Production system and program switching method used in the same
AssigneeFuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorYukitoshi Morita
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Abstract
A production system acquires a program list on the basis of Kanban information and switches programs of production facilities and a program switching method used in the production system are disclosed. The production system includes: program list acquisition means for acquiring a product name from a Kanban information management table and acquiring a program list corresponding to a combination of the acquired product name and a production line name from a product information management table; and program switching means for searching for a corresponding program from a program storage unit on the basis of the program list acquired by the program list acquisition means, transmitting the searched program to each production facility of a plurality of production lines, and switching the program.
Claims8
A production system that includes a plurality of production lines with different structures and can produce products with the same type of board using the plurality of production lines, each production line including a plurality of production facilities, the production system comprising:
- a program storage device that stores at least one program which is executed by each production facility to produce the products;
- a readable display board information management table in which readable display board information having a readable display board name and a product name recorded therein is registered;
- a product information management table in which a program list is stored as a database for each combination of the product name and a production line name;
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- processing circuitry configured to:
- acquire the product name from the readable display board information management table and acquire a program list corresponding to the combination of the acquired product name and the production line name from the product information management table;
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- search for a corresponding program from the program storage device based on the acquired program list, transmit the searched program to each production facility of the plurality of production lines, and switch a preexisting program of each production facility of the plurality of production lines with the searched program.
A program switching method used in a production system that includes a plurality of production lines with different structures and can produce products with the same type of board using the plurality of production lines, each production line including a plurality of production facilities, comprising:
- storing at least one program which is executed by each production facility to produce the products;
- registering readable display board information having a readable display board name and a product name recorded therein;
- creating a database of a program list, which is executed by each production facility forming the plurality of production lines, for each combination of the product name and a production line name;
- acquiring a program list corresponding to a combination of the product name acquired from the readable display board information and the production line name based on the combination of the product name and the production line name;
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- searching for a corresponding program based on the acquired program list, transmitting the searched program to each production facility of the plurality of production lines, and switching a preexisting program of each production facility of the plurality of production lines with the searched program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.