CN111874750A - Intelligent wire replacing system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an intelligent wire changing system. A raw wire rack is used for supplying wire for wire-using equipment. The raw wire rack includes a bracket and a fulcrum, and a capacity sensor is arranged on the raw wire rack; The surrounding conveying track and the movable conveying mechanism arranged on the conveying track, the conveying mechanism includes the raw material wire car, the automatic manipulator and the automatic manipulator capable of loading the raw material from the raw wire car into the designated position on the raw wire rack; control device, control device The device is configured to notify the automatic manipulator to reach the designated position when the raw material is about to be used up and to control the first manipulator to replace the new raw material. The invention is a wire changing system for replacing workers, which can significantly reduce the labor intensity of workers, avoid the risk of industrial injury, improve production efficiency, and can combine MES and ERP systems to realize intelligent production management, and at the same time, the equipment has simple structure, reliability and operability. Strong has the advantages of good versatility and economical benefits.

Description

Intelligent wire changing system

technical field

The invention belongs to the field of textile machinery, in particular to an intelligent automatic yarn changing device and system.

Background technique

In the processing of many textiles and fiber products, a large number of threads are required, and multiple tows or yarns are fed in parallel to form a sheet-like structure, such as warping in the textile field, or various types of raw materials. Texturing to form new fibers and re-roll, such as texturing. During these operations, after the raw silk cakes are used up, the used raw materials need to be replaced, and this process is currently completed by manual operations. At present, with the improvement of filament production and processing, the raw materials are getting larger and larger. Some raw materials such as POY filaments have reached about 15kg in weight. One worker needs to replace the raw materials of 3 texturing machines every day, and each machine has 384 spindles. , about 1000 raw materials need to be replaced, each raw material is 15kg, the daily replacement amount reaches more than 15 tons, and the labor intensity is very high, and when replacing raw materials, if the raw materials fall, it is easy to cause work injuries. It is also necessary to splice the newly replaced package and the working package with a hand-held splice gun to complete the threading work. After some silk equipment is processed, workers also need to manually remove the finished products processed by silk equipment.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, the first purpose of the present invention is to provide an intelligent wire changing system, which can replace workers to perform wire feeding operations, reduce the labor intensity of workers, avoid the risk of work-related injuries, and improve the degree of digitization and production efficiency.

In order to achieve the first purpose of the above invention, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions, an intelligent wire changing system, comprising:

The raw material wire rack is used to supply silk for the wire equipment. The raw material wire rack includes a bracket and a plurality of fulcrums arranged on the bracket for storing raw materials. A volume sensor that sends out an alarm signal when the raw material is below the threshold;

The conveying system includes a conveying track arranged around the raw material wire rack, a movable automatic manipulator disposed on the conveying track, and a raw wire car capable of loading a plurality of raw materials, and the automatic manipulator is configured To be able to obtain the raw material from the raw material wire car and load the raw material into the designated position on the raw material wire rack;

The control device is connected in communication with the capacity sensor and the automatic manipulator, and the control device is configured to receive the alarm signal, send an instruction signal to notify the automatic manipulator to reach the designated position and control the automatic manipulator to be The alarm fulcrum is replaced with new material.

In the above technical solution, it is further preferred that the conveying system further includes a finished wire car for loading a plurality of finished products, and the conveying track is provided with a docking port for the automatic manipulator to drive into, so the The raw material wire car and the finished wire car are located in the vicinity of the docking terminal.

In the above technical solution, it is further preferred that the automatic manipulator includes a first manipulator for removing the empty pipe on the fulcrum and installing new raw materials on the fulcrum and a first manipulator for removing the finished product from the wire-using equipment. on the second manipulator loaded onto the finished wire car.

In the above technical solution, it is further preferred that the raw material wire car and the finished wire car are respectively configured to be able to move with the automatic manipulator.

In the above technical solution, it is further preferred that the command signal includes address information, the control device further includes a plurality of sensors arranged on the automatic manipulator, and the plurality of the sensors include a photoelectric sensor, a stepping sensor and a visual recognition sensor. sensor.

In the above technical solution, further preferably, the capacity sensor is a gravity sensor or a photoelectric photometric sensor.

In the above technical solution, it is further preferred that the intelligent wire changing system further comprises a console for receiving manual operation instructions, the console is connected in communication with the control device, and the control device is configured to Prioritize the processing of the command information issued by the console.

In the above technical solution, further preferably, the automatic manipulator is configured to be automatically moved or driven by a machine.

In the above technical scheme, it is further preferred that the wire-using equipment is one of a texturing machine, a warping machine, an industrial yarn and a monofilament yarn receiving frame.

In the above technical solution, it is further preferred that the automatic manipulator also has a temporary storage vehicle, the temporary storage vehicle includes a drive device and a bucket capable of storing less than 10 raw materials, and the automatic manipulator is also configured to Obtain raw materials from temporary storage vehicles.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects: the present invention is an intelligent wire changing system that replaces artificial labor, which can significantly reduce the labor intensity of workers, avoid the risk of work-related injuries, improve production efficiency, and can combine MES and ERP systems to realize intelligent Production management, and through the number of raw materials and finished wire cars, data collection and integration, the effect of product traceability is achieved. At the same time, the equipment has simple structure, strong reliability and operability, low equipment manufacturing cost, and has the advantages of good versatility and economical benefits. .

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of raw material wire rack;

Fig. 2 is the plan layout diagram of the intelligent wire changing system in the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an automatic manipulator.

Fig. 4 is the plan layout diagram of the intelligent wire changing system in the second embodiment of the present invention;

Among them: 10. Raw material wire rack; 1. Bracket; 2. Support shaft; 3. Capacity sensor; 4. Raw material; 5. Automatic manipulator; 6. Raw material wire car; 7. Finished wire car; 8. Conveying track; docking dock; 11, the first manipulator; 12, the second manipulator; 13, the mobile base; 14, the lifting platform; 15, the swing arm; 16, the support table; 17, the finished product.

Detailed ways

In order to describe the technical content, structural features, achieved objects and effects of the invention in detail, the following will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments and the accompanying drawings.

The present invention proposes an intelligent wire changing system, which adopts an automatic system to supply wire for wire-using equipment, and the wire-using equipment can be texturing machines, warping machines, industrial yarns, and other monofilament wire receiving racks as required. Wire-on equipment. Through the improvement of the raw material wire rack and the conveying system, the invention adopts the manual hand-held joint gun to connect the wire and the automatic wire feeding, so as to solve the problem of upper and lower wire with low cost and high efficiency. Realize intelligent production management and provide help for product traceability.

As shown in Figure 1, an intelligent wire changing system includes:

The raw material wire rack 10 includes a support 1 and a number of fulcrums 2 for storing raw materials 4 (silk cakes). In a row of raw materials, two or 4 fulcrum shafts are grouped together, one silk cake works, and the other silk cakes are reserved. In this embodiment, in order to facilitate the replacement of raw materials, the support shaft 2 is arranged to be rotatably connected to the bracket 1 and has a working position and a standby position. The end of the silk thread of the working silk cake is connected to the front end of the spare silk cake thread to ensure the smooth production. After a silk cake is used up, a new silk cake needs to be replaced. This process is called threading. When the raw filament is unwinding, it is in the working position. After unwinding, the fulcrum 2 swings out or rotates, so that the empty bobbin can be easily grabbed, and a new raw filament cake can be replaced; after the wire cake wiring is completed , the support shaft 2 can also rotate the unwinding silk cake to the working position. In Figure 1, 4 groups of silk cakes are hung, with a height of about 2 meters, which can also be further increased to increase the working position.

A silk cake capacity sensor 3 is arranged on the raw material wire rack support shaft 2 to determine whether the raw material is used up. When the raw material capacity sensor detects that the raw material unwinding is completed, a command signal is sent to notify the automatic manipulator 5 to reach the wire changing position. After the replaced raw material arrives at the designated position, it is replaced by the first automatic manipulator, and the connection is completed manually with the joint gun. The raw material capacity sensor can be a gravity sensor, which is preferably set at the raw material hanging position on each support shaft 2 to give an alarm through the weight threshold of the silk cake. The raw material capacity sensor can also use a photoelectric photometric sensor, which is preferably arranged on the fulcrum 2 or the bracket 1 and located below the raw material hanging position, and realizes the alarm by testing whether there is any remaining raw material on the silk cake by light.

Conveying system, Fig. 2 shows a plan view of the first embodiment of the present invention. As can be seen from the figure, the conveying system includes conveying rails 8 arranged in parallel on both sides of the raw material wire rack 10 and movable The automatic manipulator 5 on the conveying track 8 can run back and forth along the conveying track 8 parallel to the raw material wire rack 10, and arrive at the designated place in time when the wire needs to be changed. When making workshop layout, it should be ensured that the conveying rails are located on both sides of or around the raw material wire rack 10 .

The conveying system also includes a finished wire car 7 for loading a plurality of finished products 17 and a raw wire car 6 for loading a plurality of raw materials. The raw material wire car 6 and the finished wire car 7 are located near the docking dock, and the docking dock 9 is located at one end of the conveying track 8 . After the automatic manipulator 5 enters the docking dock 9 , it can grab the raw material 4 from the raw material wire car, and can also transfer the grabbed processed finished product 17 to the finished wire car 7 .

Referring to FIG. 3, the automatic manipulator 5 includes a first manipulator 11 for removing the empty pipe on the fulcrum 2 and installing new raw materials 4 on the fulcrum 2 and a first manipulator 11 for removing the finished product 17 from the wire-using equipment The second manipulator 12 is loaded onto the finished wire car 7 . The automatic manipulator 5 is slid or rolled on the conveying track 8 through a moving base 13, and the moving power can come from a battery or a human push. The movable base 13 is provided with a lift table 14 that can be lifted and lowered. The first manipulator 11 and the second manipulator 12 can achieve height changes through the lift table 14 , and the first manipulator 11 and the second manipulator 12 can be along the direction perpendicular to the conveying track 8 . Telescoping and grabbing or placing raw material 4 or finished product 17 . In this example, the second manipulator 12 of the automatic manipulator 5 for threading the finished product 17 can be adjusted to increase or decrease according to whether there is a wire device on both sides of the conveying track 8. If there is no wire device on both sides of the conveying track 8, the The second manipulator 12 is reduced, and only the first manipulator 11 for changing raw materials is reserved.

The intelligent wire changing system also includes a control device, the control device is configured to receive the alarm signal sent by the capacity sensor 3, and the alarm signal itself has unique coding information or address information, and the control device also includes a setting. Based on the addressing sensor on the automatic manipulator 5 , the automatic manipulator can complete addressing and positioning according to the signal sent by the volume sensor 3 . The control device sends out a command signal to notify the automatic manipulator 5 to reach the designated position, and the command signal includes the address information, and the control device also controls the automatic manipulator 5 to replace the new material for the support shaft at the same time. The control device also includes a plurality of sensors arranged on the automatic manipulator, the sensors include step sensors for controlling the heights of the first manipulator and the second manipulator, and a step sensor arranged on the first manipulator and the second manipulator. Photoelectric sensors and visual recognition sensors on the second manipulator.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the conveying track 8 is arranged in parallel between the wire-using equipment and the raw material wire rack 10, and the automatic manipulator 5 can run back and forth along the conveying track 8 parallel to the raw material wire rack 10 and the wire-using equipment. Arrive at the designated location on time.

Referring to FIG. 4, in the second embodiment of the present invention, according to the site capacity, the conveying track 8 can be arranged around the raw wire rack and the wire-using equipment as an interconnected annular track, and the automatic manipulator 5 can be on the annular conveying track. 8 runs continuously in a circle, and a docking dock 9 is set at the extension of one side of the conveying track port between the raw wire rack 10 and the wire-using equipment. Using the annular conveying track 8, multiple annular conveying tracks are interconnected, and the automatic manipulator 5 can run around each raw material wire rack. In this way, only a few automatic manipulators can be installed, which can greatly reduce the cost. At the same time, the interconnected annular conveying track 8. It can also make the automatic manipulator 5 work continuously around different raw wire racks 10 and wire-using equipment, improve the efficiency of the manipulator, and reduce the problem of production delay caused by the failure of the automatic manipulator 5.

In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the raw wire car 6 and the finished wire car 7 are arranged near the docking terminal 9. When the automatic manipulator 5 enters the designated position of the docking terminal, the positioning of the wire car is completed. Take raw material 4 or place finished product 17.

In other embodiments, the automatic manipulator 5 may also carry a small temporary storage vehicle, the temporary storage vehicle includes a drive device and a bucket capable of storing less than 10 raw materials, and the first manipulator is also designed to Take out the raw material from the bucket described above and wire it. Since the temporary storage cart moves with the automatic manipulator 5, the efficiency of transportation and wire changing can be improved, and at the same time, the moving distance of the automatic manipulator can be reduced. At the same time, the bottom of the temporary storage vehicle can also bring its own power, such as a battery and a drive motor.

In the system of the present invention, there are two ways to remove the empty pipe. The first method is completed by an automatic manipulator, which runs on a track. The operation position of the automatic manipulator corresponds to the position of the empty pipe extended from the raw wire rack, which can operate accurately. to the empty pipe extension position. When the automatic manipulator moves to the pipe changing position, the first manipulator 11 pulls out the empty pipe at the position where the signal is given, and puts it into the empty pipe collection place of the raw wire car 6 . In the second way, the empty tube can also be removed manually. In the way that the automatic manipulator grabs the empty pipe, the first manipulator has two functions, one is to remove the empty pipe and put the empty pipe into the raw wire car, and the other is to load the raw material to be processed from the raw wire car. At the designated position on the raw material wire rack, the first manipulator supports the raw material on the wire car, and according to the height given by the empty pipe signal (generally there are four layers), the first manipulator pushes the raw material to the vacant place.

When the finished silk is processed by the silk equipment, a signal is sent, and the second manipulator moves to the designated position area to clamp the finished product, and can complete multiple finished silks at one time.

The advantage of the present invention is that the most difficult up-and-down push work is done mechanically by an automatic manipulator, and meticulous work such as knotting is done manually by hand with a joint gun.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only intended to illustrate the technical concept and characteristics of the present invention, and the purpose is to enable those skilled in the art to understand the content of the present invention and implement them accordingly, and cannot limit the protection scope of the present invention. All equivalent changes or modifications made according to the spirit of the present invention should be included within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. an intelligent wire changing system, is characterized in that, comprises: The raw material wire rack is used to supply silk for the wire equipment. The raw material wire rack includes a bracket and a plurality of fulcrums arranged on the bracket for storing raw materials. A volume sensor that sends out an alarm signal when the raw material is below the threshold; The conveying system includes a conveying track arranged around the raw material wire rack, a movable automatic manipulator disposed on the conveying track, and a raw wire car capable of loading a plurality of raw materials, and the automatic manipulator is configured To be able to obtain the raw material from the raw material wire car and load the raw material into the designated position on the raw material wire rack; The control device is connected in communication with the capacity sensor and the automatic manipulator, and the control device is configured to receive the alarm signal, send an instruction signal to notify the automatic manipulator to reach the designated position and control the automatic manipulator to be The alarm fulcrum is replaced with new material. 2. The intelligent wire changing system according to claim 1, characterized in that: the conveying system further comprises a finished wire car for loading a plurality of finished products, and the conveying track is provided with an automatic The docking wharf into which the manipulator enters, and the raw silk wagon and the finished silk wagon are located near the docking wharf. 3. The intelligent wire changing system according to claim 2, wherein the automatic manipulator comprises a first manipulator for removing the empty pipe on the fulcrum and installing new raw materials on the fulcrum and a first manipulator for The second manipulator that loads the finished product from the wire equipment to the finished wire car. 4 . The intelligent wire changing system according to claim 2 , wherein the raw wire car and the finished wire car are respectively configured to be able to move with the automatic manipulator. 5 . 5 . The intelligent wire changing system according to claim 1 , wherein the command signal includes address information, the control device further comprises a plurality of sensors arranged on the automatic manipulator, and the plurality of the sensors include: 6 . Photoelectric sensors, step sensors and visual recognition sensors. 6 . The intelligent wire changing system according to claim 1 , wherein the capacity sensor is a gravity sensor or a photoelectric photometric sensor. 7 . 7. The intelligent wire changing system according to claim 1, characterized in that: it further comprises a console for receiving manual operation instructions, the console is connected in communication with the control device, and the control device It is configured to preferentially process the command information issued by the console. 8. The intelligent wire changing system according to claim 1, wherein the automatic manipulator is configured to be automatically moved or traveled by a machine. 9 . The intelligent wire changing system according to claim 1 , wherein the wire-using equipment is one of a texturing machine, a warping machine, an industrial wire and a monofilament wire receiving frame. 10 . 10. The intelligent wire changing system according to claim 1, characterized in that: the automatic manipulator is further provided with a temporary storage vehicle, and the temporary storage vehicle comprises a driving device and a bucket capable of storing less than 10 raw materials , the robotic arm is also configured to be able to obtain raw materials from temporary storage vehicles.

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