MANAGEMENT DEVICE

• US 20170061365A1
• Filed: 04/28/2014
• Published: 03/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fuji Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Fuji Machine Manufacturing Company Limited
• Inventors: NONOYAMA, Kazushi
• Granted Patent: US 11,100,441 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/418 Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063118 Staff planning in a project environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06316 Sequencing of tasks or work
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/04 Manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 13/02 Feeding of components

Abstract

An automatic splicing unit (ASU) is arranged in a production line configured to include multiple mounters. When an operator performs splicing work of each mounter by using the ASU, each time a component shortage is predicted, a priority is determined so as to perform the splicing work giving priority to those for which a distance to the ASU is shorter from multiple work target mounters having a mounted feeder which has not completed the splicing work yet (S106 to S116). In this manner, it is possible to minimize the movement of the ASU when splicing work is performed for all of the work target mounters, and it is possible to quickly and efficiently perform splicing work.

Claims

1. :

A management device that manages a predetermined work to be performed by an operator using a predetermined work unit for multiple board processing machines which perform a predetermined process on a circuit board, comprising;

a work information acquisition device configured to acquire at least a work target from the multiple board processing machines or a work period by which time the predetermined work is required for the work target, as work information;

a position acquisition device configured to acquire a current position of the work unit;

a work sequence determination device configured to, in a case where the work information acquisition device acquires multiple pieces of the work information, determine a work sequence for multiple work targets based on the current position of the work unit acquired by the position acquisition device, within a range where the predetermined work can be performed before elapse of the work periods respectively corresponding to the multiple work targets relating to the multiple acquired pieces of the work information; and

a work instruction device configured to instruct the operator to perform the predetermined work based on the determined work sequence.

2. :

The management device according to claim 1,

wherein the work sequence determination device determines the work sequence so that the predetermined work is performed giving priority to, from the multiple work targets, the work target closer to the acquired current position of the work unit.

3. :

The management device according to claim 1, further comprising;

a storage device configured to store a work history for the multiple board processing machines,

wherein the position acquisition device estimates the current position of the work unit by acquiring information relating to the board processing machine which performs the predetermined work immediately before, based on the stored work history.

4. :

The management device according to any one of claim 1,

wherein the position acquisition device acquires a current position of the operator, and

wherein the work sequence determination device determines the work sequence so that the predetermined work is performed giving priority to, from the multiple work targets, the work target for which a sum of the distance from the acquired current position of the operator to the acquired current position of the work unit and the distance from the current position of the work unit to the position of the work target is smaller.

5. :

The management device according to any one of claim 1,

wherein multiple of the work units are provided,

wherein the position acquisition device acquires the current position of each of the multiple work units, and

wherein the work sequence determination device determines the work sequence based on the current position of, from the multiple work units, the work unit in which the distance to the work target is shortest.

6. :

A management device that manages a predetermined work to be performed by an operator using a work unit accommodated at a predetermined accommodation position for multiple board processing machines which perform a predetermined process on a circuit board, comprising;

a work information acquisition device configured to acquire at least a work target from the multiple board processing machines or a work period by which time the predetermined work is required for the work target, as work information;

a position acquisition device configured to acquire a current position for each of multiple operators;

an operator determination device configured to determine, from the multiple workers, the operator who can perform the predetermined work before elapse of the work period corresponding to the work target relating to the acquired work information and for which a distance from the current position acquired by the position acquisition device to the predetermined accommodation position is shortest as the operator who performs the predetermined work, in a case where the work information acquisition device acquires the work information; and

a work instruction device configured to instruct the determined worker to perform the predetermined work.

7. :

The management device according to claim 6, further comprising;

a storage device configured to store a work history of each of the multiple workers,

wherein the position acquisition device estimates the current position of each of the multiple workers by acquiring information relating to the board processing machine at which the multiple workers respectively performed the predetermined work immediately before, based on the stored work history.