CN-122003377-A - Automatic metering and conveying system and control method thereof

Abstract

An automatic metering and conveying system and a control method of the automatic metering and conveying system are disclosed according to embodiments. The system may include a frozen raw material conveying unit configured to convey frozen raw material, a frozen raw material hopper unit configured to discharge the frozen raw material supplied by the frozen raw material conveying unit, a raw material conveying unit different from the frozen raw material conveying unit and configured to convey the raw material, a raw material hopper unit different from the frozen raw material hopper unit and configured to store and discharge the raw material supplied by the raw material conveying unit, and a processor for controlling the frozen raw material conveying unit and the raw material conveying unit such that the frozen raw material conveying unit is stopped from moving based on the frozen raw material being accommodated in the frozen raw material hopper unit by a first preset amount and the raw material conveying unit is stopped from moving based on the raw material being accommodated in the raw material hopper unit by a second preset amount.

Inventors

• Lin Hengxie
• Guo Dongzhou

Assignees

• CJ第一制糖株式会社

Dates

Publication Date

20260508

Application Date

20240516

Priority Date

20231011

Claims (20)

1. 1. An automatic weighing and conveying system comprising: A frozen raw material conveying section configured to convey frozen raw materials; A frozen raw material hopper section configured to store and discharge the frozen raw material supplied by the frozen raw material conveying section; a raw material conveying section, which is different from the frozen raw material conveying section and configured to convey a raw material; A raw material hopper section, which is different from the frozen raw material hopper section and is configured to store and discharge the raw material supplied from the raw material conveying section, and A processor configured to control the frozen raw material conveying section and the raw material conveying section to stop operation of the frozen raw material conveying section based on the frozen raw material being accommodated in the frozen raw material hopper section by a first preset amount and to stop operation of the raw material conveying section based on the raw material being accommodated in the raw material hopper section by a second preset amount.
2. 2. The automatic weighing and conveying system of claim 1, further comprising: A mobile robot configured to carry a housing portion for housing the frozen raw material discharged from the frozen raw material hopper portion and the raw material discharged from the raw material hopper portion, and to convey the housing portion to a frozen raw material supply position where the frozen raw material is supplied from the frozen raw material hopper portion and to a raw material supply position where the raw material is supplied from the raw material hopper portion.
3. 3. The automatic weighing and conveying system of claim 2 wherein the processor is configured to: controlling the frozen raw material hopper part to discharge the frozen raw material from the frozen raw material hopper part based on the positioning of the accommodating part at the frozen raw material supply position by the mobile robot, and The raw material hopper portion is controlled to discharge the raw material from the raw material hopper portion based on the mobile robot positioning the accommodating portion at the raw material supply position.
4. 4. The automatic weighing and conveying system of claim 2, further comprising: And a weighing section including a frozen raw material weighing section provided at the frozen raw material supply position to measure a weight of the accommodating section at the frozen raw material supply position, and a raw material weighing section provided at the raw material supply position to measure a weight of the accommodating section at the raw material supply position.
5. 5. The automatic weighing and transporting system according to claim 4, wherein said frozen raw material weighing section measures a first weight of said housing section when said housing section reaches said frozen raw material supply position, and measures a second weight of said housing section after completion of discharge of said frozen raw material from said frozen raw material hopper section, and Wherein the raw material weighing section measures a third weight of the housing section when the housing section reaches the raw material supply position, and measures a fourth weight of the housing section after the raw material is discharged from the raw material hopper section.
6. 6. The automatic weighing and conveying system of claim 5 wherein the processor is configured to: comparing and determining whether the difference between the second weight and the first weight is within a predetermined weight range of the frozen raw material, and Comparing and determining whether the difference between the fourth weight and the third weight is within a preset weight range of the raw material.
7. 7. The automatic weighing and conveying system of claim 6, further comprising: A control panel, which is used for controlling the control panel, Wherein the processor is configured to: The control panel is controlled to notify a user that the difference between the second weight and the first weight is outside the preset weight range of the frozen raw material or that the difference between the fourth weight and the third weight is outside the preset weight range of the raw material based on the difference between the second weight and the first weight being outside the preset weight range of the frozen raw material or that the difference between the fourth weight and the third weight being outside the preset weight range of the raw material.
8. 8. The automatic weighing and conveying system of claim 6, further comprising: The sound-producing device is provided with a loudspeaker, Wherein the processor is configured to: The speaker is controlled to sound an alarm based on a difference between the second weight and the first weight being outside a preset weight range of the frozen raw material or a difference between the fourth weight and the third weight being outside the preset weight range of the raw material.
9. 9. The automatic weighing and conveying system of claim 3 wherein said raw material hopper section is located on one side of said frozen raw material hopper section to be adjacent to said frozen raw material hopper section.
10. 10. The automatic weighing and transporting system according to claim 6, wherein said frozen raw material supply position and said raw material supply position are arranged in line, and Wherein the automatic weighing and transporting system further includes a movable robot transporting section configured to move the movable robot located at one of the frozen raw material supply position and the raw material supply position to the other of the frozen raw material supply position and the raw material supply position.
11. 11. The automatic weighing and conveying system of claim 10 wherein the mobile robotic transport section is configured to move the mobile robot located at the frozen raw material supply location to the raw material supply location.
12. 12. The automatic weighing and conveying system of claim 10 wherein the processor is configured to: The mobile robot transporting section is operated to transport the mobile robot located at the frozen raw material supply position to the raw material supply position based on a difference between the second weight and the first weight being within a preset weight range of the frozen raw material.
13. 13. The automatic weighing and transporting system according to claim 6, wherein the mobile robot moves from the raw material supply position to a standby position based on a difference between the fourth weight and the third weight being within a preset weight range of the raw material.
14. 14. The automatic weighing and conveying system of claim 1, wherein the frozen raw material hopper section includes a first frozen raw material hopper configured to store and discharge a first frozen raw material, and a second frozen raw material hopper configured to store and discharge a second frozen raw material different from the first frozen raw material, and Wherein the frozen raw material conveying section includes: A conveying track configured to receive and convey the first frozen raw material and the second frozen raw material, and A transition track including one end configured to receive the first frozen raw material and the second frozen raw material from the conveying track and to convey the first frozen raw material and the second frozen raw material from the conveying track to the first frozen raw material hopper and the second frozen raw material hopper, respectively, and an opposite end having a position relative to the one end that transitions between the first frozen raw material hopper and the second frozen raw material hopper.
15. 15. The automatic weighing and transporting system according to claim 1, wherein the raw material hopper section includes a first raw material hopper configured to store and discharge a first raw material and a second raw material hopper configured to store and discharge a second raw material different from the first raw material, and Wherein the raw material conveying section includes: a conveying track configured to receive and convey the first and second raw materials, and A transition track including one end configured to receive the first and second raw materials from the conveying track and to convey the first and second raw materials from the conveying track to the first and second raw material hoppers, respectively, and an opposite end having a position relative to the one end that transitions between the first and second raw material hoppers.
16. 16. A method for controlling an automatic weighing and conveying system, the method comprising: controlling the frozen raw material conveying section and the raw material conveying section to convey the frozen raw material and the raw material to the frozen raw material hopper section and the raw material hopper section, respectively; Controlling the frozen raw material conveying section to stop operation based on the frozen raw material being accommodated in the frozen raw material hopper section by a first preset amount; controlling the raw material conveying section to stop operation based on the raw material being accommodated in the raw material hopper section by a second preset amount; moving a mobile robot carrying a housing portion configured to receive frozen raw material from the frozen raw material hopper portion and raw material from the raw material hopper portion to a frozen raw material supply position at which the frozen raw material is supplied from the frozen raw material hopper portion; Controlling the frozen raw material hopper section to discharge the frozen raw material based on the moving robot sending the accommodating section to the frozen raw material supply position; Based on the completion of the discharge of the frozen raw material, moving a mobile robot carrying the accommodating portion at the frozen raw material supply position to a raw material supply position at which the raw material is supplied from the raw material hopper portion, and The raw material hopper section is controlled to discharge the raw material based on the moving robot sending the accommodating section to the raw material supply position.
17. 17. The method of claim 16, further comprising: Controlling a frozen raw material weighing section provided at the frozen raw material supply position to measure a first weight of the containing section based on the containing section reaching the frozen raw material supply position; Controlling a frozen raw material weighing section to measure a second weight of the containing section based on completion of discharge of the frozen raw material from the frozen raw material hopper section; comparing and determining whether the difference between the second weight and the first weight is within a predetermined weight range of the frozen raw material, and And a control panel for controlling the control panel to inform a user that the difference between the second weight and the first weight is outside a preset weight range of the frozen raw material.
18. 18. The method of claim 17, further comprising: controlling a raw material weighing section provided at the raw material supply position to measure a third weight of the housing section based on the housing section reaching the raw material supply position; controlling the raw material weighing section to measure a fourth weight of the containing section based on completion of discharge of the raw material from the raw material hopper section; Comparing and determining whether the difference between the fourth weight and the third weight is within a preset weight range of the raw material, and The control panel is controlled to notify a user that the difference between the fourth weight and the third weight is outside a preset weight range of the raw material.
19. 19. The method of claim 17, further comprising: A mobile robot transport section configured to transport the mobile robot from the frozen raw material supply position to the raw material supply position based on a difference between the second weight and the first weight being within a preset weight range of the frozen raw material is operated.
20. 20. The method of claim 18, further comprising: The mobile robot is moved from the raw material supply position to a standby position based on a difference between the fourth weight and the third weight being within a preset weight range of the raw material.

Description

Automatic metering and conveying system and control method thereof Cross Reference to Related Applications The present application claims priority from korean patent application No. 10-2023-01351229 filed on day 10 and 11 of 2023, and the entire contents of the disclosures of the specification and drawings of the corresponding applications are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field The present disclosure relates to an automatic weighing and conveying system and a method for controlling the same. Background An automatic weighing and transporting system is a system used in a facility system for manufacturing food, which weighs and transports raw materials for manufacturing food. Generally, when manufacturing food, each raw material used for manufacturing food needs to be pretreated and weighed according to a manufacturing method of food. In this case, the system for weighing and transporting each raw material may include a transporting portion provided for transporting each raw material and a hopper portion for receiving and storing each raw material from the transporting portion. Each raw material may be manually conveyed by a user, or may be conveyed by a conveying portion such as a conveyor belt. When each raw material is conveyed from the conveying section, the user can weigh each raw material. Recently, however, there has been an increasing need for a system for pretreating each raw material and automatically weighing and automatically conveying each raw material in order to achieve more efficient manufacturing. Disclosure of Invention Technical problem One aspect of the present disclosure provides an automatic weighing and transporting system that can automatically weigh frozen raw materials and raw materials while automatically transporting the frozen raw materials and raw materials, and a method for controlling the same. Technical proposal According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an automatic weighing and conveying system includes a frozen raw material conveying part that conveys frozen raw materials, a frozen raw material hopper part that stores and discharges the frozen raw materials supplied by the frozen raw material conveying part, a raw material conveying part that is different from the frozen raw material conveying part and conveys the raw materials, a raw material hopper part that is different from the frozen raw material hopper part and that stores and discharges the raw materials supplied by the raw material conveying part, and a processor that controls the frozen raw material conveying part and the raw material conveying part to stop an operation of the frozen raw material conveying part based on the frozen raw materials being accommodated in the frozen raw material hopper part by a first preset amount and to stop an operation of the raw material conveying part based on the raw materials being accommodated in the raw material hopper part by a second preset amount. The automatic weighing and transporting system may further include a mobile robot that carries a receiving portion for receiving the frozen raw material discharged from the frozen raw material hopper portion and the raw material discharged from the raw material hopper portion, and transports the receiving portion to a frozen raw material supply position where the frozen raw material is supplied from the frozen raw material hopper portion and a raw material supply position where the raw material is supplied from the raw material hopper portion. The processor may be configured to control the frozen raw material hopper section to discharge the frozen raw material from the frozen raw material hopper section based on the mobile robot positioning the receiving section in the raw material supply position, and to control the raw material hopper section to discharge the raw material from the raw material hopper section based on the mobile robot positioning the receiving section in the raw material supply position. The automatic weighing and transporting system may further include a weighing section including a frozen raw material weighing section provided at the frozen raw material supply position to measure the weight of the accommodating section at the frozen raw material supply position, and a raw material weighing section provided at the raw material supply position to measure the weight of the accommodating section at the raw material supply position. The frozen raw material weighing section may measure a first weight of the containing section when the containing section reaches the frozen raw material supply position and a second weight of the containing section after the frozen raw material is discharged from the frozen raw material hopper section is completed, and the raw material weighing section may measure a third weight of the containing section when the containing section reaches the raw material supply position and a fourth weight of the containing section after the raw material is discharged from the raw