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US 2003/0181997 A1Published application
Method for automatically preparing a working plan
OwnerHelga Weberinventor
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The invention relates to a method for automatically preparing a working plan for producing a product comprised of several components, e.g. a wire harness. The inventive method involves the following steps: a) providing a product data model of the product, in which each component is described by a partial data set containing a classification characteristic; b) preparing a database, whereby the data sets contained therein are divided into classes according to the classification characteristic, whereby each class contains one or more selection rules, whereby a manufacturing partial process provided with an index is assigned to each selection rule, and each manufacturing partial process contains one or more working cycles; c) automatically selecting the class applying to the component by using the classification characteristic; d) automatically selecting a manufacturing partial process suited for producing the component by using the selection rule; e) automatically establishing the sequence of the manufacturing partial processes by using the respective index.
A method for automatically preparing a working plan for producing a product comprising a number of components, for example a wiring harness, with the following steps:
The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, geometrical data and characteristics contained in the partial data set being processed by means of the selection rule.
The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, the partial manufacturing processes stored in the database being checked one after the other hierarchically with decreasing complexity for the selection of a suitable partial manufacturing process.
The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, each partial manufacturing process comprising a number of manufacturing steps and the expenditure of time for the working step being calculated by means of data or a computing specification predetermined for each of the working steps.
The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, each partial manufacturing process being assigned at least one working means and a text.
The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, it being possible for a working plan showing the sequence of the ascertained partial manufacturing processes, the working means required for the partial manufacturing processes and the expenditure of time required for the respective partial manufacturing process to be output as the result on a screen, as a file or in printed form.
The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, transactions which simulate the manual preparation of a working plan with the aid of conventional business management software being derived automatically from the ascertained partial manufacturing processes.
A device for data processing, set up for carrying out the method as claimed in one of the preceding claims.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.