【 Case Sharing 】 Ant Robot Helps Cross Belt Production Customers Create an Intelligent Manufacturing Benchmark Demonstration Project!

   The intelligent manufacturing project of the cross belt production line has introduced 7 Ant Robots laser SLAM transfer AGVs, RCS scheduling systems, RCS monitoring systems, AGV simulation systems, as well as automatic charging stations and servers and other supporting equipment. It has created a cross belt intelligent production demonstration project, improving work efficiency and safety while also exhibiting, comprehensively showcasing an intelligent manufacturing demonstration factory that integrates advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data.

As one of the common scenarios in traditional industrial manufacturing, cross belt production lines face problems such as low production efficiency, high work intensity, and poor flexible production capacity. With low production capacity and high costs, they accelerate the transformation of manufacturing enterprises towards unmanned and intelligent production.

1. The daily production capacity of the cross belt production line is based on a 12 hour working system, with a target of 400 sets. Currently, the daily production capacity of the production line is 200 sets, which is only half of the target capacity; The per capita hourly production capacity is 1.19 units, with a significant labor cost ratio and low efficiency.

2. The rhythm matching of each workstation on the cross belt production line is poor, as shown in the bar chart data of each process in the following figure. Although there are currently flexible arrangements for workers with spare time to cooperate in production, the effect is not very ideal from the production capacity data

3. Waste a lot of time, about 10% of it.

4. The assembly process of certain processes is relatively backward, which affects efficiency.

5. Production is still mainly manual, with low levels of automation, intelligence, and digitization.

The intelligent transformation project of the cross belt production line has introduced 7 Ant Robots laser SLAM to transport AMR, RCS scheduling system, RCS monitoring system, AMR simulation system, as well as automatic charging station and server and other supporting equipment, achieving automated material transportation and integration with the production line, and meeting the material distribution needs of flexible production.

Roller Handling: The modular universal chassis of the Ant Robot is equipped with rollers on the top, which is a common material handling method in industrial automation scenarios. By automatically connecting with the roller line, it realizes material handling between different production lines and various workstations, fully automatic loading and unloading of materials, allowing the conveyor belt to extend infinitely and connecting the entire production line material flow. The entire transportation process is fully automated, effectively improving production flexibility.

Lifting and handling: The modular universal chassis of the ant robot is equipped with a lifting module on the top, which can automatically identify shelves with high precision and facilitate smoother operations. Laser SLAM navigation and QR code navigation go hand in hand, easily achieving logistics handling in complex scenes with narrow channels and dense pedestrian traffic. The 3D visual camera makes obstacle avoidance more powerful, with a modular design that provides standard interfaces for both internal and external use, making it highly versatile.

RCS scheduling system: self-developed core algorithm, multi-path optimal planning and vehicle cluster scheduling, real-time communication with vehicles, online monitoring system dynamically displays the working positions and operating status of each vehicle, optimizes traffic control and task information, avoids congested road sections, and achieves global optimal path navigation planning through linkage with other on-site automation systems and seamless integration with upstream and downstream equipment and systems.

With the support of AI scheduling algorithms, 7 Ant AMRs independently complete efficient, accurate, and flexible material handling tasks, completing the transportation and stacking from production to storage, realizing the automation of product circulation, improving efficiency while reducing error rates; Visualize production and material data through RCS scheduling system and simulation system, help enterprises optimize production and logistics processes, and achieve industrial informatization.

A software and hardware integrated delivery platform that meets the diverse needs of complex cross belt production scenarios, including from online distribution to automated three-dimensional warehouses, as well as complex and diverse handling scenarios such as human-machine mixing and unmanned loading and unloading.

After the renovation of the cross belt production line is completed, labor costs are significantly reduced. A production line can save 7 operators, reduce labor intensity, and allow employees to focus on higher value production activities.

The production line, which has undergone intelligent transformation, has doubled its production capacity, shortened the beat time and production cycle of each process, eliminated bottleneck processes, reduced bottleneck risks, and improved production efficiency. In addition, by optimizing the assembly process, splitting the content of workstations, adding parallel workstations, improving the assembly quality of each workstation and improving the inspection methods, the first pass rate can be increased, and the qualification rate can be improved.

At present, the cross belt production line renovation project has scalability performance, is compatible with similar product production, and is now accessible for visitors. The line is equipped with torque screw guns and MES system display, AMR ingredients, and fully demonstrates intelligent manufacturing. Through modular product deployment, platform system delivery, and continuous value provision, Ant Robot's excellent complex scene service capabilities help customers build benchmark projects for cross belt production lines.