A shaped filter rod box tracing device and method

Abstract

The application discloses a kind of forming filter rod box traceability device and method, wherein method includes: starting reproduction, pressing reset button, when manual filling is completed, start disc unloading machine, second proximity switch is at low potential, generates disc unloading machine material signal, the disc unloading machine material signal triggers a track double stacker dispatching system distribution tray, and the information of filter rod transmitter group, tray, physical location and forming machine group is obtained according to the task list of track double stacker dispatching system by control system;The controller reads out the information of filter rod box about to enter disc unloading machine by second electronic tag reader, obtains the position of filter rod box in tray;The controller obtains the number of filter rod box in the filter rod box that is emitted in tray and the number of filter rod in the filter rod box that is emitted by photoelectric switch.The technical content disclosed by the application can quickly locate the specific position of defective filter rod box in which tray and forming machine.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of tobacco production, more particularly, to a formed filter rod box tracing device and method. BACKGROUND

[0002] Filter rod production is an upstream link of cigarette production, and the product quality thereof influences various indexes of downstream cigarette processes. How to improve the quality control of filter rods has always been a difficulty in filter rod forming management. The current filter rod storage system and the one-track double stacking machine scheduling system still have room for improvement in quality tracing. The system is based on RFID of the Internet of Things. When the KDF4 former outputs filter rods with high inner corner, the electronic tag reader writes the time and filter rod model into the electronic tag of the filter rod box. When 22 filter rod boxes are arranged in the conveying channel in sequence, the photoelectric tube on both sides of the conveying channel detects the relevant signals. The system associates the tray signal formed by the 22 filter rod boxes with a certain position of the high-bay warehouse (source area: specific former number, current area: specific position entering the high-bay warehouse, and tray assembly time: time when the 22 filter rod boxes enter the high-bay warehouse), and uses the high-bay crane to put them into the curing warehouse. After the filter rods are cured with glycerol, the one-track double stacking machine scheduling system determines the priority according to the number of filter rods in front of the tray unloader, adopts the first-in-first-out and tray distance, and uses the task number to automatically retrieve a certain tray. At this time, the electronic tag reader reads the information of the first filter rod box of the tray, verifies the filter rod model and storage time, and then sends it to the cigarette maker through the tray unloader and the transmitter. The transmitter has N separate channels, which correspond to the filter rod receiving assembly of the cigarette maker. After the filter rods are unloaded by the tray unloader, the empty filter rod boxes are emptied of information by the electronic tag reader again.

[0003] When the cigarette maker finds quality defects such as filter rod contact, circumference, length, and resistance, because the electronic tag reader and the filter rod tray unloader have a certain position, there are about 30 trays in the conveying channel. The transmitter needs to be paused, the task number and the storage system position number need to be converted and inferred, and the filter rod boxes on the conveying belt belong to which machine are deduced in reverse. However, it is impossible to determine the specific position of the defective filter rods in the tray, how many filter rods they are, and which machine they enter. The filter rod boxes in the channel need to be taken out one by one for manual verification, which increases the workload of quality tracing.

[0004] The existing filter rod storage system can only provide a rough range for quality tracing. It is impossible to accurately count the specific defective filter rod from which box, which cigarette maker they are sent to, and how many filter rods are sent. Position conversion between the two systems increases the difficulty and time cost of quality tracing.

[0005] Therefore, how to provide a formed filter rod box tracing device and method has become a technical problem to be solved in the field. Summary of the Invention

[0006] The purpose of this invention is to provide a traceability device and method for molded filter rod boxes.

[0007] According to a first aspect of the present invention, a molded filter rod box traceability device is provided, comprising: a first electronic tag reader, a second electronic tag reader, a bracket, a first proximity switch, a second proximity switch, a roll-up feedback button, a through-beam switch, a controller, a reset button, and a display device;

[0008] The first proximity switch is installed on the side of the tray rack track at the full position of the tray rack at the outlet of the forming machine; the second proximity switch is installed on the side of the filter rod box conveying channel at the material demand position at the inlet of the unloading machine; the through-beam switch is installed on both sides of the low material position of the filter rod unloading channel at the unloading machine; the first electronic tag reader is installed at a preset distance behind the original electronic tag reader via the bracket; the second electronic tag reader is installed at the first filter rod box on the inlet conveyor belt of the unloading machine via the bracket; the cigarette pack feedback button is installed above the filter rod receiving assembly of the cigarette machine; the display device is installed above the electrical cabinet of the controller; and the reset button is installed above the display device.

[0009] The first electronic tag reader, the second electronic tag reader, the first proximity switch, the second proximity switch, the roll-up feedback button, the through-beam switch, and the reset button are electrically connected to the controller;

[0010] The display device is communicatively connected to the controller;

[0011] The controller is communicatively connected to the transmitter filter calculator, filter rod storage system, single-rail dual-stacker scheduling system, and MES system.

[0012] Optionally, the preset distance is 30mm.

[0013] According to a second aspect of the present invention, a method for tracing molded filter rod boxes is provided, comprising the molded filter rod box traceability device as described in any one of the first aspects of the present invention, wherein the specific method includes:

[0014] When production resumes, press the reset button. After the manual filling and unloading machine is completed, start the unloading machine. The second proximity switch is at a low potential, generating a material request signal for the unloading machine. This material request signal triggers the single-track double stacker crane scheduling system to allocate pallets. The control system obtains information about the filter rod launcher unit, pallet, physical location, and forming unit based on the task list of the single-track double stacker crane scheduling system. The controller reads the information of the filter rod box about to enter the unloading machine through the second electronic tag reader to obtain the position of the filter rod box in the pallet. The controller obtains the number of the filter rod box to be launched in the pallet and the number of filter rods launched in the launched filter rod box through the photoelectric switch.

[0015] Optionally, the method for obtaining the information of the filter rod transmitter group, the tray, the physical location and the forming machine group according to a task list of the one-track double-stack machine scheduling system by the control system comprises:

[0016] The controller first compares the end of the tray unloading machine material signal with the end of the task list of the one-track double-stack machine scheduling system, then compares the start of the task list with the real location obtained by translating the virtual location of the tray, and finally compares the end of the task list with the transmitter group number, so as to determine which machine produces the tray entering a certain transmitter group number, and further determine the information of the transmitter group, the tray, the physical location and the forming machine group.

[0017] Optionally, the method for translating the virtual location to obtain the real location comprises:

[0018] The controller determines the assembly time of each tray through the first proximity switch, reads the tray query list of the filter rod storage system, queries the corresponding source area and virtual location of the tray, encodes the source area and the virtual location, and further determines the real location of the tray.

[0019] Optionally, the method for reading out the information of the filter rod box about to enter the tray unloading machine by the second electronic tag reader to obtain the position of the filter rod box in the tray comprises:

[0020] The first electronic tag reader reads the time when the electronic tag of the filter rod box is written by the original electronic tag reader in turn, and sorts the written time in the first-in-first-out order;

[0021] The second electronic tag reader reads out the written time and the sorting of the first electronic tag reader;

[0022] The controller obtains the position of the filter rod box in the tray according to the written time and the sorting.

[0023] Optionally, the method for obtaining the number of the filter rod box to be emitted in the tray by the controller through the opposite switch comprises:

[0024] n=int((S-L) / B);

[0025] The number of the filter rod box to be emitted is n+1;

[0026] Wherein, int(·) represents the integer operation, S represents the sum of the count of each emission unit of the filter rod calculator of the transmitter, L represents the number of pre-filled filter rods of the tray unloading machine and the transmitter, and B represents the number of filter rods of the filter rod box.

[0027] Optionally, the method for obtaining the number of the filter rod to be emitted in the filter rod box to be emitted by the controller through the opposite switch comprises:

[0028] As i s i(n+1)tz- s i(n+1)tQ ;

[0029] wherein, As i represents the number of filter rods emitted by the i-th emitting unit of the filter rod emitter during the unloading process of the n+1-th filter rod magazine, s i(n+1)tz represents the number of filter rods emitted by the i-th emitting unit of the filter rod emitter at the time when the high level of the emission switch ends during the unloading process of the n+1-th filter rod magazine, s i(n+1)tQ represents the number of filter rods emitted by the i-th emitting unit of the filter rod emitter at the time when the high level of the emission switch starts during the unloading process of the n+1-th filter rod magazine; is the j-th emitting unit of the filter rod emitter.

[0030] Optionally, the method further comprises:

[0031] When a cigarette making machine in a cigarette wrapping workshop finds a quality defect of a filter rod, a wrapping feedback button is pressed, at this time, the display device automatically displays which forming machine, which tray, which specific order and filter rod magazine the filter rod being emitted belongs to, and the time of writing, and then the controller automatically queries the inspection record of the MES system in the last 10 minutes of the time node of the filter rod magazine to determine the quality behavior of the operator.

[0032] According to the technical content disclosed in the present application, the following beneficial effects are achieved: the defective filter rod magazine can be quickly located to the specific position in which forming machine, which tray and which tray.

[0033] Other features and advantages of the present application will become apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments thereof, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0034] The accompanying drawings incorporated in and forming a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the present application and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the application.

[0035] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a filter rod magazine tracing device according to an embodiment;

[0036] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of a virtual position numbering according to an embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0037] Various exemplary embodiments of the present application will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the relative arrangement of the components and steps, numerical expressions, and numerical values set forth in these embodiments are not limiting to the scope of the present application unless otherwise specifically stated.

[0038] The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the application or its application and uses.

[0039] Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art can not be discussed in detail herein. However, where appropriate, such techniques, methods, and apparatus should be considered as being part of the specification.

[0040] In all of the compositions shown and discussed herein, any particular values should be construed merely as examples, and not as limiting. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments can have different values.

[0041] It should be noted that like reference numerals and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and as a result, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be discussed further in subsequent figures.

[0042] According to a first aspect of the present application, as shown in Figure 1 there is provided a filter rod box tracing device, comprising, a first electronic tag reader, a second electronic tag reader, a bracket, a first proximity switch, a second proximity switch, a filter rod box feedback button, a photoelectric switch, a controller, a reset button and a display device;

[0043] The first proximity switch is installed at the full position of the side tray of the outlet tray rack of the forming machine, the second proximity switch is installed at the position of the side of the filter rod box conveying channel of the disc unloader, the photoelectric switch is installed at both sides of the low material position of the filter rod discharging channel of the disc unloader, if the filter rod is lower than this position, the disc unloader needs to start the rotating disc operation, the first electronic tag reader is installed at the back of the original electronic tag reader by the bracket, and can read the electronic tag information on the filter rod box, the second electronic tag reader is installed at the first filter rod box of the conveying belt of the disc unloader by the bracket, the filter rod box feedback button is installed above the filter rod receiving assembly of the cigarette making machine, the display device is installed above the electrical cabinet of the controller, and the reset button is installed above the display device;

[0044] The first electronic tag reader, the second electronic tag reader, the first proximity switch, the second proximity switch, the filter rod box feedback button, the photoelectric switch and the reset button are electrically connected with the controller;

[0045] The display device is in communication connection with the controller, and displays that the specific filter rod box is being emitted by the filter rod box emitting machine, the specific forming machine, the specific tray and the specific order, and includes the time when the filter rod box is written;

[0046] The controller is connected with a transmitter filter calculator (separately counting N transmitter units), a filter rod storage system (22 boxes of filter rods produced by a certain forming machine are transported to a high rack through a tray, stored for a certain time, glycerol is solidified to increase the hardness of the filter rod), a one-track double-stack scheduling system (transporting a certain tray in the high rack to the belt conveyor in front of the tray unloader where the filter rod box is needed) and an MES system to communicate and query data.

[0047] According to the second aspect of the present application, a forming filter rod box tracing method is provided, which comprises the forming filter rod box tracing device of any one of the embodiments, and the specific method comprises:

[0048] When starting production, the reset button is pressed, and after the manual filling of the tray unloader is completed, the tray unloader is started, the second proximity switch is at a low potential, a tray unloader material signal is generated, the tray unloader material signal triggers the one-track double-stack scheduling system to distribute the tray, the tray is transported to the tray unloader belt conveying entrance section by the overhead traveling crane, the control system obtains the information of the filter rod transmitter group, the tray, the physical position and the forming machine group according to the task list of the one-track double-stack scheduling system; the controller reads out the information of the filter rod box about to enter the tray unloader through the second electronic tag reader to obtain the position of the filter rod box in the tray; the controller obtains the number of the filter rod box to be launched in the tray and the number of the filter rod to be launched in the filter rod box to be launched through the infrared proximity switch.

[0049] In some embodiments, the method for the control system to obtain the information of the filter rod transmitter group, the tray, the physical position and the forming machine group according to the task list of the one-track double-stack scheduling system comprises:

[0050] The controller first compares the port of the tray unloader material signal with the end point of the task list of the one-track double-stack scheduling system, then compares the start point of the task list with the real position obtained by translating the virtual position of the tray, and finally compares the end point of the task list with the transmitter group number, so as to determine which machine produces the tray entering a certain transmitter group number, and further determine the information of the transmitter group, the tray, the physical position and the forming machine group.

[0051] The method for translating the virtual position to obtain the real position comprises:

[0052] The controller determines the assembly time of each tray through the first proximity switch, then reads the tray query list of the filter rod storage system, queries the source area and the virtual position corresponding to the tray, encodes the source area and the virtual position, and further determines the real position of the tray.

[0053] Specifically, when the first proximity switch high-level signal lasts for 5S, a filter rod box full tray storage signal of the L0386 filter rod storage system is triggered. The L0386 filter rod storage system is assigned a physical position for each tray, and the physical position also corresponds to a virtual position in the filter rod storage system. The virtual position is encoded as L0386_001X0XX00X000, and the meaning of the code is known by unlocking the code as shown in the following table. Figure 2

[0054] The assembly time of each tray is determined by the first proximity switch, and then the tray query list of the filter rod storage system is read to query the corresponding source area and virtual position of the tray. The source area and virtual position are encoded to determine the real position of the tray (L0386_0011 (row) 001 (column) 007 (layer) 000): 01-01-07.

[0055] In the inventory statistics of the L0386 filter rod storage system, each station corresponds to a source area, and the source areas of the 1st to 6th stations are encoded as L0386_102, L0386_106, L0386_110, L0386_114, L0386_118, and L0386_122, respectively. The controller determines the number of the molding machine group according to the pre-set input port number, and compiles the source area code to the specific molding machine number.

[0056] In some embodiments, the controller reads information from the filter rod box about to enter the tray unloader through a second electronic tag reader, and the method for obtaining the position of the filter rod box in the tray includes:

[0057] The first electronic tag reader reads the time when the electronic tag of the filter rod box is written by the original electronic tag reader in turn, and sorts the written time in the order of first-in first-out;

[0058] The second electronic tag reader reads the written time and the order of the first electronic tag reader;

[0059] The controller obtains the position of the filter rod box in the tray according to the written time and the order.

[0060] In some embodiments, the controller obtains the number of the filter rod box to be emitted in the tray through an infrared emitter switch, and the method includes:

[0061] n = int((S-L) / B);

[0062] The number of the filter rod box to be emitted is n+1;

[0063] ​Wherein, int(·) represents the integral operation, S represents the transmitter filter calculator of each transmitting unit count sum, L represents the number of pre-filled filter rods of the unloader and transmitter, and B represents the number of filter rods of the filter rod box (average about 4600).

[0064] The method for obtaining the number of filter rods in the filter rod box being emitted by the controller through the emission switch includes:

[0065] Δs i = s i(n+1)tz- s i(n+1)tQ ;

[0066] Wherein, Δs i represents the number of filter rods emitted by the i-th transmitting unit of the filter rod transmitter during the unloading process of the n+1-th filter rod box, s i(n+1)tz represents the number of filter rods emitted by the i-th transmitting unit of the filter rod transmitter at the time when the high level of the emission switch ends, s i(n+1)tQ represents the number of filter rods emitted by the i-th transmitting unit of the filter rod transmitter at the time when the high level of the emission switch starts; for the j-th transmitting unit of the filter rod transmitter.

[0067] In some embodiments, the method further includes:

[0068] When a cigarette making machine in a cigarette wrapping workshop finds a filter rod quality defect, a cigarette wrapping feedback button is pressed, at which time the display device automatically displays which forming machine, which tray, and which specific order and filter rod box the filter rod being emitted belongs to, and the time of writing is displayed, and then the controller automatically queries the inspection record of the MES system 10 minutes before the time node of the filter rod box to determine the quality behavior of the operator. This can greatly save the filter rod quality tracing time and reduce the risk of increasing filter rods by machine operators associated with the transmitter due to quality tracing.

[0069] In summary, the technical content disclosed in the present application can quickly locate the defective filter rod box from which forming machine, which tray, and the specific position in the tray.

[0070] Although some specific embodiments of the present application have been described in detail through examples, those skilled in the art should understand that the above examples are only for illustration, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application. Those skilled in the art should understand that the above embodiments can be modified without departing from the scope and spirit of the present application. The scope of the present application is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method of tracing a formed filter rod box, characterized by, The forming filter rod box tracing device comprises a first electronic tag reader, a second electronic tag reader, a support, a first proximity switch, a second proximity switch, a roll package feedback button, a reflection switch, a controller, a reset button and a display device. The first proximity switch is installed at the full position of the tray rack track side of the forming machine outlet tray rack, the second proximity switch is installed at the material position of the side of the filter rod box conveying channel of the tray unloader inlet, the reflection switch is installed at both sides of the low material position of the filter rod unloading channel of the tray unloader, the first electronic tag reader is installed at a preset distance behind the original electronic tag reader through the support, the second electronic tag reader is installed at the first filter rod box of the inlet conveying belt of the tray unloader through the support, the roll package feedback button is installed above the filter rod receiving assembly of the cigarette making machine, the display device is installed above the electrical cabinet of the controller, and the reset button is installed above the display device. The first electronic tag reader, the second electronic tag reader, the first proximity switch, the second proximity switch, the roll package feedback button, the reflection switch and the reset button are electrically connected with the controller. The display device is in communication connection with the controller. The controller is in communication connection with the transmitter filter calculator, the filter rod storage system, the one-track double-pile stacker scheduling system and the MES system. When starting the reproduction, the reset button is pressed, the tray unloader is started after the manual filling of the tray unloader is completed, the second proximity switch is at a low potential, a tray unloader material signal is generated, the tray unloader material signal triggers the one-track double-pile stacker scheduling system to distribute the tray, the control system obtains the information of the filter rod transmitter group, the tray, the physical position and the forming machine group according to the task list of the one-track double-pile stacker scheduling system, the controller reads out the information of the filter rod box about to enter the tray unloader through the second electronic tag reader to obtain the position of the filter rod box in the tray, and the controller obtains the number of the filter rods in the filter rod box to be transmitted and the number of the filter rods in the filter rod box to be transmitted through the reflection switch. The method that the controller reads out the information of the filter rod box about to enter the tray unloader through the second electronic tag reader to obtain the position of the filter rod box in the tray comprises the following steps. The first electronic tag reader reads the time when the electronic tag of the filter rod box is written by the original electronic tag reader in sequence, and sorts the written time in the first-in-first-out order. The second electronic tag reader reads out the written time and the sorting of the first electronic tag reader. The controller obtains the position of the filter rod box in the tray according to the written time and the sorting. The method that the controller obtains the number of the filter rods in the filter rod box to be transmitted through the reflection switch comprises the following steps. n=int((S-L) / B); The number of the filter rods in the filter rod box to be transmitted is n+1. Wherein, int(•) represents the integer operation, S represents the total count of each transmitter unit of the transmitter filter calculator, L represents the number of pre-filled filter rods of the tray unloader and the transmitter, and B represents the number of filter rods of the filter rod box. The method that the controller obtains the number of the filter rods in the filter rod box to be transmitted through the reflection switch comprises the following steps. Δs i = s i(n+1)tz- s i(n+1)tQ ； wherein, Δs i represents the number of filter rods in the filter rod magazine being fired at the time of the high level start of the firing switch, s i(n+1)tz represents the number of filter rods in the filter rod magazine being fired at the time of the high level end of the firing switch, s i(n+1)tQ represents the number of filter rods in the filter rod magazine being fired at the time of the high level start of the firing switch; j is the number of transmitting units of filter rod transmitter j.

2. The shaped filter rod box tracing method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The preset distance is 30 mm.

3. The shaped filter rod box tracing method according to claim 1, characterized in that, The method for obtaining the information of the filter rod transmitter group, the tray, the physical position and the forming machine group according to a task list of a one-track double-stack machine scheduling system comprises: The controller compares the end of the tray unloading machine material signal with the end of the task list of the one-track double-stack machine scheduling system, then compares the start of the task list with the real position obtained by translating the virtual position of the tray, and then compares the end of the task list with the transmitter group number, so as to determine which machine produces the tray entering a certain transmitter group number, and then determine the information of the transmitter group, the tray, the physical position and the forming machine group.

4. The shaped filter rod box tracing method according to claim 3, characterized in that, The method for obtaining the real position by translating the virtual position comprises: The controller determines the assembly time of each tray through the first proximity switch, reads the tray query list of the filter rod storage system, queries the corresponding source area and virtual position of the tray, encodes the source area and the virtual position, and then determines the real position of the tray.

5. The shaped filter rod box tracing method according to claim 4, characterized in that, The method further comprises: When a cigarette making machine in a cigarette making workshop finds a filter rod quality defect, the filter rod quality defect feedback button is pressed, at this time, the display device automatically displays which forming machine, which tray, which specific order and the writing time of the filter rod box the filter rod being launched belongs to, and then the controller automatically queries the inspection record of the MES system 10 minutes before the time node of the filter rod box, and judges the quality behavior of the operator.

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