针对目前重组竹竹方冷压成型工艺劳动强度大和效率低等问题,在深入剖析重组竹竹方冷压成型工艺流程的基础上,构建了重组竹竹方冷压成型自动生产单元的机械结构组成模块,设计了一套基于PLC的重组竹竹方冷压成型生产单元的控制系统。该自动化生产单元采用PLC控制,通过STEP7-Micro/WIN软件进行模块化程序设计,实时监控并设定各机械结构的运行参数,依托相关传感器部件采集并分析生产线信号数据,并向执行机构发出控制指令,实现冷压过程的远端送料、自动上下料和自动锁模等自动化功能,具有节省劳动力、降低劳动强度、工序间协调性好、生产紧凑、工效高和生产成本低等优点。
The demand for wood grows rapidly around the world, especially in China where the wood supply has failed to meet the needs of economic development. With the widening gap between wood supply and demand, more and more attention has been paid to bamboo as an alternative, and bamboo scrimber is a bamboo production with great de- velopment potential. The traditional cold pressing process in bamboo scrimber manufacturing is semi-antomatic and la- bor-intensive. To increase the efficiency of bamboo scrimber cold pressing, the cold pressing process was investigated and deeply analyzed. The mechanical modules of the automatic bamboo scrimber cold pressing unit were developed, and a control system was designed for it. The system was controlled by PLC and programmed modularly by using STEP7-Micro/WIN. The production line data from various sensors were collected and analyzed by the system instant- ly. The control instruction was then sent to the actuators to realize the remote feeding and automatic loading and unloa- ding. The system can lower labor cost and intensity, and increase the production coordination and efficiency.