In industrial production, the popularity of automation is getting higher and higher, so look at what an automated factory standard is.
Controller
-- Automated factory brain
The controller (English name: controller) refers to the main device that changes the wiring of the main circuit or the control circuit in a predetermined order and changes the resistance value in the circuit to control the starting, speed regulation, braking and reversal of the motor. It consists of a program counter, an instruction register, an instruction decoder, a timing generator, and an operation controller. It is the "decision-making body" that issues commands, that is, completes the coordination and direct operation of the entire computer system.
Commonly used controllers in automation plants include PLCs, industrial computers, and so on.
Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), which uses a type of programmable memory for storing programs internally, performing user-oriented instructions such as logic operations, sequence control, timing, counting, and arithmetic operations, and passes Digital or analog input/output controls various types of machinery or production processes.
2. Robot
-- Automated factory executors
Robot, a robot that automatically performs work. It can accept human command, run pre-programmed procedures, or act on principles that are based on artificial intelligence techniques.
Its mission is to assist or replace the work of human work, such as production, construction, or dangerous work. Robots generally consist of actuators, drives, detection devices and control systems, and complex machinery.
3. Servo motor
-- Automated factory powered muscles
A servomotor (servomotor) is an engine that controls the operation of a mechanical component in a servo system, and is an auxiliary motor indirect transmission. The servo motor can control the speed and position accuracy very accurately, and can convert the voltage signal into torque and speed to drive the control object.
The servo motor rotor speed is controlled by the input signal and can react quickly. It is used as an actuator in the automatic control system, and has the characteristics of small electromechanical time constant, high linearity, and starting voltage, which can receive the received electrical signal. Converted to an angular displacement or angular velocity output on the motor shaft.
Divided into two major categories of DC and AC servo motor, its main feature is that when the signal voltage is zero, there is no rotation phenomenon, and the rotation speed decreases uniformly with the increase of torque.
4. Sensor
-- Automated factory touch
The sensor (English name: transducer/sensor) is a detection device that can sense the measured information and can transform the sensed information into an electrical signal or other required form of information output to meet the information. Requirements for transmission, processing, storage, display, recording, and control.
It is the first step in achieving automatic detection and automatic control.
In modern industrial production, especially in automated production processes, various sensors are used to monitor and control the various parameters of the production process, to operate the equipment in a normal or optimal state, and to achieve the best quality of the product. Therefore, it can be said that without many excellent sensors, modern production will lose its foundation.
5. Inverter
Automated factory exchanger
Variable-frequency drive (VFD) is a power control device that controls the AC motor by changing the working frequency of the motor by applying variable frequency technology and microelectronic technology.
The frequency converter is mainly composed of rectification (AC to DC), filtering, inverter (DC to AC), braking unit, drive unit, and detection unit micro processing unit.
The inverter adjusts the voltage and frequency of the output power supply by the breaking of the internal IGBT, and supplies the required power supply voltage according to the actual needs of the motor, thereby achieving the purpose of energy saving and speed regulation. In addition, the frequency converter has many protection functions. Such as overcurrent, overvoltage, overload protection and so on.
6. Solenoid valve
--Automated factory switch
Electromagnetic valves are electromagnetically controlled industrial equipment. They are the basic components for controlling fluids. They are actuators and are not limited to hydraulic and pneumatic.
Used in industrial control systems to adjust the direction, flow, speed and other parameters of the media. The solenoid valve can be used with different circuits to achieve the desired control, while the precision and flexibility of the control can be guaranteed.
There are many kinds of solenoid valves. Different solenoid valves play different roles in the control system. The most common ones are check valves, safety valves, directional control valves, speed control valves, etc.
7. Industrial camera
--Automated factory glasses
Industrial cameras are a key component in machine vision systems. The most essential function is to convert optical signals into ordered electrical signals from the AFT-808 compact HD industrial camera.
Industrial cameras are generally installed on the machine line instead of the human eye for measurement and judgment, and are converted into image signals by digital image pickup targets and transmitted to a dedicated image processing system.
The image system performs various operations on these signals to extract features of the target, and then controls the action of the device on the spot according to the result of the discrimination.
8. Instrumentation
--Automated factory adjustment system
Instruments (instrumentation) Instruments are instruments or equipment used to detect, measure, observe, and calculate various physical quantities, material compositions, physical parameters, and the like. Vacuum leak detectors, pressure gauges, length gauges, microscopes, multipliers, etc. are all instruments.
Various instruments and meters need to be applied in an automated factory. For example, measuring the pressure, liquid level, flow rate, temperature and other parameters required for some control processes requires relevant instrumentation.
9. Automation software
--The heart of the automated factory
Automation Software, due to the integration of industrial control systems, makes industrial control systems connected to traditional IT management systems and the Internet, and increasingly uses common software, general hardware and general protocols.
More common is the SCADA automation software. The SCADA automation system (supervisory control and data acquisition) is what we call the data acquisition and monitoring system. It is mainly a system that is supported by computer technology and performs automatic control of scheduling of various production processes.
SCADA automation software can automatically and accurately monitor production for a long time without being supervised, and obtain effective information data from it, providing a powerful evaluation reference for regulatory administrators.
10. Control cabinet
--The central system of the automation plant
Control Panel, control cabinet also includes many kinds, including electrical control cabinet, frequency control cabinet, low voltage control cabinet, high voltage control cabinet, water pump control cabinet, power control cabinet, explosion control cabinet, elevator control cabinet, PLC control cabinet, fire control cabinet , brick machine control cabinet and so on.
The automation plant involves electrical, variable frequency, power supply, water pump and other control cabinets, and different control cabinets are selected according to different needs to achieve different control functions.