Design of dual-station rotary steamer-filling robot
Steamer-filling is a key process in Chinese liquor brewing.In this article,in order to solve the problems of high labor intensity,unstable liquor quality,and low liquor yield in the process of traditional Chinese liquor brewing,a dual-station ro-tary steamer-filling robot is designed according to the technological requirements and standards of the steamer-filling process.This robot is equipped with three rotary joints and a spreader,so as to position the plane of spreading materials,while the translation joint controls the height of spreading materials.Efforts are made to explore and verify the steamer-filling robot's forward and re-verse kinematics,and its workspace is simulated by means of the Monte-Carlo method.The finite-element method is used to ana-lyze the strength and mode of key components.The physical prototype is subject to the field test;it is found that the yield rate of the prototype is about 10%higher than that of manual steamer-filling,and the alcohol content of the tail wine reduces by 5 to 7 degrees,thus effectively improving the efficiency in steamer-filling and verifying the feasibility of the design.The results obtained from both the simulation and the prototype test show that the robot's structure and function meet the design requirements.This study provides reference for the design and subsequent optimization of the steamer-filling robot.