Visual dendrobium candidum making machine
The visual Dendrobium maple pod production machine, which works in conjunction with a visual recognition system and a robotic arm, solves the problems of low efficiency and unstable quality of traditional manual operations, and achieves efficient automated production and product consistency of Dendrobium maple pods.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202422074341.5
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-08-26
- Publication Date
- 2025-09-09
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-08-26
AI Technical Summary
The current production of Dendrobium buds relies on manual operation, resulting in low efficiency, high cost and unstable product quality. Existing mechanical equipment is difficult to accurately identify and process the specific shape and size of visual Dendrobium buds, and cannot guarantee the consistency and quality of the products.
The visual Dendrobium maple bucket making machine uses a visual recognition system and a robotic arm to work together. It uses an industrial camera to identify the position and size of the Dendrobium, controls the robotic arm to clamp and rotate the fresh Dendrobium strips to form the required maple bucket shape, and combines with an oven to achieve automated production.
It has achieved efficient, stable and automated production of Dendrobium officinale, improved product quality consistency and production efficiency, and can adjust product specifications and forms according to market demand.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to a visual dendrobium maple pod making machine, belonging to the field of dendrobium automatic processing. Background Art
[0002] Dendrobium officinale, also known as Dendrobium candidum, is a traditional and precious medicinal herb renowned for its diverse benefits, including tonifying the five internal organs, anti-aging, and reducing the three highs. Traditionally, in the medicinal herb market, Dendrobium officinale and Dendrobium candidum refer to the same plant, differing only in the names given to the dried form. Dendrobium candidum is commonly brewed into a tea, requiring a rigorously controlled production process, including washing, boiling, and cooling.
[0003] Currently, the production of Dendrobium officinale (Fengdou) relies primarily on manual labor, a process characterized by low efficiency, high costs, and inconsistent product quality. Traditional production methods require a high degree of manual involvement, from planting and management to harvesting, drying, and packaging. These processes are susceptible to environmental influences, leading to fluctuating product quality and low production efficiency.
[0004] With the development of automation technology and the mature application of visual recognition technology, various industries have begun to explore the possibility of automated production of visual Dendrobium maple pods. However, the market currently lacks an automated production machine that fully meets the characteristics of visual Dendrobium maple pods. Existing mechanical equipment often has difficulty accurately recognizing and processing the specific shape and size of visual Dendrobium maple pods, resulting in the inability to ensure product consistency and quality. Utility Model Content
[0005] The utility model provides a visual dendrobium maple pod making machine to solve the problems of large fluctuation in product quality and low production efficiency in the existing making method.
[0006] In order to solve the above problems, it is proposed to adopt a visual Dendrobium maple bucket making machine, which includes an oven with an opening on one side and an oven door provided at the opening. The oven door is opened and closed by controlling electric push rods arranged in parallel on both sides. The baking rack is fixed on the oven door and slides out of the oven as the oven door opens. After sliding out of the oven, a visual recognition system for identifying the Dendrobium in the baking rack is provided above the baking rack. Two manipulators are also provided above or on both sides of the baking rack. The manipulators have the functions of grabbing the Dendrobium and rotating relative to each other.
[0007] A control unit is also included. The electric push rod, visual recognition system and manipulator are all electrically connected to the control unit. The control unit may include a Raspberry Pi as a host computer for processing data from the visual recognition system, and an STM32 as a slave computer for controlling motor drive, etc.
[0008] The visual recognition system includes an industrial camera that captures the situation of the dendrobium in the baking rack and uploads it to the control unit. The control unit analyzes the image to accurately detect the position, size and state of the fresh dendrobium strips, especially the position and size. It then controls two robotic arms to respectively grasp the two ends of the dendrobium in the baking rack, rotate the two robotic arms relative to each other, and gradually reduce the distance between the two robotic arms, that is, twist them according to a preset pattern until the fresh dendrobium strips are molded into the desired maple-shaped form. This action can shape the dendrobium strips into dendrobium maple-shaped forms.
[0009] A dendrobium collection tray is placed just below the opening side of the oven;
[0010] A door-shaped bracket is also placed on the open side of the oven. The door-shaped bracket is located outside the oven door and the baking rack, and the door-shaped bracket does not interfere with the oven door and the baking rack. The visual recognition system and the manipulator are fixed on the door-shaped bracket to achieve the fixation of the visual recognition system and the manipulator;
[0011] Compared with the existing technology, the present invention combines advanced visual recognition technology with a precise control system. The production machine can efficiently and stably produce visual Dendrobium maple dwarf dwarf dwarf dwarf dwarf, and can realize automated operations from production to drying to packaging. The present invention not only improves the production efficiency and quality stability of visual Dendrobium maple dwarf ... BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0012] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the utility model;
[0013] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic diagram of the utility model after removing the oven. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0014] In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described here are only used to explain the present invention and are not used to limit the present invention.
[0015] Example
[0016] Refer to the attached Figure 1 and Figure 2The present embodiment improves the visual dendrobium maple dou production equipment. The improved visual dendrobium maple dou production machine includes a baking oven 1. The baking oven 1 is open on one side and is provided with a furnace door 2 at the opening. The furnace door 2 is controlled by electric push rods 3 arranged in parallel on both sides to realize the opening and closing of the baking oven 1. The baking rack 4 is fixed on the furnace door 2 and slides out of the baking oven 1 as the furnace door 2 is opened. After sliding out of the oven 1, a visual recognition system 5 for identifying the dendrobium in the baking rack 4 is provided above the baking rack 4. Two manipulators 6 are also provided above or on both sides of the baking rack 4. The manipulator 6 has the function of grabbing the dendrobium and rotating relative to each other. The electric push rods The rod 3, the visual recognition system 5 and the manipulator 6 are all electrically connected to the control unit. The control unit may include a Raspberry Pi as a host computer for processing data of the visual recognition system 5, and an stm32 as a slave computer to control the motor drive, etc. A dendrobium collection tray 8 is placed directly below the opening side of the oven 1. A door-shaped bracket 9 is also placed on the opening side of the oven 1. The door-shaped bracket 9 is located on the outside of the oven door 2 and the baking rack 4, and the door-shaped bracket 9 does not interfere with the oven door 2 and the baking rack 4. The visual recognition system 5 and the manipulator 6 are both fixed on the door-shaped bracket 9 to achieve the fixation of the visual recognition system 5 and the manipulator 6.
[0017] The visual recognition system 5 includes an industrial camera, which captures the situation of the dendrobium in the baking rack 4 and uploads it to the control unit. The control unit analyzes the image to accurately detect the position, size and state of the fresh dendrobium strips, especially the position and size. The control unit then controls the two manipulators 6 to respectively clamp the two ends of the dendrobium in the baking rack 4, rotate the two manipulators 6 relative to each other, and gradually reduce the distance between the two manipulators 6, that is, twist them according to a preset pattern until the fresh dendrobium strips are molded into the desired maple bucket shape. This action can shape the dendrobium strips into dendrobium maple buckets.
[0018] According to the structure shown in the figure, the manipulator 6 may interfere with the electric push rods 3 on both sides when in use. For this reason, the manipulator 6 can be designed as a multi-degree-of-freedom manipulator 6, so as to flexibly avoid the electric push rods 3. For example, a mechanical joint and a corresponding drive motor that can enable the manipulator 6 to rotate downward 90 degrees are added to the manipulator 6 in the figure (this is easy to achieve with the existing technology). When in use, the manipulator 6 after rotating downward 90 degrees is directly extended into the baking rack 4 to grab the dendrobium, and then the manipulator 6 is reset and lifts the dendrobium, and a twisting action is performed to make the dendrobium maple cup.
[0019] The specific usage is as follows:
[0020] 1. Transmission and positioning
[0021] After the machine starts working, the fresh dendrobium strips are taken from the storage area to the baking rack 4 manually to ensure that the fresh dendrobium strips are delivered to the baking rack 4 at the correct intervals and sequence.
[0022] 2. Baking
[0023] The electric push rod 3 is controlled to close the oven door 2 and drive the baking rack 4 to move into the oven 1. The oven 1 heats the fresh dendrobium strips until they are softened enough to be twisted. The temperature and time during the baking process are precisely set by the control system to ensure the best processing state of the fresh dendrobium strips.
[0024] 3. Moving and removing the baking rack
[0025] When the fresh dendrobium strips are baked to the desired softening degree, the control unit sends an instruction to control the electric push rod 3 to move the baking rack 4 out of the oven 1.
[0026] 4. Visual recognition and position adjustment
[0027] The visual recognition system 5 captures the position and state of the fresh Dendrobium strips.
[0028] 5. Molding operation
[0029] The control unit instructs the manipulator 6 to operate based on the position and status information of the fresh dendrobium strips. The two manipulators 6 respectively clamp the two ends of the fresh dendrobium strips, and then twist them according to a preset pattern until the fresh dendrobium strips are shaped into the desired maple bucket shape. This action can shape the dendrobium strips into dendrobium maple buckets.
[0030] 6. Fixing and cooling
[0031] The formed dendrobium leaves are fixed by wrapping them with a fixing band (this step can be done manually), which firmly holds the dendrobium leaves in place. After the fixing is completed, the control unit controls the electric push rod 3 to retract the baking rack 4, allowing the dendrobium leaves to fall into the cooling area to cool naturally until they reach the desired hardness and condition.
[0032] 7. Completion and Output
[0033] After the cooled dendrobium leaves undergo final inspection, the finished product is sent to the packaging area or storage area, completing the entire production process.
[0034] Through the above working principle, the visual Dendrobium maple pod production machine of the present invention realizes fully automated production from the processing of fresh Dendrobium strips to finished products, improves production efficiency and product quality stability, and solves the problems of low efficiency and uneven quality in traditional manual production.
[0035] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent replacements and improvements 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 visual dendrobium maple bucket making machine, characterized by: The invention comprises an oven (1), one side of the oven (1) is open and an oven door (2) is provided at the opening. The oven door (2) is controlled by electric push rods (3) provided in parallel on both sides to realize opening and closing of the oven (1). A baking rack (4) is fixed on the oven door (2) and slides out of the oven (1) as the oven door (2) is opened. After sliding out of the oven (1), a visual recognition system (5) for identifying dendrobium in the baking rack (4) is provided above the baking rack (4). Two manipulators (6) are also provided above or on both sides of the baking rack (4). The manipulators (6) have the functions of grabbing the dendrobium and rotating relative to each other.
2. The visual Dendrobium chinense pudding making machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a control unit, and the electric push rod (3), the visual recognition system (5) and the manipulator (6) are all electrically connected to the control unit.
3. The visual dendrobium maple pod making machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The visual recognition system (5) includes an industrial camera, which takes pictures of the dendrobium in the baking rack (4) and uploads the pictures to a control unit. The control unit analyzes the pictures to detect the position and size of the fresh dendrobium strips. Then, two manipulators (6) clamp the two ends of the dendrobium in the baking rack (4) to shape the fresh dendrobium strips.
4. The visual dendrobium maple pod making machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: A dendrobium collection tray (8) is placed just below the opening side of the oven (1).
5. The visual dendrobium maple pod making machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: A door-shaped bracket (9) is also arranged on the opening side of the oven (1). The door-shaped bracket (9) is located outside the oven door (2) and the baking rack (4), and the door-shaped bracket (9) does not interfere with the oven door (2) and the baking rack (4). The visual recognition system (5) and the manipulator (6) are both fixed on the door-shaped bracket (9) to achieve the fixation of the visual recognition system (5) and the manipulator (6).