A trackless self-propelled solid aluminum intelligent feeding system and method for a high-temperature smelting furnace

Abstract

The application discloses a trackless self-moving solid aluminum intelligent feeding system and method of a high-temperature smelting furnace, relates to the technical field of automatic feeding, and comprises a smelting furnace monitoring module; a plurality of smelting furnace monitoring modules correspond to a group of aluminum smelting furnaces respectively, and obtain aluminum material smelting information; after monitoring that the aluminum liquid height in the smelting furnace is lower than a preset threshold value or the aluminum material consumption rate exceeds a preset value, a feeding request is sent to a host management module; and the host management module sends batching data to a warehouse management module when receiving the feeding request. The application can generate a feeding request in time by monitoring each smelting furnace, so that the host management module cooperates with a feeding module and the warehouse management module to rapidly feed the aluminum material required by each smelting furnace.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of automatic feeding, in particular to a trackless self-moving solid aluminum intelligent feeding system and method for a high-temperature smelting furnace. BACKGROUND

[0002] High-temperature smelting aluminum is to heat and melt waste aluminum (liquid aluminum or solid aluminum) and then store it after removing dregs to obtain purified aluminum water. In the process of high-temperature smelting aluminum, the high-temperature smelting furnace is one of the important equipment. In the process of using the high-temperature smelting furnace, the following steps are included: 1: adding aluminum raw materials, 2: smelting, 3: removing dregs;

[0003] When smelting aluminum by feeding solid aluminum, solid aluminum needs to be intermittently or continuously fed into the high-temperature smelting furnace.

[0004] Through retrieval, CN117983134B is disclosed in Chinese patent (publication number: CN117983134B), which includes: collecting concentration data of reactants, and then determining corresponding concentration ratio data, taking the product of the concentration ratio data and the first preset adjustment value as the corresponding concentration adjustment data, and then determining the corresponding reaction intensity, and obtaining the minimum sample number of the reaction intensity according to the preset reference minimum sample number; based on DBSCAN clustering, clustering is performed according to the preset neighborhood radius and the minimum sample number, and then abnormal data is obtained, so as to control the feeding rate of the auxiliary reactant.

[0005] In the prior art, the solid aluminum is fed into the smelting furnace by the workers to maintain the supply of raw materials required for production, which has many disadvantages, including low feeding accuracy, high labor intensity, and poor operating environment. The solid aluminum is sent into the smelting furnace by the track or fixed path conveying device, which needs to occupy a large space and has poor flexibility, and is not suitable for multi-point feeding demand under complex working conditions. Therefore, the present application provides a trackless self-moving solid aluminum intelligent feeding system and method for a high-temperature smelting furnace. SUMMARY

[0006] The present application aims to provide a trackless self-moving solid aluminum intelligent feeding system and method for a high-temperature smelting furnace to solve the problems mentioned in the background.

[0007] The present application can be implemented by the following technical scheme: a trackless self-moving solid aluminum intelligent feeding system for a high-temperature smelting furnace, comprising a plurality of smelting furnace monitoring modules, a feeding module, a warehouse management module, and a host management module.

[0008] Each smelting furnace monitoring module corresponds to a group of smelting furnaces for aluminum smelting, monitors and obtains smelting information of aluminum materials in the smelting furnace, and sends a feeding request to the host management module after monitoring that the aluminum liquid height in the smelting furnace is lower than a preset threshold or the aluminum material consumption rate exceeds a preset value;

[0009] The feeding request includes a target smelting furnace number, a required aluminum material amount, and a required time to reach an alarm value, and the alarm value is a time required for the aluminum liquid height in the current smelting furnace to reach a preset height or a time required for reaching a preset aluminum material amount at a current aluminum material consumption rate;

[0010] The host management module generates a distribution network based on the position information of each smelting furnace, taking the warehouse as a starting point, and generates an optimal route of each smelting furnace based on the distribution network, taking the warehouse as a starting point;

[0011] The host management module sends ingredient data to the warehouse management module when receiving the feeding request, and the ingredient data includes an aluminum material amount, a target smelting furnace number, and a request emergency level;

[0012] The request emergency level is determined based on the time required to reach the alarm value in the feeding request;

[0013] The warehouse management module puts the corresponding amount of aluminum material to the first responding feeding module after receiving the ingredient data, and resets the request emergency level based on the response time of the feeding module and the time required to put the corresponding amount of aluminum material, that is, the request emergency level of the corresponding smelting furnace based on the remaining time required to reach the alarm value;

[0014] The feeding module plans a moving route to the corresponding smelting furnace based on the newly generated request emergency level, and sends the aluminum material into the smelting furnace after reaching the side of the corresponding smelting furnace.

[0015] Further technical improvements of the present application are that the smelting furnace monitoring module comprises:

[0016] A weight sensing unit is installed below the smelting furnace for monitoring the weight of the aluminum material in the smelting furnace;

[0017] A liquid level sensing unit is used to monitor the real-time height of the aluminum liquid in the smelting furnace and the fluctuation of the aluminum liquid surface height, and to generate an aluminum liquid surface height change rate through the fluctuation of the aluminum liquid surface height;

[0018] A temperature sensing unit is used to monitor the temperature in the smelting furnace.

[0019] Further technical improvements of the present application are that the smelting furnace monitoring module monitors and calculates the mass of the remaining solid aluminum through the weight sensing unit, the liquid level sensing unit, and the temperature sensing unit;

[0020] The remaining solid aluminum The calculation formula is , where V is the volume of liquid aluminum, which is calculated based on the area of ​​the melting furnace and the height of the aluminum liquid. is the total amount of initial solid aluminum;

[0021] is the density of liquid aluminum after temperature correction, which is calculated by the formula get;

[0022] is the density of aluminum liquid at temperature T, is the reference temperature, is the reference temperature The density of aluminum liquid under is the thermal expansion coefficient of aluminum, and T is the real-time temperature of the melting furnace.

[0023] A further technical improvement of the present invention is that the method for obtaining the aluminum material consumption rate is:

[0024] S1, the liquid level sensor unit obtains the rate of change of the aluminum liquid level, which is achieved through get, is the rate of change of the volume of liquid aluminum, is the rate of change of liquid level;

[0025] S2, based on the temperature in the smelting furnace monitored by the temperature sensing unit, After correction, the mass change rate of liquid aluminum is obtained. The corrected formula is: ;

[0026] is the volume change rate of liquid aluminum, Corrected density of liquid aluminum at temperature T;

[0027] S3. Based on the consumption rate of the liquid aluminum, a consumption rate of the solid aluminum is generated. Since the consumption rate of the solid aluminum is equal to the mass change rate of the liquid aluminum, the solid aluminum is converted into liquid aluminum during the melting process.

[0028] Its formula is ;

[0029] is the consumption rate of solid aluminum, A is the cross-sectional area of ​​the smelting furnace, is the rate of change of the aluminum liquid level.

[0030] A further technical improvement of the present invention is that the host management module monitors the working status of all feeding modules and calculates whether the feeding module loaded with solid aluminum material can complete the task within the corresponding time based on the time corresponding to the emergency level requested after reset;

[0031] When the feeding module cannot complete the feeding task in the remaining time, the host management module sends a judgment request to the remaining feeding modules in the state of transporting materials, and when the corresponding feeding module meets the judgment condition, the feeding module changes the moving path, corrects the moving path based on the preset optimal route of the target smelting furnace, and improves the moving level after entering the preset optimal route of the target smelting furnace, that is, when moving on the preset optimal route, if meeting the remaining feeding modules, the priority driving level is the highest;

[0032] The judgment condition includes:

[0033] Z1, level comparison;

[0034] Z2, cost comparison;

[0035] Z3, path adjustment comparison.

[0036] Further technical improvements of the application are that the feeding module adopts a first feeding vehicle, the first feeding vehicle includes a first automatic driving unit, a loading unit and a pushing unit are installed on the upper side of the first automatic driving unit, the loading unit is used for loading solid aluminum materials for feeding, and the loading unit extends into the interior of the smelting furnace during feeding;

[0037] When the pushing unit is started, the output end of the pushing unit moves along the loading unit to feed the solid aluminum materials on the upper side of the pushing unit.

[0038] Further technical improvements of the application are that the smelting furnace monitoring module divides the area in the smelting furnace into multiple feeding areas based on the feeding direction of the feeding module;

[0039] The temperature sensing unit in the smelting furnace monitoring module identifies the temperature of each feeding area, and identifies the solid aluminum content in the feeding area based on the temperature of each feeding area.

[0040] Further technical improvements of the application are that a connecting groove is arranged in the interior of the smelting furnace;

[0041] The feeding module adopts a second feeding vehicle, the second feeding vehicle includes a second automatic driving unit, a second base frame is installed on the upper side of the second automatic driving unit, a second driving unit and a third driving unit are installed in the interior of the second base frame, and a guide rail unit is slidably connected in the interior of the second base frame, and the output end of the second driving unit is connected with the guide rail unit;

[0042] The guide rail unit is provided with sliding parts on both sides of one end of the smelting furnace, and after the guide rail unit enters the smelting furnace, the sliding parts on both sides of the guide rail unit are respectively slidably connected with the connecting grooves on both sides of the smelting furnace, so as to improve the stability after entering the smelting furnace;

[0043] The output end of the third driving unit is provided with a feeding unit, and one end of the feeding unit towards the smelting furnace is slidably connected with the guide rail unit.

[0044] Further technical improvement of the present application is that the feeding unit comprises a carrier plate and a rotating plate, and limit blocks are arranged on both sides of one end of the carrier plate towards the smelting furnace.

[0045] Sliding grooves are arranged on both sides of the guide rail unit, and two groups of limit blocks in the feeding unit are slidably connected with the two groups of sliding grooves in the guide rail unit, and the angle is kept unchanged during sliding.

[0046] Rotating members are arranged on both sides of one end of the rotating plate towards the smelting furnace, and the two groups of rotating members are rotatably connected with the limit blocks in the corresponding direction.

[0047] The rotating plate is used for loading aluminum materials, and one end of the rotating plate towards the smelting furnace is a feeding port.

[0048] At least one group of second dumping units are arranged between the carrier plate and the rotating plate, and the second dumping units are used for dumping the rotating plate with the rotating part and the rotating member as the center after being started, so as to feed the aluminum materials.

[0049] The second dumping unit comprises an adjusting cylinder, the output end of the adjusting cylinder is upward, a connecting member is rotatably connected with the output end, and the connecting member is slidably connected with the lower surface of the rotating plate.

[0050] Further technical improvement of the present application is that a rotating frame is arranged in the rotating plate, the rotating frame is used for loading aluminum materials, and the rotating frame is rotated to accelerate the feeding efficiency of the aluminum materials during feeding.

[0051] The rotating plate is arranged on the upper side of one end of the rotating frame towards the smelting furnace, and the rotating frame comprises two groups of lifting cylinders, the two groups of lifting cylinders are arranged on both sides of the rotating plate, and a baffle member is arranged between the output ends of the two groups of lifting cylinders.

[0052] The distance between the baffle member and the rotating frame is adjusted by the two groups of lifting cylinders, so as to adjust the number of aluminum materials passing through the lower side of the baffle member.

[0053] Further technical improvement of the present application is that positioning grooves are arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the two groups of rotating members.

[0054] Positioning assemblies are arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the two groups of limit blocks.

[0055] When the rotating plate is not dumped, the positioning grooves on the upper side and the lower side of the rotating members at both ends are matched with the two groups of positioning assemblies in the corresponding limit blocks, the output end of each positioning assembly is embedded into the corresponding positioning groove after being started, the rotating members are locked, the rotating plate is positioned, and the rotating plate is reinforced.

[0056] The application also discloses a trackless self-propelled solid aluminum intelligent feeding method of a high-temperature smelting furnace.

[0057] Step one: each smelting furnace monitoring module monitors smelting information of aluminum materials in the corresponding smelting furnace, and sends a feeding request to the host management module after monitoring that the aluminum liquid height in the smelting furnace is lower than a preset threshold or the aluminum material consumption rate exceeds a preset value;

[0058] Step two: the host management module sends batching data to the warehouse management module after receiving the feeding request;

[0059] Step three: the warehouse management module feeds the corresponding amount of aluminum materials to the first-responding feeding module after receiving the batching data;

[0060] The feeding module plans a moving route to the corresponding smelting furnace based on the time required to reach the corresponding smelting furnace, and feeds the aluminum materials into the smelting furnace after reaching the side of the corresponding smelting furnace.

[0061] Compared with the prior art, the application has the following beneficial effects:

[0062] The application can generate a feeding request in time by monitoring each smelting furnace, so that the host management module cooperates with the feeding module and the warehouse management module to quickly feed the aluminum materials required by each smelting furnace, thereby saving labor and achieving automation.

[0063] When feeding the aluminum materials, the feeding module is used for transportation, and after the feeding module is connected with the smelting furnace, the aluminum materials are fed by the internal dumping member, and the feeding module can adjust the feeding position based on the temperature of different regions in the smelting furnace. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0064] In order to facilitate understanding of those skilled in the art, the application will be further described below with reference to the drawings.

[0065] Figure 1 FIG. 1 is a structural schematic view of a first feeding vehicle in Embodiment 1 of the application;

[0066] Figure 2 FIG. 2 is a structural schematic view of a second feeding vehicle in Embodiment 2 of the application;

[0067] Figure 3 FIG. 3 is a top view of the second feeding vehicle in Embodiment 3 of the application;

[0068] Figure 4 FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of the second feeding vehicle in Embodiment 3 of the application;

[0069] In the figure: 1, the first feeding car; 2, the second feeding car; 11, the first automatic driving unit; 12, the loading unit; 13, the pushing unit; 21, the second automatic driving unit; 22, the second base frame; 23, the second driving unit; 24, the guide rail unit; 25, the third driving unit; 26, the feeding unit; 261, the loading plate; 262, the limiting block; 263, the rotating material plate; 264, the second pouring unit; 265, the rotating frame; 266, the positioning assembly; 267, the blocking frame; 268, the rotating piece. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0070] In order to further illustrate the technical means and effects adopted by the present application to achieve the predetermined inventive purpose, the specific embodiments, structures, features and effects according to the present application are described in detail below in combination with the drawings and preferred embodiments.

[0071] Example 1

[0072] Referring to Figure 1 As shown in the figure, the present application provides a trackless self-propelled solid aluminum intelligent feeding system for high-temperature smelting furnaces, which comprises a plurality of smelting furnace monitoring modules, a feeding module, a warehouse management module and a host management module.

[0073] Each smelting furnace monitoring module corresponds to a set of aluminum smelting furnaces, monitors and obtains aluminum smelting information in the smelting furnace, and sends a feeding request to the host management module after monitoring that the aluminum liquid height in the smelting furnace is lower than a preset threshold or the aluminum consumption rate exceeds a preset value.

[0074] The smelting furnace monitoring module comprises:

[0075] The weight sensing unit is installed below the smelting furnace and is used to monitor the weight of the aluminum material in the smelting furnace.

[0076] The liquid level sensing unit is used to monitor the real-time height of the aluminum liquid in the smelting furnace and the fluctuation of the aluminum liquid level height, and to generate the aluminum liquid level height change rate through the fluctuation of the aluminum liquid level height.

[0077] The temperature sensing unit monitors the temperature in the smelting furnace.

[0078] The feeding request includes the target smelting furnace number, the required aluminum material amount and the time required to reach the alarm value, and the alarm value is the time required for the aluminum liquid height in the current smelting furnace to reach the preset height or the time required to reach the preset aluminum material amount at the current aluminum material consumption rate.

[0079] The preset aluminum material amount is a value preset based on the amount of aluminum material that affects normal smelting.

[0080] The smelting furnace monitoring module monitors and calculates the quality of the remaining solid aluminum inside through the weight sensing unit, the liquid level sensing unit and the temperature sensing unit.

[0081] remaining solid aluminum The calculation formula is wherein V is the volume of the liquid aluminum, which is calculated based on the area of the smelting furnace and the height of the liquid aluminum, is the total amount of the initial solid aluminum;

[0082] is the density of the liquid aluminum after temperature correction, which is obtained by the formula

[0083] is the reference temperature, is the density of the liquid aluminum at the reference temperature, is the thermal expansion coefficient of the aluminum, and T is the real-time temperature of the smelting furnace. Further technical improvements of the present application are that the method for obtaining the consumption rate of the aluminum material is:

[0084] S1, the liquid level sensing unit obtains the liquid surface height change rate of the liquid aluminum, which is obtained by is the change rate of the volume of the liquid aluminum,

[0085] is the change rate of the liquid surface height; S2, based on the temperature monitored by the temperature sensing unit in the smelting furnace, the is corrected to obtain the mass change rate of the liquid aluminum, and the corrected formula is:

[0086] is the change rate of the volume of the liquid aluminum, is the corrected density of the liquid aluminum at the temperature T;

[0087] is the change rate of the volume of the liquid aluminum, is the corrected density of the liquid aluminum at the temperature T;

[0088] S3, based on the consumption rate of the liquid aluminum, the consumption rate of the solid aluminum is generated, because the consumption rate of the solid aluminum is equal to the mass change rate of the liquid aluminum, so the solid aluminum is converted into the liquid aluminum during the melting process;

[0089] The formula is ;

[0090] is the consumption rate of the solid aluminum, A is the cross-sectional area of the smelting furnace, is the liquid surface height change rate of the liquid aluminum.

[0091] The host management module generates a distribution network based on the position information of each smelting furnace, taking the warehouse as the starting point, and the host management module generates the best route of each smelting furnace based on the distribution network, taking the warehouse as the starting point;

[0092] ​​The host management module sends the batching data to the warehouse management module when receiving the batching request, the batching data including the aluminum material amount, the target melting furnace number, and the request emergency level;

[0093] The request emergency level is determined based on the time required to reach the alarm value in the batching request;

[0094] The warehouse management module sends the corresponding amount of aluminum material to the first responding batching module after receiving the batching data, and resets the request emergency level based on the response time of the batching module and the time required to send the corresponding aluminum material, i.e., the request emergency level of the corresponding melting furnace based on the remaining time required to reach the alarm value;

[0095] The batching module plans a moving route to the corresponding melting furnace based on the newly generated request emergency level, and sends the aluminum material to the melting furnace after reaching the side of the corresponding melting furnace.

[0096] The host management module monitors the working status of all batching modules;

[0097] The working status of the batching module includes idle, material transporting, and material loading;

[0098] The idle state means that there is no current task and the new request can be responded immediately;

[0099] The material transporting state means that the task is being executed, the material has been loaded and is being transported to the target melting furnace;

[0100] The material loading state means that the material is being loaded in the preparation stage and cannot respond to the new request immediately;

[0101] The request emergency level is reset based on the time corresponding to the request emergency level, and it is calculated whether the batching module loaded with solid aluminum material can complete the task within the corresponding time;

[0102] The formula for obtaining the request emergency level is ;

[0103] When the batching module cannot complete the batching task within the remaining time, the host management module sends a determination request to the remaining batching modules in the material transporting state, and the batching module changes the moving path and corrects the moving path based on the preset optimal route of the target melting furnace when the corresponding batching module meets the determination condition, and the moving level is improved when entering the preset optimal route of the target melting furnace, i.e., when moving on the preset optimal route, if meeting the remaining batching modules, the priority driving level is the highest;

[0104] The determination condition includes:

[0105] Z1, level comparison: judge the emergency level of the target melting furnace Emergency level of the current feeding module task ;

[0106] That is ;

[0107] Z2, cost comparison: meet the cost function , then it is true;

[0108] Distance to the current target smelting furnace, Distance to the new target smelting furnace, Moving speed of the feeding module, Cost threshold, that is, the maximum acceptable path adjustment cost;

[0109] Z3, path adjustment comparison:

[0110] When both And The feeding module closest to the target smelting furnace generates a modified path to the target smelting furnace based on its position, and moves along the modified path to the corresponding preset optimal route.

[0111] In this embodiment, the feeding module uses a first feeding vehicle 1, which includes a first automatic driving unit 11, and a loading unit 12 and a pushing unit 13 are installed on the upper side of the first automatic driving unit 11. The loading unit 12 is used to load solid aluminum materials for feeding, and the loading unit 12 extends into the interior of the smelting furnace during feeding;

[0112] After the pushing unit 13 is started, its output end moves along the loading unit 12 to feed the solid aluminum materials on its upper side;

[0113] In this embodiment, the pushing unit 13 includes a pushing plate assembly and a stroke assembly, and the pushing plate assembly is in sliding connection with the loading unit 12. The stroke assembly adopts a cylinder structure, and its output end is in rotary connection with the loading unit 12.

[0114] After the first feeding vehicle 1 moves to the side of the target smelting furnace, the loading unit 12 is extended into the smelting furnace, and then the pushing unit 13 is started to push the solid aluminum materials along the loading unit 12, thereby completing the feeding work.

[0115] Embodiment 2

[0116] A trackless self-propelled solid aluminum intelligent feeding system for a high-temperature smelting furnace, comprising a plurality of smelting furnace monitoring modules, feeding modules, warehouse management modules, and host management modules.

[0117] Each smelting furnace monitoring module corresponds to a group of smelting furnaces for smelting aluminum, monitors and obtains smelting information of aluminum materials in the smelting furnace, and sends a feeding request to the host management module after monitoring that the aluminum liquid height in the smelting furnace is lower than a preset threshold or the aluminum material consumption rate exceeds a preset value.

[0118] The smelting furnace monitoring module comprises:

[0119] The weight sensing unit is installed below the smelting furnace and is used to monitor the weight of the aluminum materials in the smelting furnace.

[0120] The liquid level sensing unit is used to monitor the real-time height of the aluminum liquid in the smelting furnace and the fluctuation of the aluminum liquid surface height, and generate the aluminum liquid surface height change rate through the fluctuation of the aluminum liquid surface height.

[0121] The temperature sensing unit monitors the temperature in the smelting furnace.

[0122] The feeding request comprises a target smelting furnace number, a required aluminum material amount, and a required time to reach an alarm value, and the alarm value is a time required for the aluminum liquid height in the current smelting furnace to reach a preset height or a time required for reaching a preset aluminum material amount at a current aluminum material consumption rate.

[0123] The smelting furnace monitoring module monitors and calculates the mass of the remaining solid aluminum in the interior through the weight sensing unit, the liquid level sensing unit, and the temperature sensing unit.

[0124] The calculation formula of the remaining solid aluminum is .

[0125] The liquid aluminum density after temperature correction is obtained through the formula .

[0126] Further technical improvements of the present application are that the method for obtaining the aluminum material consumption rate is:

[0127] S1, the liquid level sensing unit obtains the aluminum liquid surface height change rate through ;

[0128] S2, based on the temperature monitored by the temperature sensing unit in the smelting furnace, the mass change rate of the liquid aluminum is corrected to obtain the mass change rate of the liquid aluminum, and the corrected formula is: . ;

[0129] S3, based on the consumption rate of the liquid aluminum, the consumption rate of the solid aluminum is generated, because the consumption rate of the solid aluminum is equal to the mass change rate of the liquid aluminum, so the solid aluminum is converted into liquid aluminum in the melting process.

[0130] The formula is .

[0131] The host management module generates a distribution network based on the position information of each smelting furnace, taking the warehouse as the starting point, and generates the optimal route of each smelting furnace taking the warehouse as the starting point based on the distribution network;

[0132] The host management module sends the batching data to the warehouse management module when receiving the feeding request, and the batching data includes the aluminum material amount, the target smelting furnace number, and the request emergency level;

[0133] The request emergency level is determined based on the time required to reach the alarm value in the feeding request;

[0134] The warehouse management module feeds the corresponding amount of aluminum material to the first responding feeding module after receiving the batching data, and resets the request emergency level based on the response time of the feeding module and the time required to feed the corresponding aluminum material, that is, the corresponding smelting furnace resets the request emergency level based on the remaining time required to reach the alarm value;

[0135] The feeding module plans a moving route to the corresponding smelting furnace based on the newly generated request emergency level, and feeds the aluminum material into the smelting furnace after reaching the corresponding smelting furnace side.

[0136] The host management module monitors the working state of all feeding modules, and calculates whether the feeding module loaded with solid aluminum material can complete the task within the corresponding time based on the time corresponding to the reset request emergency level;

[0137] The formula for obtaining the request emergency level is ;

[0138] After the feeding module cannot complete the feeding task within the remaining time, the host management module sends a determination request to the remaining feeding modules in the material transporting state, and the feeding module changes the moving path after the corresponding feeding module meets the determination condition, and corrects the moving path based on the preset optimal route of the target smelting furnace, and the moving level is improved after entering the preset optimal route of the target smelting furnace, that is, when moving on the preset optimal route, if it meets the remaining feeding module, the priority driving level is the highest;

[0139] The determination condition includes:

[0140] Z1, level comparison: judge the emergency level of the target smelting furnace and the emergency level of the current feeding module task ;

[0141] That is ;

[0142] Z2, cost comparison: meet the cost function , then it is true;

[0143] distance to the current target smelting furnace, distance to the new target smelting furnace, moving speed of the feeding module, cost threshold, i.e. maximum acceptable path adjustment cost;

[0144] Z3, path adjustment comparison:

[0145] when both and are satisfied, the feeding module closest to the target smelting furnace generates a modified path to the preset optimal route to the target smelting furnace based on its position, and moves along the modified path to the corresponding preset optimal route.

[0146] In this embodiment, the smelting furnace monitoring module divides the area in the smelting furnace into multiple feeding areas based on the feeding direction of the feeding module;

[0147] The temperature sensing unit in the smelting furnace monitoring module identifies the temperature of each feeding area, and identifies the solid aluminum content in the feeding area based on the temperature of each feeding area;

[0148] The solid aluminum content in the corresponding feeding area is obtained by the formula

[0149] wherein, is the initial solid aluminum content of the area, T is the current area temperature, is the melting temperature of aluminum, is the maximum temperature of the smelting furnace.

[0150] And the inside of the smelting furnace is provided with a connecting groove, and the feeding module adopts a second feeding vehicle 2, and the multiple feeding areas are distributed in a direction perpendicular to the connecting groove;

[0151] Please refer to Figure 2 , the second feeding vehicle 2 includes a second automatic driving unit 21, the second automatic driving unit 21 is built-in height adjustment structure, the upper side of the second automatic driving unit 21 is provided with a second base frame 22, the inside of the second base frame 22 is provided with a second driving unit 23 and a third driving unit 25, and the inside of the second base frame 22 is slidably connected with a guide rail unit 24, and the output end of the second driving unit 23 is connected with the guide rail unit 24;

[0152] The two sides of one end of the guide rail unit 24 towards the smelting furnace are provided with sliding parts, and after the guide rail unit 24 enters the smelting furnace, the sliding parts on the two sides are respectively slidably connected with the connecting grooves on the two sides of the smelting furnace, so as to improve the stability after entering the smelting furnace;

[0153] ​The output end of the third driving unit 25 is equipped with a feeding unit 26. The end of the feeding unit 26 facing the smelting furnace is slidably connected to the guide rail unit 24, and the end of the feeding unit 26 facing the smelting furnace is the feeding end.

[0154] After the third driving unit 25 is started, the feeding end of the feeding unit 26 is moved to the feeding area with the lowest solid aluminum content;

[0155] The feeding unit 26 includes a moving part connected to the output end of the third driving unit 25, the moving part is connected to the loading part by driving rotation, and a driving component is installed between the moving part and the loading part;

[0156] After the feeding end of the feeding unit 26 moves to the corresponding feeding area, the driving component is started, which drives the loading part to rotate with the rotating connection part with the moving part as the center of the circle. After the loading part rotates, it tilts and feeds the solid aluminum material on its upper side.

[0157] Example 3

[0158] Compared with Example 2, the feeding unit 26 in Example 3 can be seen in Figures 3-4 As shown, it includes a carrier plate 261 and a rotating material plate 263. Limit blocks 262 are provided on both sides of one end of the carrier plate 261 facing the smelting furnace.

[0159] Slide grooves are provided on both sides of the guide rail unit 24. The two sets of limit blocks 262 in the feeding unit 26 are respectively slidably connected to the two sets of slide grooves inside the guide rail unit 24, and the angle is kept unchanged during the sliding.

[0160] Rotating members 268 are provided on both sides of one end of the rotating material plate 263 facing the smelting furnace. The two sets of rotating members 268 are rotatably connected to the limit blocks 262 in the corresponding directions respectively.

[0161] A plurality of second dumping units 264 are installed between the carrier plate 261 and the rotating material plate 263. When the second dumping units 264 are activated, the rotating material plate 263 is dumped with the rotating part of the rotating member 268 and the limit block 262 as the center, thereby dropping the aluminum material.

[0162] The second dumping unit 264 includes an adjusting cylinder, the output end of which is upward and rotatably connected to a connecting piece, which is slidably connected to the lower surface of the rotating material plate 263.

[0163] A rotating frame 265 is installed inside the rotating material plate 263. The rotating frame 265 is used to load the aluminum material. When the aluminum material is put in, the rotating frame 265 rotates to speed up the feeding efficiency of the aluminum material.

[0164] The rotary plate 263 is installed on the upper side of one end of the rotary frame 265 towards the smelting furnace, and the blocking frame 267 is installed on the upper side of the rotary plate 263, and the blocking frame 267 comprises two groups of lifting cylinders, and the two groups of lifting cylinders are respectively installed on the two sides of the rotary plate 263, and the output ends of the two groups of lifting cylinders are installed with a baffle piece;

[0165] The distance between the baffle piece and the rotary frame 265 is adjusted by the two groups of lifting cylinders, so as to adjust the amount of aluminum material passing from the lower side of the baffle piece.

[0166] The upper and lower sides of the two groups of rotary pieces 268 are provided with positioning grooves;

[0167] The upper and lower sides of the two groups of limiting blocks 262 are internally provided with positioning assemblies 266;

[0168] When the rotary plate 263 is not poured, the positioning grooves on the upper and lower sides of the two ends of the rotary piece 268 are matched with the two groups of positioning assemblies 266 in the corresponding limiting blocks 262, and after the starting of each positioning assembly 266, the output end is embedded into the corresponding positioning groove, and the rotary piece 268 is locked, and the rotary plate 263 is positioned and reinforced at the same time.

[0169] When the solid aluminum material is put in, the second feeding car 2 first drives to one side of the corresponding smelting furnace, then the feeding port of the smelting furnace is opened, the second driving unit 23 in the second feeding car 2 is started, the guide rail unit 24 is moved along the connecting groove in the smelting furnace, then the third driving unit 25 is started, the feeding unit 26 is slid along the guide rail unit 24 through the limiting blocks 262 on the two sides of the feeding unit 26, until the feeding unit 26 moves to the area with the lowest solid aluminum content;

[0170] Then each positioning assembly 266 is separated from the corresponding positioning groove in the rotary piece 268, so that the rotary piece 268 can rotate in the corresponding limiting block 262, and then each second pouring unit 264 is started to rotate the rotary plate 263 and the two groups of rotary pieces 268 around the rotary part of the corresponding limiting block 262 as the center.

[0171] At the same time, the lifting cylinders in the blocking frame 267 are started to adjust the distance between the baffle piece and the rotary frame 265, and finally the rotary frame 265 is started to put the solid aluminum material loaded on the upper side into the corresponding pouring area.

[0172] The above merely describes the preferred embodiments of the present application, and is not intended to limit the present application in any form. Although the present application has been disclosed with the preferred embodiments as above, it is not intended to limit the present application. Any person skilled in the art can make some changes or modifications to the above disclosed technical content to obtain equivalent embodiments with equivalent changes, as long as the changes or modifications do not deviate from the technical solution of the present application. Any simple modification, equivalent change and modification made to the above embodiments according to the technical essence of the present application still belong to the scope of the technical solution of the present application.

Claims

1. A trackless, self-propelled, solid-state aluminum intelligent feeding system for a high-temperature smelting furnace, characterized in that: include: A smelting furnace monitoring module, wherein the plurality of smelting furnace monitoring modules correspond to a group of aluminum smelting furnaces, monitor and obtain aluminum smelting information in the smelting furnaces, and send a feeding request to the host management module after detecting that the aluminum liquid level in the smelting furnace is lower than a preset threshold or the aluminum consumption rate exceeds a preset value; wherein the aluminum consumption rate is obtained by: S1, the liquid level sensor unit obtains the rate of change of the aluminum liquid level, which is achieved through get, is the rate of change of the volume of liquid aluminum, is the rate of change of liquid level; S2, based on the temperature in the smelting furnace monitored by the temperature sensing unit, After correction, the mass change rate of liquid aluminum is obtained. The corrected formula is: ; is the volume change rate of liquid aluminum, Corrected density of liquid aluminum at temperature T; S3. Based on the consumption rate of liquid aluminum, the consumption rate of solid aluminum is generated; the formula is: ; is the consumption rate of solid aluminum, A is the cross-sectional area of ​​the smelting furnace, is the rate of change of the aluminum liquid level; The host management module generates a distribution network based on the location information of each smelting furnace and with the warehouse as the starting point, and the host management module generates an optimal route for each smelting furnace with the warehouse as the starting point based on the distribution network; When the host management module receives the material feeding request, it sends the material feeding data to the warehouse management module. The material feeding data includes the amount of aluminum material, the target melting furnace number, and the request urgency level. After receiving the batching data, the warehouse management module delivers the corresponding amount of aluminum to the first-responding feeding module and resets the request urgency level based on the response time of the feeding module and the time required to deliver the corresponding amount of aluminum. The feeding module plans the movement route to the corresponding melting furnace based on the newly generated request urgency level, and after reaching the corresponding melting furnace, it feeds the aluminum material into the melting furnace; The host management module monitors the working status of all feeding modules; And based on the time corresponding to the emergency level requested after the reset, calculate whether the feeding module after loading the solid aluminum material can complete the task within the corresponding time; The formula for requesting an emergency level is: Where, For, the remaining solid aluminum; is the mass change rate of liquid aluminum; If the feeding module fails to complete the feeding task within the remaining time, the host management module sends a determination request to the other feeding modules in the feeding state. After the corresponding feeding module meets the determination conditions, the feeding module changes its movement path and corrects its movement path based on the preset optimal route of the target melting furnace. After entering the preset optimal route of the target melting furnace, its movement level is improved; The judgment conditions include: Z1. Level comparison: Determine the emergency level of the target smelting furnace The urgency level of the current feeding module task ;Right now ; Z2, cost comparison: satisfying the cost function , then it is established; is the distance to the current target smelting furnace, is the distance to the new target smelting furnace, is the moving speed of the feeding module, is the cost threshold; Z3. Path adjustment comparison: At the same time satisfying and When the charging module closest to the target melting furnace generates a modified path to the preset optimal route of the target melting furnace based on its position, and moves along the modified path to the corresponding preset optimal route.

2. The trackless self-propelled solid aluminum intelligent feeding system for a high-temperature smelting furnace according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The material feeding request includes the target melting furnace number, the required aluminum material quantity and the time required to reach the warning value; The warning value is the time required for the aluminum liquid level in the current smelting furnace to reach the preset height or the time required to reach the preset aluminum quantity according to the current aluminum consumption rate.

3. The trackless self-propelled solid aluminum intelligent feeding system for a high-temperature smelting furnace according to claim 2, characterized in that: The smelting furnace monitoring module includes: The weight sensing unit is installed under the melting furnace to monitor the weight of the aluminum material in the melting furnace; Liquid level sensing unit, monitoring the real-time height of the molten aluminum in the smelting furnace and the rate of change of the molten aluminum level; Temperature sensing unit, to monitor the temperature inside the smelting furnace; The smelting furnace monitoring module monitors and calculates the mass of the remaining solid aluminum inside through the weight sensing unit, liquid level sensing unit and temperature sensing unit; Remaining solid aluminum The calculation formula is .

4. The trackless, self-propelled, solid-state aluminum intelligent feeding system for a high-temperature smelting furnace according to claim 1, characterized in that: The feeding module adopts a first feeding vehicle (1); The first feeding vehicle (1) comprises a first automatic driving unit (11), and a loading unit (12) and a pushing unit (13) are installed on the upper side of the first automatic driving unit (11); After the pushing unit (13) is started, its output end moves along the loading unit (12).

5. The trackless self-propelled solid aluminum intelligent feeding system for a high-temperature smelting furnace according to claim 1, characterized in that: The smelting furnace monitoring module divides the area inside the smelting furnace into multiple feeding areas based on the feeding direction of the feeding module; The temperature sensing unit in the smelting furnace monitoring module identifies the temperature of each delivery area, and based on the temperature of each delivery area, identifies the solid aluminum content in the delivery area.

6. The trackless self-propelled solid aluminum intelligent feeding system for a high-temperature smelting furnace according to claim 5, characterized in that: A connecting groove is provided inside the smelting furnace; The feeding module adopts a second feeding vehicle (2), the second feeding vehicle (2) includes a second automatic driving unit (21), a second base frame (22) is installed on the upper side of the second automatic driving unit (21), a second driving unit (23) and a third driving unit (25) are installed inside the second base frame (22), and a guide rail unit (24) is slidably connected inside the second base frame (22), and an output end of the second driving unit (23) is connected to the guide rail unit (24); Sliding portions are provided on both sides of one end of the guide rail unit (24) facing the smelting furnace, and after the guide rail unit (24) enters the smelting furnace, the sliding portions on both sides are respectively connected to the connecting grooves on both sides of the smelting furnace; The output end of the third driving unit (25) is provided with a feeding unit (26), and the feeding unit (26) is slidably connected to the guide rail unit (24) at one end facing the smelting furnace; The feeding unit (26) moves along the guide rail unit (24) to a feeding area with the lowest solid aluminum content, and feeds the loaded solid aluminum material.

7. A trackless, self-propelled, intelligent solid aluminum feeding method for a high-temperature smelting furnace according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: The feeding method comprises the following steps: Step 1: Each smelting furnace monitoring module monitors the aluminum smelting information in the corresponding smelting furnace. When it detects that the aluminum liquid level in the smelting furnace is lower than the preset threshold or the aluminum consumption rate exceeds the preset value, it sends a feeding request to the host management module; Step 2: After receiving the material feeding request, the host management module sends the material data to the warehouse management module; Step 3: After receiving the batching data, the warehouse management module delivers the corresponding amount of aluminum material to the feeding module that responds first; The feeding module plans the movement route to the corresponding melting furnace based on the time required to reach the corresponding melting furnace, and feeds the aluminum material into the melting furnace after reaching one side of the corresponding melting furnace.

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