Method and device for tracking a product processing line

Abstract

A method for the real-time tracking of a processing line (1) comprising a series of product processing stations (2), and a plurality of accumulators (3) between said stations (2), said method comprising monitoring, in real time, the operation of the processing line (1), and reporting on said operation on a display means (5). The method is characterised by a step essentially consisting of calculating a duration for a processing station (2), said duration being calculated additively from the accumulation time (TA) represented by the instantaneous state of the accumulator (3) or of each accumulator (3) present between said station (2) and another predefined station (2) of the processing line (1), referred to as the reference station (4), and by a step essentially consisting of displaying said duration on a display means (5). The invention also concerns a suitable device. It is applicable, in particular, to multi-station bottle and flask packaging lines.

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