Formation of Equipment Families on Fitting Lines
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1. A method for determination of equipment families for a fitting line for populating circuit boards with electronic components, the method comprising:
- initially forming a number of equipment families having in each case assigned circuit boards;
selecting one of the number of equipment families;
distributing, by a processor, the circuit boards of the selected equipment family across the other equipment families of the number of equipment families by integer linear programming.
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The invention concerns a fitting line which is arranged to fit printed circuit boards with electronic components. A method for determining equipment families for the fitting line comprises the following steps: initial forming of a number of equipment families, each having allocated printed circuit boards; selecting of one of the equipment families; and distributing of the printed circuit boards of the selected equipment family to the other equipment families by means of integral linear programming.
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1. A method for determination of equipment families for a fitting line for populating circuit boards with electronic components, the method comprising:
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initially forming a number of equipment families having in each case assigned circuit boards; selecting one of the number of equipment families; distributing, by a processor, the circuit boards of the selected equipment family across the other equipment families of the number of equipment families by integer linear programming. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program code having instructions executable by a processor to determine equipment families for a fitting line for populating circuit boards with electronic components, the instructions comprising:
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initially forming a number of equipment families having in each case assigned circuit boards; selecting one of the number of equipment families; distributing the circuit boards of the selected equipment family across the other equipment families of the number of equipment families by integer linear programming. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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10. A control apparatus for determination of equipment families for a fitting line for a population of circuit boards with electronic components, the control apparatus comprising:
a processor is configured to; form initially a number of equipment families, each with assigned circuit boards, select one of the equipment families; and distribute the circuit boards of the selected equipment family over the other equipment families using integer linear programming.
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