Manufacturing device for personal care product

A manufacturing method for a personal care product applicable to one or more portions of a human body using a manufacturing system including:

• a stage including a plurality of stations, and
• a shuttle to mount a workpiece thereon and to move between a plurality of the stations to transport the workpiece, the workpiece being a precursor of the personal care product, wherein
• the plurality of stations includes:
• a supply station to which the workpiece is supplied,
• a plurality of operation stations at which respective operations are performed on the workpiece, and
• an ejecting station from which the workpiece is ejected, and
• the method comprises controlling movement of the shuttle by
• moving the shuttle to the supply station to mount the workpiece thereon,
• extracting operation stations for performing operations necessary for the mounted workpiece from among a plurality of the operation stations,
• selecting an operation station from the plurality of the operation stations in accordance with availability of the extracted operation stations and reversibility of an execution order of the operations, and
• moving the shuttle to the selected operation stations in sequence to perform the operations on the workpiece,
• then moving the shuttle to the ejecting station to eject the workpiece, and
• then moving the shuttle to the supply station again,
• the manufacturing system comprises a plurality of the shuttles,
• the method controls movement of the plurality of the shuttles such that the plurality of the shuttles independently move between the plurality of stations,
• the plurality of operation stations have respective operation standby stations to wait after the operation,
• the method controls the movement of the plurality of the shuttles such that, when corresponding ones of the plurality of the shuttles waiting at the plurality of the operation standby stations have an identical subsequent destination station, priority is given to one of the plurality of shuttles to which the workpiece is supplied first, and
• the method controls the movement of the plurality of the shuttles such that
• paths from the plurality of the operation stations to the plurality of the operation standby stations, respectively, are one-way paths, and
• paths from the plurality of the operation standby stations to the plurality of the operation stations, respectively, are one-way paths.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a method of controlling a manufacturing device for a personal care product applicable to one or more portions of a human body, the manufacturing device including:

• a stage including a plurality of stations, and
• a shuttle to mount a workpiece thereon and to move between a plurality of the stations to transport the workpiece, the workpiece being a precursor of the personal care product, wherein
• the plurality of stations includes:
• a supply station to which the workpiece is supplied,
• a plurality of operation stations at which operations are performed on the workpiece, respectively, and
• an ejecting station from which the workpiece is ejected, and
• the method comprises controlling movement of the shuttle by
• moving the shuttle to the supply station to mount the workpiece thereon,
• extracting operation stations to perform operations for the mounted workpiece from among a plurality of the operation stations,
• selecting an operation station from the plurality of the operation stations in accordance with availability of the extracted operation stations and reversibility of an execution order of the operations, and
• moving the shuttle to the selected operation stations in sequence to perform the operations on the workpiece,
• then moving the shuttle to the ejecting station to eject the workpiece, and
• then moving the shuttle to the supply station again,
• the manufacturing device comprises a plurality of the shuttles,
• the method controls movement of the plurality of the shuttles such that the plurality of the shuttles independently move between the plurality of stations,
• the plurality of operation stations have respective operation standby stations to wait after the operation,
• the method controls the movement of the plurality of the shuttles such that, when corresponding ones of the plurality of the shuttles waiting at the plurality of the operation standby stations have an identical subsequent destination station, priority is given to one of the plurality of shuttles to which the workpiece is supplied first, and
• the method controls the movement of the plurality of the shuttles such that
• paths from the plurality of the operation stations to the plurality of the operation standby stations, respectively, are one-way paths, and
• paths from the plurality of the operation standby stations to the plurality of the operation stations, respectively, are one-way paths.