Line balance control method, line balance control apparatus, and component mounting machine

An apparatus which carries out control of line balance intended for a production line including a plurality of component mounting machines and configures the production line, comprising:

• a possibility inquiring section, which makes an inquiry of whether or not it is possible to mount components to be allocated, among the components to be mounted, to component mounting machines which become allocation destinations;
• a possibility obtaining section, which obtains a response to the inquiry in the possibility inquiring section;
• and
• an allocating section, which allocates components to be mounted, to each component mounting machine, in such a manner that mounting time at each component mounting machine is equalized, on the basis of the response obtained in the possibility obtaining section.

A computer readable recording medium on which a program is recorded, wherein the program targets at production line having a plurality of component mounting machines that mount components on a substrate, for controlling line balance by allocating components to be mounted, to each component mounting machine, the program having an arithmetic processing section of at least one of devices including the component mounting machines that configure the production line, executed

• a process of making an inquiry of whether or not it is possible to mount components to be allocated, to component mounting machines which become allocation destinations, and
• a process of obtaining a response to the inquiring process and,
• having the device or another device that configures the production line, executed
• a process of allocating components to be mounted, to each component mounting machine, in such a manner that mounting time at each component mounting machine is equalized, on the basis of the response obtained in the obtaining process.

A line balance control method which targets at a production line having a plurality of component mounting machines that mount components on a substrate, having

• an actual production information obtaining step of obtaining actual production information regarding a state after actual production start from each component mounting machine;
• a judging step of judging whether or not control of line balance is necessary or not on the basis of the actual production information of each component mounting machine;
• and
• a line balance adjusting step of carrying out at least one processing among component allocation to each component mounting machine and a change of a mounting pattern on a substrate which each component mounting machine is in charge of, in case that it was judged that the control of line balance is necessary.