Pneumatic suction conveyor systems are an important component in the production of high-quality products in modern plastic processing. The automated material supply with granulates, masterbatches and grinding media ensures high plant utilization and availability, is an integral part of the production infrastructure and is networked with many upstream and downstream processes. Material silos, dosing, drying and also processing machines must work together optimally.
Control and visualization
The model-based material handling functions are similar to a navigation device in the vehicle.
It maps the devices and routes from the reality, links all units together and indicates the states of the individual devices. Actual statuses of the materials, clutches and faults, batch numbers and other parameters of the process are logged and displayed in a user-friendly touch display, which can be attached to any position. The self-developed SGX control and visualization is the core of the approach and the logical level between conveyor control and visualization system. At this level, the complete material supply, with all silos, bunkers, fixed pipe connections, dome stations, dryers, conveyor separators and machines, is imaged in a computer-internal object model, which constantly matches setpoint and actual parameters. The variable coupling connections are detected by RFID sensors and complete the model.