Design and Experiment of Dross Scooping Robot for Slag Scouring of Aluminum Ingot

Abstract

In the metallurgical casting industry, the dross removing process is the most critical process that affects the casting quality of aluminum ingots. At present, the dross removing operation is mainly done manually. In order to reduce the labor intensity of workers, researchers at home and abroad have designed a variety of dross-removing robots to replace manual labor to realize automated dross-removing operations. However, the dross removing robots currently on the market all have problems such as unsatisfactory dross removing effect, poor working stability, and unclean slag removal. In order to solve the above problems, this article starts from practical applications, based on functional design and safety design, through the structural design of the slag scraper, the experimental analysis of applied materials and the optimal design of the robot trajectory, a set of The dross picking shovel is required by industrial applications. Finally, the practicality of the dross removing robot verifies the practicality of the designed dross shovel, which is an important step for the intelligent development of the entire metallurgical casting industry.