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Jan. 13, 2020
In March 2026, the customized intelligent production line for fired bricks developed by Yinglai Technology for a large refractory enterprise in Shandong, China was successfully delivered. To date, Yinglai Technology has supported more than 40 refractory enterprises worldwide in upgrading their facilities with smart manufacturing solutions.
The project comprises two integrated units: the Forming Unit and the Finished-Brick Sorting & Palletizing Unit. Together, they achieve end-to-end automation for magnesia-alumina spinel bricks—from material distribution and forming to inspection, sorting, and palletizing. Compared with traditional manual operations, this 10,000-TPY (tons per year) production line reduces labor requirements by 40 FTEs and improves the product qualification rate from 95% to over 98%.
1.Green (Unfired) Brick Pressing Unit
The green brick pressing unit integrates automatic material distributors, specialized inspection systems, and palletizing robots. The material distributor performs precise automatic weighing and feeding while synchronously cleaning the pressing hammer. Pressed bricks are conveyed directly to a specialized inspection station for cleaning, flatness and thickness inspection, and weight verification. Qualified bricks are automatically palletized onto kiln cars, while non-conforming units are routed to waste pallets for recycling.
2.Finished-Brick Sorting & Palletizing Unit
Traditionally, depalletizing and repalletizing dried brick stacks required intensive manual labor from multiple workers. With this upgraded system, the entire process now runs fully autonomously, without human intervention.
Upon arrival of the kiln car at the designated station, the robot depalletizing workstation receives a signal and initiates operation. Guided by advanced 3D vision systems, the robot executes precise depalletizing and places bricks onto an integrated conveyor system. There, weighing, flatness inspection, inkjet marking, and labeling are performed sequentially within a single streamlined workflow. Finally, a dedicated palletizing robot completes accurate, pattern-optimized stacking.
Through these automation upgrades, production throughput is significantly increased while frontline labor intensity is substantially reduced—delivering measurable cost savings and operational efficiency gains for the enterprise.
3.Digital Integration & Smart Factory Support
Beyond automating core production processes, Yinglai Technology empowers enterprises to deploy integrated digital management systems. Leveraging proprietary digital twin technology, our smart factory management platform enables plant managers to monitor production data in real time, optimize decision-making, and enhance overall operational visibility. With mature, ready-to-implement solutions, we deliver reliable, scalable value to our customers.
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