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; Modern production and modern logistics put forward higher requirements for logistics machinery and equipment. With the improvement of the design ability of modern mechanical equipment and the rapid progress of science and technology, the technical content, knowledge content and cultural content of logistics mechanical equipment have increased dramatically. Logistics mechanical equipment is undergoing a great change. In the new century, the technical performance of logistics machinery and equipment will enter a new stage of development, and logistics machinery and equipment will certainly achieve greater development

Looking at the development status of logistics machinery and equipment, it can be seen 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, identification speed and operation 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, carrying capacity, productivity and operating capacity of logistics machinery and equipment are getting larger and faster.

2. Practicality and lightness

Logistics machinery and equipment are the important material and technical basis of modern and automatic logistics. Logistics machinery and equipment are required to be easy to use, easy to maintain and operate, excellent durability, trouble free and good economy, as well as high safety and reliability. Therefore, in the future, more attention will be paid to the development of logistics machinery and equipment with good performance, low cost and high reliability. Some logistics machinery and equipment are used in general occasions, and the work is not heavy. This type 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 reduce the operation cost of the equipment. This light-weight equipment will have faster development in the future.

3. Specialization and generalization

Logistics is the product of social and economic development, and will inevitably present diversified characteristics with the development of social and economic. The characteristics of diversification reflect the diversification of the demand for logistics machinery and equipment, so that the logistics machinery and equipment have a variety of varieties and are constantly updated. The systematization and consistency of logistics activities and the rapid and mobile 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. Special equipment meets special needs with special functions and can play a priority role. For example, the functions, performance and adaptability of special cranes such as railway, ship and container will continue to increase; Container ships, bulk carriers, concrete transport vehicles, tank cars, etc. are widely used and have low cost. Some general-purpose equipment can also realize the rapid transformation of logistics operations and greatly improve the efficiency of logistics operations. For example, large container trailers can carry containers of all sizes of sea, air and railway transportation. In the future, general-purpose equipment will also be further developed.

4. Automation and intellectualization

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 device of large-scale and efficient cranes has been developed into a full electronic digital control system, which is composed of a full digital control drive device, a programmable controller, a fault diagnosis and data management system, a digital manipulation given detection device, etc. The application of advanced technology makes the crane more flexible, thus improving the comprehensive automation level of single machine. The operation of transportation equipment relies more on instruments, signals and auxiliary driving system, and the degree of intelligence is getting higher and higher. The development and application of auto drive system in sea and air transportation, delivery and pick-up trolley in automated three-dimensional warehouse, and intelligent transportation system (ITS) in road transportation will attract extensive attention from all countries. In addition, with the help of satellite communication technology, the transportation equipment can be tracked and controlled throughout the whole process, so as to respond quickly to market changes. At the end of 2000, northwest International Telecom Co., Ltd. established a freight vehicle dispatching management system for FAW storage and transportation company. It combines GPS, GIS, GSM and other technologies to realize the whole process tracking and monitoring of goods. The system can effectively avoid no-load of vehicles, reasonably and effectively arrange the time of receiving and shipping, greatly improve the utilization rate of vehicles, save the transportation cost, and enable enterprises or cargo owners to understand all the conditions of goods in transportation, so as to meet the needs of customers for vehicle safety services, management dispatching and information services to a large extent. Since its establishment, the system has worked well and played a good role, providing a foundation for effective logistics management, and will be more widely used in the future.

Intelligent handling vehicle (AHV) will also be widely used. The shape of the AHV is similar to that of the AGV currently used, but it is equipped with two general-purpose robots. During operation, it relies on the industrial camera that plays a visual role to judge the position and size of the goods. Like the same person, the AHV can freely carry the goods weighing 200-300kg with the manipulator. The AHV has the function of cooperative operation. When the cargo is too long and heavy, it can be carried by more than two ARVs. This will greatly reduce the specifications and models of ARVs and facilitate management. The joint operation of several AHVs of the same specification can greatly improve their operating 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, which is 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 has information processing function. It can store, calculate, logic judge, transform and other processing of various information detected by the sensor, and then send control instructions to the actuator. This kind of logistics machinery equipment also has a good information input and output interface, so as to realize the complete, accurate and reliable transmission of information in the whole logistics machinery integration system. Through system integration, logistics machinery and equipment can form priority matching and combination of different types of machines, learn from each other's strong points to complement each other's weak points, and give play to the priority effect. In the future, it will focus on the development of factory production and handling automation system, cargo distribution and distribution system, container handling system, and automatic sorting and handling system of goods.