Method of constructing manufacture system

A method of constructing a manufacture system for manufacturing one product by sequential manufacture works each of which is performed by each of at least one manufacture work machine, wherein the manufacture system includes a plurality of manufacture machines at the at least one manufacture work machine, wherein in the manufacture system manufacture works by the plurality of manufacture work machines are sequentially performed on a work object while conveying the work object from upstream-side manufacture work machines toward downstream-side manufacture work machines, the method comprising:

• preparing, for said each of the at least one manufacture work machine, which includes determining a number of manufacture work machines necessary for the manufacture system, a main apparatus including:
• (a) a main frame on which are to be installed a plurality of work-element performing apparatuses each of which is configured to perform a corresponding one of a plurality of work elements that constitute a manufacture work as one of the sequential manufacture works;
• and
• (b) a central control device configured to control the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses in a centralized manner;
• preparing, for said each of the at least one manufacture work machine, the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses;
• installing the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses prepared for said each of the at least one manufacture work machine, on the main frame of the main apparatus prepared for said each of the at least one manufacture work machine;
• and
• executing setting, with respect to the central control device of the main apparatus prepared for said each of the at least one manufacture work machine, for controlling the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses prepared for said each of the at least one manufacture work machine in the centralized manner and for inputting source data, wherein the source data comprises a plurality of motion codes, and a format of each motion code is common to the plurality of manufacture machines.

A method of constructing a manufacture system for manufacturing one product by sequential manufacture works each of which is performed by each of at least one manufacture work machine, the method comprising:

• preparing, for said each of the at least one manufacture work machine, a main apparatus including:
• (a) a main frame on which are to be installed a plurality of work-element performing apparatuses each of which is configured to perform a corresponding one of a plurality of work elements that constitute a manufacture work as one of the sequential manufacture works, wherein the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses comprise a work head device, a conveyor, and a component supplier;
• and (b) a central control device configured to control the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses in a centralized manner;
• preparing, for said each of the at least one manufacture work machine, the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses;
• installing the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses prepared for said each of the at least one manufacture work machine, on the main frame of the main apparatus prepared for said each of the at least one manufacture work machine;
• executing setting, via the central control device of the main apparatus prepared for said each of the at least one manufacture work machine, for controlling the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses prepared for said each of the at least one manufacture work machine in the centralized manner,
• wherein the central control device of the main apparatus of said each of the at least one manufacture work machine controls the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses in the centralized manner, by sequentially transmitting a plurality of motion commands each of which is a command for one motion to be performed by one of the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses,
• wherein the central control device of the main apparatus of said each of the at least one manufacture work machine includes:
• (a) a source-data storage section configured to store source data in which is encoded details of each of the plurality of work elements that is to be performed by each of the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses to perform the manufacture work;
• (b) a motion-command generating section configured to generate the plurality of motion commands on the basis of the source data;
• (c) a command-transmission processing section configured to perform transmission processing to transmit the plurality of motion commands generated by the motion-command generating section to said each of the plurality of work-element performing apparatuses;
• and (d) a source-data-input accepting section configured to accept input of the source data to be stored in the source-data storage section, and
• wherein executing setting includes inputting the source data to the source-data-input accepting section of the central control device of the main apparatus prepared for said each of the at least one manufacture work machine.