The world's largest manufacturer of gypsum board, Taishan Gypsum Co. Ltd (The Taihe Group), has improved its production efficiency and product quality with an upgraded system utilizing HBK's PMX modular industrial measuring amplifier system. The Taihe Group is part of the China National Building Material Group Corporation.
The Taihe Group has developed rapidly over the past few years and, for strategic reasons, decided to automate and replace its traditional manual production methods. Gypsum board is used in construction as partition and ceiling material because it is fireproof with excellent insulation and sound attenuation properties.
The Taihe Group's strategy is intended to produce more consistent boards and demanded a system that could automatically measure and record the thickness and width of its products. Thickness needed to be between 8 to 12mm with a tolerance of less than 0.01mm while the width of boards needed to remain constant at 1200mm with a tolerance of 0.2 to 0.3mm.
Working with Weizhao Technology, a Chinese industrial automation and control specialist, a comprehensive solution comprising laser displacement sensors, HBK’s PMX measuring amplifier system along with data acquisition and control system and visualization software was developed.
Four laser displacement sensors were installed in the production line to measure the thickness and width of the gypsum board product. HBK’s PMX acquires displacement signals and ensures substantially improved quality through real-time computation of thickness and width. The amplifier system is fully integrated with the production environment. Results are transferred to a central control system with HMI via Ethernet so that production information such as batch numbers and whether products meet specifications can be recorded.
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Taishan Gypsum Co., Ltd. is a backbone enterprise of China National Building Materials Group (the world's top 500 enterprises) and a world-renowned gypsum board manufacturer. The production and sales of gypsum board have been leading for many years, and the domestic gypsum board market share is as high as 53%. It is known as gypsum board The leader in the board industry. The company has assets of 13.3 billion yuan and an annual turnover of more than 12 billion yuan; the company's main products include gypsum board, light steel keel, powder products, decorative gypsum board, face covering paper and related ancillary products, six categories and more than 60 varieties.
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