Automated production lines are developed on the basis of assembly lines, which not only require various mechanical processing devices on the line to automatically complete the predetermined processes and process products, but also require automatic transportation, sorting, and even packaging of workpieces during loading and unloading between processes. Make it work automatically according to the prescribed procedures- The automatic mechanical and electrical integration system is an automatic production line.
What is the use of automated production lines?
In the 1980s, many factories and enterprises began to adopt computer management, leading to the era of factory automation (i.e., FA). As a core component, automatic lines integrated mechanical engineering and electronic engineering, taking into account the requirements of high-speed, high-performance, and economical manufacturing, and rapidly popularized, opening a new chapter in modern industrial automation.
How is automated production achieved?
Automatic production line technology: drive technology, mechanical technology, sensing technology, control technology, man-machine interface technology, network technology
Through some auxiliary devices, various mechanical processing devices are connected in accordance with the technological sequence, and the hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems are controlled to connect various parts of the operation to complete the predetermined production tasks.
3. Overview of the development of automatic production lines:
Automatic production lines involve various technical fields, and their development and improvement are closely linked to the progress and mutual penetration of various related technologies. The development of automated production lines must be linked to the development of technologies that support automated production lines.
Programmable controller technology: An industrial control machine that focuses on sequential control, supplemented by loop regulation. Not only can it perform functions such as logical judgment, timing, counting, memory, and arithmetic operations, but it can also control switching and analog quantities on a large scale. It replaces a large number of traditional sequential controllers, such as relay control logic, and is widely used in the control of automatic production lines.
Manipulators, robotics: Manipulators are widely used in automatic production lines for loading and unloading workpieces, positioning and clamping, transporting workpieces between sub processes, removing machining residues, processing operations, packaging, and other parts. The currently developed intelligent robots not only have the function of motion manipulation, but also have the ability to distinguish between visual, auditory, and tactile sensations. Deng Li's robot with judgment and decision-making is gradually applied to automatic production lines.
4. Sensing technology:
Obtain information from natural sources, process (transform), and identify it.
Hydraulic and pneumatic transmission technology: Especially the starting technology, which uses air as the medium, has the advantages of fast transmission response, rapid action, easy fabrication of pneumatic components, low cost, and convenient centralized supply and long-distance transmission. It has been rapidly developed and widely used in automated production lines.
The rapid development of network technology: The leap in network technology, whether it is field bus or industrial Ethernet, has made each control unit in an automated production line form a coordinated operation of the whole.