A method for establishing an automatic supply system for tobacco production accessories

Abstract

The application discloses a method for establishing a tobacco production auxiliary material automatic supply system, which comprises the following steps: S1, determining an auxiliary material conveying process flow and / or route; S2, configuring a corresponding conveying control system according to the determined process flow and / or route; S3, determining required equipment tooling according to the conveying control system; and S4, connecting and using the equipment tooling and the conveying control system to form a complete auxiliary material automatic supply system. The auxiliary material automatic supply system constructed through the method can reduce manual work as much as possible, optimize a conveying route, and automatically control equipment operation through a system to realize automatic supply of auxiliary materials.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of logistics technology, in particular to a method for establishing an automatic supply system for tobacco production auxiliary materials. Background Art

[0002] In recent years, cigarette factories have undergone intelligent transformation to improve efficiency and reduce manual labor. Currently, the factory's rolling and packaging workshops feature five high-speed production lines and 16 medium-speed production lines. The diverse range of excipients handled in the workshops creates a significant amount of space around the machines, hindering effective excipient management. Some excipients weigh over 28 kg, and manual transportation is a repetitive, high-intensity task that can cause irreversible damage to operators over extended periods. For these reasons, the development of an automated feeding system capable of automatically identifying, sorting, and adding excipients is imperative. Summary of the Invention

[0003] The purpose of the present invention is to overcome the shortcomings of the above-mentioned prior art, such as there are many types of auxiliary materials on site in the workshop, and each auxiliary material tray occupies a large amount of space around the machine, which is not conducive to the effective management of auxiliary materials; some auxiliary materials weigh more than 28KG, and manual transportation is a repetitive overweight and high-intensity operation, which will cause irreversible damage to the operator's body for a long time, and there is a lack of an automated auxiliary material supply system to replace manual labor. A method for establishing an automated auxiliary material supply system for tobacco production is provided.

[0004] The purpose of the present invention is achieved through the following technical solutions: A method for establishing an automated supply system for tobacco production auxiliary materials, comprising the following steps:

[0005] S1: Determine the auxiliary material delivery process and / or route;

[0006] S2: configuring a corresponding conveying control system according to the determined process flow and / or route;

[0007] S3: Determine the required equipment and tooling according to the conveying control system;

[0008] S4: Connect the equipment tooling with the conveying control system to form a complete auxiliary material automatic supply system.

[0009] Optionally, the process and / or route includes the following steps:

[0010] A1: The three-dimensional warehouse wraps the auxiliary materials in plastic film and puts them into storage as required;

[0011] A2: After the auxiliary materials outbound demand instruction is issued, the auxiliary materials will be transported to the pallet position in the auxiliary materials sorting area;

[0012] A3: The auxiliary materials are transported to the unpacking machine for unpacking, and then transferred to the auxiliary materials sorting station;

[0013] A4: The auxiliary material sorting station sorts the auxiliary materials into corresponding carriers according to their classification;

[0014] A5: Transport the auxiliary materials to the designated unit and load them automatically;

[0015] A6: Recycle the remaining auxiliary materials.

[0016] Optional conveying control system includes: ERP system, MES system, WMS system, WCS system, WIFS system, each system is connected through instruction requirements to form an auxiliary material automatic supply and conveying control system;

[0017] Optionally, the instruction requirements include:

[0018] The ERP system sends instruction 1 to the MES system, and the MES system returns demand 1 according to instruction 1; the ERP system sends demand 2 to the WMS system based on demand 1, and at the same time, the MES system sends instruction 2 to the WMS system based on instruction 1;

[0019] The WMS system returns requirement 3 to the MES system based on requirement 2 and instruction 2;

[0020] The WMS system sends instruction 3 to the WCS system according to demand 2 and instruction 2. The WCS system controls the stacker, ROCLA AGV, and conveyor system PLC according to instruction 3 to respond to instruction 3, and returns the execution result of instruction 3 to the WMS system after responding to instruction 3.

[0021] The WMS system sends instruction 4 to the WIFS system according to requirement 2 and instruction 2, and the WIFS system returns requirement 4 according to instruction 4;

[0022] The WMS system sends instruction 5 to the WIFS system. The WIFS system controls the transport vehicle and the sorting station to respond to instructions 4 and 5 according to instructions 4 and 5. At the same time, the WIFS system returns demand 5 to the WMS system according to the responses of the transport vehicle and the sorting station.

[0023] Optionally, the instruction 1 includes but is not limited to weekly / monthly production plans;

[0024] The requirement 1 includes but is not limited to material consumption details;

[0025] The instruction 2 includes but is not limited to the machine shift / day production plan;

[0026] Requirement 2 includes but is not limited to material purchase orders, material transfer orders, and basic material information;

[0027] Requirement 3 includes but is not limited to all machine shift material consumption lists and inventory lists;

[0028] Said instruction 3 includes but is not limited to pallet handling tasks;

[0029] Said instruction 4 includes but is not limited to the high-speed unit machine shift / day production plan;

[0030] The requirement 4 includes but is not limited to material pallet requirement request;

[0031] Said instruction 5 includes but is not limited to a material pallet arrival signal;

[0032] The requirement 5 includes but is not limited to the request for empty pallet recovery, the request for residual material pallet recovery, and the high-speed unit shift consumption list.

[0033] Optionally, the equipment and tooling required by the conveying control system includes a stacker, a ROCLA AGV conveyor vehicle or an AGILOX IGV conveyor vehicle, a conveying system PLC, a sorting station, a manipulator, a packing machine, and a pallet.

[0034] Optionally, the conveying control system determines that the required equipment and tooling can be designed according to demand if it cannot be purchased directly.

[0035] Optionally, the requirements for the sorting station are: to realize the functions of automatic loading and unloading of auxiliary materials and sorting of auxiliary materials from the high-bay warehouse; to realize the secondary transfer of auxiliary materials on universal pallets from the high-bay warehouse; and to realize the three functions of automatic loading of auxiliary materials and recycling of empty pallets generated by auxiliary materials on universal pallets.

[0036] The present invention has the following advantages: after determining the process flow and / or route of each material and configuring the corresponding conveying control system and the required equipment and tooling according to these process flows and / or routes, the present invention connects the equipment and tooling with the conveying control system through the instruction requirements in actual work to form a complete auxiliary material automatic supply system. The auxiliary material automatic supply system constructed by this method can reduce manpower as much as possible, optimize the conveying route, and automatically control the operation of each equipment through the system to realize the automatic supply of auxiliary materials. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0037] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work.

[0038] Figure 1 Flowchart of the present invention.

[0039] Figure 2 This is a structural diagram of the communication network of the system of the present invention.

[0040] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the system of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0041] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Generally, the components of the embodiments of the present invention described and shown in the drawings herein can be arranged and designed in various different configurations.

[0042] Therefore, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention provided in the accompanying drawings is not intended to limit the scope of the invention as claimed, but rather merely represents selected embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments derived by persons of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative effort are also within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0043] In the description of the present invention, it should also be noted that, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "disposed," "installed," "connected," and "connected" should be understood in a broad sense. For example, they may refer to fixed connections, detachable connections, or integral connections; they may refer to mechanical connections or electrical connections; they may refer to direct connections or indirect connections through an intermediate medium; and they may refer to internal communication between two components. Those skilled in the art will understand the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention based on the specific circumstances.

[0044] like Figure 1 The method for establishing an automated supply system for tobacco production auxiliary materials is shown, taking the actual transformation of the Chuxiong Cigarette Factory as an embodiment of the present invention. The method specifically includes the following steps:

[0045] S1: Determine the auxiliary material delivery process and / or route;

[0046] S2: configuring a corresponding conveying control system according to the determined process flow and / or route;

[0047] S3: Determine the required equipment and tooling according to the conveying control system;

[0048] S4: the device tooling and the conveying control system are used in connection to form a complete auxiliary material automatic feeding system. In the conveying process of the auxiliary material, mainly the materials are transported to the determined devices for automatic feeding. Specifically, the auxiliary material conveying process and / or route includes the following steps:

[0049] A1: the three-dimensional warehouse wraps the auxiliary material tray according to requirements and stores it in the warehouse;

[0050] A2: after the auxiliary material warehouse-out demand instruction is issued, the auxiliary material is transported to the tray position in the auxiliary material sorting area;

[0051] A3: the auxiliary material is transported to the unpacking machine for unpacking, and after unpacking, it is transferred to the auxiliary material sorting station;

[0052] A4: the auxiliary material sorting station machine sorts the auxiliary material to the corresponding carrier according to the auxiliary material classification;

[0053] A5: the auxiliary material is transported to the designated machine set and automatically fed;

[0054] A6: the remaining auxiliary material is recycled.

[0055] After the auxiliary material conveying process and / or route is determined, according to the process and / or route, the control of each node needs to be configured, specifically, according to the determined process and / or route, the corresponding conveying control system is configured. In this method, the system mainly includes ERP system, MES system, WMS system, WCS system, WIFS system, and each system is connected through instruction demand to form an auxiliary material automatic feeding conveying control system. The conveying control system is a collection of workshop intelligent feeding system (WIFS system), which integrates AGILOX IGV conveying vehicle, high-speed machine set material system, auxiliary material sorting station and other field automation execution equipment, simultaneously communicates with the WMS system, comprehensively judges the field production situation, intelligently schedules the transportation equipment, realizes the intelligent scheduling system of flexible feeding, dynamic feeding and timely feeding of the production machine set. Its communication network structure is shown in Figure 2 , and the specific system composition is shown in Figure 3 . In the composed auxiliary material automatic feeding conveying control system, the instruction control of the ERP system, MES system, WMS system, WCS system and WIFS system is as follows: the ERP system sends instruction 1 to the MES system, the MES system returns demand 1 according to instruction 1; the ERP system sends demand 2 to the WMS system according to demand 1, and at the same time, the MES system sends instruction 2 to the WMS system according to instruction 1;

[0056] The WMS system returns demand 3 to the MES system according to demand 2 and instruction 2;

[0057] The WMS system sends instruction 3 to the WCS system according to demand 2 and instruction 2. The WCS system controls the stacker, ROCLA AGV, and conveyor system PLC according to instruction 3 to respond to instruction 3, and returns the execution result of instruction 3 to the WMS system after responding to instruction 3.

[0058] The WMS system sends instruction 4 to the WIFS system according to requirement 2 and instruction 2, and the WIFS system returns requirement 4 according to instruction 4;

[0059] The WMS system sends instruction 5 to the WIFS system. The WIFS system controls the AGILOX IGV transport vehicle and the sorting station to respond to instructions 4 and 5 according to instructions 4 and 5. At the same time, the WIFS system returns demand 5 to the WMS system based on the responses of the AGILOX IGV transport vehicle and the sorting station.

[0060] Wherein, the instruction 1 includes but is not limited to weekly / monthly production plans,

[0061] The requirement 1 includes but is not limited to material consumption details;

[0062] The instruction 2 includes but is not limited to the machine shift / day production plan;

[0063] Requirement 2 includes but is not limited to material purchase orders, material transfer orders, and basic material information;

[0064] Requirement 3 includes but is not limited to all machine shift material consumption lists and inventory lists;

[0065] Said instruction 3 includes but is not limited to pallet handling tasks;

[0066] Said instruction 4 includes but is not limited to the high-speed unit machine shift / day production plan;

[0067] The requirement 4 includes but is not limited to material pallet requirement request;

[0068] Said instruction 5 includes but is not limited to a material pallet arrival signal;

[0069] The requirement 5 includes but is not limited to the request for empty pallet recovery, the request for residual material pallet recovery, and the high-speed unit shift consumption list.

[0070] The corresponding equipment and tooling controlled by the above-mentioned system is the equipment and tooling determined by the requirements of the conveying control system, including stackers, ROCLA AGV conveyor vehicles, conveying system PLCs, AGILOX IGV conveyor vehicles, sorting stations, manipulators, packaging machines, pallets, etc. Many of these equipment and tooling can be purchased directly. If they cannot be purchased directly, they will be designed according to the process flow and / or route requirements. For example, the sorting station has the following requirements: to realize the functions of automatic loading and unpacking of auxiliary materials and auxiliary material sorting from the high-bay warehouse; to realize the secondary transfer of general pallet auxiliary materials from the high-bay warehouse; and to realize the three functions of automatic loading of auxiliary materials and recycling of empty pallets generated by general pallet auxiliary materials. The sorting station includes six areas: packaging machine, auxiliary material sorting area, AGILOX IGV conveyor vehicle charging station and carrier temporary storage area, general pallet area, sorting auxiliary material area, and empty pallet area.

[0071] The auxiliary material sorting station is equipped with a packaging machine: it consists of six parts: auxiliary material inlet conveyor, outlet conveyor, rotating platform, three-coordinate film stripping machine, film recovery area, and top pad recovery area;

[0072] Accessory material sorting area: It consists of 8 fixed accessory material sorting positions, 4 cigarette material temporary storage positions, 2 U-shaped temporary storage positions for packaging materials, a sorting robot and tracks;

[0073] AGILOX IGV transport vehicle charging station and vehicle temporary storage area: It consists of four parts: one AGILOX ONE transport vehicle charging parking space, two AGILOX ODM transport vehicle charging parking spaces, one barrel RCO unit temporary storage space, and eight cigarette material form temporary storage spaces;

[0074] General pallet area: contains 3 general pallet positions;

[0075] Sorting auxiliary material area: contains 4 sorting auxiliary material positions;

[0076] Empty pallet area: contains 4 empty pallet positions.

[0077] When the cigarette factory's packaging workshop needs automated loading, the ROCLA AGV conveyor transports the entire pallet of auxiliary materials to the sorting station for sorting. The AGILOX IGV conveyor then delivers the auxiliary materials to the film stripping machine for film stripping. After film stripping, the AGILOX ONE conveyor delivers the auxiliary materials to the sorting station for sorting. After sorting, the auxiliary materials are transported by the AGILOX IGV conveyor to the machine for automated loading.

[0078] When the cigarette factory's rolling and packaging workshop needs general pallet auxiliary materials, the ROCLA AGV conveyor transports the entire pallet of auxiliary materials to the general pallet area, and the AGILOX IGV conveyor delivers the general pallet auxiliary materials to the general pallet position of the machine;

[0079] When the general tray area and the auxiliary material sorting area of the cigarette factory's rolling and packaging workshop produce empty trays, the AGILOX ONE transport vehicle transports them to the empty tray area, and then the ROCLA AGV transport vehicle transports them away.

[0080] The unpacking machine realizes the automatic unpacking function of the auxiliary material tray film after the auxiliary material is discharged from the high-bay warehouse. The unpacking machine consists of six parts: auxiliary material inlet conveyor, outlet conveyor, rotating platform, three-coordinate film unpacking machine, film wrapping recovery area, and top pad recovery area. When the rolling and packaging workshop of the cigarette factory produces loading demand, the ROCLA AGV transport vehicle transports the whole tray of auxiliary materials to the sorting station auxiliary material sorting area, the AGILOX IGV transport vehicle sends the auxiliary materials to the film unpacking machine inlet conveyor, and then the rotating platform cooperates with the three-coordinate film unpacking machine to unpack the film. After unpacking, the AGILOX IGV transport vehicle sends the auxiliary materials to the sorting station platform for sorting.

[0081] The AGILOX ODM transport vehicle matches the transport unit to transport the cigarette paper and tipping paper of the five soft pack high-speed cigarette machines in the rolling and packaging workshop of the cigarette factory, and transports them to the cigarette machine material room for feeding.

[0082] When the five soft pack high-speed cigarette machines in the rolling and packaging workshop of the cigarette factory produce automatic loading demand for cigarette paper and tipping paper, the WIFS system dispatches the AGILOX ODM transport vehicle to feed. The AGILOX ODM transport vehicle inserts and extracts the transport unit directly into the machine group inlet, and then the AGILOX ODM transport vehicle forks down until the E-shaped pallet catches the auxiliary materials. The AGILOX ODM transport vehicle exits the inlet with the trolley transport unit, and the AGILOX ODM transport vehicle pushes the paper tray trolley back to the sorting area.

[0083] When the two soft pack high-speed packaging machines in the rolling and packaging workshop of the cigarette factory produce automatic loading demand for trademark paper and aluminum foil paper, the WIFS system dispatches the AGILOX ONE transport vehicle to feed. The AGILOX ONE transport vehicle first matches the cannon RCO unit, then inserts and extracts the auxiliary materials from the U-shaped groove at the auxiliary material sorting station, and then automatically feeds the auxiliary materials into the packaging machine auxiliary material inlet (trademark paper and aluminum foil paper).

[0084] When the sorting station platform recovers the remaining materials, the WIFS system sends the AGILOX IGV transport vehicle to the sorting station auxiliary material sorting area, and the WIFS system informs the WMS system that a certain task has generated remaining materials. The WMS system sends instructions to the WCS system, and the WCS system sends the ROCLA AGV transport vehicle to transport the remaining materials away (executes the existing remaining material recovery process).

[0085] When machine residual materials and auxiliary materials are recovered, the machine's HMI system generates a return material request and sends it to the WMS system. The WMS system notifies the WIFS system to send instructions to the WCS system to dispatch AGILOX IGV conveyor vehicles to patrol each machine to collect auxiliary materials and enter the return material information. The AGILOX IGV conveyor vehicles transport pallets to the sorting station's temporary storage area and feedback information to the WIFS system. The WIFS system communicates with the WMS system to generate an auxiliary material return instruction and send it to the WCS system to control the ROCLA AGV conveyor vehicles to transport the auxiliary materials to the vertical warehouse.

[0086] When the machine's universal pallet is recovered, the machine's HMI system generates a return request to the WMS system. The WMS system notifies the WIFS system. The WIFS system issues an instruction to dispatch the AGILOX IGV conveyor to transport the pallet to the sorting station to sort the universal pallet area and feedback information to the WIFS system. The WIFS system communicates with the WMS to generate an auxiliary material return instruction, which is sent to the WCS system to control the ROCLA AGV conveyor to transport the auxiliary material to the vertical warehouse.

[0087] After determining the process flow and / or route for each material and configuring the corresponding conveying control system and required equipment and tooling based on these process flows and / or routes, the present invention connects the equipment and tooling with the conveying control system according to actual operational requirements to form a complete automated auxiliary material supply system. In fact, at this point, a complete system has already been formed. Subsequent adjustments only need to be made to the process flow and / or route and the conveying control system based on actual usage. Finally, the automated auxiliary material supply system, determined based on the adjustments, will complete a complete automated auxiliary material supply system for a cigarette factory.

[0088] Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, it is still possible for those skilled in the art to modify the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments, or to make equivalent substitutions for some of the technical features therein. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for establishing an automated supply system for tobacco production auxiliary materials, characterized by: The following steps are involved: S1: Determine the auxiliary material delivery process and / or route, the process and / or route comprising the following steps: A1: The three-dimensional warehouse wraps the auxiliary materials in plastic film and puts them into storage as required; A2: After the auxiliary materials outbound demand instruction is issued, the auxiliary materials will be transported to the pallet position in the auxiliary materials sorting area; A3: The auxiliary materials are transported to the unpacking machine for unpacking, and then transferred to the auxiliary materials sorting station; A4: The auxiliary material sorting station sorts the auxiliary materials into corresponding carriers according to their classification; A5: Transport the auxiliary materials to the designated unit and load them automatically; A6: Recycle the remaining auxiliary materials; S2: configuring a corresponding conveying control system according to the determined process flow and / or route, the conveying control system including: ERP system, MES system, WMS system, WCS system, WIFS system, and each system is connected to form an auxiliary material automatic supply and conveying control system through instruction requirements; S3: Determine the required equipment and tooling according to the conveying control system; S4: Connecting the equipment and tooling with the conveying control system to form a complete auxiliary material automatic supply system; The instruction requirements include: The ERP system sends instruction 1 to the MES system, and the MES system returns demand 1 according to instruction 1; the ERP system sends demand 2 to the WMS system according to demand 1, and at the same time, the MES system sends instruction 2 to the WMS system according to instruction 1; The WMS system returns requirement 3 to the MES system based on requirement 2 and instruction 2; The WMS system sends instruction 3 to the WCS system according to demand 2 and instruction 2. The WCS system controls the stacker, ROCLA AGV, and conveying system PLC according to instruction 3 to respond to instruction 3, and returns the execution result of instruction 3 to the WMS system after responding to instruction 3. The WMS system sends instruction 4 to the WIFS system according to requirement 2 and instruction 2, and the WIFS system returns requirement 4 according to instruction 4; The WMS system sends instruction 5 to the WIFS system. The WIFS system controls the transport vehicle and the sorting station to respond to instructions 4 and 5 according to instructions 4 and 5. At the same time, the WIFS system returns demand 5 to the WMS system according to the responses of the transport vehicle and the sorting station. Said instruction 1 includes weekly / monthly production plan; The requirement 1 includes material consumption details; The instruction 2 includes a machine shift / day production plan; Requirement 2 includes material purchase orders, material transfer orders, and basic material information; Requirement 3 includes the material consumption list and inventory list of all machine shifts; The instruction 3 includes a pallet handling task; The instruction 4 includes a high-speed unit machine shift / day production plan; The requirement 4 includes a material pallet requirement request; The instruction 5 includes a material pallet arrival signal; The requirement 5 includes a request for empty pallet recovery, a request for residual material pallet recovery, and a high-speed unit shift consumption list.

2. The method for establishing an automated supply system for tobacco production auxiliary materials according to claim 1, characterized in that: The equipment and tooling required by the conveying control system includes a stacker, a ROCLA AGV conveyor or an AGILOX IGV conveyor, a conveying system PLC, a sorting station, a manipulator, a packing machine, and a pallet.

3. The method for establishing an automated supply system for tobacco production auxiliary materials according to claim 2, characterized in that: The equipment and tooling required by the conveying control system is designed according to the process flow and / or route requirements when it cannot be purchased directly.

4. The method for establishing an automated supply system for tobacco production auxiliary materials according to claim 3, characterized in that: The requirements of the sorting station are: to realize the functions of automatic loading, film removal and sorting of auxiliary materials from the high-bay warehouse; secondary transfer of auxiliary materials on universal pallets from the high-bay warehouse; and recycling of empty pallets generated by automatic loading of auxiliary materials and universal pallet auxiliary materials.

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