Flexible Material Cutting Control With HPGL Workflow Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The inefficiency and imprecision in processing flexible materials stem from poor file compatibility among devices of different manufacturers and discontinuous production processes, leading to reduced productivity and accuracy.
Innovation Solution
A method and device for intelligent continuous processing of flexible materials, involving image acquisition, profile extraction using convolution networks, vector data conversion, trajectory optimization, and control signal generation to standardize cutting processes across different systems, ensuring seamless integration and enhanced precision.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate devices from different manufacturers are used for scanning, typesetting, and cutting, then device functionality is provided, but file compatibility deteriorates and production continuity is broken
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal file format standard (HPGL) that enables different devices from various manufacturers to communicate effectively. The control system translates diverse input formats into this standardized format, allowing scanning devices, typesetting systems, and cutting machines to work together seamlessly despite being produced by different manufacturers, thus achieving multi-functionality across the production chain.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary control system that acts as a mediator between devices from different manufacturers. This control system receives data from scanning devices, processes it through typesetting algorithms, converts it to standardized HPGL format, and transmits it to cutting machines. This intermediary layer resolves file compatibility issues by translating between different device protocols and the universal standard.
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate devices from different manufacturers are used for scanning, typesetting, and cutting, then device functionality is provided, but production continuity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent establishes a continuous production workflow where the control system maintains an uninterrupted data flow from scanning through typesetting to cutting. By implementing automated format conversion and standardized communication protocols, the system eliminates manual intervention and waiting periods between devices, ensuring continuous operation and maximizing productivity across the entire production chain.
3Adaptability or versatility
If manual file conversion and format adaptation are performed between devices, then device compatibility is attempted, but processing time increases and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary automated conversion of diverse file formats into the standardized HPGL format at the input stage of the control system. This preliminary action ensures that all subsequent processing steps receive data in the correct format without requiring manual conversion or additional translation steps, thereby eliminating time losses and maintaining high processing efficiency throughout the production workflow.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a method and device for controlling continuous processing of a flexible material, which includes generating an outer profile diagram and a defect profile diagram from an image of a collected flexible material; converting and merging the outer profile diagram and the defect profile diagram to generate a vector data format file of profile information; typesetting according to an outer profile and a defect profile of the vector data format file of profile information, so as to generate a graphic format file of a profile to be processed; converting the graphic format file of the profile to be processed into a graphic language format file of the profile to be processed; performing trajectory optimization to generate an industrial-standard HPGL instruction; compiling the industrial-standard HPGL instruction to generate a control signal; and transmitting the control signal to a motion execution system, and performing cutting by the motion execution system.