Muaj ob lub ntsiab lus hais txog cov khoom tshiab-txiav kab ntawm lub neej yav tom ntej uas peb tuaj yeem paub tseeb ntawm: cov khoom nyoos yuav tau txais thiab cov khoom tiav yuav tawm mus.
The territory between these entry and exit points, however, may look considerably different than it does today, as produce processors respond to drivers such as economics and food safety, and partner with equipment manufacturers to help them do their jobs better.
“Processors are always looking for higher throughputs, higher yields, sanitary design, quick changeovers and a machine that’s economical,” said Tim O’Brien, vice president of sales at Urschel Laboratories. “Part of what we do as a manufacturer is try to tick all those boxes and come up with a machine that the processors find value in.”
Qhov kev tshawb nrhiav tus nqi yuav ua rau muaj kev hloov pauv, loj thiab me, hauv cov chaw ua zaub mov.
"Kaum xyoo tom ntej no, qee cov khoom tsim khoom yuav zoo li txawv dua li niaj hnub no," said John Kadinger, tus thawj coj ua lag luam rau Key Technology. "Nrog me me automation thiab ntau cov haujlwm rov ua dua, kev lag luam txiav tshiab tau npaj rau qee qhov kev hloov pauv loj."
Ib qho kev hloov pauv loj tshaj plaws yuav suav nrog kev rho tawm ntau dua li qhov sib ntxiv: yuav muaj ntau tus neeg tsawg dua ntawm kab. Yog tias tus nqi ua haujlwm tau tsav siab dua vim tias muaj kev txhim kho xws li nce nyiaj tsawg kawg nkaus, nce nqi kho mob thiab kev nruj ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm cov tuam txhab zaub mov tuaj yeem ncav cuag qhov taw qhia mus rau automation.
Ib xyoo caum dhau los, Tom Gautreaux, tus thawj coj muag khoom hauv tebchaws rau Maxwell Chase, tau mus xyuas lub chaw ua mov ci thiab xav tias nws pom yav tom ntej: cov kab ntau lawm uas npog ntau txhiab taw tau tswj hwm los ntawm plaub tus neeg xwb.
"Lawv lub luag haujlwm yog saib xyuas thiab saib xyuas," nws hais. “Yog tias muaj lub tais ntim, lawv rub lub tais tawm thiab txoj kab txuas ntxiv mus. Lawv tsuas nyob ntawd pom tias tsis muaj dab tsi nres."
Raws li ib tug neeg uas muaj 25 xyoo ntawm kev paub txog kev tswj cov chaw tsim khoom, nws tau hais tias qhov xwm txheej zoo sib xws tab tom tuaj rau kev lag luam tsim khoom.
“Lub tshuab muaj nyob ntawd. Qee tus yuav muab tag nrho ua ke thiab tsim kom muaj chaw ua haujlwm tsawg. Kuv xav tias nws yuav luag ua tau hnub no, tsuas yog tsis muaj leej twg ua lej los hais tias, 'yuav ua tau thiab peb tuaj yeem ua tau.' Kuv yuav xav tsis thoob yog tias nws tsis tau nyob rau hauv cov txheej txheem npaj, "Gautreaux hais.
Kev txav mus rau automation dovetails nrog kev tshawb fawb thiab kev txhim kho ntawm txoj hauv kev tshiab los txhim kho zaub mov kev nyab xeeb. Qhov kev txhim kho dual no txhais tau hais tias cov kab zaub tshiab-txiav tej zaum yuav yog ib qho uas tsis muaj tib neeg txhais tes puas tau kov cov khoom uas raug txiav lossis purged. Thawj cov qoob loo kom dhau los ua kev ua haujlwm siab yuav yog lettuce, cabbage, dos thiab lwm yam zaub hardy uas tuaj yeem sawv ntsug mus txog ntawm cov khoom siv.
Nrog rau qhov muaj peev xwm ntawm tib neeg poob qis, lub peev xwm rau kev daws teeb meem xws li neeg hlau tau nce siab. AFA Systems twb muaj cov ntaub ntawv neeg hlau ntawm kev ua haujlwm hauv cov zaub mov, suav nrog lub chaw ua taum ntsuab. Hauv ib qhov project, AFA neeg hlau thiab lub zeem muag tau ua khub ntawm kab nceb kom xaiv cov khoom nyoos ntawm cov kev taw qhia sib txawv thiab muab tso rau hauv lub tais.
"Nws muaj kev nyab xeeb dua vim tias koj tsis muaj tib neeg kev sib cuag," said Eric Langen, AFA tus thawj coj ua lag luam. “Nws hloov tau yooj yim heev. Thaum koj tab tom cuam tshuam nrog cov qauv ntim sib txawv hauv cov tais, nws yooj yim heev los hloov txoj kab uas siv cov neeg hlau. "
Ntxiv Gautreaux: “Koj tuaj yeem ntxuav cov neeg hlau tau yooj yim. Koj tuaj yeem ua nws txhua tsib feeb yog tias koj xav tau. "
Kev lag luam yuav txhawb nqa kev teeb tsa thiab kev teeb tsa ntawm cov kab ua haujlwm zoo dua, raws li cov tuam txhab xav txog yuav ua li cas cov khoom cog ua haujlwm tag nrho. Qhov tshwm sim tuaj yeem yog txoj kab nruj dua, muaj txiaj ntsig zoo dua nrog cov ntsiab lus hloov pauv tsawg dua, hais tias John Clement, tus saib xyuas cov khoom muag rau North Star Engineered Products.
"Muaj ntau cov nroj tsuag xaus nrog cov khoom siv uas twb muaj lawm nrog cov cuab yeej tshiab. Tej zaum lawv yuav muaj 10 qhov kev hloov pauv sib txawv thiab tsib kab sib txawv. Lawv tuaj yeem txo cov kev hloov pauv no los ntawm kev xav los ntawm tag nrho cov txheej txheem zoo dua thiab tso nws tawm zoo dua. Peb yuav txo tau cov kab thiab muaj kev hloov pauv ntau dua ntawm cov kab ntawd. Txhua yam khoom siv yuav muaj peev xwm tsim tau thiab ua ntau yam khoom. "
Ib qho ntawm cov khoom lag luam yav tom ntej yog yuav luag qee yam tsis hloov pauv: qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov khoom siv hlau tsis zoo tshaj lwm yam xws li plastics thiab composites.
Urschel's O'Brien tau hais tias "Stainless lossis ib qho alloy ntawm qhov ntawd yog qhov ruaj khov thiab yooj yim los ntxuav, thiab kuv tsis paub tseeb tias kuv pom kev txav mus los ntawm qhov kev mus tom ntej," Urschel's O'Brien hais.
Ob qhov zoo ntawm stainless hlau yog tias nws yooj yim dua ntxuav thiab yog hlau ntes tau, Clement tau hais.
Yuav ua li cas qee yam ntawm cov cuab yeej loj zoo li hauv 10 xyoo?
Cov cuab yeej txiav: Qhov kev nce qib loj tshaj plaws hauv cov cuab yeej txiav tuaj yeem tuaj hauv thaj tsam ntawm servo-tswj tshuab, hais Clement. Cov tshuab no tuaj yeem tau txais cov ntaub ntawv tseem ceeb hais txog yuav ua li cas cov txheej txheem txiav tau ua tiav ntawm ib qho khoom tshwj xeeb.
Cov dej kuj tseem tuaj yeem ua lub luag haujlwm nce ntxiv hauv kev txiav, txawm tias hauv hydrocutting (uas siv cov dej muaj zog los coj cov khoom nyoos mus rau hauv cov riam) lossis siv cov dav hlau uas muaj zog ntawm cov dej los ua qhov tseeb txiav.
Kev txheeb xyuas: Lub hom phiaj rau cov sorters ntawm lub neej yav tom ntej yog lawv lub peev xwm kom ua tiav 100 feem pua hauv kab mob tshuaj xyuas, hais tias Kadinger ntawm Key Technology.
"Kev npau suav yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm qhov tam sim no ua tiav nrog cov qauv khoom hauv chav kuaj thiab nthuav qhov kev sim rau tag nrho cov khoom ntawm kab hauv lub sijhawm tiag tiag ntawm cov khoom ntim tag nrho. Tau kawg, txhawm rau txhawm rau kuaj kab mob hauv lub sijhawm tiag tiag, peb yuav tsum nrhiav cov sensors tshiab lossis txhim kho cov sensors uas twb muaj lawm kom ua rau lawv nkag siab ntau dua. Peb kuj yuav xav tau ceev dua, muaj peev xwm suav nrog ntau dua los daws txhua cov ntaub ntawv. Tab sis nws tsis yog qhov tsis muaj tseeb - zoo li leaps hauv thev naus laus zis tshwm sim tsis tu ncua, "nws hais.
Kadinger cov duab yav tom ntej uas txheeb xyuas cov thev naus laus zis yuav tuaj yeem nqa qhov kev xav tau ntxiv.
"Peb tuaj yeem xav txog tus lej digital tshiab uas muaj qhov hnov tsw tsw ntau dua li tus dev," nws hais. “Tej zaum nws tuaj yeem hnov qhov tsis xws luag thiab cov kab mob. Tau kawg, muaj ntau yam teeb meem thev naus laus zis rau digitizing tsis hnov tsw thiab kev ua haujlwm yog nyob rau hauv nws cov me nyuam mos, tab sis nws yog lub tswv yim zoo siab vim tias lub sijhawm los tshem tawm cov kab mob hauv cov khoom ntim khoom yog qhov nyuaj heev los ntawm kev pom kev nyab xeeb ntawm zaub mov. "
Cov tshuab dej: Cov tshuab ntxhua khaub ncaws ntawm lub neej yav tom ntej yuav pom kev nce qib ntawm kev hloov kho, nrog rau cov txheej txheem logic tswj thiab servo motors ua haujlwm ua ke los teeb tsa cov kev pabcuam tshwj xeeb rau hom txiv hmab txiv ntoo thiab zaub.
Tib yam kev hloov kho tuaj yeem xav tau los tswj cov tshuaj tua kab mob siv hauv cov dej ntxuav.
Clement tau hais tias "Yuav muaj cov txheej txheem zoo dua los ua lub sijhawm tswj xyuas cov tshuaj tua kab mob thiab kev txuag dej ntws," Clement hais. "Peb pom tias yog ib qho loj heev ntawm txoj kev."
Tag nrho cov kev txhim kho no tuaj yeem ua rau lub neej yav tom ntej rau kev tsim cov nroj tsuag uas yuav nyob rau hauv cov kauj ruam nrog rau tag nrho cov kev sib raug zoo mus rau automation.
“Kuv tuaj yeem pom cov nroj tsuag uas siv tau tag nrho ntawm sab zaub yooj yim heev. Kuv tsis xav tias koj yuav tau tos txog xyoo 2025, "Gautreaux hais. “Koj tsis tas yuav muaj cov neeg nyob hauv qhov sib npaug. Yog vim li cas peb thiaj muaj lub tshuab ATM thiab cov tshuab luam ntawv tus kheej hauv cov khw muag khoom noj. Yog tias tus nqi ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm pheej raug tsav mus, ces cov tuam txhab yuav nrhiav txoj hauv kev los tshem tawm cov neeg ua haujlwm. "