Intelligent control and cooperation system for weaving automatic production line

Abstract

The invention provides a weaving automatic production line intelligent management and control and cooperation system, and the system comprises an ERP system unit which is used for issuing production order material process data to a robot automatic production management and control system unit, and recording the production information; the integrated data center unit is used for acquiring yield data and parameter data of a machine, processing the acquired yield data and parameter data of the machine, generating order production progress related data and transmitting the order production progress related data to the ERP system unit; the robot automatic production management and control system unit is used for performing automatic production organization and data acquisition on the production process and generating a corresponding machine scheduling instruction; the weaving production line heterogeneous machine universal cooperation and information control system unit is used for receiving a machine scheduling instruction and sending the machine scheduling instruction to the intelligent robot cluster unit; and the intelligent robot cluster unit is used for issuing the scheduling command to an adaptive functional robot on the weaving production line so as to execute the operation.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of intelligent generation control technology, and more specifically to an intelligent management and control and coordination system for a weaving automation production line. Background Art

[0002] As an important part of the manufacturing industry, the textile industry occupies a pivotal position in the global economy. In recent years, with the continuous development of textile technology, the production capacity and market competitiveness of the textile industry have continued to improve, and its contribution to economic development has become increasingly prominent.

[0003] In the entire textile industry chain, weaving material production is one of the key links. At present, the weaving material industry has made significant progress in production efficiency and automation, but it still faces many challenges. Due to the complexity and diversity of the operating objects, it is difficult to achieve automatic connection and connection between different equipment, resulting in breakpoints in the production process, affecting the overall production efficiency. At the same time, some processes still rely on a large amount of high-intensity manual operations, which not only increases labor costs, but also makes the working environment worse. These problems have jointly led to the difficulties faced by weaving material companies in hiring and high costs.

[0004] Faced with these challenges, the textile industry urgently needs an innovative technical solution to achieve continuous, automated and intelligent production lines. By improving production efficiency, reducing labor demand and lowering production costs, this technology is expected to bring revolutionary changes to the textile industry and promote its development to a higher level. Summary of the invention

[0005] In response to the above problems, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an intelligent management and control and collaborative system for a weaving automated production line, which can realize automated execution from order to production execution, and can be used to build a robotized weaving production demonstration line, which is conducive to the production transformation and upgrading and technological upgrading of the weaving industry.

[0006] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is implemented through the following technical solutions:

[0007] The present invention discloses an intelligent control and coordination system for a weaving automated production line, comprising: an ERP system unit, an integrated data middle platform unit, a robot automated production control system unit, a weaving production line heterogeneous machine universal collaboration and information control system unit, and an intelligent robot cluster unit;

[0008] The ERP system unit is used to issue production order material process data to the robot automated production control system unit and record production information; production order material process data includes order information, material BOM, material process route, and product inventory;

[0009] The integrated data middle platform unit is used to collect the machine output data and machine parameter data from the robot automated production control system unit, and then clean, organize, calculate and store the collected output data and machine parameter data, generate order production progress related data and transmit it to the ERP system unit;

[0010] The robot automated production control system unit is used to automate the production organization and data collection of the weaving-oriented production process, and generate the corresponding machine scheduling instructions based on the production organization results and send them to the universal collaboration and information control system unit for heterogeneous machines in the weaving production line;

[0011] The universal cooperation and information control system unit for heterogeneous machines in the weaving production line is used to receive the machine scheduling instructions transmitted by the robot automation production control system unit, and convert the scheduling instructions into scheduling commands, and send them to the intelligent robot cluster unit to drive the intelligent robot cluster unit to start the operation;

[0012] The intelligent robot cluster unit is used to receive scheduling commands and send the scheduling commands to the adapted functional robots on the weaving production line to perform the operation.

[0013] Furthermore, the system includes:

[0014] The network management security unit is used to adopt enterprise field bus and network communication technology to ensure the normal operation of related equipment and terminals and real-time data collection.

[0015] Furthermore, the ERP system unit is set at the enterprise management level, and the ERP system unit includes: order information module, material BOM module, material process route module, and product inventory module;

[0016] The order information module is used to manage order information, including customer type, delivery date, and quantity; the material BOM module is used to specify the list of raw materials required for production;

[0017] The material process route module is used to define the flow process of the production process to be carried out and generate the material process route;

[0018] The product inventory module is used to determine the production order quantity during sales-production conversion.

[0019] Further, the integrated data middle platform unit is arranged at the data middle platform layer, and the integrated data middle platform unit includes: a device edge layer, a cloud IoT layer, a cloud data rule processing layer, a PaaS layer, and a SaaS layer;

[0020] The device edge layer is used to use the gateway device registered in the cloud IoT layer to upload the collected sensor, machine, PLC or instrument data to the cloud through the network communication protocol, and receive and execute the instructions sent from the cloud;

[0021] The cloud IoT layer is used for device registration, authorization, device monitoring, and maintenance, and sends instructions from upper-layer applications to the edge layer;

[0022] The cloud data rule processing layer is used to filter abnormal data, analyze rules and calculate collected data with the help of real-time streaming computing of big data, and derive new data or alarm information;

[0023] The PaaS layer is used to register and discover microservices, perform circuit breaking and current limiting, and provide data storage services and log management services with the help of standard containers.

[0024] The SaaS layer is used to provide user management, model management, gateway management, and instruction issuance services.

[0025] Furthermore, the production process for weaving includes but is not limited to: hanging yarn, warping, sizing, drawing in, warp tying, weaving, cloth dropping, cloth inspection, cloth repair, cloth stacking, packaging and rolling, and warehousing.

[0026] Furthermore, the functional robot comprises:

[0027] Warping and hanging yarn robot, yarn sorting and yarn end finding robot, warping upper and lower shaft robot, automatic warp beam transport robot, automatic upper and lower shaft robot for sizing yarn, automatic upper and lower shaft robot for weaving beam transfer, automatic warp drawing robot, automatic yarn sorting and yarn end finding and warp joining robot, automatic cloth dropping and transport robot, automatic cloth inspection vision system, automatic cloth coding robot, automatic packaging robot, automatic roll packaging robot, warehousing AGV robot.

[0028] Furthermore, the integrated data middle platform unit also includes: a machine operation information collection module and a production data module;

[0029] The machine operation information collection module is used to collect the machine output data and machine parameter data in real time during the production process;

[0030] The production data module is used to collect production data in real time and group it into shifts and personnel, so as to automatically collect and aggregate production data.

[0031] Furthermore, network communication protocols include but are not limited to: CoAP protocol, XMPP protocol, Restful HTTP protocol and MQTT protocol.

[0032] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effect of the present invention lies in: the present invention discloses an intelligent management and control and collaborative system for a weaving automated production line, which realizes data interconnection, issuance of process production instructions and robot execution by integrating the ERP system, an integrated data middle platform, a robotic automated production management and control system (MES system) for complex weaving production processes, universal collaboration and information control system (control layer) for heterogeneous machines in weaving production lines, an intelligent robot cluster (execution layer) and network management security.

[0033] The present invention realizes the management of order information, material BOM, material process route, and product inventory through the ERP system, and has a standardized product management method. The present invention carries out technical transformation and upgrading of some equipment models through the integrated data middle platform, so that the equipment adds new data collection skills, and at the same time collects operation information, alarm information, and output information to the data middle platform, making full preparations for data mining and data tracking, changing the traditional hand-copying production mode, and greatly improving work efficiency. The present invention realizes the production organization and data collection, fine production control and material tracking, and orderly and standardized production management of hanging yarn, warping, sizing, drawing in, tying warp, weaving, dropping cloth, inspecting cloth, repairing cloth, coding cloth, packaging and rolling, and warehousing automation through the robot automated production control system. In the universal collaboration and information control system of heterogeneous machines in the weaving production line, the present invention can integrate 12 types and 14 series robots developed on the weaving production line through the control layer, providing technical guarantee for the robot to execute commands. The present invention receives the work instructions of the universal collaboration and information control system of heterogeneous machines in the weaving production line through the intelligent robot cluster unit, and starts to drive the robot for on-site operation, greatly reducing the labor cost.

[0034] It can be seen that compared with the prior art, the present invention has outstanding substantive features and significant progress, and the beneficial effects of its implementation are also obvious. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0035] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on the provided drawings without paying creative work.

[0036] Figure 1 It is a system structure diagram of a specific implementation mode of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0037] In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the scheme of the present invention, the present invention is further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific implementation methods. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0038] See also Figure 1 As shown, this embodiment provides an intelligent management and control and collaboration system for a weaving automated production line, including: an ERP system unit 1, an integrated data middle platform unit 2, a robot automated production management and control system unit 3, a weaving production line heterogeneous machine universal collaboration and information control system unit 4, an intelligent robot cluster unit 5 and a network management security unit 6.

[0039] With the existing production process as the core, this system is designed as a distributed six-layer architecture, including enterprise management layer, data middle platform layer, production management layer, control layer, execution layer, and communication layer. ERP system unit 1 is set in the enterprise management layer, integrated data middle platform unit 2 is set in the data middle platform layer, robot automated production control system unit 3 is set in the production management layer, weaving production line heterogeneous machine universal collaboration and information control system unit 4 is set in the control layer, intelligent robot cluster unit 5 is set in the execution layer, and network management security unit 6 is set in the communication layer. There are quantitative relationships of connection, coupling, and process collaboration at each level, which can eliminate information islands and provide intelligent integration solutions for heterogeneous equipment across processes.

[0040] The ERP system unit 1 is used to issue production order material process data to the robot automated production control system unit 3 and record production information; the production order material process data includes order information, material BOM, material process route, and product inventory.

[0041] Specifically, ERP system unit 1 is connected to integrated data middle platform unit 2 and robot automated production control system unit 3 respectively. ERP system unit 1 sends production order material process data to robot automated production control system 3, and integrated data middle platform unit 2 transmits order production progress related data to ERP system unit 1. ERP system unit 1 mainly sends order information, material BOM, material process route, and product inventory. Order information is used to manage customer varieties, delivery dates, quantities and other information; material BOM is used to specify the list of raw materials required to produce the variety; material process route is used to specify the flow process of production procedures to produce the variety; product inventory users determine the number of production orders when converting sales and production.

[0042] In a specific implementation, the ERP system unit 1 includes: an order information module 11 , a material BOM module 12 , a material process route module 13 and a product inventory module 14 .

[0043] The order information module 11 is used to manage order information, which includes customer type, delivery date, and quantity.

[0044] The material BOM module 12 is used to specify the list of raw materials required for production.

[0045] The material process route module 13 is used to define the flow process of the production process to be carried out and generate the material process route.

[0046] The product inventory module 14 is used to determine the production order quantity during sales-production conversion.

[0047] The integrated data middle platform unit 2 is used to collect the machine output data and machine parameter data from the robot automation production control system unit, and then clean, organize, calculate and store the collected output data and machine parameter data, generate order production progress related data and transmit it to the ERP system unit.

[0048] Specifically, the integrated data middle platform unit 2 is connected to the ERP system unit 1 and the robot automated production control system unit 3. First, the integrated data middle platform unit 2 collects the machine production progress including output data and machine parameter data from the robot automated production control system unit 3; then, the integrated data middle platform unit 2 cleans, organizes, calculates and stores the collected data; finally, the integrated data middle platform unit 2 transmits the order production progress related data to the ERP system unit 1.

[0049] In a specific implementation, the integrated data middle platform unit 2 includes: a device edge layer 21, a cloud IoT layer 22, a cloud data rule processing layer 23, a PaaS layer 24, a SaaS layer 25, a machine operation information collection module 26 and a production data module 27.

[0050] The device edge layer 21 is used to utilize the gateway device registered with the cloud IoT layer to upload the collected sensor, machine, PLC or instrument data to the cloud through CoAP, XMPP, RestfulHTTP, MQTT and other protocols, and receive and execute instructions sent from the cloud.

[0051] The cloud IoT layer 22 is used for device registration, authorization, device monitoring, and maintenance, and sends instructions from upper-layer applications to the edge layer.

[0052] The cloud data rule processing layer 23 is used to filter abnormal data, analyze rules and calculate collected data with the help of real-time streaming computing of big data, and derive new data or alarm information.

[0053] The PaaS layer 24 is used to register and discover microservices, perform circuit breaking and current limiting with the help of standard containers, and provide data storage services and log management services.

[0054] The SaaS layer 25 is used to provide user management, model management, gateway management, and instruction delivery services.

[0055] The machine operation information collection module 26 is used to collect the machine output data and machine parameter data in real time during the production process, and can carry out technical transformation and upgrading of the equipment to increase the machine data collection capability.

[0056] The production data module 27 is used to collect the production data in real time and group it into shifts and personnel, so as to automatically collect and group the production data.

[0057] Among them, the machine operation information collection module 26 and the output data module 27 are technically upgraded according to the branch management experience and the output aggregation algorithm model is developed according to the management model.

[0058] The robot automated production control system unit 3 is used to automate the production organization and data collection of the weaving-oriented production process, and generate corresponding machine scheduling instructions based on the production organization results and send them to the universal collaboration and information control system unit 4 for heterogeneous machines in the weaving production line.

[0059] Specifically, the robot automated production control system unit 3 can adopt a robot automated production control system (MES system) unit for complex weaving production processes. The robot automated production control system unit 3 is connected to the ERP system unit 1 and the integrated data middle platform unit 2 respectively. The robot automated production control system unit 3 can realize the production organization and data collection of yarn hanging, warping, sizing, warp drawing, warp tying, weaving, cloth dropping, cloth inspection, cloth repair, cloth stacking, packaging and rolling, and warehousing automation, fine production control and material tracking, as well as orderly and standardized production management.

[0060] The universal collaboration and information control system unit 4 of heterogeneous machines in the weaving production line is used to receive machine scheduling instructions transmitted by the robot automation production control system unit, and convert the scheduling instructions into scheduling commands, and send them to the intelligent robot cluster unit to drive the intelligent robot cluster unit to start operation.

[0061] Specifically, the weaving production line heterogeneous machine universal cooperation and information control system unit 4 is respectively connected to the robot automated production control system unit 3 and the intelligent robot cluster unit 5. The weaving production line heterogeneous machine universal cooperation and information control system unit 4 receives the machine scheduling instructions transmitted by the robot automated production control system unit 3, and converts the scheduling instructions into scheduling commands to drive the intelligent robot cluster unit 5 to start the operation.

[0062] Among them, each automated weaving production line consists of a single machine + transmission system + robot at different workstations. In order to solve the problems of long process flow and many heterogeneous robots, the weaving robot information integration and fusion technology is utilized to establish data interaction technology between robots, single-machine workstations and the upper-level integrated management and control platform based on industrial communication network and field bus.

[0063] The universal collaboration and information control system unit 4 of heterogeneous machines in the weaving production line adopts a distributed fusion system based on field bus to form a multi-robot system integrated with an automated single machine, which can realize the robotized process integration and the collaborative process co-management system between multiple robots.

[0064] The intelligent robot cluster unit 5 is used to receive the dispatching command and send the dispatching command to the adapted functional robot on the weaving production line to perform the operation.

[0065] In the specific implementation, the intelligent robot cluster unit 5 is connected to the universal cooperation and information control system unit 4 of the heterogeneous machines of the weaving production line, including 12 types of 14 functional robots developed on the weaving production line. Among them, the functional robots specifically include: warping and hanging yarn robot, yarn sorting and yarn head finding robot, warping upper and lower axis robot, warp beam automatic transportation robot, sizing automatic upper and lower axis robot, weaving beam transfer automatic upper and lower axis robot, automatic warp drawing robot, automatic yarn sorting and yarn head finding warp joining robot, automatic cloth dropping and transportation robot, automatic cloth inspection visual system, automatic cloth coding robot, automatic packaging robot, automatic roll packaging robot, and warehousing AGV robot.

[0066] The network management security unit 6 is used to adopt the enterprise field bus and network communication technology to ensure the normal operation of related equipment and terminals and real-time data collection.

[0067] In a specific implementation, the network management security unit 6 uses enterprise fieldbus, 5G communication, industrial Ethernet and other technologies to ensure the normal operation of workshop equipment and real-time data collection.

[0068] In summary, the present invention can realize automated execution from ordering to production execution, and can be used to build a robotized weaving production demonstration line, which is beneficial to the production transformation and upgrading and technological upgrading of the weaving industry.

[0069] In this specification, each embodiment is described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments. The same or similar parts between the embodiments can be referred to each other. As for the method disclosed in the embodiment, since it corresponds to the system disclosed in the embodiment, the description is relatively simple, and the relevant parts can be referred to the method part.

[0070] In the several embodiments provided by the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, systems and methods can be implemented in other ways. For example, the system embodiments described above are only schematic. For example, the division of the units is only a logical function division. There may be other division methods in actual implementation, such as multiple units or components can be combined or integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. Another point is that the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed can be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of systems or units, which can be electrical, mechanical or other forms.

[0071] The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place or distributed on multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

[0072] In addition, each functional module in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each module may exist physically separately, or two or more modules may be integrated into one unit.

[0073] Similarly, each processing unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one functional module, or each processing unit may exist physically, or two or more processing units may be integrated into one functional module.

[0074] Finally, it should be noted that, in this article, relational terms such as first and second, etc. are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "include", "comprise" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, the elements defined by the sentence "comprise a ..." do not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the elements.

[0075] The above is a detailed introduction to the intelligent control and coordination system of the weaving automated production line provided by the present invention. Specific examples are used herein to illustrate the principles and implementation methods of the present invention. The description of the above embodiments is only used to help understand the method of the present invention and its core idea. It should be pointed out that for ordinary technicians in this technical field, without departing from the principles of the present invention, several improvements and modifications can be made to the present invention, and these improvements and modifications also fall within the scope of protection of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. An intelligent control and coordination system for a weaving automated production line, characterized in that: include: ERP system unit, integrated data middle platform unit, robotic automated production control system unit, weaving production line heterogeneous machine universal collaboration and information control system unit and intelligent robot cluster unit; ERP system unit, used to issue production order material process data to the robot automated production control system unit and record production information; Production order material process data includes order information, material BOM, material process route, and product inventory; The integrated data middle platform unit is used to collect the machine output data and machine parameter data from the robot automated production control system unit, and then clean, organize, calculate and store the collected output data and machine parameter data, generate order production progress related data and transmit it to the ERP system unit; The robot automated production control system unit is used to automate the production organization and data collection of the weaving-oriented production process, and generate the corresponding machine scheduling instructions based on the production organization results and send them to the universal collaboration and information control system unit for heterogeneous machines in the weaving production line; The universal cooperation and information control system unit for heterogeneous machines in the weaving production line is used to receive the machine scheduling instructions transmitted by the robot automation production control system unit, and convert the scheduling instructions into scheduling commands, and send them to the intelligent robot cluster unit to drive the intelligent robot cluster unit to start the operation; The intelligent robot cluster unit is used to receive scheduling commands and send the scheduling commands to the adapted functional robots on the weaving production line to perform the operation.

2. The intelligent control and coordination system for the weaving automated production line according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The system further comprises: The network management security unit is used to adopt enterprise field bus and network communication technology to ensure the normal operation of related equipment and terminals and real-time data collection.

3. The intelligent control and coordination system for the weaving automated production line according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The ERP system unit is set at the enterprise management level, and the ERP system unit includes: order information module, material BOM module, material process route module, and product inventory module; The order information module is used to manage order information, including customer type, delivery date, and quantity; the material BOM module is used to specify the list of raw materials required for production; The material process route module is used to define the flow process of the production process to be carried out and generate the material process route; The product inventory module is used to determine the production order quantity during sales-production conversion.

4. The intelligent control and coordination system for a weaving automated production line according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The integrated data middle platform unit is arranged at the data middle platform layer, and the integrated data middle platform unit includes: device edge layer, cloud IoT layer, cloud data rule processing layer, PaaS layer and SaaS layer; The device edge layer is used to use the gateway device registered in the cloud IoT layer to upload the collected sensor, machine, PLC or instrument data to the cloud through the network communication protocol, and receive and execute the instructions sent from the cloud; The cloud IoT layer is used for device registration, authorization, device monitoring, and maintenance, and sends instructions from upper-layer applications to the edge layer; The cloud data rule processing layer is used to filter abnormal data, analyze rules and calculate collected data with the help of real-time streaming computing of big data, and derive new data or alarm information; The PaaS layer is used to register and discover microservices, perform circuit breaking and current limiting, and provide data storage services and log management services with the help of standard containers. The SaaS layer is used to provide user management, model management, gateway management, and instruction issuance services.

5. The intelligent control and coordination system for the weaving automated production line according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The production process for weaving includes but is not limited to: hanging yarn, warping, sizing, drawing in, warp tying, weaving, cloth dropping, cloth inspection, cloth repair, cloth stacking, packaging and rolling, and warehousing.

6. The intelligent control and coordination system for the weaving automated production line according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The functional robot comprises: Warping and hanging yarn robot, yarn sorting and yarn end finding robot, warping upper and lower shaft robot, automatic warp beam transport robot, automatic upper and lower shaft robot for sizing yarn, automatic upper and lower shaft robot for weaving beam transfer, automatic warp drawing robot, automatic yarn sorting and yarn end finding and warp joining robot, automatic cloth dropping and transport robot, automatic cloth inspection vision system, automatic cloth coding robot, automatic packaging robot, automatic roll packaging robot, warehousing AGV robot.

7. The intelligent control and coordination system for the weaving automated production line according to claim 4 is characterized in that: The integrated data middle platform unit also includes: a machine operation information collection module and a production data module; The machine operation information collection module is used to collect the machine output data and machine parameter data in real time during the production process; The production data module is used to collect production data in real time and group it into shifts and personnel, so as to automatically collect and aggregate production data.

8. The intelligent control and coordination system for the weaving automated production line according to claim 4 is characterized in that: The network communication protocols include but are not limited to: CoAP protocol, XMPP protocol, Restful HTTP protocol and MQTT protocol.

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