Use of production digitalization in the development of the preparation technology of feed-medicinals mixtures
Analysis of modern national and foreign experience in the design of robotic technologies for the preparation of feed and feed-medicinals mixtures showed that during use of herb and medicinal components the safety standards must be strictly met. The main criterion was the creation of high-tech robotic systems and devices that can replace direct human contact with toxic drugs and medicines. Management of equipment for the production of such mixes must be entrusted to robots. Their cost is currently quite high, so part of the operations is expected to be assigned to the manipulators, which are much cheaper than robots. (Research purpose) The research purpose is to create the technology and to design the equipment for preparation of feed mixtures using the production digitalization. (Materials and methods) We determined that animal feed mixtures are produced by a three-stage method on the mobile unit «UKS-1». The shortcomings of this method is: manual loading and unloading at each stage of mixture preparation, three-stage periodicity of grinding and mixing; large labor costs, increased energy and metal consumption. (Results and discussions) We developed the technology of single-stage preparation of feed mixtures and created an energy-saving innovative technological line for its production. (Conclusion) In the new technology, we used the robot-unloader, robot-depaner and manipulator, which ensured the functioning of energy-saving production without the presence of man. It was shown that modern methods and technologies in the use of next generation equipment in the preparation of feed mixtures for the prevention and treatment of animals can replace the hard and dangerous work of man in the production of therapeutic feed. We proposed technology that using digitalization for high-quality mixing of components, uniform distribution of the medicinals in feed, which minimizes risks in the prevention of diseases and treatment of animals.