Filling-port Position
Tank truck loading operations are fraught with overwhelming challenges—from health hazards like dust and toxic gases to rising labor costs and high staff turnover. While many seek automation for a solution, true success requires unparalleled precision and reliability.
LuminWave’s ToF camera delivers exactly that solution. Within millimeter-level accuracy and robust performance even in challenging conditions, it can quickly identify the filling-port’s position and shape, guiding the discharge nozzle into perfect alignment. Suitable for both solid materials like coal and ore, as well as liquids like hydrochloric acid and petroleum, our technology enables fully automated, efficient, and safer loading operations.
Composition
Working Process
Core Advantages
Employs AI-Powered Positioning Algorithm to deliver high-precision recognition results.
Compatible with major PLC protocols (Siemens, Mitsubishi, Modbus TCP, etc.) for operation.
Built to resist dust and moisture, ensuring reliability in harsh environments.
Features built-in HDR, noise reduction, and distortion correction for superior image clarity.
Outputs tank mouth XYZ coordinates within 10s, drastically cutting positioning time.
Supports single (vertical/inclined) or dual-camera setups to suit diverse scenario demands.
3D Camera support explosion-proof Class Exd ⅡBT4.
3D imaging stable and accurate in both dark and strong-light conditions like 100Klux.
Cases
Case 1: Bulk loader- Cement Loading
Challenges
- Dust Hazards: Dust permeates the filling process, posing a long-term threat to the health of workers.
- Low Efficiency: Frequent driver turnover and large manual alignment deviations lead to prolonged operation time.
- Installation Restrictions: With a maximum installation height of only 1.6 m, conventional equipment fails to fully cover the tank opening.
Value
- High Precision & Efficiency: Achieves automatic tank opening alignment with millimeter-level positioning accuracy, reducing the exposure time of on-site workers to dust.
- Spatial Limitation Breakthrough: Adopts the wide-FOV version 3D camera (103°×81°), covers a larger FOV (3.5 m×3.1 m) at the same installation height.
- Cost Controllability: Deploys 1 or 4 camera solution (algorithms + industrial computer *1 + cameras*4), effectively decrease the equipment investment cost.
Case 2: Crude Oil Loading Project
Challenges
- Harsh Environment: The minimum temperature at the project site reaches -30℃, where conventional vision equipment is prone to performance degradation and malfunction shutdowns.
- Stringent Safety Requirements: The site has flammable and explosive risks, imposing strict demands on the explosion-proof safety of equipment.
- High Precision Requirements: The filling process requires airtightness, and the loading arm is equipped with a sealing cover, thus demanding higher alignment accuracy.
Value
- Double Protection of Low Temperature Resistance & Explosion Proof: Deploys -30 degree temperatureand IP67 explosion-proof 3D cameras
- Millimeter-level Precision Positioning: The algorithm achieves ±5mm positioning accuracy (when only X-axis data is required).
- Ambient Light Interference Resistance: The cameras support from dark to 100klux lighting scenarios, adaptively adjust to light intensity changes, and stably output 3D imaging results.
- Multi-specification Compatibility: The algorithm flexibly adapts to on-site loading requirements for tank openings of different specifications (e.g.300mm, 450mm, 500mm) without additional development.
- Lid Opening Direction Recognition: Supports identification of the lid opening direction, facilitating the adjustment of the loading arm’s movement trajectory and preventing collisions.
Case 3: Liquid Sulfur Loading Project
Challenges
- Health Hazards: Pungent gases volatilized from liquid sulfur can severely damage the respiratory systems of on-site operators.
- High-risk Environment: Sulfur is a flammable and explosive hazardous chemical, leading to extremely high safety risks on site and imposing stringent explosion-proof requirements for equipment.
- Corrosion Issues: Sulfur is highly corrosive, which makes conventional equipment vulnerable to damage, resulting in high maintenance costs and short service life.
Value
- Explosion-proof Safety Guarantee: Equipped with 3D cameras at Ex db ⅡB T4/T6 Gb explosion-proof class, perfectly suited for hazardous chemical application scenarios.
- Corrosion & Contamination Resistance Design: The cameras feature corrosion and contamination resistance, effectively extending the equipment service life.
- Flexible Multi-specification Compatibility: One-stop coverage of tank openings of various specifications (e.g., 300mm, 450mm), enhancing operational flexibility.
Case 4: Caustic Soda Solution Loading Project
Challenges
- High Safety Risks: Manual operations increase the likelihood of contact with corrosive liquids, leading to potential safety hazards.
- Insufficient Automation: Frequent turnover of tanker drivers, coupled with their unfamiliarity with fixed loading positions, necessitates on-site personnel assistance for alignment.
- Complex Lighting Conditions: The semi-outdoor work environment is susceptible to issues like oblique sunlight, which easily interferes with imaging and reduces positioning accuracy.
Value
- High Precision, Stability & Reliability: The algorithm delivers ±10mm positioning accuracy and outputs coordinates within 10 seconds, significantly improving response speed.
- Ambient Light Interference Resistance: Excellent light adaptability ensures stable 3D imaging output regardless of varying illumination conditions.
- Occupational Health Protection: Automated alignment minimizes personnel’s close-range exposure to corrosive substances, lowering occupational health risks.
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