Recently, Lapsen Technology’s fully automatic tapping robot for industrial silicon has been officially put into operation at the industrial silicon smelting workshop of East Hope Zhundong. East Hope Zhundong Industrial Silicon has thus become the first manufacturer in the industry to adopt fully automatic tap-hole plugging & tapping machines.

Nearly nine months were spent on the whole launch process, covering initial scheme design, equipment installation, on-site commissioning and trial run. With the new robot officially commissioned, traditional manual operations including furnace hole tapping, rodding, burning and tap-hole plugging on East Hope’s smelting furnaces have been fully upgraded to intelligent unmanned operations.

Independently developed and manufactured by Lapsen Technology, the fully automatic tapping robot for industrial silicon is an intelligent special hazardous-operation robot dedicated to the tapping procedure of industrial silicon smelting, capable of completely replacing manual labor during tapping. It supports functions such as one-touch tapping, one-touch rodding and one-touch tap-hole plugging. Via the central control station, the system realizes intelligent automatic control, intelligent obstacle avoidance, real-time video display, human-machine interaction, one-click restriction cancellation, emergency stop and power control functions.

As is widely acknowledged, tapping and plugging the taphole is the most critical step in industrial silicon smelting. At present, tapping, rodding and plugging operations on most industrial silicon tapping platforms still rely entirely on on-site workers. Such work imposes high competency requirements on operators while suffering from low efficiency. Furthermore, manual operation exposes workers to severe safety hazards. The working area features low-level safety protection and narrow space; any accident during tapping will directly threaten workers’ lives. In addition, the hoisted burning torch leads to poor flue gas treatment around the taphole, creating an extremely harsh site environment that fails to meet environmental protection standards.

。The deployment of the fully automatic industrial silicon tapping robot system extends the safe operating distance and safeguards frontline workers. It effectively isolates personnel from high temperature, dust and other occupational hazard sources, directly eliminating multiple operational risks such as burns, mechanical injuries, falling object strikes and electric shock, and drastically cutting the probability of personal injury and fatal accidents.

As a high-tech enterprise specializing in the R&D, production and sales of special hazardous-operation robots, Lapsen Technology concentrates on developing industrial robots for heavy industries. It has delivered multiple first-set equipment products for various sectors. Its ferroalloy furnace robots including calcium carbide furnace tapping robots, ferrochrome furnace tapping robots, ferrosilicon furnace tapping robots and slag skimming robots have filled domestic technological gaps.

This formal industry-wide deployment marks another market verification and full recognition from industrial clients for Lapsen Technology’s products. The launch of the fully automatic industrial silicon tapping robot represents a key innovative breakthrough for the company. Taking this milestone as a new starting point, Lapsen Technology will sustain continuous innovation, take its R&D system as the core driving force for corporate growth, and strengthen its core competitive edge by upgrading innovative design capabilities. The company will develop smarter, more user-friendly hazardous-operation robots, fulfilling its vision of “Making dangerous jobs a thing of the past worldwide”.