Apparatus and method for planning and controlling production sequences
AssigneeHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorJörg Bauer
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Abstract
An apparatus for planning and controlling production sequences, in particular printing processes in a printing system. The apparatus includes a sequence control apparatus formed of at least one data input unit, a data output unit, a data processing system and a memory unit, which are connected so as to communicate with one another and with the printing system. The apparatus also includes at least one planning board, which has display elements for displaying individual or a number of printing processes. In addition, a method of planning and controlling the production sequences is described.
Claims32
An apparatus for planning and controlling production sequences, comprising:
- a sequence control apparatus to be connected to a printing system for controlling printing processes formed of sequence data, said sequence control apparatus including:
- a data input unit;
- a data output unit;
- a data processing system;
- and
- a memory unit, said data input unit, said data output unit, said data processing system and said memory unit being connected to each other to communicate with one another and the printing system;
- a planning board connected to and communicating with said sequence control apparatus;
- and
- display elements for displaying different print jobs associated with the printing processes on said planning board, the sequence data of a printing process being assigned to one of said display elements and at least said one of said display elements to be positioned on said planning board and is connected to communicate the different print jobs associated with at least one of the printing processes to said sequence control apparatus and to take into account printing process time needed for each print job.
An apparatus for planning and controlling production sequences, comprising:
- a sequence control apparatus to be connected to a printing system for controlling printing processes formed of sequence data, said sequence control apparatus including:
- a data input unit;
- a data output unit;
- a data processing system;
- and
- a memory unit, said data input unit, said data output unit, said data processing system and said memory unit being connected to each other to communicate with one another and the printing system;
- a planning board;
- a data carrier connected to said planning board;
- and
- display elements disposed on said planning board for displaying at least one of the printing processes and different print jobs associated with the at least one of the printing processes, the sequence data of the at least one printing process being assigned to one of said display elements which is connected to said data carrier and at least said one of said display elements, to be positioned on said planning board to communicate the different print jobs associated with at least one of the printing processes and to take into account printing process time needed for each print job.
A method for planning and sequence control of production sequences, which comprises the steps of:
- inputting sequence data of a printing process of a printing system to a data processing system using a data input unit;
- storing the sequence data in a memory unit;
- coordinating and planning different print jobs associated with printing processes on a planning board having display elements for displaying at least an individual printing process;
- assigning the sequence data of different print jobs associated with at least one printing process to a display element, and positioning and displaying at least the display element on the planning board;
- and
- transmitting the sequence data and the position of the display element on the planning board together with the different print jobs to a sequence control apparatus and accounting for the printing process time needed for each print job.
A method of planning and controlling production sequences, which comprises the steps of:
- providing a sequence control apparatus for controlling printing processes of a printing system, the sequence control apparatus formed of a data input unit, a data output unit, a data processing system and a memory unit connected to communicate with one another and with the printing system;
- providing a planning board having display elements for displaying different print jobs associated with at least one of individual printing processes;
- assigning sequence data of different print jobs associated with the at least one of the printing processes to a display element;
- storing the sequence data for the different print jobs and accounting for printing process time needed for each print job in a data carrier connected to the display element;
- and
- positioning at least one of the display elements on the planning board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.