Do you know the five levels of factory automation production?
Author: ComeFrom: Date:2023/6/6 10:55:23 Hits:191
In recent years, the labor advantage that China's manufacturing industry has long relied on is gradually disappearing. A large army of cheap labor
In recent years, the labor advantage that China's manufacturing industry has long relied on is gradually disappearing. The army of cheap labor, which was once the driving force for the development of China's manufacturing industry, is no longer as large and cheap as before, and companies are still facing deteriorating labor shortages.
Therefore, for large-scale manufacturing enterprises that want to compete globally, the only way to improve productivity is through technological advancements, the introduction of automation, and intelligent technologies. Automation is also a necessary path for the development of factories.
Automation Level 1: Use quick clamping and positioning fixtures
The use of rapid clamping and positioning fixtures is an important step towards automation in factories. By using a unified fixture benchmark in different machine tools and processes, the replacement of workpieces and electrodes no longer requires manual marking, and can be achieved in just a few seconds, with repeated positioning up to 2 μ High precision within m.
● Reduce workpiece preparation time
● Increase production time
● Allow offline testing between production processes
Automation Level 2: The machine tool is integrated with an automatic exchange device
On the basis of using quick clamping and positioning fixtures, the machine tool is equipped with a device for automatically replacing electrodes and workpieces, thereby achieving long-term automatic processing. But the automated processing capability achieved by this automatic switching device is very limited.
● Economically integrated design
● Less investment
Automation Level 3: Configuration of workpiece/electrode composite system
By configuring a workpiece/electrode composite system, it can support a larger number of workpiece/electrode replacements, and can handle multiple types of different tray systems. The central preset data and CNC program ensure high transparency of the processing process.
● Continuous automation capability improvement
High transparency in the processing process
Automation Level 4: Manufacturing Units
Using a single processing device to serve multiple machine tools and equipment, unmanned processing is achieved through different machine tools and auxiliary equipment. The processing process has high transparency, real-time access to workpiece and process information, and online measurement is achieved through a coordinate measuring instrument to ensure high-quality production.
● Implement unmanned processing
Automation Level 5: Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Using one processing device to serve multiple machine tools and equipment, linking all machine tools and related information together, achieving unified management of data flow and logistics, and the number of equipment can be extended according to demand, suitable for mass production.
The number of equipment can be extended according to demand
(Article source: China Machine Tool Business Network) http://www.jc35.com/news/detail/65923.html )