CN207002921U - Spinning machine state parameter display control program - Google Patents

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CN207002921U
CN207002921U CN201720909598.5U CN201720909598U CN207002921U CN 207002921 U CN207002921 U CN 207002921U CN 201720909598 U CN201720909598 U CN 201720909598U CN 207002921 U CN207002921 U CN 207002921U
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The utility model provides a kind of state parameter display control program of spinning machine, it includes spinning machine state acquisition sensor, gather the state parameter of spinning machine, spinning machine controls CPU, it receives the information of spinning machine state acquisition sensor collection and calculates the ratio that spinning machine state accounts for complete machine state, then output display device control signal, the control signal output drive signal driving display device of its reception spinning machine control CPU of state parameter display driver element show spinning machine state parameter information.State parameter control system of display device of the present utility model gathers the state parameter of spinning machine by sensor, shows the state parameter of spinning machine in proportion by calculating control display device, can make operator from the state parameter for being visually known spinning machine at a distance.

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Spinning machine state parameter display control program
【Technical field】
The utility model is on spinning machinery field, especially with regard to the state parameter display control program of spinning machine.
【Background technology】
Existing spinning machinery, it generally shows the performance parameter of whole frame on the control screen of spinning machine, but right In some spinning machines, such as spinning frame or rotor spinning machine, it generally includes many spinning positions being mutually arranged side by side, and With the improvement of machine, the length of the complete machine of spinning machine is increasingly longer.Operator if it is desired to understand spinning machine performance parameter, It must walk close to and be checked on the control screen of every spinning machine, worker may need the tail from whole spinning machine to go to head Position can just see the display content on control screen, and can not intuitively see the performance parameter of every spinning machine a long way off, The performance parameter of several spinning machines can not be so compared simultaneously, be not easy to the operation simultaneously of follow-up multiple computer desk.
Although existing spinning machine can set the lamppost of red, yellow, and green color whole to prompt at the top of the rack of spinning machine The failure of machine, but this prompting can only prompt the malfunction of spinning machine merely, can not show the state parameter of spinning machine.
【Utility model content】
The purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of spinning machine state parameter display control program.
To reach object defined above, a kind of spinning machine state parameter display control program of the utility model, it includes:
Spinning machine state acquisition sensor, for gathering the state parameter of spinning machine;
Spinning machine controls CPU, and it receives the information of spinning machine state acquisition sensor collection and calculates spinning Machine state accounts for the ratio of complete machine state, then output display device control signal;
State parameter display driver element, it receives the control signal of the spinning machine control CPU by translating Output drive signal after code;
State parameter display device, it receives the drive signal of driver element output and shows spinning machine state parameter information.
According to one embodiment of the present utility model, the state parameter display device is column lamp bar, the columnar lamp Bar includes light transmission casing and the circuit board coated by light transmission casing, is provided with some longitudinal directions on circuit boards and is arranged side by side and can light Lamp.
According to one embodiment of the present utility model, the display device can be controlled the quantity of bright light simultaneously, simultaneously The ratio that the quantity of bright light accounts for whole lamp bar lamp number corresponds to the state parameter of different spinning machines.
According to one embodiment of the present utility model, the display device can be shown different colours by control, different Color corresponds to the state parameter of different spinning machines.
According to one embodiment of the present utility model, the display device can show that the lamp of diverse location is bright by control, The diverse location of bright light corresponds to the state parameter of different spinning machines.
According to one embodiment of the present utility model, the spinning machine state acquisition sensor is yarn break sensor, and it is adopted Collect the broken end information of each spinning position of spinning machine, the spinning position that the CPU calculates broken end accounts for complete machine spinning The ratio of station.
According to one embodiment of the present utility model, the state parameter is the machine state of spinning machine, order completion rate, Broken end information, production status, speed, efficiency, quality index or energy consumption, the state parameter display device include display spinning machine The display unit of state parameter classification, the classification of the dispaly state parameter on the display unit can be controlled.
According to one embodiment of the present utility model, the state parameter display device is arranged on turning for the rack of spinning machine At angle.
According to one embodiment of the present utility model, the state parameter display device is arranged on the top of the rack of spinning machine Portion or side end face.
The technical solution of the utility model on spinning machine by additionally setting single state parameter display device, worker Can be a long way off i.e. it can be seen that the state of the spinning machine, reduces the tour number of spinner, reduces labor intensity.And use and pass The parameter information of sensor collection spinning machine and then the computing decoding Jing Guo CPU, display dress is controlled through over-drive unit The state parameter for showing spinning machine in proportion is put, such user can intuitively judge the state parameter of spinning machine very much.And can Different state parameter is shown to be set according to the demand of client, realizes customized, meets different user's requests.
【Brief description of the drawings】
Fig. 1 is to show to fill as state parameter using the different bright light length of lamp bar in first embodiment of the present utility model The structural representation put.
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of the lamp bar shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the structured flowchart of the state parameter display control program of the spinning machine of the embodiment shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is that lamp bar is installed on the schematic diagram at spinning machine rack side end face in second embodiment of the present utility model.
Fig. 5 is that use can show that the display device of different colours is joined as state in 3rd embodiment of the present utility model The structural representation of digital display showing device.
Fig. 6 is to show to fill as state parameter using the different bright light positions of lamp bar in fourth embodiment of the present utility model The structural representation put.
Fig. 7 be the 5th embodiment of the present utility model in lamp bar simultaneously dispaly state clock rate structural representation.
Fig. 8 is the structural representation of the lamp bar of the embodiment shown in Fig. 7.
Fig. 9 is the structured flowchart of the state parameter display control program of the spinning machine of embodiment illustrated in fig. 7.
【Embodiment】
As described in aforementioned background art, existing spinning machine is the portion that spinning machine is shown on the control screen of spinning machine Divide performance parameter, operating personnel need the control screen of spinning machine can check the performance parameter of spinning machine, so spin Yarn machine operating personnel can not be directly viewable the performance parameter of spinning machine a long way off, can not also be compared to each other each different spinning simultaneously The performance parameter of yarn machine.
Refer to shown in Fig. 1, it shows the schematic diagram of first embodiment of the present utility model.In this embodiment with revolving cup Illustrated exemplified by the broken end number parameter of spinning machine.The rotor spinning machine includes some stations being arranged side by side, each station Including ribbon to be spun into the spinning unit of yarn and by coiled winder unit of the yarn winding of spinning etc., this practicality is new Type does not change the spinning of rotor spinning machine and the basic structure of winding part, eliminated in accompanying drawing the spinning unit of Revolving cup spinning with And the structure such as winder unit, the head of spinning machine and the rack of tail are only schematically showed, the tool on rotor spinning machine Body running principle and basic structure no longer describe in detail herein.
Existing rotor spinning machine, worker need to confirm whether each spinning position has yarn one by one along every spinning machine Broken end, although each station has warning light to be prompted when having Yarn break, the tip distance of warning light is limited, and worker is necessary Walking close to the spinning position could find.Refer to shown in Fig. 1, rack corner volume of the utility model at the both ends of spinning machine 10 Peripheral hardware configuration state parameter displaying device 1,2, the state parameter display device 1,2 can show the broken end number of rotor spinning machine complete machine Measure parameter state.Because every rotor spinning machine includes both sides, there are some spinning positions being arranged side by side per side, in the reality It is to be respectively provided with state parameter display device 1,2 in the corner of the rack both sides at the frame head and tail both ends of spinning machine to apply in example, altogether There are four state parameter display devices 1,2, wherein the two of side rear and front end state parameter display device 1 shows the Revolving cup spinning The broken end number parameter state of yarn machine the same side, two state parameter display devices 2 of opposite side rear and front end show the revolving cup The broken end number parameter state of spinning machine opposite side, such worker can pass through the state parameter in any side of spinning machine Display device 1,2 is it is easy to see that the broken end number parameter state of the spinning machine.
Incorporated by reference to shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the state parameter display device 1 is column lamp bar in this embodiment, and it includes Light-permeable case 11, some installations some LEDs 13 that vertical setting of types arranges on the circuit board 12 and LED driver element 14.Please Refering to shown in Fig. 1 combinations Fig. 3, yarn break sensor 3 is provided with each spinning position of Revolving cup spinning, the yarn break sensor 3 with The central control unit 4 of spinning machine is connected, in the driver element 14 and spinning machine of the LED of the state parameter display device Control unit 4 is entreated to be connected.When the spinning position of spinning machine breaks end, broken yarn signal is transferred to spinning by yarn break sensor 3 The central control unit of machine, central control unit 4 calculate the ratio that the quantity that breaks end accounts for complete machine spinning position quantity by computing, so LED control signal is exported after decoding afterwards to LED driver element 14, drives corresponding LED to send out by driver element 14 Light.
As shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 3, LED is total up to 6 in this embodiment.Specific method of the present utility model is disconnected Yarn sensor 3 gathers the Yarn break quantity of spinning machine, and the center that broken yarn signal is transferred to spinning machine by yarn break sensor 3 controls Unit 4, central control unit 4 calculate the ratio that broken end quantity accounts for whole spinning machine spinning position, then output control signal, The driver element 14 of LED controls the ratio of the quantity lighted of LED according to the control signal.When the spinning of spinning machine broken end When station is less than the 10% of whole spinning position, a bright LED;When the spinning position of spinning machine broken end is less than whole spinner Position 10% when, bright 1 LED, when the spinning position of spinning machine broken end be more than the 10% of whole spinning position and less than whole Spinning position 20% when, bright 2 LEDs, when spinning machine broken end spinning position be more than whole spinning position 20% and it is small When the 30% of whole spinning position, bright 3 LEDs, when the spinning position of spinning machine broken end is more than whole spinning position 30% and less than whole spinning position 40% when, bright 4 LEDs, when the spinning position of spinning machine broken end is more than whole spinning Station 40% and less than whole spinning position 50% when, bright 5 LEDs, when spinning machine broken end spinning position be more than it is whole Individual spinning position 50% when, 6 LEDs are all lighted.
Because whole display device 1,2 is a column lamp bar, the ratio for lighting quantity of LED is controlled, from the appearance The length for the bright light that column lamp bar is shown is seen, different bright light length represents different Yarn break number parameters, so Operating personnel can intuitively judge the broken end quantity of this spinning machine very much a long way off, when there is more spinning machines, be also convenient for Other spinning machines are compared, and are prioritized to carry out follow-up by the broken end quantity of different spinning machines different to handle Spinning machine.
In the foregoing embodiment, the LED light bar is provided in the corner of the rack of every spinning machine, and is every The both ends of platform spinning machine are respectively provided with the LED light bar, and in other embodiments, the LED light bar, which can also directly be protruded, is arranged on spinning One end of yarn machine rack is arranged on the top of spinning machine and is not limited to corner, as shown in figure 4, it shows that this practicality is new The structural representation of the second embodiment of type, equally it is that display device is used as using LED light bar 21,22 in this embodiment, Also the quantitative proportion of LED light bar bright light is controlled to show different broken end number parameters, with the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 not Same is that the LED light bar 21,22 is to be arranged on the side end face of spinning machine rack 10.And only in the both sides of one end of spinning machine The LED light bar 21,22 is set.
In the aforementioned embodiment, the LED of the LED light bar is vertical array, in other embodiments the LED light bar LED is also not limited to vertical setting of types arrangement, can also use transversely arranged or arranged askew etc. form, herein no longer one by one Illustrated exemplary explanation.
Refer to shown in Fig. 5, it shows the structural representation of 3rd embodiment of the present utility model.Implement with foregoing first Example is identical, equally sets column lamp bar 31,32 in the corner of spinning machine rack 10 in this embodiment, yarn break sensor 3 is adopted The central control unit 4 of spinning machine is issued after the broken end quantity of collection spinning machine, the central control unit 4 of spinning machine calculates broken yarn work Bit quantity accounts for the ratio of whole spinning machine station quantity, then output control signal control display device 31,32 display broken end ginseng Number.It is with the difference of first embodiment, the state parameter display device 31,32 is that can show the state of different colours Parameter displaying device, it is by showing that different colors represents different broken end number parameter ratios.For example, being somebody's turn to do when spinning machine When the broken end quantity of side is less than 10, the state parameter display device is shown in green, when the broken end number of the side of the spinning machine Measure for 10-20 when, the state parameter display device is shown as yellow, when the broken end quantity of the side of the spinning machine is 20-30 When individual, the state parameter display device is shown in red, when the broken end quantity of the side of the spinning machine is more than 30, the shape State parameter displaying device is shown as purple.So spinner can show dress from the state parameter for seeing each spinning machine at a distance The color of display is put, so as to judge the broken end order of severity of every spinning machine., subsequently can be according to every if more spinning machines The broken end order of severity level of platform spinning machine sequentially operates every spinning machine to improve efficiency.
Refer to shown in Fig. 6, it shows the structural representation of fourth embodiment of the present utility model.Implement with foregoing first Example is identical, equally sets column lamp bar 41,42 in the corner of spinning machine rack 10 in this embodiment, yarn break sensor 3 is adopted The central control unit 4 of spinning machine is issued after the broken end quantity of collection spinning machine, the central control unit 4 of spinning machine calculates broken yarn work Bit quantity accounts for the ratio of whole spinning machine station quantity, then output control signal control display device 41,42 display broken end ginseng Number.It is with the difference of first embodiment, is that whole LED light bar is observed by the quantity of bright light in the first embodiment Bright light length, an only LED is bright every time for the display device 41,42 in this embodiment, but the position height of the bright light Difference, different broken end number parameters is shown by different bright light position heights.For example, when the side spinning position it is disconnected When head quantity is less than 10, the LED of the extreme lower position of the lamp bar is lighted, and is 10- in the broken end quantity of the spinning position of the side At 20, the LED of the low position second from the bottom of the lamp bar is lighted, and is 20-30 in the broken end quantity of the spinning position of the side When individual, the LED in the centre position of the lamp bar is lighted, the side spinning position broken end quantity at 30-40 when, the lamp bar The LED of second position from top to bottom light, when the side spinning position broken end quantity more than 40 when, the lamp bar Most push up position LED light, such spinner can be from the state parameter display device for seeing each spinning machine at a distance LED light bar lamp height, so as to judge the broken end number parameter of every spinning machine.In this embodiment, can also be by LED It is divided into 6 lattice corresponding to the light transmission casing of lamp bar from top to bottom, the reference numerals on every lattice, what such case indicated from top to bottom Numeral is 1-6, and when the broken end quantity of spinning position is less than 10, the LED of the extreme lower position of the lamp bar is lighted, its corresponding position The numeral on case put is 1, when the broken end quantity of spinning position is more than 40, the LED point of the extreme higher position of the lamp bar Bright, the numeral on the case of its correspondence position is 6, can so further facilitate the broken end number that operator judges every spinning machine Measure parameter.The reference numerals on case in this embodiment, can also indicate in other embodiments letter, Roman number, The graduate mark in block diagram Deng Keyi areas.
Above is the technical solution of the utility model is made using the broken end number parameter of rotor spinning machine as specific embodiment Explanation, in other embodiments of the present utility model the state parameter of the spinning machine can also be spinning machine machine state, Order completion rate, broken end information, production status, speed, efficiency, quality index or energy consumption.Operating personnel can pass through spinning machine Central control unit 4 be arranged in state parameter display device and show any parameter.
As shown in Figure 7 to 9, its structural representation for showing the 5th embodiment of the present utility model.In this embodiment Column lamp bar 51,52 is set in the corner of the rack 10 of spinning machine, as shown in figure 8, the column lamp bar includes light-permeable case 510th, some some LEDs 513 and LED driver element 514 installed in vertical setting of types arrangement on circuit board 512.It is real with first Applying the lattice of most top one unlike example in state display device 51,52 sets a column 511,521 to be used to show that the state parameter shows The code of state parameter shown by showing device, as shown in figure 9, operator is to control the state by central control unit 4 The state parameter classification field 511 of parameter displaying device shows yield state of the every spinning machine per side, as shown in figure 8, the reality Apply the abbreviation OP that the code in example is yield OUTPUT.
When the yield state of the side of spinning machine, which is greater than 90%, is less than 100%, then the lamp of state parameter display device An only LED is bright in bar, and when the yield state of the side of spinning machine is to be more than 80% less than 90%, then the state of the side is joined Two LEDs are bright in the lamp bar of digital display showing device, when spinning machine the side yield state be less than 80% be more than 70%, then should Three LEDs are bright in the lamp bar of the state parameter display device of side, and by that analogy, as shown in FIG., LED light bar has three LED Lamp is bright, and the yield for representing spinning machine is 70%-80%, can so be grown from the bright light for the lamp bar for seeing every spinning machine at a distance Degree, it can be easy to judge the yield state of spinning machine according to the bright light length difference of the lamp bar of spinning machine, for yield state Than relatively low spinning machine, illustrating many spinning station all in end-of-life state, the failure ratio of this spinning machine is more serious, if More spinning machines, then this spinning machine need priority treatment, so can according to every spinning machine state parameter state by first Every spinning machine of sequential processes afterwards.
Likewise, the display for production of spinning machines state parameter, can also use the display in foregoing other embodiment Different numerical value, display different colours show the different display modes such as different bright light positions to implement, and for other spinning The state parameters such as the speed of machine, the energy consumption of spinning machine, the efficiency of spinning machine can also be implemented using foregoing different embodiments, No longer repeat specification one by one herein.
The explanation only carried out in the foregoing embodiment by taking rotor spinning machine as an example to the technical solution of the utility model, In other embodiments, the spinning machine can also be spinning frame, fly frame, sir jet spinning machines, bobbin-winding machine, twisting machine, carding machine Or other any spinning machines.
The technical solution of the utility model on spinning machine by additionally setting single state parameter display device, worker Can be a long way off i.e. it can be seen that the state of the spinning machine, reduces the tour number of spinner, reduces labor intensity.And use and pass The parameter information of sensor collection spinning machine and then the computing decoding Jing Guo CPU, display dress is controlled through over-drive unit The state parameter for showing spinning machine in proportion is put, such user can intuitively judge the state parameter of spinning machine very much.And can Different state parameter is shown to be set according to the demand of client, realizes customized, meets different user's requests.
It is the explanation to some embodiments of the technical solution of the utility model above, inventor impossible one One enumerates all embodiments, and the scope of claim of the present utility model is not limited only to foregoing specific embodiment party Formula, embodiment of the one skilled in the art based on this specification need not pay creative work and can make Any change all without departing from right of the present utility model.

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1. a kind of spinning machine state parameter display control program, it includes:
Spinning machine state acquisition sensor, for gathering the state parameter of spinning machine;
Spinning machine controls CPU, and it receives the information of spinning machine state acquisition sensor collection and calculates spinning machine shape State accounts for the ratio of complete machine state, then output display device control signal;
State parameter display driver element, it receives the control signal of the spinning machine control CPU after decoding Output drive signal;
State parameter display device, it receives the drive signal of driver element output and shows spinning machine state parameter information.
2. spinning machine state parameter display control program as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that:The state parameter is shown Device is column lamp bar, and the column lamp bar includes light transmission casing and the circuit board coated by light transmission casing, pacified on circuit boards Equipped with the lamp that can be lighted.
3. spinning machine state parameter display control program as claimed in claim 2, it is characterised in that:Installed on the circuit board Lamp be some lamps being arranged side by side, can control while the quantity of bright light, while the quantity of bright light accounts for whole lamp bar lamp number Ratio corresponds to the state parameter of different spinning machines.
4. spinning machine state parameter display control program as claimed in claim 2, it is characterised in that:The display device can be with Different colours are shown by control, different colors corresponds to the state parameter of different spinning machines.
5. spinning machine state parameter display control program as claimed in claim 2, it is characterised in that:Installed on the circuit board Lamp be some lamps being arranged side by side, the display device can show that the lamp of diverse location is bright by control, the different positions of bright light Put the state parameter of corresponding different spinning machine.
6. spinning machine state parameter display control program as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that:The spinning machine state is adopted Integrate sensor as yarn break sensor, it gathers the broken end information of each spinning position of spinning machine, the CPU meter The spinning position for calculating broken end accounts for the ratio of complete machine spinning position.
7. spinning machine state parameter display control program as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that:The state parameter is spinning Machine state, order completion rate, broken end information, production status, speed, efficiency, quality index or the energy consumption of yarn machine, the state Parameter displaying device includes the display unit of display spinning machine state parameter classification.
8. spinning machine state parameter display control program as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the state parameter is shown Device is arranged on the corner of the rack of spinning machine.
9. spinning machine state parameter display control program as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that:The state parameter is shown Device is arranged on the top or side end face of the rack of spinning machine.
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