# US 2017/0322548 A1 · Component mounting line changeover support system and changeover support method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0322548 A1 - Document ID: US20170322548A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/525,240 - Filed: 2014-11-26 - Published: 2017-11-09 - Earliest claimed: 2014-11-26 - Assignees: Fuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Fuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Teruyuki OHASHI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170322548A1 ## CPC - G05B 19/41865: {characterised by job scheduling, process planning, material flow} - 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] - G05B 19/4189: {characterised by the transport system} - H05K 13/0061: {Tools for holding the circuit boards during processing; handling transport of printed circuit boards} - H05K 13/02: Feeding of components - H05K 13/021: {Loading or unloading of containers (H05K13/028 takes precedence)} - H05K 13/0408: {Incorporating a pick-up tool} - H05K 13/08: Monitoring manufacture of assemblages - H05K 13/0857: {Product-specific machine setup; Changeover of machines or assembly lines to new product type} - G05B 2219/45026: Circuit board, pcb - Y02P 90/02: Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract A combination of batch exchange carts that includes all of the feeders that supply components to be used in the post-changeover production from the multiple batch exchange units prepared in preparation space is decided based on the component information of feeders loaded on batch exchange carts used in the pre-changeover production and setup information of batch exchange carts that can be used for exchange memorized in memory device (component information of feeders loaded on batch exchange carts in preparation space), and then an operator is notified of the decided combination of batch exchange carts by sound or by the display of a mobile terminal or display device of production management computer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A component mounting line changeover support system for a component mounting line that mounts components on a circuit board using multiple component mounters lined up along a conveyance path of a circuit board, the component mounting line changeover support system comprising: a batch exchange unit set on each of the multiple component mounters, the batch exchange unit being configured for batch exchanging multiple feeders that supply components or multiple suction nozzles that pick up the components and mount the components on the circuit board; multiple exchange-use batch exchange units to be exchanged with the batch exchange units set on the component mounters; a memorizing device configured to memorize setup information that is information of feeders or suction nozzles loaded on each of the multiple exchange-use batch exchange units; and a changeover determining device configured to decide and notify to an operator a combination of batch exchange units that include all of the feeders or suction nozzles to be used in a post-changeover production from among the multiple exchange-use batch exchange units, based on the setup information memorized on the memorizing device that is information of the feeders or suction nozzles loaded on the batch exchange units used in a pre-changeover production. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The component mounting line changeover support system according to claim 1, wherein the changeover determining device, in a case in which there are multiple combinations of batch exchange units that include all of the feeders or suction nozzles to be used in the post-changeover production, calculates the production cycle time for each of the combinations, and decides and notifies to an operator an optimal combination that is the combination with the shortest cycle time. ### Claim 3 A component mounting line changeover support method for a component mounting line that mounts components on a circuit board using multiple component mourners lined up along a conveyance path of a circuit board, the component mounting line changeover support method comprising: setting a batch exchange unit on each of the multiple component mounters, the batch exchange unit being configured for batch exchanging multiple feeders that supply components or multiple suction nozzles that pick up the components and mount the components on the circuit board; preparing multiple exchange-use batch exchange units to be exchanged with the batch exchange units set on the component mounters; memorizing on a memorizing device setup information that is information of feeders or suction nozzles loaded on each of the multiple exchange-use batch exchange units; and deciding and notifying a combination of batch exchange units that include all of the feeders or suction nozzles to be used in a post-changeover production from among the multiple exchange-use batch exchange units, based on the setup information memorized on the memorizing device that is information of the feeders or suction nozzles loaded on the batch exchange units used in a pre-changeover production. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The component mounting line changeover support method according to claim 3, further including, in a case in which there are multiple combinations of batch exchange units that include all of the feeders or suction nozzles to be used in the post-changeover production, calculating the production cycle time for each of the combinations, and deciding and notifying to an operator an optimal combination that is the combination with the shortest cycle time.