In promoting large-scale intelligent manufacturing, only through the integration of machines and humans, and by driving changes in decision-making and thinking, can human work capabilities and directions be expanded, and machines be empowered.
Intelligent instruments take on more simple, repetitive, and even dangerous tasks, while humans undertake more management and creative work. Take, for example, the measuring instrument used in harsh steel rolling mills. The main body of the instrument is installed on the production line, enduring harsh environments such as high temperatures, dust, and water mist. The operating system's industrial control computer is installed in a more favorable environment, providing workers with intuitive displays by showing the test data and fitting images to the data.
Intelligent instruments handle most of the repetitive and dangerous tasks, while staff perform management and creative work. When deviations occur, they adjust the rolling mill, analyze charts to identify periodic patterns, and determine how to proactively adjust the mill to achieve high-quality production. This analysis by the staff is crucial. Intelligent inspection instruments can also transmit inspection data to the control system, thereby reducing wire diameter fluctuations and achieving high-quality production.
In terms of geometric dimension inspection, there are numerous online inspection devices, including outer diameter measuring instruments and straightness measuring instruments for round rolled products such as wire, bar, and tube; online width measuring instruments, laser thickness gauges, and X-ray thickness gauges for sheet products; and length measuring instruments and contour measuring instruments for various long products. Many of these inspection devices are instruments capable of online intelligent inspection.
With intelligent instruments, staff are freed from heavy and repetitive testing work. From testing to data display, chart drawing, and data storage, everything is done autonomously by the instruments. Testing personnel only need to do the initial specification and dimension input and daily maintenance. Their daily work is to learn and analyze data to achieve more efficient production and ensure that more high-quality rolled materials are produced.
To achieve intelligent manufacturing with human-machine collaboration, a process of transition from humans to machines is inevitable. Only when machines integrate more intelligent possibilities can they expand their capabilities further.
Through intelligent manufacturing and testing by intelligent instruments, more precise parts are produced through manual adjustments. In turn, various precision equipment and instruments are manufactured from these parts, promoting each other and achieving harmonious development.
