Intelligent production line and manufacturing process for electric wires

By integrating the design of the wire production line with intelligent equipment and management, the problems of large footprint and low efficiency in traditional wire production have been solved, and efficient intelligent production and information management have been achieved.

CN114694897BActive Publication Date: 2025-12-02GUILIN INT ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE GROUP
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Application Number
CN202210501947.5
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2022-05-09
Publication Date
2025-12-02
Estimated Expiration
2042-05-09

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Technical Problem

In the current wire manufacturing process, each process is scattered in different workshops, resulting in a large footprint, long transportation distances, a lot of repetitive work, frequent use of forklifts for transfer, and low efficiency.

Method used

The drawing, binding, extrusion, and storage processes are integrated, and intelligent equipment and robotic arms are used to achieve automated production and information management, reducing intermediate transportation links.

Benefits of technology

It has enabled intelligent production with less land occupation and higher operating efficiency, reduced the occupation of idle funds, and ensured information accuracy and smooth production.

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Abstract

This invention discloses an intelligent production line and process for electric wires. The wire drawing area is equipped with a double-copper-head large wire drawing machine, and multiple eight-head copper medium-sized wire drawing machines are arranged to the left and right of the double-copper-head large wire drawing machine. The wire bundling area is located in front of the wire drawing area, including front and rear wire bundling machine group I and wire bundling machine group II. Wire bundling machine group II consists of multiple 630 wire bundling machines, and wire bundling machine group I consists of multiple 800 wire bundling machines. The extrusion area is located on one side in front of the wire bundling area, including multiple extruders. An automatic wire take-up packaging machine and an electric wire bagging machine are sequentially arranged in front of each extruder. An automatic palletizing machine is provided corresponding to the electric wire bagging machine, and a robotic arm is located between the electric wire bagging machine and the automatic palletizing machine. The storage area is located on the other side in front of the wire bundling area, including an intelligent warehouse connected to the automatic palletizing machine. Left and right palletized outbound areas and bulk cargo sorting and outbound areas are located in front of the intelligent warehouse and the extrusion area. An intelligent forklift is located between the intelligent warehouse and the two outbound areas.
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Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to wire production line equipment and processes, specifically to an intelligent wire production line and manufacturing process. Background Technology

[0002] In the wire (cable) production process, the existing technology sets up each process in a workshop to complete the operation. For example, the wire drawing process, wire bundling process, extrusion process and storage process are separated into four workshops for separate operation and management. The connection between the processes in each workshop mainly relies on forklifts to transport the materials back and forth.

[0003] In the wire drawing process, the double-headed copper wire drawing machine first places empty frames from the wire frame storage area onto the take-up rack of the double-headed copper wire drawing machine, and then puts the full wire frames back into the wire frame storage area. When multiple eight-headed copper intermediate drawing machines need to change wire frames, the empty wire frames used up are first sent to the wire frame storage area, and then the full wire frames are loaded from the wire frame storage area onto the pay-off rack of the eight-headed copper intermediate drawing machine. In other processes, the connection of wire reels between the wire drawing machine, the wire bundling machine, and the extruder is also done using this method.

[0004] It can be seen that the drawbacks of traditional wire (cable) manufacturing processes are:

[0005] The wire reel storage area and the wire frame storage area require a large area, resulting in long transportation distances for wire reels and frames, a lot of repetitive work, and the need to use a large number of forklifts for transfer. The finished products produced from the extrusion production line need to be manually stacked into multiple packages and placed on pallets, then transported by forklift to the film wrapping machine for wrapping film tape, and then sent to the warehouse for verification of quantity with warehouse staff. Summary of the Invention

[0006] In view of the shortcomings of the existing technology, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to propose an intelligent production line and production process for wires that has a small footprint and high operating efficiency.

[0007] The intelligent wire production line capable of solving the above-mentioned technical problems includes an integrated wire drawing process area, a wire bundling process area, an extrusion process area, and a storage process area, wherein:

[0008] 1. The wire drawing process area is equipped with double copper head wire drawing machines arranged in a left-right direction. The inlet and outlet ends of the double copper head wire drawing machines are respectively equipped with double copper head wire feeding machines and double copper head wire taking machines. Multiple eight copper wire drawing machines arranged in a front-back direction are arranged behind the double copper head wire drawing machines and spaced to the left and right. The inlet and outlet ends of each eight copper wire drawing machine are respectively equipped with eight copper wire feeding machines and eight copper wire taking machines.

[0009] 2. The wire bundling process area is located behind multiple eight-head copper wire drawing and take-up machines, including wire bundling machine group I and wire bundling machine group II arranged in front and rear. The wire bundling machine group II consists of multiple 630 wire bundling machines arranged on the left and right at intervals, and each 630 wire bundling machine has a 630 wire bundling feeder at its rear feed port. The wire bundling machine group I consists of multiple 800 wire bundling machines arranged on the left and right at intervals, and each 800 wire bundling machine has an 800 wire bundling feeder at its rear feed port.

[0010] 3. The extrusion process area is located on one side in front of multiple 800 filament bundlers, including multiple extruders arranged at intervals on the left and right. Each extruder has an automatic take-up packaging machine and an extrusion wire feeding machine at its front and rear discharge ports and feed ports, respectively. Each automatic take-up packaging machine has an wire bagging machine at its front discharge port, and each wire bagging machine has an automatic palletizing machine. A robotic arm is provided between the corresponding wire bagging machine and the automatic palletizing machine.

[0011] 4. The storage process area is located on the other side in front of multiple 800 filament bundlers, including a smart warehouse arranged in front and back and connected to the pallet roller conveyor of the automatic pallet machine. In front of the smart warehouse and multiple extruders, there are left and right palletized outbound areas and bulk cargo sorting and outbound areas. Multiple smart forklifts are provided between the two outbound areas and the smart warehouse.

[0012] 5. Along the conveying direction from the automatic pallet machine to the intelligent warehouse, an automatic film wrapping machine, an automatic QR code affixing machine, and an automatic weighing machine are sequentially installed on the pallet roller conveyor.

[0013] Furthermore, the front area of ​​the double copper head large drawing and unwinding machine is set as the raw material copper rod stacking area, and the outer area of ​​the double copper head large drawing and unwinding machine is set as the wire frame storage area.

[0014] Furthermore, the wireframe storage area includes a front and a rear full wireframe storage area and an empty wireframe storage area.

[0015] The process steps of the intelligent wire manufacturing process of this invention are as follows:

[0016] 1. The double copper head wire drawing machine stretches an 8mm copper rod into a 2.6mm copper strip by feeding it through a double copper head wire drawing and feeding machine. The 2.6mm copper strip is then wound up on an empty wire frame by a double copper head wire drawing and taking-up machine to form a full wire frame.

[0017] 2. The eight-head copper wire drawing machine stretches the 2.6mm copper strip in the full wire frame into a copper wire of 0.4mm to 1.02mm by feeding the eight-head copper wire drawing machine. The 0.4mm to 1.02mm copper wire is then taken up by the eight-head copper wire drawing machine onto the 630 wire reel.

[0018] 3. Copper wires from multiple 630 wire reels are fed out by a 630 wire bundling machine. The 630 wire bundling machine twists multiple copper wires together and then feeds them to an 800 wire bundling machine. The 800 wire bundling machine twists multiple copper wires into a core and then feeds it to an extrusion machine.

[0019] 4. The wire core is extruded into wires and individually packaged by an automatic wire taking-up packaging machine. The wire bagging machine packs multiple individual packages into one bag. The robotic arm places each bag onto a pallet of an automatic stacking machine and stacks them into a stack. Each stack is processed by an automatic wrapping machine, an automatic QR code affixing machine, and an automatic weighing machine before being stored in the smart warehouse.

[0020] 5. Input the outbound order information into the smart warehouse. The climbing robot in the smart warehouse automatically finds the corresponding pallet and transports it to the outbound port. The smart forklift delivers the pallet from the outbound port to the full pallet outbound area or the bulk cargo sorting and outbound area, and then the outbound forklift loads it onto the truck and leaves the warehouse.

[0021] The beneficial effects of this invention are:

[0022] 1. The intelligent wire production line and production process of the present invention integrates the wire drawing process area, wire bundling process area, extrusion process area, warehousing process area and shipping area, balances the capacity of each process production equipment, connects the beginning and end of each process of the entire production process, eliminates intermediate transportation links, and greatly reduces the number of spare wire reels and wire frames.

[0023] 2. This invention links all the processes in the production process together, which facilitates automated production and information management, can accurately control product inventory, reduce idle capital occupation, and successfully build an intelligent workshop that can meet production requirements, thereby reducing the cost of building an intelligent factory.

[0024] 3. This invention automatically connects the production line and the warehouse, eliminating multiple steps such as product packaging, handling, and inventory counting, thus ensuring accurate information. Attached Figure Description

[0025] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

[0026] Drawing Numbers: 1. Double-headed large wire drawing machine; 2. Double-headed large wire drawing and unwinding machine; 3. Double-headed large wire drawing and winding machine; 4. Eight-headed medium-length copper wire drawing machine; 5. Eight-headed medium-length copper wire drawing and unwinding machine; 6. Eight-headed medium-length copper wire drawing and winding machine; 7. 630 wire bundling machine; 8. 630 wire bundling and unwinding machine; 9. 800 wire bundling machine; 10. 800 wire bundling and unwinding machine; 11. Extruder; 12. Extrusion unwinding machine; 13. Automatic winding and packaging machine; 14. Wire bagging machine 15. Automatic palletizing machine; 16. Robotic arm; 17. Intelligent warehouse; 18. Full pallet outbound area; 19. Bulk cargo sorting and outbound area; 20. Intelligent forklift; 21. Automatic film wrapping machine; 22. Automatic QR code affixing machine; 23. Raw material copper rod stacking area; 24. Wire frame storage area; 25. Palletizing; 26. Copper rod; 27. Climbing frame robot; 28. Outbound forklift; 29. ​​Intelligent production workshop; 30. Workshop dispatch control room. Detailed Implementation

[0027] The technical solution of the present invention will be further described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

[0028] The intelligent wire production line of this invention includes a wire drawing area, a wire bundling area, an extrusion area, a storage area, and a shipping area, all set up within an intelligent production workshop 29 according to production process requirements. Figure 1 As shown.

[0029] The wire drawing process area is located at the rear of the intelligent production workshop 29, including one double-copper-head large wire drawing machine 1 and five eight-head copper medium-sized wire drawing machines 4. The double-copper-head large wire drawing machine 1 is located at the rear. A double-copper-head large wire drawing machine 2 is located at the right end (feed end) of the double-copper-head large wire drawing machine 1, and a double-copper-head large wire drawing machine 3 is located at the left end (discharge end) of the double-copper-head large wire drawing machine 1. The empty space (square area) to the left of the double-copper-head large wire drawing machine 3 is designated as a wire frame storage area 24. The front and rear parts of the wire frame storage area 24 are further divided into a full wire frame storage area and an empty wire frame storage area. The right side of the double-copper-head large wire drawing machine 1 and the double-copper-head large wire drawing machine 4 are designated as a wire frame storage area. The open space (strip-shaped area) in front of the location of the large-head drawing and unwinding machine 2 is designated as the raw material copper rod stacking area 23 (for storing copper rods 26); five eight-head copper wire drawing machines 4 are equidistantly spaced to the left and right on the front left and right sides of the wire frame storage area 24, the double-head large-head drawing and winding machine 3, and the double-head large-head drawing machine 1. Each eight-head copper wire drawing machine 4 has an eight-head copper wire drawing and unwinding machine 5 (with 16 wire frame stations) at its rear end (feeding end), and two eight-head copper wire drawing and winding machines 6 arranged front and rear at the front end (discharge end) of each eight-head copper wire drawing machine 4. Each eight-head copper wire drawing and winding machine 6 uses a wire reel for winding. Figure 1 As shown.

[0030] The wire bundling process area is located in front of the five sets of eight-head copper medium-draw take-up machines 6, including wire bundling machine group I and wire bundling machine group II. Wire bundling machine group II includes five 630 wire bundling machines 7, each positioned opposite one of the five sets of eight-head copper medium-draw take-up machines 6. Each 630 wire bundling machine 7 has a 630 wire bundling release machine 8 at its rear end (feeding end). Wire bundling machine group I includes six 800 wire bundling machines 9, equidistantly spaced to the left and right of the five 630 wire bundling machines 7. Each 800 wire bundling machine 9 has an 800 wire bundling release machine 10 at its rear end (feeding end). Figure 1 As shown.

[0031] The extrusion process area is located in front of the filament bundling unit I, including four extruders 11 aligned with the four 800 filament bundling machines 9 on the left side. Each extruder 11 has a two-station extrusion unloading machine 12 at its rear end (feed end) and an automatic take-up and packaging machine 13 at its front end (discharge end). Every two automatic take-up and packaging machines 13 share one wire bagging machine 14. Corresponding to each two wire bagging machines 14 is an automatic pallet machine 15 with two-station pallet roller conveyors. A robotic arm 16 is installed between each pallet roller conveyor and the corresponding wire bagging machine 14. Figure 1 As shown.

[0032] The storage process area is located in front of the filament bundling unit I, including an intelligent warehouse 17 (located to the right of the extrusion process area) aligned with two 800 filament bundling machines 9 on the right side. The intelligent warehouse 17 includes two rows of multi-layered shelves arranged in a front-to-back orientation, with a climbing robot 27 for picking, placing, and stacking 25 between the two shelves. The two-station pallet roller conveyor of the automatic pallet machine 15 is connected to the intelligent warehouse 17 in parallel. An automatic film wrapping machine 21, an automatic QR code affixing machine 22, and an automatic weighing machine are sequentially installed along the conveying path of the two-station parallel pallet roller conveyor. Figure 1 As shown.

[0033] The shipping area is located at the front of the intelligent production workshop 29 (in front of the extrusion and warehousing processes), including a palletized outbound area 18 and a bulk cargo sorting and outbound area 19 on the left and right sides. Two shipping roller racks, each connected to a double-row rack, are located on the open space between the bulk cargo sorting and outbound area 19 and the intelligent warehouse 17. A workshop control room 30 is located on the open space between the palletized outbound area 18 and the automatic palletizer 15. Multiple intelligent forklifts 20 are positioned on the open space between the shipping roller racks and the palletized outbound area 18 and the bulk cargo sorting and outbound area 19. Figure 1 As shown.

[0034] The intelligent wire manufacturing process of this invention comprises the following steps:

[0035] 1. Place the copper rod 26 (purchased raw material) into the double copper head large drawing and feeding machine 2. The double copper head large drawing machine 1 stretches the copper rod 26 from ¢8mm to ¢2.6mm copper strip. Then, the double copper large drawing and taking-up machine 3 takes the ¢2.6mm copper strip into the empty wire frame to become a full wire frame.

[0036] 2. The full wire frame of ¢2.6mm copper strip is sent to the eight-head copper wire drawing machine 5. The eight-head copper wire drawing machine 4 stretches the ¢2.6mm copper strip to a copper wire of ¢0.4mm~¢1.02mm. The eight-head copper wire drawing machine 6 takes the ¢0.4mm~¢1.02mm copper wire onto the 630 wire reel. The empty wire frame after the ¢2.6mm copper strip is released is returned to the double-head copper wire drawing machine 3.

[0037] 3. Copper wires of 0.4mm to 1.02mm in diameter are fed from the 630 wire spool by the 630 wire bundling machine 8. After multiple copper wires are twisted together by the 630 wire bundling machine 7, they are wound onto the 800 wire spool. The 800 wire spool is fed from the 800 wire bundling machine 10. After multiple strands of copper wire are twisted together into a wire core by the 800 wire bundling machine 9, they are wound onto the extrusion spool.

[0038] 4. The extruded wire cores of the wire cores are fed from the extrusion feeding machine 12 to the extruder 11. The wire cores are made into wires by the extruder 11 and then individually packaged by the automatic wire taking-up packaging machine 13. Subsequently, the wire bagging machine 14 packs multiple individual packages into one bag, and the robot arm 16 stacks each package bag on the pallet of the automatic pallet machine 15 (running on the pallet roller conveyor) into a stack.

[0039] 5. The automatic film wrapping machine 21 wraps the pallet 25 tightly with film, and the automatic QR code affixing machine 22 affixes QR codes to the pallet 25. After the pallet 25 is weighed by the automatic weighing machine, it is accurately stored in the corresponding position on the shelf in the smart warehouse 17.

[0040] 6. Input the outbound order information into the smart warehouse 17. The climbing robot 27 of the smart warehouse 17 automatically finds the pallet 25 corresponding to the outbound order information and transports it to the outbound roller rack. Then, the smart forklift 20 transports the pallet 25 to the full pallet outbound area 18 or the bulk cargo picking and outbound area 19, and then the outbound forklift 28 loads it onto a truck and leaves the warehouse.

Claims

1. An intelligent wire production line, comprising integrated wire drawing, wire bundling, extrusion, and warehousing areas, wherein: The wire drawing process area is equipped with a double copper head wire drawing machine (1) arranged in the left and right directions. The inlet and outlet ends of the double copper head wire drawing machine (1) are respectively equipped with a double copper head wire feeding machine (2) and a double copper head wire taking machine (3). Multiple eight copper wire drawing machines (4) arranged in the front and rear directions are arranged on the rear side of the double copper head wire drawing machine (1) and spaced on the left and right. The inlet and outlet ends of each eight copper wire drawing machine (4) are respectively equipped with an eight copper wire feeding machine (5) and an eight copper wire taking machine (6). The wire bundling process area is located behind multiple eight-head copper medium-draw take-up machines (6), including wire bundling machine group I and wire bundling machine group II arranged in front and back. The wire bundling machine group I consists of multiple 630 wire bundling machines (7) arranged on the left and right at intervals. Each 630 wire bundling machine (7) has a 630 wire bundling feeder (8) at the rear feed port. The wire bundling machine group II consists of multiple 800 wire bundling machines (9) arranged on the left and right at intervals. Each 800 wire bundling machine (9) has an 800 wire bundling feeder (10) at the rear feed port. The extrusion process area is located on one side in front of multiple 800 filament bundlers (9), including multiple extruders (11) arranged on the left and right at intervals. Each extruder (11) has an automatic wire take-up packaging machine (13) and an extrusion wire release machine (12) at the front and rear outlets and feed inlets respectively. Each automatic wire take-up packaging machine (13) has an wire bagging machine (14) at the front outlet. Each wire bagging machine (14) has an automatic palletizer (15) respectively. A robot arm (16) is provided between the corresponding wire bagging machine (14) and the automatic palletizer (15). The storage process area is located on the other side in front of multiple 800 bundle wire feeding machines (10), including a smart warehouse (17) arranged in front and back and connected to the pallet roller conveyor of the automatic pallet machine (15). The smart warehouse (17) and multiple extruders (11) are provided with left and right palletized outbound areas (18) and bulk cargo sorting and outbound areas (19). Multiple smart forklifts (20) are provided between the two outbound areas and the smart warehouse (17). Along the conveying direction from the automatic pallet machine (15) to the intelligent warehouse (17), an automatic film wrapping machine (21), an automatic QR code affixing machine (22), and an automatic weighing machine are sequentially installed on the pallet roller conveyor.

2. The intelligent wire production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: The front area of ​​the double copper head large drawing and unwinding machine (2) is set as the raw material copper rod stacking area (23), and the outer area of ​​the double copper head large drawing and winding machine (3) is set as the wire frame storage area (24).

3. The intelligent wire production line according to claim 2, characterized in that: The wireframe storage area (24) includes a front and a rear full wireframe storage area and an empty wireframe storage area.

4. Intelligent manufacturing process for wires, characterized by... The intelligent wire production line described in claim 1 comprises the following process steps: ① The double copper head wire drawing machine (1) feeds the ¢8mm copper rod (26) into a ¢2.6mm copper strip by feeding the double copper head wire drawing machine (2). The ¢2.6mm copper strip is then taken up on the empty wire frame by the double copper head wire drawing machine (3) to become a full wire frame. ② The eight-head copper wire drawing machine (4) feeds the 2.6mm copper strip in the full wire frame to a copper wire of 0.4mm to 1.02mm by feeding the eight-head copper wire drawing machine (5). The 0.4mm to 1.02mm copper wire is then taken up onto the wire reel by the eight-head copper wire drawing machine (6). ③ The copper wires from multiple coils are fed to the 630 wire bundler (7) by the 630 wire bundler (8). The 630 wire bundler (7) twists the multiple copper wires together and then feeds them to the 800 wire bundler (10) for feeding. The 800 wire bundler (9) twists the multiple copper wires into a core and then feeds it to the extrusion wire bundler for feeding to the extruder (11). ④ The core wire is made into wire by extruder (11) and individually packaged by automatic wire taking-up packaging machine (13). Wire bagging machine (14) packs multiple individual packages into one bag. Robot (16) stacks each bag onto the pallet of automatic pallet machine (15). Each stack (25) is processed by automatic wrapping machine (21), automatic QR code labeling machine (22) and automatic weighing machine and then stored in intelligent warehouse (17). ⑤ Input the outbound order information into the smart warehouse (17). The climbing robot (27) of the smart warehouse (17) automatically finds the corresponding pallet (25) and places it at the outbound port. The smart forklift (20) transports the pallet (25) at the outbound port to the full pallet outbound area (18) or the bulk cargo selection and outbound area (19), and then the outbound forklift (28) loads it out of the warehouse.

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