Yarn Spindle Station-Passing Control Under MES Disconnection

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Solution Overview

Problem

The challenge in chemical fiber production is the inefficient and inconsistent station-passing of yarn spindles, which affects overall production pace and efficiency, leading to bottlenecks in output capacity.

Innovation Solution

A system involving a Manufacturing Execution System (MES), a first Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), and multiple second PLCs, where the first PLC acts as an intermediate layer to manage and process operational data, allowing automatic station-passing even when disconnected from the MES, ensuring smooth yarn spindle movement and reducing manual intervention.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If the first PLC continuously communicates with the MES to obtain station-passing indication information, then the station-passing efficiency is improved, but the system reliability deteriorates when network disconnection occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestation-passing efficiencyVSAvoidsystem reliability under network disconnection
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The first PLC stores historical station-passing indication information and operational data in advance before network disconnection occurs. When disconnected from the MES, the PLC uses this pre-stored data to continue controlling station-passing operations, ensuring uninterrupted production flow and maintaining system reliability during network issues.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If manual intervention is used to control station-passing, then the system reliability is maintained, but the productivity and production pace deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol stabilityVSAvoidproduction pace
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The first PLC automatically generates station-passing indication information and controls the yarn spindle station-passing process without requiring continuous manual intervention. The system monitors its own operational data and makes autonomous control decisions, achieving both high productivity through automation and reliability through consistent automated operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Speed

If the first PLC processes and stores operational data locally, then the response speed for station-passing control is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse speedVSAvoidPLC system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and stores only the essential operational data and station-passing indication information locally in the first PLC, rather than processing all possible data. This selective data extraction approach enables fast local response for station-passing control while keeping the PLC system complexity manageable by focusing only on critical information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS20260093226A1Method for controlling automatic station-passing of yarn spindle, electronic device and storage medium
Publication Date: 2026.04.02 ZHEJIANG HENGYI PETROCHEMICAL CO LTD
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AI summary

Provided are a method for controlling automatic station-passing of yarn spindle, an electronic device and a storage medium, relating to the technical field of chemical fiber intellectualization. The system for controlling automatic station-passing of yarn spindle includes MES, first PLC and second PLCs. The method for controlling automatic station-passing of the yarn spindle includes: obtaining by first PLC second operational data of target station from second PLC corresponding to target station and obtaining first operational data of target station according to second operational data; and if first PLC is disconnected with MES, recording by first PLC the first operational data and sending station-passing indication information to second PLC, so that second PLC controls target station to execute yarn spindle station-passing task based on station-passing indication information, where station-passing indication information is permission of station-passing.