TouchThink MES Terminals in Dyeing and Weaving Factory, Build Up A Digital And Highly Efficient Workshop.
Background of Industry Development
In the segmented fields of the textile industry, the printing and dyeing sector has always been the weak link in terms of efficiency throughout the entire industrial chain. Due to its involvement in multiple complex processes such as dyeing, setting, and finishing, along with hundreds of parameter variables, the quality fluctuates significantly. Relying on personal experience and manual operations, it often falls into the developmental predicament of high costs and low efficiency.
Industry Application Requirements
For a printing and dyeing factory to truly achieve benefits, it lies in increasing the first-time dyeing success rate and avoiding error rates and repeated processing.
Reflected in the production process, it is necessary to ensure that all production resources are under controlled conditions, including workers, grey fabrics, equipment, dyeing auxiliaries, energy, process formulas, etc., and to establish a standardized dyeing and finishing process, enabling real-time informationization and transparency across workstations, processes, production lines, and management systems.
This requires the use of production line workstation terminals connected to the MES system
TouchThink IPC Solution to MES System in Dyeing and Weaving
A certain client focuses on providing digital solutions for textile printing and dyeing enterprises. They have chosen TouchThink’s All-in-one panel computer E series, TPC156-A24, as the data terminal to help clients carry out production in an orderly manner and significantly improve efficiency. This product has already been applied in multiple projects of the client:
- Standardized data collection to increase the first-time dyeing success rate
The TPC156-A24 is equipped with Rockchip® RK3568 quad-core processor, with a maximum of 8GB of memory and 256GB of storage expansion. It supports multiple interfaces such as USB/COM/RJ45 for connecting sensors and integrating with equipment. It can collect production data, defect points and process elements in real time, establish a standard formula library, and provide data support for quality management and process improvement, reducing reliance on experience and the rate of defective products.
- Intelligent ticket management to enhance manufacturing execution.
The TPC156-A24 is compatible with operating systems such as Android, Linux, Ubuntu, and Debian. It supports network modules like Gigabit Ethernet, 4G, and WiFi6 to connect with enterprise management systems like WHS, MES, and ERP, synchronize order and production information, optimize production scheduling, and improve equipment utilization.
- Monitoring of production factors to enhance management transparency.
The TPC156-A24 is equipped with a 15.6” full high-definition capacitive liquid crystal screen. It can monitor elements such as process scheduling, equipment scheduling, raw materials in stock, and energy consumption in real time, improving production transparency and saving energy, reducing consumption as well as being environmentally friendly. The front panel is equipped with a dual-frequency card reader, a wide-angle code scanning module and a camera module, which is convenient for access rights management. It enables one-click order recording, clocking in and material calling, improving management efficiency and flexibility.
- Adaptation to the printing and dyeing environment to enhance the stability of the production line.
In view of the environmental characteristics of the printing and dyeing production line, such as high temperature steam, high humidity from water washing, machine vibration, and frequent application of dye chemicals, the TPC156-A24 is made of high-strength and corrosion-resistant aluminum alloy material. It has undergone reliability verifications including dustproof and waterproof, wide temperature range (-10°C to 60°C), wide voltage range (12V – 36V), EMC/EMI anti-interference, and anti-vibration, and can operate stably in harsh environments.
IV. Empowerment by TouchThink Applications
Nowadays, the opportunities for the digital and intelligent transformation of the textile industry have become prominent. As an intelligent terminal connecting the production line and enterprise management, the TouchThink All-in-one PCs has improved the precision, flexibility and production efficiency of enterprise management through integration with systems like MES, and has achieved good implementation results in the intelligent transformation and supporting facilities of multiple dyeing and weaving factories.