In industrial production, the accuracy of equipment operation directly affects production efficiency, product quality, and safety. Traditional operation guidance methods, such as written manuals and on-site demonstrations, have problems like difficulty in understanding and non-intuitive information transfer. Equipment operation animation, as an innovative visual guidance tool, is gradually becoming a key factor in improving operational accuracy.

Visually Presenting Operation Procedures

Equipment operation animation, through 3D modeling and dynamic demonstration, can present complex equipment operation procedures in a visual and vivid manner. Compared with traditional text descriptions, animations can clearly show the sequence, actions, and time nodes of each operation step, enabling operators to quickly understand and master the operation methods. For example, in the operation and use animation of the printing linkage line produced by Xiamen Xuncheng for Guangdong Tuopin Intelligent Machinery Technology Co., Ltd., the button functions, parameter settings, and equipment operation screens of the paper feeding unit were clearly displayed. By watching the animation, operators can quickly familiarize themselves with the operation procedures, avoid equipment failures and production accidents caused by incorrect operation sequences, and improve operational accuracy and efficiency.

Emphasizing Key Operation Points

During the equipment operation process, some key operation points often determine the accuracy and safety of the operation. Equipment operation animation can highlight these key operation points through close-up shots, slow motion, perspective effects, and annotation prompts.

Taking the fan button operation of the paper feeding unit as an example, the animation can detail the opening and closing directions of the fan valve, simulate the wind direction requirements, and the adsorption and fitting effect of the cardboard. This allows operators to deeply understand the importance of correct operation. Through this method, operators can grasp the key operation points more accurately, improving operational accuracy and safety.

Assisting in Precise Planning of Maintenance Procedures

In the equipment maintenance animation for high-speed inkjet printing presses produced by Xiamen Xuncheng at the request of Guangdong Tuopin, the sequence of disassembling various components is accurately displayed, helping to prevent maintenance personnel from damaging other components due to improper operation. By watching the animation, maintenance personnel can familiarize themselves with the procedures in advance and formulate scientific maintenance plans, thereby improving maintenance efficiency. In actual production, when the equipment triggers a fault alarm, operators can follow the animation's guidance to quickly troubleshoot and repair the fault, reduce equipment downtime, and increase production efficiency.

With its intuitive, vivid, and accurate characteristics, equipment operation animation has become a visual guidance tool and an efficient training tool for improving operational accuracy. It can help operators better understand and master equipment operation procedures, emphasize key operation points, simulate abnormal situation handling, and facilitate operation training and knowledge transfer. In the future, with the continuous development of technology, equipment operation animation will play an even more important role in industrial production.

Featured FAQs:

Q: How to produce 3D animations related to equipment maintenance?

A: Most machinery and production plants rely on experienced and qualified mechatronic engineers for equipment maintenance. Equipment maintenance animation can effectively solve this problem.

1- It is recommended to first produce animations for common equipment failure points (including mechanical and electrical);

2- Record and document on-site maintenance to accumulate material for animation production;

3- Quantity: It is recommended to produce about 10-15 mechanical maintenance animations and 5-8 electrical maintenance animations for large equipment in the early stage; for small and medium-sized equipment, about 6-8 mechanical maintenance animations and 3-5 electrical maintenance animations;

4- Equipment maintenance animation is a process of continuous accumulation and optimization, with a relatively long production cycle. Project contact personnel should be relatively stable.

Q: How can small companies without an 'Equipment Operation Manual' produce operation and maintenance animations?

A: Xuncheng can provide a full-chain service for equipment operation and maintenance animation production. Specifically:

1- After the equipment is installed and debugged, machinery factories can record on-site training with multiple fixed cameras and convert it into documents (Xuncheng can also provide this service);

2- Xuncheng categorizes and optimizes the relevant content;

3- The document is sent to the machinery factory for confirmation

Q: Will operation and maintenance animations expose sensitive structures of the equipment?

A: No.

Operation and maintenance animations demonstrate the content of traditional paper operation manuals in the form of animated videos (e.g., in printing presses, the paper feeding unit mainly explains how to adjust baffles, guides, and how to feed paper; the printing unit mainly explains how to apply ink, change plates, and adjust printing pressure, which do not involve sensitive structures of the equipment). Machinery factories can also delete or deform sensitive equipment structures when providing equipment models.

The initiative is always in the hands of the machinery factory.

About Xuncheng Technology

Founded in 2016, with 9 years of professional industrial 3D animation creation experience, our clients span various types of enterprises including startup teams, overseas clients, listed companies, and foreign-funded enterprises. We specialize in providing 3D animation creation services for mechanical equipment, high-tech industries, software development, foreign trade companies, etc. We offer one-stop industrial 3D animation creative services from product sales to after-sales maintenance.

We have provided nearly 3000 minutes of professional animated videos for over 200 manufacturing enterprises.

Whether at exhibition sites or during client visits; whether expanding into overseas markets or enhancing after-sales service, we firmly believe that through the power of design, complex products and machinery can be presented in astonishing 3D animations. This not only brings a unique visual experience to clients but also quickly resonates with their inner needs.