With the enhancement of environmental protection awareness and the development trend of industrial intelligence, the processing technology of silicone rubber is accelerating its transformation towards green and intelligent directions to meet the needs of sustainable development and improve production efficiency and product quality.
In terms of green transformation, the primary task is to reduce pollutant emissions during the processing process. Traditional silicone rubber processing often uses a large amount of organic solvents, which not only causes pollution to the environment but also poses potential safety hazards. Nowadays, water-based processing technology has become a research and application hotspot. Using water as the medium for operations such as mixing and molding of silicone rubber can significantly reduce the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). For example, during the mixing process of silicone rubber, using a water-based dispersant to replace organic solvents can uniformly disperse the filler in the silicone rubber matrix, ensuring product performance while meeting environmental protection requirements. In addition, the development of non-toxic and low-toxic raw materials and additives is also the key to greening. Selecting environmentally friendly vulcanizing agents and accelerators and avoiding the use of additives containing harmful substances such as heavy metals can reduce pollution from the source.
Reducing energy consumption is also an important goal of green processing technology. By optimizing processing equipment and process parameters, the energy utilization efficiency can be improved. For example, in the vulcanization process of silicone rubber, the use of new heating technologies such as induction heating and microwave heating, compared with traditional heat conduction heating methods, can heat the silicone rubber more quickly and evenly, shorten the vulcanization time, and reduce energy consumption. At the same time, the waste heat in the production process can be recovered and used for preheating raw materials or other auxiliary processes, further improving the energy utilization rate.
The intelligent transformation has brought higher production efficiency and quality stability to the processing of silicone rubber. Sensors are introduced in the production process to monitor processing parameters in real-time, such as temperature, pressure, and flow rate. Through the collection and analysis of this data, the operation status of processing equipment is precisely adjusted using an automated control system to achieve precise control of the production process. For example, in the extrusion molding process of silicone rubber, the sensor can monitor the extrusion pressure and temperature of the material in real-time. When the parameters deviate, the control system automatically adjusts the screw speed, heating power, etc., to ensure the dimensional accuracy and quality stability of the extruded product.
Intelligent warehousing and logistics management is also part of the intelligent transformation of silicone rubber processing. The Internet of Things technology is used to track and manage raw materials, semi-finished products, and finished products in real-time. Through an intelligent warehousing system, precise inventory management of raw materials can be achieved, avoiding inventory backlogs and waste. At the same time, the logistics distribution route is optimized to improve logistics efficiency and reduce logistics costs. In addition, a quality traceability system based on big data analysis can quickly locate the root cause of product quality problems. By tracing back the production process data, the key factors affecting product quality can be found, providing a basis for process improvement and further improving product quality and production management levels.
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