Lingdong Intelligence | Yawei Laser Cutting Production Line

With the rapid development of the automotive manufacturing industry, the landscape and demand in the metalworking industry are constantly evolving. The introduction of new materials, frequent product style changes, and the continuous increase in labor costs have led to higher demands for metalworking equipment in terms of flexibility, intelligence, output rates, and cost-effectiveness.

Yawei Group, leveraging its strong brand presence and technological capabilities, has developed a laser cutting production line that disrupts traditional cutting processes. By combining continuous coil material feeding with advanced laser processing, this production line creates flexible manufacturing conditions with lower investment costs. It offers a short setup period to achieve high output rates and high-quality finished products. It integrates agility, intelligence, high-speed operation, efficiency, and energy savings, receiving acclaim from a wide range of customers.

One.Advantages of Yawei Laser Cutting Production Line:

01.Low Investment Cost:

The laser cutting process enables tool-less production, eliminating the need for costly expenses related to tool manufacturing, replacement, maintenance, and storage.

02.Short Preparation Time:

Laser cutting systems come with quick layout and setup capabilities, eliminating the need for the time-consuming processes of tooling manufacturing, trial runs, and optimization that traditional punching and shearing methods require. What used to take months of production preparation can now be completed in just a day or even a few hours.

03.Flexibility:

It can process various materials such as regular steel, high-strength steel, aluminum sheets, etc. without restrictions on product profiles. You can easily adjust sheet parameters, continuously optimize geometric shapes and precision, and quickly switch batches to adapt to changes in automotive production volumes.

04.High-Speed and Intelligent:

With one-click operation, it operates without manual assistance, achieving fully automatic uncoiling and feeding for high-speed cutting and stacking. The movements are smooth, reliable, and seamless. CAM technology provides automatic layout and nesting while setting the optimal processing path.

05.First-Class Cutting Quality:

The precision laser cutting head, high-speed drive system, and responsive feedback mechanisms work together to achieve high precision in dimensions, positions, and trajectories. The non-contact cutting process ensures that workpieces do not suffer from surface indentations or cracks, resulting in superior edge quality compared to traditional punching and blanking methods.

06.High Efficiency and Energy Savings:

Continuous flying cutting and unloading directly on the moving coil material enhances production efficiency. Optimized nesting of cut pieces reduces waste, thereby lowering material costs. The use of coil material also reduces waste from the splitting process, making it a more cost-effective solution.

Second.The advanced technology of Yawei's laser cutting production line.

01.Laser Dual-Head Dynamic Cutting Synchronization Technology

✔ Dynamic flow cutting coordination.
✔ Position accuracy between different cutting heads, cutting head coordinate transformation model, and multi-channel coordinated control application of the control system.
✔ Automatic edge finding and entry into the cutting area, as well as edge-finding program development.
✔ Automatic correction of material deviation position.
✔ Efficient simulation based on Adams, continuous optimization of structural mechanics simulation of beam, cutting head displacement, and vibration modes under different speed, acceleration, and cycle conditions.

02.Flexible Programming Laser Cutting CAM Technology

✔ Effectively allocates workpieces provided by the user to multiple cutting heads.
✔ Allows manual setting of workpiece placement direction, automatic layout, nesting, and one-click generation of CAM processing paths, each displayed separately for different cutting heads.
✔ Technology for selecting cut points and automatically adding cutting paths.
✔ Based on the idea of processing a complete workpiece with a single cutting head, it generates single or multiple repetitive processing programs.

✔ Achieves dynamic tracking and transformation of workpiece coordinates during continuous cutting, electrical synchronization of machine tool coordinates with workpiece coordinates, and seamless long-range workpiece continuous cutting code.
✔ Multi-channel coordinated control application of the control system.

03.High-Dynamic Anti-Scratch Belt Technology

✔ Utilizes high-dynamic anti-scratch belt technology to effectively ensure the smooth and undamaged quality of the sheet.
✔ Maintains stable pallet movement even in high-dynamic conditions, without affecting cutting quality and speed.
✔ Features continuous cutting with belt anti-deviation and synchronized belt cutting.

04.Dynamic Robot Gripping and Stacking Technology

✔ Real-time transmission of workpiece position integration calculation for automatic robot gripping.
✔ Visual imaging controls robot actions for precise and reliable gripping.
✔ During gripping, the gripper synchronizes with the workpiece, and multiple sets of end effectors offer quick-change functionality based on workpiece size and shape.

Innovate in Technology, Never Stop

Yawei Corporation continuously explores customer needs, adheres to lean production management, meticulously manages every process, and crafts every product with dedication. With a commitment to technological innovation and a spirit of continuous improvement, we provide our customers with more comprehensive sheet metal forming solutions!

"Yawei Smart Manufacturing" Showcasing Qingdao Baojing Robot Automatic Tool Layout System

01.Baosteel Group Creates the "Lights-out Factory"

Baosteel Group is aggressively promoting the use of industrial robots to replace traditional manual production methods, enabling automated production. They are particularly focused on applying robots to tasks that fall under the "3D" category, which involves dangerous, dirty, and repetitive work. This forward-looking approach aims to create what is known as Baosteel's "Lights-out Factory."

The term "黑灯工厂" can be translated to "Dark Factory" in English, which means a smart factory where operations can be carried out without human intervention, allowing for the lights to be turned off.

In several steel distribution centers of Baosteel, solving the technical and labor-intensive vertical shear machine robot technology is an important part of the "Dark Factory." In the intelligent workshop upgrade project of Qingdao Baojing, Yawei Corporation provided the most comprehensive solution and a complete set of systems for the vertical shear machine robot stacking. This successful implementation marked a significant leap forward in Baosteel's "Dark Factory" planning.

Robot Automatic Tool Stacking System.

02.Yawei Corporation Introduces German NLT Technology

In the realm of robot tool stacking technology for vertical cutting machines, the robot tool stacking system offered by Germany's NLT Automation GmbH is the most advanced technology available today.

(1) It genuinely enables intelligent management of automatic tool stacking and tool lifespan for vertical cutting machines.
(2) It is characterized by safety, efficiency, intelligence, and user-friendliness, resulting in a significant reduction in tool stacking time.
(3) Under equivalent conditions, the efficiency of vertical cutting lines can be enhanced by 20%-40%, with tool stacking failure rates and error rates kept within 0.3%.

In 2018, the German company NLT Automation GmbH authorized Yawei Corporation to manufacture all of its robot tool stacking technology, adding a new player to China's "Made in China 2025" initiative.
The reason NLT Automation GmbH chose to collaborate with Yawei Corporation and introduce advanced robot tool stacking systems to China is based on several considerations.

(1) Yawei Corporation possesses a mature capability to provide a complete set of equipment for high-end sheet metal automation and intelligent production.
(2) Yawei Corporation has strong research and development capabilities in linear robots and system automation integration technology through its collaboration with KUKA, a German robotics subsidiary.

Intelligent automation

The robot automatic knife arrangement system at Qingdao Baojing is a domestically produced product based on the digestion and absorption of Germany's NLT robot knife arrangement technology by Yawei Corporation.
(1) All robot accessories are globally sourced in synchronization with Germany's NLT.

(2) Strict adherence to NLT's product standards.

(3) Upholding the German tradition of craftsmanship, several technical challenges related to the robot knife arrangement system were resolved during the manufacturing process.

(4) The system is designed to be more user-friendly with a fully Chinese operating interface, incorporating feedback from Baosteel's operations department and Qingdao Baojing experts.
Operators only need to input parameters for the parent coil material and strip parameters on the interface. The robot automatic knife arrangement system can then quickly calculate a reasonable tool layout, precisely pick up the blades, and perform knife arrangement operations. The product has been inspected and verified by German NLT experts, demonstrating Yawei's expertise in intelligent manufacturing.

High dynamic

The robot blade placement system has a high dynamic response capability, completing a set of blade replacement in just 8-15 minutes. It can grab multiple blades and spacers at once, saving a significant amount of time compared to repetitive grabbing. It also has the ability to automatically compare, and reusable toolsets will be placed on the preset tool arm, which will be utilized as a whole again the next time the tool is loaded. Therefore, the blade placement time for batch processing can be controlled within 5-8 minutes.

Zero defects

The robot blade arranging system is driven by servo motors and controlled by a dedicated computer, ensuring precise movement without human errors in blade arrangement. It automatically detects blade and spacer values during operation and compares them with the values in the execution command, maintaining strict logical relationships and timing sequences. This meticulous control results in a blade arrangement error rate and failure rate within 0.3%, approaching error-free operation.

In the beautiful and cozy July of Qingdao Baojing, an intelligent robot quietly began its tireless work, showcasing its excellent blade arranging technology, intelligent tool lifespan management, and comprehensive safety features to the world. It liberated the technical workers at Qingdao Baojing from the strenuous task of blade arrangement, significantly enhancing the production efficiency of the longitudinal cutting line. It has become a new addition to Baosteel's "Dark Factory" plan.

In the future, Yawei Corporation will work closely with NLT from Germany to continuously improve and upgrade robot blade arrangement technology. Under the strategic guidance of Baosteel's "Dark Factory," Yawei Corporation will continuously provide advanced solutions for enterprise informatization and product intelligence, contributing to the development of Baosteel.