Automatic Melting-casting-palletizing Production System for Miniature Batch/Mass Metal Based on Robot Technology

Abstract

In metal recycling and smelting, especially precious metal recycling and smelting, a novel production system is put forward for the automatic and intelligent control of the melting-casting-palletizing processes based on the systems engineering principle with multi-robots. The system is optimally designed and consists of five fundamental function modules, the melting-casting robot sub-system, over-turning robot subsystem, palletizing robot subsystem, vibration-demolding table, and the ring-like rotating table. By using the modern cybernetics and intelligent control method in the whole machine control system with machine vision, location and gravity sensors and the corresponding algorithm, into to the PLC control system, achievement of energy saving and environmentally friendly small batch/mass metal recycling and ingot-making is gained with automation and intelligence.