Operating state acquisition apparatus, production management system, and production management method for manufacturing line
Assigneei Smart Technologies Corporation
InventorTetsuya Kimura
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Abstract
An operating state acquisition apparatus 20a includes a detector 21a retrofitted to be mounted on a production equipment 31 disposed on a manufacturing line L1, or retrofitted to be disposed in a vicinity of the production equipment 31, the detector outputting a detection signal indicating an operating state of the production equipment. The operating state acquisition apparatus 20a includes a transmitter 21a configured to transmit a detection signal to a management apparatus 10.
Claims11
An operating state acquisition apparatus retrofitted and used for managing a production state of a manufacturing line, the operating state acquisition apparatus comprising:
- a detector retrofitted to be mounted on a production equipment disposed on the manufacturing line, or retrofitted to be disposed in a vicinity of the production equipment, the detector detecting an operating state of the production equipment and outputting a detection signal indicating the operating state of the production equipment, wherein the detector includes a second detector for detecting a start or a completion of a processing action of the production equipment and outputting a detection pulse signal corresponding to the start or the completion of the processing action of the production equipment, as the detection signal indicating the operating state of the production equipment;
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- a transmitter configured to transmit the detection signal to a management apparatus different from an apparatus for controlling the production equipment.
A production management method of managing a production state of a manufacturing line, the production management method comprising:
- receiving, from an operating state acquisition apparatus having a detector retrofitted to be mounted on a production equipment disposed on the manufacturing line, or retrofitted to be disposed in a vicinity of the production equipment, a detection signal indicating an operating state of the production equipment, wherein the detector detects an operating state of the production equipment and includes a second detector for detecting a start or a completion of a processing action of the production equipment and outputting a detection pulse signal corresponding to start or completion of a processing action of the production equipment, as the detection signal indicating the operating state of the production equipment;
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- transmitting the received detection signal to a management apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.