CN112249642A

CN112249642A - Flange placement method and system

Info

Publication number: CN112249642A
Application number: CN202011142081.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 苏士斌; 何珍; 陈伟雄; 林红霞; 杜巧玲
Original assignee: Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-10-22
Filing date: 2020-10-22
Publication date: 2021-01-22

Abstract

The invention discloses a flange placing method and a system, wherein the method comprises the following steps: acquiring coding information of a flange; matching a flange tray according to the coding information, and inquiring the position of the tray according to the tray number of the flange tray; sending the tray position to a robotic arm to cause the robotic arm to move the flange to the tray position and place the flange on the flange tray; and updating a flange list file, and marking the code printing state of the flange as a printed code, wherein the flange list file comprises the code printing state, the coding information and the tray number. According to the invention, the flange codes correspondingly placed on the flange tray are arranged in advance, the flange is conveyed by matching with the mechanical arm, and the code printing production operation is driven by adopting the coded information, so that the automatic management of the code printing field is realized, the practicability is strong, the application range is wide, and the operation efficiency can be effectively improved.

Description

Flange placement method and system

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of pipeline connection, in particular to a flange placing method and system.

Background

Before the flange and the pipe are assembled and welded in the ship construction process, the flange needs to be marked so that the pipe can be identified after the later galvanization. At the present stage, a manual code printing mode is adopted for printing codes on the flanges, the flanges are printed one by one manually, the flanges need to be conveyed to a code printing machine ceaselessly, and after the codes are printed, the flanges are placed on a tray, so that the efficiency is low, the labor intensity is high, and the production quality is difficult to guarantee; meanwhile, the code printing is carried out manually, so that a plurality of people are required to participate in the code printing production process for a long time, and the labor cost is high. Nowadays, the ship building period is shortened, the requirement on the ship building efficiency is improved, and the efficient ship production rhythm is difficult to meet by manual code printing, so that the ship building method cannot adapt to the development trend of ship building.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the invention aims to provide a flange placing method, which is characterized in that flange codes correspondingly placed on a flange tray are arranged in advance, the flange is carried by matching with a mechanical arm, code printing production operation is driven by adopting coded information, automatic management of a code printing field is realized, the practicability is high, the application range is wide, and the operation efficiency can be effectively improved.

In order to achieve the above object, in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a flange placing method, including:

acquiring coding information of a flange;

matching a flange tray according to the coding information, and inquiring the position of the tray according to the tray number of the flange tray;

sending the tray position to a robotic arm to cause the robotic arm to move the flange to the tray position and place the flange on the flange tray;

and updating a flange list file, and marking the code printing state of the flange as a printed code, wherein the flange list file comprises the code printing state, the coding information and the tray number.

In some embodiments, before the step of obtaining the encoded information of the flange whose encoded status is encoded, the method further includes:

and acquiring the flange list file, wherein the coding information in the flange list file corresponds to the unique coding state and the tray number.

In some embodiments, when all of the code printing states in the flange list file are marked as being printed, the tray position is sent to an external upper computer.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a flange placing system, including:

the information acquisition module is used for acquiring the coding information of the flange;

the positioning module is used for matching the flange tray according to the coding information and inquiring the position of the tray according to the tray number of the flange tray;

the control module is used for sending the tray position to a mechanical arm so that the mechanical arm moves the flange to the tray position and places the flange on the flange tray;

and the file updating module is used for updating a flange list file and marking the code printing state of the flange as a printed code, and the flange list file comprises the code printing state, the coding information and the tray number.

In some embodiments, the system further comprises:

and the file acquisition module is used for acquiring the flange list file, and the coding information in the flange list file corresponds to the unique coding state and the unique tray number.

In some embodiments, the system further comprises:

and the placing completion module is used for sending the tray position to an external upper computer when all the code printing states in the flange list file are marked as printed codes.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium stores computer-executable instructions, where the computer-executable instructions are configured to cause a computer to perform the flange placement method according to any one of the embodiments of the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, including: memory, processor and computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the processor when executing the program implements a flange placement method as described in any of the embodiments of the first aspect above.

Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the invention has the beneficial effects that:

the invention discloses a flange placing method and a system, wherein the method comprises the following steps: acquiring coding information of a flange; matching a flange tray according to the coding information, and inquiring the position of the tray according to the tray number of the flange tray; sending the tray position to a robotic arm to cause the robotic arm to move the flange to the tray position and place the flange on the flange tray; and updating a flange list file, and marking the code printing state of the flange as a printed code, wherein the flange list file comprises the code printing state, the coding information and the tray number. According to the flange coding device, the flange codes correspondingly placed on the flange tray are arranged in advance, the flange is conveyed by matching with the mechanical arm, coding production operation is driven by adopting coding information, automatic management of a coding field is realized, the practicability is high, the application range is wide, and the operation efficiency can be effectively improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flow diagram of a flange placement method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a flange placement method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the flange placement system in one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a flange placement system in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a diagram of an environment in which the method of placing flanges according to one embodiment of the present invention may be used;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a computer device in one embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be understood that the step numbers used herein are for convenience of description only and are not intended as limitations on the order in which the steps may be performed.

It is to be understood that the terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the specification of the present invention and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

The terms "comprises" and "comprising" indicate the presence of the described features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of an exemplary flange placement method. The flange placement system includes a field control system 100, a pallet position 120, a robotic arm 130, and an upper computer 110. The field control system 100 is a computer device with data processing and operation functions, and is used for performing communication connection with devices such as the tray position 120, the mechanical arm 130, the upper computer 110 and the like through a wireless network, so as to realize communication of the devices. A plurality of tray positions 120 are provided, one tray position 120 being for placement of one flange tray; the field control system 100 matches the position of the tray to be placed according to the coded information of the coded flange, and the field control system 100 controls the mechanical arm 130 to place the flange on the flange tray corresponding to the position of the tray, so that automatic and efficient flange placement is realized.

In order to facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present invention, the following description is provided for technical terms related to the embodiments of the present invention:

the mechanical arm 130 is an automated product that uses a robot motion trajectory to realize manual carrying instead, and an industrial robot that can perform automated carrying work is widely used for automatic carrying of loading and unloading on a machine tool, an automatic production line of a punching machine, an automatic assembly line, stacking carrying, containers and the like.

A Flange (Flange), also known as a Flange collar or Flange. The flange is a part for connecting the shafts and is used for connecting pipe ends; there are also flanges on the inlet and outlet of the equipment for the connection between two pieces of equipment, such as reducer flanges.

The upper computer 110 is a computer that can directly issue a control command, and is generally a PC/host computer/master computer/upper computer, and displays various signal changes (hydraulic pressure, water level, temperature, etc.) on a screen. The lower computer is a computer which directly controls the equipment to obtain the equipment condition, and is generally a PLC/single chip microcomputer/slave computer/lower computer and the like. The command from the upper computer 110 is first sent to the lower computer, and the lower computer interprets the command into corresponding time sequence signals to directly control corresponding equipment. The lower computer reads the device status data (generally analog quantity) from time to time, converts the data into digital signals and feeds the digital signals back to the upper computer 110. In short, the actual situation is very different, but is not changed from its original one: the upper computer and the lower computer need programming and are provided with special development systems.

The indoor positioning technology is used for assisting positioning of satellite positioning when satellite positioning cannot be used in an indoor environment, and the problems that satellite signals are weak and cannot penetrate through buildings when reaching the ground are solved. And finally, positioning the current position of the object. In the embodiment of the present invention, the mechanical arm 130 employs an indoor positioning technology so as to reach a designated position according to the coordinate information. Common indoor wireless location technologies are also: Wi-Fi technology, Bluetooth technology, etc. The Bluetooth communication is a short-distance low-power-consumption wireless transmission technology, after a proper Bluetooth local area network access point is installed indoors, the network is configured into a basic network connection mode based on multiple users, and the Bluetooth local area network access point is guaranteed to be always the main equipment of the micro network. Thus, the position information of the user can be obtained by detecting the signal intensity. Bluetooth positioning is mainly applied to small-range positioning, for example: a single-story lobby or warehouse. As long as the Bluetooth function of the mobile terminal equipment is started, the Bluetooth indoor positioning system can judge the position of the mobile terminal equipment with the integrated Bluetooth function. Indoor positioning technology belongs to the prior art in the field and is not described herein in detail.

The flange placement method provided by the embodiments of the present invention will be described and illustrated in detail by way of several specific examples.

Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a flange placing method, which is mainly used for example in a computer device. The computer device may specifically be the field control system 100 of fig. 5 described above.

The flange placing method comprises the following steps:

step S101, acquiring coding information of a flange;

step S102, matching a flange tray according to the coding information, and inquiring the position of the tray according to the tray number of the flange tray;

step S103, sending the tray position to a mechanical arm so that the mechanical arm moves the flange to the tray position and places the flange on the flange tray;

and step S104, updating a flange list file, and marking the code printing state of the flange as a printed code, wherein the flange list file comprises the code printing state, the coding information and the tray number.

Referring to fig. 2, in an embodiment, the method further includes:

and S100, acquiring the flange list file, wherein the coding information in the flange list file corresponds to the unique coding state and the unique tray number.

And S105, when all the code printing states in the flange list file are marked as printed codes, sending the tray position to an external upper computer.

To provide a preferred embodiment, a plurality of pallet positions 120 are provided on site, one pallet position 120 holding one flange pallet; the field control system 100 matches the position of the selected tray to be placed according to the coded information of the coded flange, and the field control system 100 controls the mechanical arm 130 to place the flange on the flange tray corresponding to the position of the selected tray, and the specific steps are as follows:

step (1), the field control system 100 divides and manages a plurality of tray positions 120 according to production design, numbers the flange trays placed in each tray position, displays new tray numbers and state information of the flange trays placed in the plurality of tray positions, and generates a flange list file preset in each flange tray;

the flange list file is in an EXCEL file format, and is provided with a coding information column, a coding state column and a flange tray number;

step (2), the field control system 100 acquires the information of the upper computer 110 to inquire the coded flange coding information, the field control system 100 matches a flange tray according to the coded flange coding information, and the field control system 100 inquires the corresponding tray position according to the matched flange tray;

step (3), the field control system 100 sends the tray position 120 to the mechanical arm 130, and the field control system 100 controls the mechanical arm 130 to place the coded flange on the flange tray;

step (4), the field control system 100 marks a coding state row and a flange tray number corresponding to the coding information in a flange list file corresponding to the flange tray;

and (5) the field control system 100 inquires the flange list file, and when all flanges preset in one flange tray are placed, the field control system 100 sends the flange tray and the corresponding tray position 120 to the upper computer 110.

Referring to fig. 3, an embodiment of the present invention provides a flange placing system, including:

the information acquisition module 11 is used for acquiring coding information of the flange;

the positioning module 12 is used for matching the flange tray according to the coding information and inquiring the position of the tray according to the tray number of the flange tray;

the control module 13 is used for sending the tray position to a mechanical arm so that the mechanical arm moves the flange to the tray position and places the flange on the flange tray;

and the file updating module 14 is used for updating a flange list file, marking the code printing state of the flange as a printed code, wherein the flange list file comprises the code printing state, the coding information and the tray number.

Referring to fig. 4, in some embodiments, the system further includes:

and the file acquisition module 10 is configured to acquire the flange list file, where the coding information in the flange list file corresponds to a unique coding state and a unique tray number.

And the placing completion module 15 is used for sending the tray position to an external upper computer when the code printing states in the flange list file are all marked as printed codes.

It can be understood that the inventive concept of the embodiment of the flange placing system is the same as that of the embodiment of the flange placing method, and the detailed description of the embodiment of the system is omitted here.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an internal structure of a computer device in one embodiment. The computer device may be embodied as the field control system 100 in fig. 5. As shown in fig. 6, the computer apparatus includes a processor, a memory, a network interface, an input device, and a display screen connected through a system bus. Wherein the memory includes a non-volatile storage medium and an internal memory. The non-volatile storage medium of the computer device stores an operating system and may also store a computer program which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to implement the flange placement method. The internal memory may also have stored therein a computer program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform a flange placement method. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the configuration shown in fig. 6 is a block diagram of only a portion of the configuration associated with aspects of the present invention and is not intended to limit the computing devices to which aspects of the present invention may be applied, and that a particular computing device may include more or less components than those shown, or may combine certain components, or have a different arrangement of components.

In an embodiment, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, which stores computer-executable instructions, wherein the computer-executable instructions are configured to cause a computer to perform the flange placement method according to any of the embodiments of the first aspect.

In one embodiment, there is provided an electronic device comprising: memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the processor executes the program to implement the flange placement method as described in any of the embodiments of the first aspect.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the processes of the methods of the embodiments described above can be implemented by a computer program, which can be stored in a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, and can include the processes of the embodiments of the methods described above when executed. Any reference to memory, storage, database, or other medium used in the embodiments provided herein may include non-volatile and/or volatile memory, among others. Non-volatile memory can include read-only memory (ROM), Programmable ROM (PROM), Electrically Programmable ROM (EPROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory can include Random Access Memory (RAM) or external cache memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, RAM is available in a variety of forms such as Static RAM (SRAM), Dynamic RAM (DRAM), Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDRSDRAM), Enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), synchronous Link (Synchlink) DRAM (SLDRA), Rambus Direct RAM (RDRA), direct memory bus dynamic RAM (DRDRAM), and memory bus dynamic RAM (RDRAM).

The technical features of the above embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described, but should be considered as the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

Claims

1. A method of flange placement, comprising:

acquiring coding information of a flange;

2. The method for placing the flange according to claim 1, wherein before the step of obtaining the encoded information of the flange whose coded state is coded, the method further comprises:

3. The flange placement method according to claim 1, wherein when all of the code-printed states in the flange list file are marked as being coded, the tray position is sent to an external upper computer.

4. A flange placement system, comprising:

5. The flange placement system according to claim 4, further comprising:

6. The flange placement system according to claim 4, further comprising:

7. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for causing a computer to perform the method of flange placement according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

8. An electronic device, comprising: memory, processor and computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, characterized in that the processor, when executing the program, implements the flange placement method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.