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US 12,447,609 B2Granted
Manufacturing system
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorYoshiyuki Nakamura
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Abstract
A manufacturing system includes: a first tank configured to store generation fuel; a manufacturing device having a first power generation device configured to generate power using the generation fuel, the manufacturing device being configured to operate using power supplied from the first power generation device; and a transport robot configured to transport the generation fuel from the first tank to the manufacturing device.
Claims12
A manufacturing system comprising:
- a first tank configured to store generation fuel;
- a manufacturing device constituting a production line in a factory, the manufacturing device including i) a wagon, ii) a first power generation device disposed on the wagon, the first power generation device being configured to generate power using the generation fuel, and iii) a manufacturing robot disposed on the wagon, the manufacturing robot being configured to manufacture industrial products using power supplied from the first power generation device;
- a transport robot configured to transport the generation fuel from the first tank to the manufacturing device;
- and
- a fuel production system configured to produce the generation fuel,
- wherein the first tank includes
- a main tank configured to store the generation fuel produced by the fuel production system, and
- a reserve tank configured to store generation fuel supplied from outside of the fuel production system, and
- wherein the fuel production system is configured to:
- predict a production amount of the generation fuel to be produced in a certain future period based on an environment in which the generation fuel is produced;
- calculate a total amount of a storage amount of the generation fuel in the main tank and the production amount;
- in response to the total amount being more than a threshold value, supply the generation fuel from the main tank to the transport robot;
- and
- in response to the total amount being less than the threshold value, supply the generation fuel from the reserve tank to the transport robot.
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A manufacturing system comprising:
- a first tank configured to store generation fuel;
- a manufacturing device constituting a production line in a factory, the manufacturing device including i) a wagon, ii) a first power generation device disposed on the wagon, the first power generation device being configured to generate power using the generation fuel, and iii) a manufacturing robot disposed on the wagon, the manufacturing robot being configured to manufacture industrial products using power supplied from the first power generation device;
- a transport robot configured to transport the generation fuel from the first tank to the manufacturing device;
- a first prediction unit configured to predict a demand amount of the generation fuel of the manufacturing device in a certain future period based on a planned quantity of the industrial products to be manufactured by the manufacturing robot and a product type of the industrial products;
- and
- a fuel production system configured to produce the generation fuel,
- wherein:
- the first tank includes:
- a main tank configured to store the generation fuel produced by the fuel production system, and
- a reserve tank configured to store generation fuel supplied from outside of the fuel production system, and
- the fuel production system is configured to:
- predict a production amount of the generation fuel to be produced in the certain future period based on an environment in which the generation fuel is produced;
- calculate a difference obtained by subtracting the demand amount from a sum of the production amount and a storage amount of the generation fuel in the main tank;
- in response to the difference being more than a threshold value, supply the generation fuel from the main tank to the transport robot;
- and
- in response to the difference being less than the threshold value, supply the generation fuel from the reserve tank to the transport robot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.