Development trend of logistics machinery and equipment
With the expansion of production and logistics scale and the improvement of logistics automation, logistics machinery and equipment are more and more widely used in modern production and logistics; And modern production and modern logistics put forward higher requirements for logistics machinery and equipment. With the improvement of the design ability of modern machinery and equipment and the rapid progress of science and technology, the technical content, knowledge content and cultural content of logistics machinery and equipment have increased sharply, and logistics machinery and equipment are undergoing a huge transformation. In the new century, the technical performance of logistics machinery and equipment will enter a new stage of development, and the logistics machinery and equipment will certainly achieve greater development. With the expansion of production and logistics scale and the improvement of logistics automation, logistics machinery and equipment will be more and more widely used in modern production and logistics, and its role will also be more and more important; And modern production and modern logistics put forward higher requirements for logistics machinery and equipment. With the improvement of the design ability of modern machinery and equipment and the rapid progress of science and technology, the technical content, knowledge content and cultural content of logistics machinery and equipment have increased sharply, and logistics machinery and equipment are undergoing a huge transformation. In the new century, the technical performance of logistics machinery and equipment will enter a new stage of development, and the logistics machinery and equipment will make greater development
Looking at the development status of logistics machinery and equipment, we can see that in order to meet the needs of modern logistics, logistics machinery and equipment have the following development trends:
1. Large-scale and high-speed
Large-scale refers to the increasing capacity, scale and capacity of equipment. High-speed refers to the greatly accelerated operation speed, operation speed, recognition speed and calculation speed of equipment. With the rapid development of modern society and economy, the scale of production and logistics continues to expand. In order to improve the operation efficiency and scale efficiency, the demand for large and high-speed logistics machinery continues to grow. The lifting capacity, load capacity, productivity and operation capacity of logistics machinery and equipment are increasing, and the working speed is increasing.
2. Practicality and lightness
Logistics machinery and equipment are the important material and technical basis of modern and automated logistics. Logistics machinery and equipment are required to be convenient to use, easy to maintain and operate, with excellent durability, fault-free and good economy, as well as high safety and reliability. Therefore, more attention will be paid to the development of logistics machinery and equipment with good performance, low cost and high reliability in the future. Some logistics machinery and equipment are used in general occasions, and the work is not heavy. This kind of equipment has a large batch and a wide range of uses. Considering the comprehensive benefits, it can reduce the appearance height, simplify the structure, reduce the cost, and also reduce the operating cost of the equipment. This lightweight equipment will develop faster in the future.
3. Specialization and generalization
Logistics is the product of social and economic development, and it is bound to present diversified characteristics with the development of social economy. The characteristics of diversification reflect the diversification of demand for logistics machinery and equipment, so that logistics machinery and equipment have a variety of varieties and are constantly updated. The systematization and consistency of logistics activities, as well as the speed and mobility of transportation and distribution, require some equipment to develop in the direction of specialization, and also require some equipment to develop in the direction of generalization and standardization. The special equipment can meet the special needs with its unique functions and can play the best role. For example, the functions of railway, ship, container and other special cranes will continue to increase, the performance will continue to improve, and the adaptability will continue to strengthen; Container ships, bulk carriers, concrete transport vehicles, tank cars, etc. have a wide range of uses and low cost. Some general-purpose equipment can also realize the rapid conversion of logistics operations and greatly improve the efficiency of logistics operations. For example, large container trailers can carry all sizes of containers transported by sea, air and railway. In the future, general-purpose equipment will also be further developed.
4. Automation and intelligence
Combining mechanical technology with electronic technology, applying advanced microelectronics technology, power electronics technology, optical cable technology, hydraulic technology and fuzzy control technology to the drive and control system of machinery, and realizing the automation and intelligence of logistics machinery and equipment will be the future development direction. For example, the new generation of electrical control devices for large and efficient cranes have been developed into full-electronic digital control systems, which are composed of full-digital control drive devices, programmable controllers, fault diagnosis and data management systems, and digital control given detection devices. The application of advanced technology makes the crane more flexible, thus improving the integrated automation level of single machine. The operation of transportation equipment depends more and more on instruments, signals and driving aids. The development and application of auto drive system system in sea transportation and air transportation, delivery and pick-up trolley in automated warehouse, and intelligent transportation system (ITS) in highway transportation will attract extensive attention from all countries. In addition, with the help of satellite communication technology, transportation equipment can be tracked and controlled in the whole process, and rapid response to market changes can be made. At the end of 2000, Northwest International Telecom Co., Ltd. established a set of freight vehicle dispatching management system for FAW Storage and Transportation Company. It combines GPS, GIS, GSM and other technologies to realize the full tracking and monitoring of goods. The system can effectively avoid the empty load of vehicles, reasonably and effectively arrange the time of receiving and delivering goods, greatly improve the utilization rate of vehicles, save transportation costs, and enable enterprises or cargo owners to understand all the conditions of goods in transportation, and meet customers' needs for vehicle safety services, management scheduling and information services to the maximum extent. Since its establishment, the system has worked well and played a good role, providing a basis for effective management of logistics, and will be widely used in the future.
AHV (Autonomous Handling Vehicle) will also be widely used. The shape of AHV is similar to the AGV currently used, but it is equipped with two universal manipulators. When working, it relies on the industrial camera that plays a visual role to judge the position and size of goods. Like the same person, it can freely move goods weighing 200 to 300 kg with the manipulator. AHV has the function of cooperative operation. When the goods are too long or too heavy, more than two ARVs can work together to carry them. This will greatly reduce the specifications and models of ARV and facilitate management. The joint operation of several AHVs of the same specification can improve their operation capacity.
5. Complete set and systematization
On the basis of single machine automation of logistics machinery and equipment, various logistics machinery and equipment are integrated into a logistics machinery and equipment integration system through computers, and coordinated with the logistics system through the control of the central control room. This kind of logistics machinery and equipment has a high degree of automation and information processing function. It can store, calculate, logically judge, transform and process all kinds of information detected by the sensor, and then send control instructions to the actuator. This kind of logistics machinery and equipment also has a good information input and output interface to realize the complete, accurate and reliable transmission of information in the entire logistics machinery integration system. Through system integration, logistics machinery and equipment can form the best match and combination of different models, learn from each other's strengths and make up for each other's weaknesses, and play the best role. In the future, we will focus on the development of factory production and handling automation system, goods distribution and distribution system, container handling system, automatic sorting and handling system of goods, etc.
