There are many types of automation equipment, and their application fields are extremely wide (industrial manufacturing, logistics warehousing, medical treatment, agriculture, home furnishing, etc.). The structures and required parts of different equipment vary greatly, but the core components and commonly used parts have many things in common. Below I will sort out the main categories for you: Main categories of automation equipment
I. Industrial robots:
Articulated robots: The most common type, such as six-axis robots, are used for welding, spraying, assembly, handling, palletizing, etc.
SCARA robots: Mainly perform high-speed and precise operations in the horizontal plane, such as electronic component assembly and dispensing.
Rectangular coordinate robots: Simple structure, high precision, large load, often used for detection, handling, dispensing, and loading and unloading of machine tools.
Parallel robots: High speed and light load, such as Delta robots used for food and drug sorting and packaging.
Collaborative robots: Can safely collaborate with people in a shared space.
II. Automated production line/assembly line:
It is composed of a series of automated workstations (such as robot stations, special equipment) connected by conveyor belts, transfer mechanisms, etc., to complete the continuous processing, testing, assembly, packaging and other processes of the product.
III. CNC machine tools:
Such as CNC lathes, CNC milling machines, machining centers, CNC grinders, etc., which realize the precision processing of metals, plastics and other materials through program control.
Automatic detection and measurement equipment:
Machine vision system: used for product appearance defect detection, dimension measurement, barcode/character recognition, positioning guidance.
Sensor detection system: Use various sensors (proximity switches, photoelectric switches, laser ranging, pressure sensors, etc.) to perform automatic detection of position, presence, size, pressure, temperature, etc.
V. Automated logistics and warehousing equipment:
AGV/AMR: Automatic guided vehicle/autonomous mobile robot, used for automatic material handling.
RGV: Rail shuttle, often used for high-speed transportation between stereoscopic warehouses or production lines.
Automated warehouse: including stackers, conveyor line systems, shuttle boards, warehouse management systems, etc.
Automatic sorting system: such as cross-belt sorters, slider sorters, swing wheel sorters, etc.
VI. Process automation equipment:
Used in process industries such as chemical, petroleum, and pharmaceuticals, such as control systems composed of DCS systems, PLC control systems, various valve actuators, flow meters, pressure transmitters, and temperature sensors.
VII. Special automation equipment:
Non-standard equipment developed for specific products or processes, such as automatic welding machines, automatic screw locking machines, automatic glue dispensing machines, automatic packaging machines, automatic labeling machines, etc.
VIII. Service and special robots:
Such as cleaning robots, surgical robots, guide robots, drones, etc.