On September 3, 2023, the first meeting of the China Rubber Industry Association tire laser lettering group standard preparation was held in STEP, which summarized the application experience of tire laser lettering robot workstation, and discussed and formulated the "Tire surface laser etching Specification". This marks the gradual maturity of the rubber tire laser lettering robot workstation launched by STEP and its partner Good intelligent, which has gained industry recognition and entered the stage of large-scale promotion and use.
China Rubber Industry Association deputy Secretary General, director of the Technical and Economic Committee Zhu Hong, China Rubber Industry Association Tire Branch Secretary Shi Yifeng and other association leaders presided over the meeting, China Quality Certification Center, Tianjin Academy of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai University industry experts, Technical experts from Michelin, Continental Horse, Sumitomo Rubber, Zhongce Rubber, Linglong Tire, Cylon, Giti, Shuangqian, Purin Chengshan, Huasheng and other well-known tire brands at home and abroad participated in the meeting.
Zhu Hong, deputy Secretary-General of China Rubber Industry Association and director of Technical and Economic Committee, chaired the meeting
Zhu Hong pointed out that the use of robots for rubber tire laser engraving is a new process, is a major process innovation, the development of tire surface laser etching standards group standards, the purpose is to sum up the experience of previous practice, promote advanced technology, to ensure tire quality to provide industry criteria.
Liu Haibo, general manager of Good intelligent, introduced that the rubber tire industry has been using the traditional engraving process for a long time, which has low efficiency, poor effect and high cost. In recent years, with the development of robotics and laser technology, domestic intelligent manufacturing enterprises engaged in automation, digitalization and intelligent practice began to study laser letching application scenarios, STEP and Good intelligent cooperation launched rubber tire laser letching robot workstation after more than 4 years of iterative research and development. In the rubber tire industry head enterprises such as Zhongce, Cylun, Linglong, double money, Gitong demonstration applications, not only to help rubber tire enterprises to improve product appearance, quickly respond to customized needs, improve manufacturing efficiency, but also in the anti-channeling management has played a role, more importantly, effectively reduce inventory, improve operational efficiency, for the rubber tire industry to create value.
Zhou Guangxing, general manager of STEP Robotics, said that STEP is willing to contribute to the intelligent manufacturing of the rubber tire industry. STEP in the rubber tire industry layout for many years, STEP high voltage inverter in the tire industry has a high reputation, laser lettering is STEP in the tire industry another masterpiece. In the future, STEP will integrate inverter, PAC, servo, robot and other products, together with partners, provide more efficient intelligent manufacturing solutions for the rubber tire industry, promote the intelligent transformation and digital transformation process of the rubber tire industry, and help the high-quality development of the rubber tire industry with the strength of STEP.
At the meeting, Hu Jianguang, chief technologist of Zhongce Qingquan Industrial Co., Ltd. shared the application experience of Zhongce rubber.
Rubber tire laser lettering intelligent solution
The rubber tire laser engraving application solution is a workstation composed of STEPSR50/2180 six-axis robot, 3D laser vision system, laser engraving system, McNamu wheel alignment mechanism, etc. With intelligent, low energy consumption, high safety, high flexibility, easy to use industrial robots combined with advanced new laser engraving technology, to solve the traditional tire production process pain points. It has the characteristics of fast production rhythm, clear and beautiful engraving, smooth and non-rubber edge, etc., on the basis of meeting the production process, it greatly improves the use efficiency of the vulcanization machine, reduces operating costs, and helps tire companies accelerate towards intelligent manufacturing.
Functional features:
1 New small and medium-sized load platform, modular design, with a new integrated control cabinet, small volume and multi-function;
2. Robot nanosecond flapping technology;
3 3D visual automatic recognition of any position of the tire, automatic positioning of the marking position;
4 Imported CO2 laser, no maintenance, no disassembly. Service life of more than 100,000 hours;
5 McNamum wheel alignment mechanism, automatic positioning tire center;
6 Equipped with negative pressure dust removal device to help green tire manufacturing;
7 Seamless connection tire factory MES system, data traceability, tire life cycle management.