related information transmitted to the user terminal 527 may be set in advance by the server administrator (manufacturer) according to the usage pattern of the paper machine 1, or may be arbitrarily selected by the user. You may set the information to be restricted.

In the management server 51, the command receiving unit 521 receives a command from the user terminal 527, and the operating data editing unit 519, which serves as an editing information generation means, reads and reads the operating data stored in the operating status storage unit 512. The data is edited into a predetermined form to generate editing information.

The command from the user terminal can include a command to start and stop the operation of the papermaking machine 1. The operation command unit 516 transmits a command from the user terminal 527 to the papermaking machine 1. By issuing a command to stop the operation at an arbitrary timing of the user even from a place away from the paper machine 1, it is possible to omit the waiting time for discharging the paper generated after arriving at the place where the paper machine is installed.

The control unit 511 causes the operation data editing unit 519 to generate editing information according to the received command, and transmits this editing information to the user terminal 527. That is, the operation data such as the number of generated sheets, the operation time, and the number of errors accumulated in the management server 51 are aggregated, and for example, the aggregated information summarized by year / month is collected in a form (table format, table format) desired by the user. It can be notified in graph format, etc.). It is also possible to simply notify the current operation status and history without aggregating the accumulated operation data.

Basic information is displayed on the user terminal 527, for example, as shown in FIG. This basic information displays the operating status, the number of sheets to be played, the amount of paper loaded, and the like. In addition, the information currently set in the paper machine 1 is displayed. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, history information is displayed. This history information includes, for example, driving information and error information. In FIG. 5, operation information is displayed, and items such as date and time, thickness of recycled paper, deinking course, drying adjustment, and number of recycled sheets are displayed. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, aggregated information is displayed. The aggregated information includes, for example, operation information and error information. The aggregated information can be displayed by limiting the range of the aggregated period, and in FIG. 6, error information is displayed, and the content and the number of cases are displayed together with the error code.

The paper machine 1 generally requires regular maintenance. In addition, the timing at which maintenance is required differs depending on the usage status of the paper machine 1. Therefore, the server administrator and the service person can appropriately determine the necessity of maintenance (including the determination of the necessity of replenishment of consumables) by analyzing the operation data stored in the management server, and the user. Maintenance information can be notified to.

That is, the management server 51 can be provided with the following functions for analyzing the operation data of the papermaking machine 1.

1. 1. The consumption tendency of consumables is estimated from the amount of consumables (drugs) used since the last replenishment and the elapsed time from the last replenishment to the present, and the time when the remaining amount is consumed in this consumption tendency, that is, the replenishment time Predict and inform the replenishment time in advance.

2. 2. If it is operated for a certain period of time or after a certain period of time, its performance will deteriorate due to dirt and water stains caused by fibers dissolved in water, so regular maintenance is required. Predict the maintenance time based on the operation time of, and inform the maintenance time in advance.

3. 3. When cleaning a paper machine, if the cleaning time tends to be longer than the standard cleaning time, it can be predicted that the piping and cleaning points will become more dirty, so maintenance is required. To contact you.

4. If the actual number of recycled sheets tends to be larger than the standard number of recycled sheets in the amount of paper input, the amount of waste fibers due to deterioration of deinking performance is too small, or the paper thickness due to clogging of pipes (wet paper or generated paper). It is presumed that the thickness of the paper) has become thinner, and we will inform you that maintenance is required before it becomes a problem.

5. From the visualization of the operation status and the error statistics, it is possible to instruct the user about what can be inferred to be due to human error.

6. When a trouble occurs, the cause of the trouble is inferred from the history analysis based on the operating state of the sensor and drive unit before the trouble occurred.

The notification to the user may be sent as papermaking-related information automatically as needed by controlling the papermaking information transmission unit 513, or the user from the server administrator or serviceman who received the analysis result. May be notified to.

The encryption / decryption unit 517 of the papermaking machine 1 encrypts the operation data to be transmitted to the management server 51. Further, the encryption / decryption unit 517 of the management server 51 decrypts the received operation data. Further, the paper making machine 1 corrects the time of the internal clock 723 by receiving the time of the reference clock of the management server 51 from the accurate time generation unit 518 of the management server 51.

Further, the encryption / decryption unit 517 of the management server 51 encrypts the time and the operation command of the reference clock transmitted to the papermaking machine 1. Further, the encryption / decryption unit 721 of the papermaking machine 1 decrypts the time and the operation command of the received encrypted reference clock.

In the present embodiment, the present invention has been described by exemplifying a wet recycled paper recycling apparatus for making paper from a pulp suspension, but the present invention can be applied not only to a recycled paper recycling apparatus but also to a dry paper making machine. be. As shown in FIG. 7, in the dry paper making machine 81, for example, in the fibrous part 82, raw materials such as used paper are broken into fibers by mechanical means such as grinding to generate fibrous materials. Next, in the depositing portion 84 of the molding portion 83, a resin material is mixed with the fiber as a binder to generate a mixed fiber, and the mixed fiber is further deposited to a predetermined width and a predetermined thickness to form a band-shaped deposit. To generate. Then, the strip-shaped deposit is heated by the heating unit 85, and the fibers are bonded with a binder to produce molded paper. Next, the finishing portion 86 cuts the molded paper to a predetermined size and finishes it into paper.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the operating status of the paper making machine 1 can be transmitted to the user terminal 527 as needed, and the operating status of the paper making machine 1 can be remotely monitored. Further, since the administrator of the papermaking machine 1 is notified that the operation error has occurred in the papermaking machine 1, the administrator of the papermaking machine 1 can promptly know the occurrence of the operation error and promptly restart the operation of the papermaking machine 1. can do. In addition, the accumulated operating status information can be notified in the form desired by the user. Encryption can prevent data leakage due to data interception or spoofing.

Since the management server 51 aggregates the operation data into the form desired by the user and sends the edited information to the user terminal 527, the user terminal is not burdened with aggregation and editing, and the performance of the terminal depends on the performance of the terminal. The user can easily browse the edited information without having to do so.

1 Paper machine 13 Control device 51 Management server 52 Terminal 53 Communication network 527 User terminal

Claims (4)

A paper machine, a management server that manages the operation status of the paper machine, and an operation status transmission means that is provided integrally or independently of the paper machine and transmits operation data based on the operation status of the paper machine to the management server. Prepare,
The management server has an operation status storage unit that stores operation data received from the operation status transmission means, a papermaking information transmission means that transmits papermaking machine-related information based on the operation data stored in the operation status storage unit to the user terminal, and a papermaking information transmission means. A control unit that controls the operation of the management server, a command receiving means that receives commands that limit the information that the user arbitrarily selects from the user terminal, and operation data stored in the operation status storage unit are read out. It has an editing information generation means that edits the required information arbitrarily selected by the user from the read operation data into a predetermined form and generates the editing information.
The control unit causes the editing information generation means to generate editing information of necessary information arbitrarily selected by the user according to the received command, and causes the user terminal to generate the editing information generated by the editing information generation means. A papermaking system characterized by sending. When the received operation data includes various error information of the papermaking machine, the control unit controls the papermaking information transmitting means, and at least transmits the papermaking-related information corresponding to the received error information to the user terminal. The papermaking system according to claim 1. It is characterized by having an encryption means provided in a paper machine or an operation status transmission means for encrypting operation data to be transmitted to a management server, and a decryption means provided in a management server for decrypting received operation data. The papermaking system according to claim 1 or 2. The papermaking system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the papermaking machine includes an internal clock and corrects the time of the internal clock by receiving the time of the reference clock provided in the management server. ..

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