Uhlelo lokusebenza lokugcwalisa olubonakala lulula lubonisa ukuthi ukusebenza ngamafutha e-cannabis kudinga ukuqonda izakhiwo zawo ezihlukile.
Ngo-2015, u-Jake Berry no-Coley Walsh basungula i-Pyramid Pens, manje esebenza ngaphansi kwesibhengezo se-Loud Labs futhi ithengisa ukwakheka okuhlukahlukene kwamafutha e-cannabis apakishwe kuma-cartridges atholakala ngezinhlobonhlobo zogwayi we-e. Besebenzisa inqubo eyaziwayo yokukhipha i-CO2, ozakwethu baqala ukwakha izinhlobo ezihlukile nama-flavour we-THC kanye nowoyela we-CBD we-vaping. Eqinisweni, indlela entsha yomkhiqizo yokupakisha yadonsa ukunaka kwethu emuva ngo-2019, bheka ukuthi yini abebesebenzela kuyo ngaleso sikhathi futhi ubone ukuthi sebehambe ibanga elingakanani ngemizamo yabo elandelayo.
Namuhla, iLoud Labs ithengisa ulayini wayo wamafutha ePyramid Pens afakwe insangu, afika ngamakhathriji namaphilisi, eColorado naseMichigan, futhi abeka isisekelo sokwanda esikhathini esizayo kwezinye izifundazwe. Ukunwetshwa kuyinqubo eyinkimbinkimbi edinga ukuzivumelanisa nezimo zezomthetho nezokuthengisa zombuso ngamunye. Le nkampani inikeza isamba samafutha ayisithupha, ngalinye linephrofayili ehlukile yamandla ne-flavour, i-concentrate, i-distillate, nenhlanganisela ye-CBD/THC. Le nkampani iphinde inikeze ama-pre-roll afakiwe kanye nama-slabs okudla.
Amadivayisi e-Vape afika ngezindlela eziningi, osayizi, kanye nobuchwepheshe, konke kususelwa kumakhatriji agcwele uwoyela. Amakhatriji ngokuvamile aqukethe u-0.3, 0.5 noma igremu elingu-1 lamafutha kuye ngohlobo lwedivayisi. Ukuze uthole umthamo ophelele wamafutha abizayo, ukugcwalisa kufanele kube okunembile. Amafutha e-hemp ashisiwe athululela kalula esitsheni esishisayo se-Thompson Duke IZR Automatic High Volume Filler. Emshinini, ithuluzi eline-cartridge egcwalisekayo libekwe etafuleni le-Festo EXCM XY. Isikrini sokuthinta se-HMI sivumela opharetha ukuthi alawule futhi alungiselele inqubo ngemenyu elula yemiyalelo.
"Sithole amakhilogremu ezinto ezixubene ne-extractor," kusho i-CEO uBerry. “Lezi zinhlanganisela zibe sezihlanganiswa ekwenziweni kwethu okuhlukahlukene ukuze kwakhiwe imikhiqizo yethu ehlukile. Sibe sesidonsa uwoyela ngokucophelela eflaskini ngesirinji encane bese sifaka umthamo obonisiwe wamafutha kukhatriji.”
Njengoba uwoyela we-cannabis uphola, uba mkhulu futhi unzima kakhulu ukuwusebenzisa futhi umthamo onembile. Lawa mafutha anamathele futhi kunzima ukuwacubungula nokucwengisiswa. Inqubo yokuqasha kanye nokukhipha ngesirinji inzima ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo, ingasaphathwa eyahamba kancane futhi iyamosha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ifomula ngayinye ine-viscosity ehlukile, engashintsha amandla okufaka isicelo nokusabalalisa. Ilungu leqembu elisebenza kanzima lingakwazi ukugcwalisa kabusha amakhathriji ayi-100 kuye kwangama-200 ngehora, kusho u-Barry. Njengoba ukuthandwa kwamaresiphi e-Loud Labs kukhula, izinga lokugcwaliseka kwe-oda lehla. Kudingeka ukugcwalisa okuningi kakhulu ngesikhathi esifushane kakhulu.
“Sifuna ukusebenzisa ulwazi lwethu olungcono kakhulu lokuthuthukiswa komkhiqizo, imakethe kanye nezidingo zamakhasimende ukuze sikhulise ibhizinisi, kunokuba sichithe isikhathi sethu esiningi sigcwalisa amakhatriji ngesandla,” kusho uBerry.
I-Loud Labs yayidinga indlela engcono yokukhiqiza imikhiqizo encintisanayo nethengekayo kuyilapho igcina ikhwalithi ephezulu. Izinqubo ezizenzakalelayo zibonakala njengesixazululo esingaba khona. Kodwa-ke, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi njengoba imboni isanda kuqala, izixazululo ezizenzakalelayo (ezinhle noma kunjalo) azivamile njengezimboni ezisunguliwe.
Ngo-2018, uBerry noWalsh bahlangana noThompson Duke Industrial ePortland, Oregon, inkampani ephethwe ngokuphelele iPortland Engineering eyenza futhi inikeze isevisi amakhathriji nogwayi osetshenziselwa ukugcwalisa nokuvala ugwayi we-e-based e-cannabis.
"Besazi ukuthi kubaluleke kakhulu ukubheka i-viscosity eguquguqukayo kawoyela lapho uklama umshini wokugcwalisa insangu," kusho uChris Gardella, CTO weThompson Duke Industrial. “Amafutha e-Hemp awasebenzi njenganoma yiluphi olunye uketshezi. Ukwakheka kwamafutha ngakunye kune-viscosity ehlukile. Ezinye izithako zingaba zijiyile kangangokuthi uwoyela ngeke uphume ethini ngezinga lokushisa elilingana negumbi.”
Ukuze kube lula ukuhamba kwamafutha, u-Gardella uthi impahla idinga ukushiswa. Nokho, izinga lokushisa kufanele lilawulwe ngokunembile, ngoba izinga lokushisa eliphakeme kakhulu lingalimaza izingxenye ezibalulekile zamafutha, futhi izinga lokushisa eliphansi kakhulu linganciphisa ukugeleza. Okunye okucatshangelwayo ukuthi ezinye izithako kufanele zithathwe ngokucophelela noma zilimale.
Umjikelezo kawoyela we-Thompson Duke cartridge filler uqukethe indawo yokugcina amanzi eshisayo kanye neshubhu elifushane elixhunywe ekhanda lokudosa elimile. Ngale ndlela, i-actuator elawulwa umoya iphakamisa i-plunger yesirinji, imunca inani elithile lamafutha. Idrayivu yesibili yehlisa isirinji kukhatriji engenalutho bese idrayivu iphusha i-plunger. Isiteji esizenzakalelayo se-XY esiqukethe i-matrix yamakhulu ama-cartridges sibeka ngokunembile i-cartridge ngayinye ngokushintshana ngaphansi kwekhanda lomthamo. U-Thompson Duke umise izingxenye zomoya nezikagesi ze-Festo kanye nezinhlelo zemishini yayo ngokusekelwe ekutholakaleni kwezingxenye, ikhwalithi nokusekelwa. Uma sekugcwaliswe mathupha, kudla isikhathi futhi kumosha, I-Loud Labs manje isebenzisa imishini ye-Festo-based automated Thompson Duke ukuze icubungule ngokuhlanzekile amakhulu amakhathriji ngemizuzu ngaphandle kokumosha.
"Okunye ukucatshangelwa kokuklama ukuthi ukwakhiwa kwamafutha ngakunye kuzokhishwa ngezinga elihlukile, futhi njengoba amafutha eshisa, angasakaza ngokushesha, okusho ukuthi ithebula le-XY liyashesha futhi lihlanganiswe nekhanda le-dosing," kusho u-Gardella. "Le nqubo esivele iyinkimbinkimbi yenziwa ibe nzima kakhulu ukuthi imboni yemishini yokukhipha umhwamuko iqhubekela phambili ekucushweni okuningi okuhlukene kwe-cartridge."
Ukwazi izici zobuchwepheshe zokwakhiwa kwe-Loud Labs kanye nalokho abakwenzayo, uBerry no-Walsh bacabanga ukuthi bakhuluma nomphakeli oqonda izidingo zabo ngemva kokuzwa izisebenzi zika-Thompson Duke zichaza izici zokuklama zomshini wokugcwalisa ozenzakalelayo we-IZR onelungelo lobunikazi wenkampani.
Bajabulile ngamandla esistimu yezinga lezimboni ekwazi ukugcwalisa kabusha amakhathriji ayi-1,000 ngehora, okusho ukuthi umshini owodwa ungenza umsebenzi okungenani wabasebenzi abane ngokunemba okwengeziwe kanye nemfucuza encane. Leli zinga le-throughput lizoshintsha umdlalo wenkampani, hhayi kuphela mayelana nama-cartridges agcwaliswe kabusha kanye nokusabela okusheshayo kuma-oda, kodwa futhi mayelana nokonga kwabasebenzi. Abanikazi bamabhizinisi bafunde ukuthi umshini we-Thompson Duke ungashintsha usuka kuwoyela owodwa uye komunye ngaphansi kwemizuzwana engama-60, okuyinzuzo ezinkampanini ezifana neLoud Labs ezinokubunjwa okuningi.
U-Thompson Duke wengeze amaqiniso amabili engeziwe engxoxweni. Inkampani isebenzela ukwesekwa kwezobuchwepheshe. Ngemuva kokudayiswa, amakhasimende angaqinisekiswa ngosekelo olusezingeni lomhlaba. Ngaphezu kwalokho, isofthiwe ye-Thompson Duke yenza kube lula ukuthi opharetha bazulazule ngezinqubo eziyinkimbinkimbi. UBerry noWalsh bathenga ngokushesha umshini wokugcwalisa we-Thompson Duke IZR.
"Embonini ye-cannabis, abathengi bafuna izinhlobo abangazethemba-imikhiqizo enikeza ikhwalithi yomkhiqizo engaguquki kanye nezinhlobonhlobo," kusho uBerry. “Namuhla, ama-Pyramid Pens anikezela ngamafutha ensangu ahlukene ayisithupha ahlanzekile, anamandla futhi amsulwa apakishwe kuma-cartridge ahambisana nanoma iyiphi idivayisi ye-vape esebenza ngamabhethri angu-510. Inikeza izinhlobo ezinhlanu ezihlukene zama-pods e-Pax Era, kanye nama-cartridge amathathu ahlukene okugcwalisa nogwayi we-e olahlwayo. Konke lokhu kufakwa uphethiloli kusetshenziswa imishini yokugcwalisa ezenzakalelayo ye-Thompson Duke. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Loud Labs izuze inqubo yokukhiqiza eyenziwe lula. Inkampani iphinde yengeza umshini wokunyathelisa we-cartridge we-Thompson Duke LFP. "
I-automation isusa izithiyo ezibonakalayo ezihlobene nezinqubo ezenziwa ngesandla, isheshisa izikhathi zokuhola, futhi iqinisekisa ukulawulwa kwekhwalithi okunembayo. Ngaphambi kokwethulwa, ama-oda amakhulu angaqedwa kuze kufike enyangeni, kodwa manje ama-oda amakhulu angaqedwa phakathi nezinsuku ezimbalwa.
"Ngokubambisana ne-Thompson Duke Industrial, i-Loud Labs izuze ukubuyisela ngokushesha ekutshalweni kwezimali ngokuhlanganisa isivinini, ukusebenza kahle, ukulawulwa kwekhwalithi kanye nezixazululo ezibiza izindleko endaweni yayo yokukhiqiza," kusho uBerry.
"Kukhona okuthathu okuthathwe ku-Loud Labs automation," kusho u-Walsh. “I-Hemp yinto enezinto ezihlukile. Umphakathi wokuhlinzeka kufanele uthuthukise izixazululo ezizenzakalelayo nezokupakisha eziqondene ne-hemp, noma okungenani uzilungiselele ukuguqula kakhulu amasistimu ukuze azivumelanise nezici zokusebenza kwento.
“Okwesibili esikuthathayo wukuthi lena imboni entsha. Izinkampani zensangu zizohlomula ekusebenziseni kalula kanye nezinga eliphezulu lokusekelwa. Okokugcina, kungase kube nesidingo sokubala nge-elekthronikhi, ukulandeleka kanye nemikhuba emihle yokukhiqiza esikhathini esizayo esiseduze. Abahlinzeki kanye nabasebenzisi bokugcina kufanele bakulungele. ”
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, bobabili uBerry noWalsh bathi bayaqhubeka nokuthuthukiswa komkhiqizo, bathola izindlela zokuzenzakalela, ukuhlola ukunwetshwa eNew South Wales futhi, okubaluleke kakhulu, bagxile ekuhlinzekeni abathengisi nabathengi babo uhlobo oluphambili. abangathembela kukho.
Ama-cartridge agcwaliswe ngaphambilini futhi avalwe alungele ukuthengiswa ezikhwameni ze-CR. Le yunithi ye-IZR esebenza kahle ingumshini we-tabletop oklanywe futhi wakhiwa e-USA ngesisekelo esikhohlisayo esilula, i-HMI, ithebula le-XY kanye nomklamo wesekethe kawoyela ophezulu. Izingxenye zikagesi nezomoya ziyizingxenye zezimboni ezijwayelekile ezivela ku-Festo futhi ziqinisekisa impilo ende yesevisi, ukusebenza okungenazinkinga kanye nokutholakala komkhiqizo ophezulu. Lokhu kulula nokusebenziseka kalula kubalulekile kwezinye izingxenye zemboni ye-cannabis njengoba ulwazi lwe-automation lusavela. Nokho, lobu buchwepheshe obunelungelo lobunikazi buhlinzeka ngohlelo lokusebenza oluzenzakalelayo olunamandla.
Phezulu emshinini kune-heater kanye ne-reservoir engu-500 ml. Abakhiqizi bashisa ngaphambili uwoyela wabo we-cannabis ngaphambi kokubeka uwoyela ethangini lapho kugcinwa khona izinga lokushisa eliqondile. Ishubhu ebonisa ngale ngaphansi kwechibi linikeza indlela yokukhipha uwoyela ngendlela yokukhipha ithiphu lesirinji. Uma sekuyisikhathi sokushintsha phakathi kokwakheka kukawoyela okuhlukene, indawo yokugcina amanzi, ishubhu, ivalvu yokuhlola kanye nesipetu somthamo kuyasuswa ngokushesha futhi kufakwe isethi enikeziwe yezingxenye eziyisipele. Ukushintsha phakathi kokupheka kwamafutha kuthatha cishe iminithi. Izingxenye ezikhishiwe zibe sezihlanzwa futhi zilungiselelwa inqwaba elandelayo.
Isibani sokushisa se-gooseneck silungiseka kalula futhi sigcina uwoyela efudumele isikhathi esifushane kakhulu njengoba ugeleza usuka ethangini uya kukhatriji. Phezulu enkabeni yalesi sithombe kukhona imibhobho yomthamo elawulwa amasilinda amabili e-Festo. Isilinda esiphezulu siphakamisa ipiston, sidonsa uwoyela kusisirinji yokudosa. Ngokushesha nje lapho inani lamafutha elidingekayo selidonswe kusiponji, isilinda sesibili sehlisa isirinji, sivumela inaliti ukuba ifakwe kukhatriji. I-plunger icindezelwa yisilinda, futhi amafutha angena emgqonyeni. Womabili amasilinda alungiseka kalula ngesandla kusetshenziswa izitobhi zemishini.
Ithebula le-XY lalo mshini we-IZR ekuqaleni lasungulwa ngu-Festo ukuze kuqinisekiswe isivinini nokunemba kokuphathwa kwesampula elabhorethri ezenzakalelayo. Inembile kakhulu njengoba ikhomba i-cartridge ngaphansi kwekhanda lokugcwalisa futhi inokwethenjelwa ngokwezimboni. Ithebula le-XY EXCM, i-HMI, izinga lokushisa, i-pneumatics - yonke into ilawulwa i-Festo PLC encane endlini ye-IZR.
Isikrini esithintwayo i-HMI sivumela opharetha ukuthi alawule futhi alungiselele inqubo ngemenyu elula yemiyalo (khomba bese uchofoza). Zonke izinhlelo eziyinkimbinkimbi ziyalandwa futhi zihlolwe ngokugcwele ngaphambi kokuba iyunithi ngayinye ithunyelwe. Ngokusebenzisa i-Codesys API, inqubo yokusebenza kanye nesistimu yokubika ingaqoqa yonke imininingwane edingekayo yokukhiqiza kanye nenqwaba yokulandeleka, eyandulela imfuneko ye-FDA yokugcinwa kwamarekhodi kuleli zinga.
Le LFP umshini wokucindezela womoya wamathani amane osebenza ngokuphelele emoyeni futhi awunazo izingxenye ze-elekthronikhi. Xhuma i-compressor yomoya ku-LFP bese uqalisa. I-opharetha ifaka amandla afunekayo ukusuka ku-0.5 kuya ku-4 amathani ngokulawula amandla okuguquguquka ngokugcwele. Avale isicabha aphenye iswishi endaweni enwetshiwe. I-interlock yomnyango icushiwe futhi umsebenzi uqala. Hambisa iswishi endaweni ehoxisiwe, ukucindezela kuzohoxisa futhi isikhiye somnyango sizovuleka. Nakulokhu, uThompson Duke uhlanganisa izingxenye zezimboni ezimazombezombe kalula ukusetshenziswa kwamakhasimende afuna izinzuzo zokuzenzakalela.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Mar-14-2023