With the expansion of production and logistics scale, as well as the improvement of logistics automation, logistics machinery and equipment are used more and more widely in modern production and logistics; Modern production and modern logistics put forward higher requirements for logistics machinery and equipment. With the improvement of modern mechanical equipment design ability 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 huge transformation. 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 means that the capacity, scale and capacity of the equipment are getting larger and larger, while high-speed means that the operation speed, operation speed, recognition speed and operation speed of the equipment are greatly accelerated. With the rapid development of modern society and economy, the scale of production and logistics has been expanding. In order to improve operation efficiency and scale efficiency, the demand for large and high-speed logistics machinery has been growing. The lifting capacity, load capacity, productivity and operating capacity of logistics machinery and equipment are growing, and the working speed is getting faster and faster.
2. Practicality and lightness
Logistics machinery and equipment is an important material and technical basis for modern and automated logistics. Logistics machinery and equipment are required to be easy to use, easy to maintain and operate, with excellent durability, trouble free, good economy, and high safety and reliability. Therefore, more attention will be paid to the development of logistics machinery equipment with good performance, low cost and high reliability in the future. Some logistics machinery and equipment are used in general occasions, so the work is not heavy. This kind of equipment is large in batch and widely used. Considering the comprehensive benefits, it can reduce the appearance height, simplify the structure, reduce the cost, and also reduce the operating cost of the equipment. This lightweight equipment will have a faster development in the future.
3. Specialization and generalization
Logistics is the product of social and economic development, which will inevitably show diversified characteristics with the development of social economy. The characteristics of diversification reflect the diversification of demand for logistics machinery and equipment, so that logistics machinery and equipment have a variety of varieties and are constantly updated. The systematicness and consistency of logistics activities, as well as the fast and flexible 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 can meet special needs with special functions and can play the best role. For example, the functions of special cranes for railways, ships, containers, etc. will continue to increase, their performance will continue to improve, and their adaptability will continue to strengthen; Container ships, bulk carriers, concrete transport vehicles, tank cars, etc. are widely used with low cost. However, some general equipment can also realize the rapid transformation of logistics operations, greatly improving the efficiency of logistics operations. For example, large container trailers can carry all sizes of containers for sea transportation, air transportation and railway transportation. In the future, general equipment will also be further developed.
4. Automation and intelligence
Combining mechanical technology with electronic technology, applying advanced microelectronic technology, power electronic technology, optical cable technology, hydraulic technology and fuzzy control technology to the mechanical drive and control system, and realizing the automation and intelligence of logistics mechanical equipment will be the future development direction. For example, the new generation of electrical control device for large and efficient cranes has developed into a fully electronic digital control system, which is composed of a fully digital control drive device, a programmable controller, a fault diagnosis and data management system, a digital control given detection device, etc. The application of advanced technology makes the crane more flexible, thus improving the level of single machine integrated automation. The operation of transportation equipment depends more on the instrument, signal and intelligent degree of auxiliary driving system. The development and application of auto drive system system in sea transportation and air transportation, delivery and pick-up trolley in automated warehouse, and intelligent transportation system (ITS) in highway 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 to respond quickly to market changes. At the end of 2000, Northwest International Telecommunication 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 the empty load of vehicles, reasonably and effectively arrange the time of receiving and shipping, greatly improve the utilization rate of vehicles, save transportation costs, and enable enterprises or cargo owners to understand all the situations of goods in transportation, so as to meet customers' needs for vehicle safety services, management scheduling and information services to the maximum extent. Since its establishment, the system has worked well and played a good role, providing a basis for effective logistics management, and will be more widely used in the future.
AHV (Autonomous Handling Vehicle) will also be widely used. The shape of the AHV is similar to the AGV in use today, but it is equipped with two universal manipulators. When working, the AHV can judge the position and size of the goods by relying on the industrial camera that plays a visual role. Like people, the AHV can freely carry goods weighing up to 200-300kg with the manipulator. AHV has the function of cooperative operation. When the transported goods are too long or heavy, more than two ARVs can carry them together, which 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 operation capacity.
5. Complete set and systematization
On the basis of single machine automation of logistics machinery and equipment, various logistics machinery and equipment are formed 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 mechanical equipment has a high degree of automation and information processing function. It can store, calculate, logic judge, transform and other processing processing of various information detected by sensors, and then send control instructions to the actuator. This kind of logistics mechanical equipment also has a good interface for information input and output, so as to realize the complete, accurate and reliable transmission of information in the entire logistics mechanical integration system. Through system integration, logistics machinery and equipment can form the best match and combination of different models, learn from each other and play the best role. In the future, we will focus on the development of factory production and handling automation system, cargo distribution distribution system, container handling system, and cargo automatic sorting and handling system.