The development trend of logistics machinery and equipment

With the expansion of the scale of production and logistics, and the increase in the degree of logistics automation, logistics machinery and equipment have become more and more widely used in modern production and logistics, and their role has become greater and greater. Higher requirements. The improvement of modern mechanical equipment design capabilities and the rapid progress of science and technology have led to a sharp increase in the technical content, knowledge content and cultural content of logistics machinery and equipment, and logistics machinery and equipment are undergoing a huge 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 definitely 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, and high-speed means that the equipment's operating speed, operating speed, identification speed, and computing speed are greatly accelerated. The rapid development of modern society and economy has continuously expanded the scale of production and logistics. In order to improve operating efficiency and economies of scale, the demand for large and high-speed logistics machinery has continued to increase. The lifting capacity, load capacity, productivity, operating capacity of logistics machinery and equipment are getting larger and faster, and the working speed is getting faster and faster.

2. Practical and lightweight

Logistics machinery and equipment is an important material and technical basis for modern and automated logistics. Logistics machinery and equipment are required to be convenient to use, easy to maintain and operate, have excellent durability, trouble-free and good economy, and high safety and reliability. Therefore, in the future, more attention will be paid to the development and use 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 size and a wide range of uses. 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 develop faster in the future.

3. Specialization and generalization

Logistics is the product of social and economic development, and it is bound to present diversified characteristics along with social and economic development. The diversified characteristics 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 systemicity, consistency of logistics activities, and the rapid and maneuverable nature of transportation and distribution require that some equipment be developed toward specialization, while at the same time some equipment be developed toward generalization and standardization. Dedicated equipment meets special needs with unique functions and can play a priority role. The functions of special cranes, such as railways, ships, and containers, will continue to increase, performance will continue to increase, and adaptability will continue to increase; container ships, bulk carriers, concrete trucks, and tank trucks will be widely used at low cost. Some generalized equipment can also realize the rapid conversion of logistics operations, which greatly improves the efficiency of logistics operations. For example, large container trailers can carry containers of all sizes by sea, air, and railway. In the future, generalized equipment will also be further developed.

4. Automation and intelligence

Combining mechanical technology and electronic technology, applying advanced microelectronics technology, power electronics technology, fiber optic cable technology, hydraulic technology, fuzzy control technology to the drive and control system of the machine, realizing the automation and intelligence of logistics machinery and equipment will be Future development direction. For example, the new generation of electric control devices for large and efficient cranes has developed into a fully electronic digital control system, which consists of a fully digital control drive, a programmable controller, a fault diagnosis and data management system, and a digital manipulation given detection device. The application of advanced technology makes the crane more flexible, thereby improving the comprehensive automation level of the single machine. The steering of the operation of transportation equipment is more and more dependent on the intelligence of instruments, signals and driver assistance systems. The development and application of automatic driving systems in sea transportation and air transportation, delivery trolleys in automated three-dimensional warehouses, and intelligent transportation system (ITS) for road transportation will attract wide attention from various countries. In addition, with the help of satellite communication technology, transportation equipment can be tracked and controlled throughout the process to respond quickly to market changes. At the end of 2000, Northwest International Telecommunications Co., Ltd. established a set of freight vehicle dispatching management system for FAW Storage and Transportation Company. It combines GPS, GIS, GSM and other technologies to realize the full tracking and monitoring of cargo. The system can effectively avoid the no-load of the vehicle, reasonably and effectively arrange the pick-up and delivery time, greatly improve the utilization rate of the vehicle, save transportation costs, and enable the enterprise or the owner to understand the overall situation of the goods in transportation. To meet customers' needs for vehicle safety services, management scheduling and information services. Since its establishment, the system has worked well and exerted a good effect, providing a basis for the effective management of logistics, which will be more widely used in the future.

Intelligent Handling Vehicle AHV (AutonomousHandlingVehicle) will also be widely used. The shape of AHV is similar to the current AGV, but it is equipped with two general-purpose robots. When working, it relies on industrial cameras that play a visual role to judge the position and size of the goods. Like humans, it can freely carry heavy weights with robots. 200--300 kg of cargo. AHV has the function of cooperative operation. When the goods being moved are too long or heavy, two or more ARVs can work together to carry them. This will greatly reduce the ARV specifications and models and facilitate management. The joint operation of several AHVs of the same specification can greatly improve their operating capabilities.

5. Complete and systematic

On the basis of stand-alone automation of logistics machinery and equipment, various logistics machinery and equipment are integrated into a logistics machinery and equipment integration system through the computer, and coordinated with the logistics system through the control of the central control room. This type of logistics machinery and equipment has a high degree of automation and has an information processing function. It can store, calculate, logically judge, and transform various information detected by sensors, and then issue control instructions to the executing agency. This type of logistics machinery and equipment also has a better information input and output interface to achieve the complete, accurate and reliable transmission of information in the entire logistics machinery integrated system. Through the system integration of logistics machinery and equipment, it can form the priority matching and combination of different models, draw on the strengths and complement the weaknesses, and exert the priority effect. In the future, we will focus on the development of factory production and transportation automation systems, cargo distribution and distribution systems, container handling systems, and the automatic sorting and handling of goods.