JPS59173678A - Drier with display machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a display@purchasing dryer.

Conventional grain dryer abnormalities are handled by checking the buzzer, lamp, etc. connected to abnormality sensors such as the motor burnout prevention device installed in the dryer, the high/low temperature → J-Mostat, and the fuel solenoid valve operation detection device. The abnormality indicating device notifies the user of the abnormality and stops the operation of the dryer, and then the operator checks the instruction manual and works to eliminate the problem.

In addition, the abnormality removal operation procedure is stored in a voice synthesizer or cassette tape, and when the above abnormality is detected,
A voice announcement system in which an operation procedure for removing an abnormality according to the location of the abnormality is played by voice from the voice synthesizer or cassette tape, and the operator operates the machine according to the voice to remove the abnormality;
1 drying (any number of methods are possible)

However, simply notifying the operator of an abnormality makes it unclear what to do next and is confused about the process, and even if the operator is informed of the operating procedure using a cassette tape, it takes time to find the beginning of the cassette tape. In addition, there may be a lot of dust around grain dryers, and there may be defects such as damaging the tape or the tape operating mechanism. Due to the small amount, only a simple display could be made, and it was difficult to display sufficient information such as abnormality removal operation procedures.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to improve the above-mentioned defects.
In addition to displaying the next operation procedure and precautions for each operation, it also displays the drying progress during the drying process, and when an abnormality is detected and the machine automatically stops, it will indicate the cause of the machine stopping. However, it is an object of the present invention to provide a dryer with a display device that displays information necessary for the next operation etc. on the display device.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a grain dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Reference numeral 1 is an elevator for transporting grain to the upper part of the tank 12, 2 is an upper screw conveyor, and 3 is a scattering plate, which are integrally operated by an R timing motor. 4 is a moisture meter,
5 is a grain flow a control valve, 6 is a burner, 7 is a rotary valve, 8 is a suction machine, 9 is a lower screw conveyor, 10
is a control unit that controls these devices, and since their operations are well known, their explanation will be omitted. Also, '11 is a CRT
This is a display device consisting of: In general, each part of this grain dryer is equipped with sensors (not shown). ,
That is, the thermal relay S+ of the sensor that detects overload of the motor for the lower screw conveyor 9 or the motor for the elevator 1, the thermal relay S2 of the sensor J- that detects the overload of the motor for the rotary valve 7, and the suction machine 8. thermal relay S3, safety switch S4, which is a sensor that detects motor overload. Automatic fire extinguisher activation sensor S5. Earthquake sensor Se. Power outage sensor S7, sensor S8 and burner 6 are detected by the high temperature thermostat installed at the top of the burner box where burner 6 is housed.
A low-temperature thermostat with a sensor installed at the bottom of the 89. detects when the fire is extinguished. An oil quantity sensor Sin that detects oil shortage in the oil tank that supplies oil to the barb 6;
Ignition sensor Su of burner 6 such as Cd S, tank 12
These include a level sensor S12 that detects the grain level within the grain.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the control unit 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which 13 is a GPU, 14 is an interface circuit, and each strain sensor 9 moisture meter 4 etc. provided in the dryer are connected. 15 is also an interface circuit, which transmits signals from the CPLJ 13 to various drive units 17 such as various motors and various valves of the dryer to operate them. 16 is the operation panel,
Power switch, push button switches for loading, drying, discharging, stopping, and monitoring, grain type selection button, and grain level setting button to match the number of stones of grain loaded.

Moisture rate setting buttons, etc. are provided. Reference numeral 18 denotes a memory that stores information contents to be displayed on the display device 11. In addition, 19 is a warning lamp.

This is an alarm device such as a bell.

The operation of the present invention will be described below with reference to the display control flow shown in FIG.

operation! When the power switch on the 816 is turned on, the CI)
The Ll 13 selects the address Ao of the memory 18 that stores the work contents at the start of the work, and displays the display device 1.
Output to 1. The display device 11 has an address Ao.
content, such as "stakeout".

Display to press either "dry" or "discharge" pushbutton switch. Next, CF) U 13 performs common abnormality detection display processing. This is shown in Figure 3 (b).
This process is repeated from to J. That is, sensor S+ detects Tanabata overload;
S2. Sa, safety switch S 4 + automatic fire extinguisher activation sensor 35. Earthquake lens So, power outage sensor S7 is O
NI, 'U is detected, and if it is ONL, it stops the operation of the Tanabata dryer and valves, rings the bell, and flashes the alarm lamp and the lamp of the monitor switch MS. Therefore, the administrator decided to use the monitor switch M.
When S is pressed, the alarm stops, and addresses 84 to Av of the memory 18 corresponding to the ONL sensor are selected and output to the display device 11.

Then, the CRT screen of the display device 11 displays necessary information at that time, that is, the location of the abnormality and the procedure for removing the abnormality, and the administrator can perform the abnormality removal operation according to this display. For example, if the sensor 83 is O,
When N is detected, the address 80 of the memory 18 corresponding to the sensor 83 when the suction device 8 is detected is selected, and the stored contents are displayed on the display device 11. .

In other words, it is displayed that the motor for the suction device 8 is overloaded, the points to be inspected, etc. are displayed, and the abnormality detection operation procedure is displayed. Incidentally, when the sensor is turned on without pressing the monitor switch MS, the alarm may be directly displayed on the display device 11 together with an alarm.

Next, when the administrator presses the stakeout button switch from the operation panel 16, the CPU 3 selects the address A1 in the memory 18, and the display device 11 displays the information necessary for stakeout work, which is the memory content of the address A1. is displayed.

The displayed content is the posting procedure and precautions. on the other hand,
The CPU 13 performs the above-described common abnormality detection display process.

That is, the process from the connector [ to J shown in FIG. 3(b) is performed. Furthermore, it is detected whether the level sensor S+2, which detects the grain level in the tank 12, is ONL. The above process is repeated as shown in FIG. 3 (a),
If sensors 81 to S7 and SI2 are ONL,
The address in the memory 18 corresponding to the ONL sensor is selected, and the display device 11 displays the necessary information. Note that when the level sensor Sp is turned on, the tensioning operation is stopped, and the display contents at that time include that the grain in the tank 12 is full and the next work to be performed.

Next, when the drying pushbutton switch is pressed, address A2 in the memory 18 is selected in the same way as when loading, and the display device 11 displays notes such as whether the drying procedure and moisture content have been set. . Next, when the administrator presses the monitor switch MS (or after a certain period of time has elapsed using a timer, etc.), the CPU selects addresses A-G in the memory 18, and displays a message from the display device 11 as shown in FIG. Display the drying progress. Also, when the drying push button switch is pressed, the ignition motor, fuel pump ignition valve, etc. are turned on, but if the ignition sensor SII that detects the ignition of the burner 6 is not ON after a certain period of time has passed after this process, an alarm will be issued. When the engine is turned on, the motors are stopped, and the monitor switch MS is pressed, the display device 11 displays the fact that there has been an ignition error and the troubleshooting method. If the ignition sensor Sn is ONL, CP (I13 is a sensor Sa that detects overheating, a sensor 89 that detects extinguishing of burner 6, a sensor SKI that detects oil shortage, and detects whether the sensor SKI is ON or not, and also detects moisture From the moisture measurement processing flow for processing Shintan from Total 4, it is detected whether the moisture content has reached the set value, whether the moisture meter 4 is determined to be malfunctioning, etc. Then,
If the sensors 88 to S+o are not turned on, the set moisture level has not been reached, and the moisture meter 4 is not malfunctioning, then the common abnormality detection display process shown in FIG. 3 (b) is performed. After this process is completed, as shown in Figure 3 (a),
The following process is performed to detect whether or not the sensor M-8s is turned on, and this process is repeated. In the above process,
When the sensors 81 to Sη are ONL and an abnormality detection signal is output, the address in the memory 18 corresponding to that sensor is selected and necessary information such as the cause of the abnormality and the procedure for removing the abnormality is displayed from the kidney display device 11. Ru. Then, remove the abnormality and dry it again.

When the monitor switch is pressed, the drying progress shown in Figure 4 is displayed in the form of a graph.

The progress of drying can be constantly grasped by measuring the moisture content of the grain at a certain timing using the moisture loss 4 and storing the value in the memory 18. In this embodiment, for example, When the 71st moisture measurement value reaches the set value, a drying process end Y signal is output.
Abnormal value 4 for 2 measurements out of 4 consecutive moisture measurements
The moisture meter is designed to issue a malfunction signal when the moisture meter shows 1 no.

In this way, the moisture value of the grain measured by the moisture meter 4 is written to the addresses A to G of the memory 18 at regular intervals, and the display device 11 shows the progress as shown in FIG. The moisture value is displayed on a graph 20 over time. In addition, the current moisture value display 21 is
The brightness may be changed to make the current moisture value clear. Also, along with a graph display like this, the current moisture value.

The predicted end time obtained from the hot air temperature and moisture measurement process is also displayed as shown in FIG. 4, 22, 23, and 24. In this way, when the measured moisture value reaches the set value (25 in Figure 4), the drying process is stopped, address AI7 of the memory 18 is selected, and the content of the address △17, that is, the moisture reaches the set value. Necessary information such as what has been achieved and the next process to be performed is displayed on the display device 11.

Next, when the ejection pushbutton switch is pressed, the display device 11 displays the contents of the address A3 of the memory 18, that is, the ejection procedure and precautions.
The common abnormality detection display process shown in J is repeated.

Note that a plurality of display devices 11 may be provided to enable remote monitoring, and further, if various switches on the operation panel 16 are also arranged together with the display device for remote monitoring, remote control can be performed. Further, a home television may be used as a substitute for the CR King display device.

As described above, in the present invention, when some operation is performed on the dryer, necessary information is displayed on the display device.
For example, it displays the next work to be done and precautions, and if the dryer motor or valves stop operating due to an abnormality, such as activation of each sensor or the result of moisture measurement, it also displays the cause and information. Since the anomaly removal operation procedure is displayed on a display device, the amount of information can be increased, all the information that needs to be conveyed can be displayed, and it can be displayed quickly at the same time as anomaly detection, so the next step can be performed. It is possible to carry out necessary work quickly, to deal with abnormalities quickly and without confusion, and to improve the operating efficiency of the dryer.

Furthermore, if remote monitoring and remote control are possible, it can be controlled from a location other than the location where the dryer is installed, such as a barn, and if the drying progress can be viewed on a graph, it will be easier to understand the drying status. be.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a grain dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a display control flow diagram of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a drying progress display screen of the display device. 10... Control unit, 11... Display device, 13
...CPU, 14.15...Interface circuit, 16...Operation panel, 18...Memory, 19...Alarm device. . Patent Applicant Co., Ltd. French Bamboo Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (1 idiot) '517 Tomo 5 (Table A14 Figure 3 ('0) ■1 Procedures Amendment Written April 19, 1981 Commissioner of the Patent Office Kazu Wakasugi Husband 1, Indication of the case Patent Application No. 47207 of 1982, Name of the invention Dryer with display device 3, Relationship with the person making the amendment Patent Applicant Address 1-19-10 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo Issue name (181)
Satake Seisakusho Co., Ltd. 4, Agent: 105 (1 idiot) 5, Date of amendment order (no spontaneous amendment) 6, Number of inventions increased by amendment None 7, Subject of amendment
Detailed description of the invention in the specification. 8. Contents of amendment Page 11, line 3 of the specification [GA0NLJ
is corrected to "J" when one of them turns ON.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] (1) When receiving an abnormality detection signal from a sensor provided in each part of the dryer, a moisture meter abnormality detection signal of a moisture meter that measures grain moisture, or a moisture content achievement signal, at least one part of the dryer (In the dryer, the dryer is equipped with a display device that receives the above-mentioned abnormality detection signal or moisture content signal and displays the necessary information corresponding to each signal on the display device. The display according to claim 1, which displays necessary information corresponding to each switch on the display device even when switches for commanding various processes of the dryer are activated.
Dryer with play device. (3) During the drying operation of the dryer, after displaying necessary information corresponding to the drying switch operation, the drying process according to the moisture meter measurement results is displayed on the display device. The dryer with a display device according to item 1 or 2. 4) The dryer with a display device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein at least one of the display devices is installed apart from the dryer and can be remotely monitored. 5) The dryer with a display device according to claim 4, wherein the display device installed apart from the dryer is provided with switches for various processes and can be remotely controlled. 6) The dryer with a display device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the dryer receives the abnormality detection signal or the moisture content signal, it also issues an alarm at the same time. 7) The dryer receives the above abnormality detection signal or hydraulic achievement signal, and then presses the monitor switch.
A dryer with a display device according to claim 1, wherein necessary information corresponding to each No. 43 is displayed on the display device.