In China, the output of castings is increasing year by year, and the casting industry is in the growth stage and has good development prospects. In recent years, the domestic economic environment has generally improved, attracting large foreign casting companies to increase their investment in China. On the one hand, it has improved the overall level of China’s foundry industry, and on the other hand, it has also increased the degree of competition in the domestic market.
The output of the foundry industry continues to expand, but the current level of technology is relatively backward. The automation level of foundry machinery and the level of mold accuracy, performance, compatibility, and reliability are still lagging behind those of developed countries. Many key parts and molds need to be imported.
Forecast of the development prospects of the foundry casting industry Green casting is the mainstream trend in the future
1. The characteristics of automation technology in the foundry industry
1. The degree of automation is very high: the foundry industry automation system integrates multidisciplinary technologies, including information technology, automation technology, computer technology, etc. When designing the system, many factors are considered, and automatic diagnosis, automatic alarm, etc. will be set Security features. In actual production, various failures of casting equipment will inevitably occur, and the automation system can quickly and automatically identify the types of failures, and can also perform automatic maintenance on certain failures, so as to ensure the normal progress of production activities. More importantly, once a safety failure occurs in the production process, the system can quickly determine and terminate production activities, playing a role of safety protection. In the production and casting, the electronic information control system is used to control the whole process, which effectively avoids equipment damage or safety accidents caused by human operation errors, and greatly improves the safety of production.
2. Improve the quality of casting products: the precision of automation equipment in the foundry industry is high, and all have achieved large-scale and standardized production, and the system is very strong. The designer designs the automatic control program according to the actual production needs, so that the entire production process can be automated, effectively reducing the error caused by manual operation, and making the production pass rate of the product reach a higher level. In foundry enterprises, the use of casting automation system to achieve assembly line operation can guarantee product specifications and quality, and the automation system can also provide real-time feedback and technical adjustments to product production quality. The entire process can be monitored. If quality occurs For problems, analyze the cause directly through the automated system and make repairs in time.
3. Changed the form of labor and saved labor costs. The traditional production mode of foundry companies is completed by a large amount of manpower. Such a production method is very inefficient, and there are many uncertainties in manual production, which makes it difficult to guarantee the high level of castings. Quality, and some emotional changes between employees will also affect normal production. The use of automation technology in the foundry industry has transformed the production and casting methods and replaced a large amount of manual labor with high-tech technology. It is only necessary to consume a certain amount of labor cost in the design stage of the automation system, and only a small number of personnel in the production can complete the entire production. Process, and some complex production links, the operation of automated casting equipment is more accurate and efficient than manual operation, and it can also produce products with diversified functions, so that the products have strong market competitiveness, thereby creating greater economic benefits for the enterprise .
2. Green and intelligent automation technology in the foundry industry will be the future development trend 1. Combining network technology to realize the whole process quality monitoring. Computer technology is developing rapidly. Network technology has been applied to various fields, providing great convenience for social production and life. . The integration of network technology into the automation technology of the foundry industry is also a future development trend. Through the use of network technology, the whole process control and remote control of product production can be realized in the production of the foundry industry, which is also conducive to scientific and efficient management. The technicians in the production workshop do not have to carry out inspections in the production workshop all the time. They can observe the production process of the workshop from multiple angles directly through the surveillance video in the network information system. Once a problem is found, the fault can be immediately judged and repaired in time. It affects normal production, reduces a lot of management personnel, and reduces enterprise labor costs.
2. The future development trend of automation technology to realize intelligent casting industry is oriented to the actual production needs of casting enterprises, helping casting enterprises to achieve high-efficiency and low-cost production, so as to obtain greater economic benefits. At present, intelligent technology is in a period of rapid development, and various fields have begun to apply intelligent technology to serve people’s production and life. In the development of automation technology in the foundry industry in China, operations research, physiology, psychology, etc. will be used to realize human-computer dialogue, automatic transformation and artificial intelligence simulation. Many production links directly replace traditional mental labor that relies on human brain judgment and decision-making. . At present, in the control system of casting equipment, RIS chips, high-frequency CPUs and multi-core CPUs are widely used, and automation and intelligence are integrated. The intelligent system issues instructions and realizes various tasks through the automation system.
3. Actively researching and developing new materials and developing a green economy towards green is an important part of China’s economic development and reform, which has received great attention in recent years. Traditional foundry companies have relatively high pollution and low production efficiency, which can no longer meet the current industry development requirements. Therefore, the green development of automation technology in the foundry industry is an industry requirement and an inevitable trend. Embarking on the path of green development, on the one hand, it is necessary to innovate casting materials and actively research and develop new low-carbon environmentally friendly materials. On the other hand, it is necessary to innovate the process flow of casting production, including product design, product packaging, product processing, product sales, etc. All links have implemented green processes, attach importance to product recycling, optimize production processes, and achieve environmental protection and pollution-free product processing.
4. Realization of optical-mechanical-electrical integration Optical-mechanical-electrical integration is the integration of computer technology, microelectronics technology, and optical technology, so that casting products with higher added value can be cast. In addition, the light energy in optical-mechanical-electrical integration technology Drive technology, sensor detection technology, laser technology and other technologies will promote the rapid development of automation technology in the foundry industry, making the industrial casting process more efficient, resulting in high-quality products, diversified functions, and saving production costs.
In conclusion, with the strengthening of environmental protection law enforcement, the foundry industry is forced to pay attention to environmental protection technology, pay attention to the treatment of casting smoke and dust, sewage purification, waste sand and waste slag utilization, and develop a variety of environmental protection equipment for casting, such as vibration shaker dust cover, mobile Vacuum cleaner, smoke purification device, sewage purification recycling system, Guiye casting automatic cutting machine, Guiye automatic polishing equipment, etc. At the same time, forward-looking entrepreneurs take the initiative to carry out clean production technological transformation and develop “green” casting products, and implement international corporate standards, which is enough to show that improving the quality of castings and promoting green casting is the future development trend of the foundry industry.