PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20090177307A1
• Filed: 04/03/2006
• Published: 07/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Matsuoka, Yoshio, Hata, Yoshio, Miyazaki, Katsuhisa, Kobayashi, Shinji, Hikoe, Jun
• Granted Patent: US 8,649,892 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/110
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 9/1674 characterised by safety, monitoring, diagnostic
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/40197 Suppress, execute command depending on physical position of control panel
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/40224 If robot gets a return signal, go to initial condition position
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

There is provided a production management system that requires no backup step for performing a backup operation when trouble occurs in a robot, and can increase workability of a repair operation of the robot. The production management system for a production line mixedly including robot operation steps and manual operation steps, including: a monitor that displays the cause of abnormality that occurs in the robot operation step; a warning device that warns of occurrence of abnormality in the robot operation step; and a robot reversing device that reverses the orientation of a robot when abnormality occurs in the robot, wherein production is continued by changing the robot operation step where the abnormality occurs to the manual operation step. Also, a repair operation is performed for the robot reversed by the robot reversing device.

Claims

1. A production management system for a production line mixedly including at least one robot operation step and at least one manual operation step, comprising:

a monitor that displays a cause of abnormality that occurs in the robot operation step;

a warning device that warns of an occurrence of the abnormality in the robot operation step; and

a robot reversing device that reverses orientation of a robot after the robot is returned to an original position when the abnormality occurs in the robot,

wherein production is continued by changing the robot operation step where said abnormality occurs to the manual operation step, and a repair operation is simultaneously performed for the robot reversed by said robot reversing device.

2. (canceled)