With the introduction and popularization of industry standards and the gradual maturity of the luminaire assembly process, the automation of the LED industry has gradually evolved from single-machine automation to automation of the entire system and smart factories. The development direction of digitalization, informationization and intelligence has become Industry consensus.
The introduction of high-precision and high-flexibility robots is also becoming the choice of LED-scale enterprises. The use of robots can further improve the automation level of the LED industry within the range of cost control and acceptable investment return period.
Large-scale enterprise layout unmanned factory, robot usage will be immeasurable
Whether it is successful automation or layout automation, or LED companies that want to layout but have not yet started layout automation, it is undeniable that automation is also the trend in the LED industry.
“It used to be a stand-alone automation. Now we connect it into a line, form a system of automation, and gradually evolve into a packaged unmanned factory. The entire plant's machinery and equipment are collected into one system, and the factory's machines are uniformly monitored through the data terminal. In the case of equipment, packaging unmanned factories is the future development trend of LED packaging, which is no doubt.†Zhou Shihua, marketing manager of Hyun Shuo Zhizhi, said.
It is worth noting that the current automated production of LED lighting has not only stayed on the automation of the equipment, but also reflected in the intelligent manufacturing of the entire factory.
It is understood that since 2013, Hyun Shuo has begun to prepare the MES system of the manufacturing plant, trying to create a truly smart factory.
The person in charge of Taiwan Science and Technology said that the automation of Taiwanese technology is mainly extended from the two processes of splitting and braiding, involving labeling, etc., connecting the devices through systematic means and replacing artificial as much as possible. The person in charge also said that the ultimate goal of Taiwan Technology is "unmanned factory."
At present, LED packaging is considered to be the most used part of robots. Xie Peng, general manager of Gaogong LED, said that in the design of unmanned factories, an LED packaging production line needs about 40 SCARA robots. From now on, some large LED packaging companies In terms of volume, the amount of robots will be very impressive, and the amount of calculation will exceed 100,000 units.
However, as far as the whole LED automation is concerned, because the problem of artificial recruitment is more and more difficult, the labor cost will be higher and higher, so replacing the labor with the robot will also be the future choice of the enterprise, although the cost factor has become a problem for many companies. Concerns.
"In the long run, companies should not only analyze from the perspective of economic costs, but also need to judge the future Chinese labor market," said Tang Qiongshan, general manager of Lidaxin.
Robots have a wide range of applications in LEDs
Similar to the 3C and electronics industries, currently in the LED industry, robots are mainly used for some handling and process connections. But some companies say that the application of robots in the LED industry is not limited to these areas.
Zhou Shihua said that the LED packaging factory has built a smart factory and needs some system manipulators, mainly for the connection between handling and process.
It is worth mentioning that in the field of new energy lithium battery assembly, Hyun Shuo has also been transformed into a fully automatic production line. The robots and handling trolleys inside are all made by Hyun Shuo, including six-axis robots; In the Hyun Shuo hardware stamping automation production line, some handling robots have been used, mainly responsible for moving the products from A to B.
In addition to the dazzling wisdom, there are also some LED companies that indicate that they have plans to do their own robots, but when it comes to commercial layout, the relevant person in charge did not disclose the ways and requirements for the use of the robot arm.
In fact, Taigong Technology has used simple single-axis robots in the design of automated production lines. The robots mainly perform the sorting of defective products. The person in charge believes that the amount of robots will increase in the subsequent automation design.
In addition to handling and process connection, Li Daxin general manager Tang Qiongshan said that the robots are now widely used in the LED industry, such as welding, and some mechanical die casting machines and injection molding machines, which are clamped by robots. convenient. "If this station can be replaced by a robot, the starting point and trend of our industry is to use robots instead." Tang Qiongshan further said.
In Tang Qiongshan's view, the automation of the LED industry will be further accelerated, and in the process of speeding up, the scope of use of robots will be further expanded, and the number of replaceable processes will be more and more.
LED industry requirements for robot performance and price
In the LED packaging, because the weight of the product is not very heavy, the load requirements for the robot arm are not too high, and the arm with a long arm length is not required, but in the sorting, because the chip is small in size, Therefore, there are certain requirements for the accuracy of the robot arm.
Zhou Shihua pointed out that the current "unmanned factory" project is still doing a preliminary plan, and the accuracy and speed of the robot must be confirmed with the engineer.
In addition to sorting, the LED industry has certain requirements for loading and unloading robots. Previously, it was carried out by means of conveyor belts. However, conveyor belts have certain limitations in conveying raw materials and are not flexible enough. Therefore, it would be best if robots could be replaced. The choice, but requires the robot to move around flexibly. At present, the solution that the company thinks is feasible is to use the AGV to carry the robot arm to load and unload. The flexibility and speed are more concerned by the enterprise.
Of course, the specific requirements for robot performance need to be determined according to the specific process. Tang Qiongshan said that the performance requirements of different processes for robots are different.
It is worth mentioning that the LED lighting market is large in volume, but the profit is low, which is why the automation is only in some enterprises that have reached the output value scale. Therefore, for LED lighting enterprises, the cost control of the production line is particularly important. Therefore, in the use of robots, domestic robot companies with price advantages will have more advantages.
“Simple robots will do it ourselves, but if it involves a complex movement that requires outsourcing robots, we will choose to use domestic robots,†Zhou Shihua said.
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