COMPONENT ARRANGEMENT DETERMINATION METHOD

• US 20160048127A1
• Filed: 07/15/2015
• Published: 02/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: SAGARA, Hiroki, YAMAZAKI, Takuya, TAKEHARA, Hirokazu, IWATA, Isato
• Granted Patent: US 9,997,502 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/41805 characterised by assembly
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/36195 Assembly, mount of electronic parts onto board
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 25/10 the devices having separate containers
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 13/085 Production planning, e.g. of allocation of products to machines, of mounting sequences at machine or facility level
• 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 component arrangement determination method, in a component mounting apparatus including a plurality of component supply units for supplying components, for determining arrangement of the component supply units used for production of a plurality of types of component mounted boards. The method includes specifying a production frequency of each of the plurality of types of component mounted boards for a predetermined period of time, grouping the plurality of types of component mounted boards into a plurality of groups capable of being produced without changing the arrangement of the component supply units based on the production frequency, and determining arrangement, in the component mounting apparatus, of the component supply units for supplying components necessary for production of types of component mounted boards that belong to each group of the plurality of groups.

Claims

1. A component arrangement determination method, in a component mounting apparatus including a plurality of component supply units for supplying components, for determining arrangement of the component supply units used for production of a plurality of types of component mounted boards, the method comprising:

specifying a production frequency of each of the plurality of types of component mounted boards for a predetermined period of time;

grouping the plurality of types of component mounted boards into a plurality of groups capable of being produced without changing the arrangement of the component supply units based on the production frequency; and

determining arrangement, in the component mounting apparatus, of the component supply units for supplying components necessary for production of types of component mounted boards that belong to each group of the plurality of groups.

2. The component arrangement determination method according to claim 1, wherein in the grouping, types of component mounted boards having a high production frequency is preferentially incorporated into one group.

3. The component arrangement determination method according to claim 1, wherein the production frequency is a ratio of a number of times of production of a relevant type of component mounted board with respect to a total number of times of production of all types of component mounted boards.

4. The component arrangement determination method according to claim 1, wherein the production frequency is a ratio of a number of production days of a relevant type of component mounted board with respect to a total number of production days.

5. The component arrangement determination method according to claim 1, wherein in the specifying of the production frequency, the production frequency is specified based on a production history or a production plan, or based on both the production history and the production plan.