JP2007334424A - Work managing system for insertion machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a work managing system for an insertion machine, improving efficiency of collating work by remotely monitoring an operating status of the insertion machine gathering advertising leaflet sets. <P>SOLUTION: A count means corresponding to the number of insertion machines for counting advertising leaflet sets delivered from each insertion machine, and an error detecting means corresponding to the number of insertion machines for detecting various types of errors caused in the insertion machine as signal values are installed with respect to a plurality of insertion machines bundling a plurality of advertisements to be distributed with newspapers into one advertising leaflet and sequentially delivering them as advertising leaflet sets. An operation means is provided for inputting signals from each count means and each error detecting means and calculating the number of delivered advertising leaflet sets, operating time, and downtime of each insertion machine. A monitor means is provided for obtaining the operating status of each insertion machine by displaying numerical data calculated by the operation means in a state display screen of a table format including plural cells preset for each insertion machine. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a work management system for a folding machine that collates a folding advertisement distributed with a newspaper, and in particular, when creating a folding advertisement with a folding machine, the operation status is easily grasped and efficient. The present invention relates to a work management system for a folding machine that enables work.

Inserted advertisements attached to newspapers are distributed simultaneously as a set of inserted advertisements (collaborated insert advertisements) for each newspaper according to the distribution area. ing. The collation of inserted advertisements is performed by a folding machine that sets a plurality of types of advertisements and automatically bundles them one by one to sequentially carry out a set of inserted advertisements.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the folder 10 has a plurality of tray portions 11 and folding shelves 12 formed on both side surfaces of the box, and a plurality of different advertisements are installed on each tray portion 11 and folding shelf 12. In addition, the advertisements taken out from each tray section 11 are stacked one by one in the box, and a plurality of advertisements 52 are formed inside the large area advertisement 51 taken out from the folding shelf 12 as shown in FIG. By bundling and collating so as to be sandwiched, one folded advertisement set 50 is sent out from the lowermost carry-out unit 13.

Insertion advertising groups need to distribute different advertisements depending on the area where newspapers are distributed, so for each insertion advertising group distributed in one area, install an advertisement in each tray section and calculate the number of insertion advertising groups required. By setting as the number of work copies and repeatedly performing collation work by the folding machine, work by a plurality of work times is performed.
When performing this work, in order to monitor whether there are any abnormalities in the folding machine that is being worked on, several operators manage multiple folding machines, and each time the number of work copies is completed (every work number ) Requires a preparation period (setup time) for performing work such as setting advertisements necessary for the next distribution area in each tray section.

  When an error (abnormality) occurs in the folding machine when performing a collating operation as described above, the operator performs recovery work, but monitors whether an error has occurred from a remote location. There was no such system.

  In addition, it has been empirically found that the time required for recovery work when an error occurs and the preparation time (setup time) for each number of work differ greatly depending on the skill level of the operator. There was no system to observe from a remote location. Therefore, it is not possible to grasp the progress of each folding machine numerically in real time without observing the operator at the site, and as a result, the operator's skill level is objectively determined and reflected in, for example, hourly wages I could not.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to improve the efficiency of collating work by observing the operating status of the folding machine that collates the advertising advertisement set in a remote place. The purpose is to provide a machine work management system.

In order to achieve the above object, a work management system for a folding machine according to claim 1 is provided for a plurality of folding machines that bundle a plurality of advertisements distributed simultaneously with a newspaper into a single folding advertisement and sequentially carry out as a folding advertisement set. Counting means according to the number of folding machines that counts the inserted advertisement set carried out by each folding machine, and error detection means according to the number of folding machines that detects various errors occurring in the folding machine as signal values. Install
Inputting signals from each counting means and each error detecting means, calculating means for calculating the number of inserted advertisements for each folding machine, operating time and stop time;
Monitor means for grasping the operating status of each folding machine by displaying numerical data calculated by the computing means on a status display screen in a tabular format including a plurality of cells preset for each folding machine It is characterized by.

  In the work management system for a folding machine according to claim 1, the status display screen has an error display unit for displaying various errors generated in the folding machine in different colors according to the type, and the folding machine has an error. If it occurs, all or part of the cells in the column corresponding to the folding machine on the status display screen are displayed in the same color as the error display section for displaying the corresponding error.

  According to the present invention, each folding is performed by displaying the number of inserted advertisements, operating time, and stop time on a tabular status display screen including a plurality of cells set in advance for each of the plurality of folding machines. The operating status of the machine can be grasped in real time.

  Also, when various errors occur in the folding machine, the color of all or part of the cells in the column corresponding to the folding machine in which the error has occurred changes, so the type of error and in which folding machine it occurs Can be confirmed instantly.

A work management system for a folding machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The block diagram of FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a work management system for a folding machine according to the present invention.
The work management system for managing a plurality of folding machines 10 is performed on a general personal computer 1 having a monitoring means (display unit), a central processing unit, a storage unit, and an input unit. A program for executing the ten work management systems is installed in a storage unit in the personal computer 1.

  The above-mentioned program can display information on the count number of the inserted advertisement set carried out from each folding machine and information on various errors occurring in each folding machine on the display unit on the personal computer 1 side, and the personal computer 1 The current work content with respect to the number of insert advertisement sets planned in each folding machine 10 and the work status of each folding machine 10 input in the input unit are displayed on the display unit and stored in the recording unit. Yes. The details of the specific display screen (status display screen) will be described later.

  Each folding machine 10 is a device that collates (binds) a plurality of advertisements distributed simultaneously with newspapers into a single folding advertisement and sequentially carries out as a folding advertisement set. As shown in FIG. 4, the folding machine 10 has a plurality of tray portions 11 and folding shelves 12 formed on both side surfaces of a rectangular box-shaped main body, and a plurality of different advertisements are installed on each tray portion 11. In the main body, the advertisements are taken out one by one from each tray section 11, conveyed in the vertical direction from the top to the bottom, then folded and bundled, and the large area advertisement taken out from the folding shelf 12 is folded in half and the inside By storing the advertisements bundled together, it is sent out from the lowermost carry-out unit 13 as one folded advertisement set 50 (FIG. 5).

In addition, the folding machine 10 is provided with an operation unit 20 on a side surface thereof. The operation unit 20 includes a start button 21 for starting the collating operation of the folding machine 10, an error display unit 22 for displaying an error location using the folding machine illustration 23, and a folded advertisement set carried out from the carry-out unit 13. Etc. is provided.
When the start button 21 is pressed, collation work by the folding machine 10 is started, and the signal can be output to the outside (personal computer 1) as a “start signal”.

The error display unit 22 is provided with a lighting unit 24 at a position corresponding to the error occurrence location of the folding machine illustration 23. When an error occurs at the corresponding position, an appropriate location (for example, a paper feeding unit, a vertical conveyance unit, It is detected by each sensor installed in the folding part and the discharging part), and the lighting part 24 in the corresponding place is turned on.
The counter unit 25 includes a district copy number display 26 that displays the number of work sets set for each number of operations of the folding machine, a counter 27 that counts the number of collations during work, and the total number of collations for each work number. The total counter 28 is counted and a numeric keypad 29. The district number display 26 is configured to be input by the operator using the numeric keypad 29 prior to the start of work.

The counting means 15 counts the number of collations (the number of inserted advertising groups carried out to the carry-out unit 13) in each folding machine 10 (the number displayed on the counter 27). Further, the signals from the sensors respectively installed in the paper feeding unit, the vertical conveying unit, the folding unit, and the discharging unit of the folding machine 10 are input to the error detection means 16, and various errors are output as different signal values. Has been.
That is, the error detection means 16 is configured to be able to output to the outside (personal computer 1) which part of the folding machine the error has occurred from the signal of each sensor.

  The various errors are, for example, “paper feeding shelf error” in which paper is jammed in the tray unit 11, “paper feeding shelf is no longer in paper” (no advertisement) in the tray unit 11, and a large-area advertisement that is folded in two is a folding shelf unit "Folding shelf error" clogged with 12, "No folding shelf paper" disappearing large-sized advertisement to be folded in half, "Vertical paper jam" that is a paper jam at the time of folding conveyance, occurs when carrying out the advertising set “Paper jam of the paper discharge unit” which is a paper jam.

Each count means 15 and each error detection means 16 are connected to the collection controller 40 via the interface 30 installed for each folding machine 10, and the output section of the collection controller 40 is connected to the input terminal of the personal computer 1. It is like that. The interface 30 is interposed to relay the input side on the folding machine 10 side and the output side on the personal computer 1 side, and the collection controller 40 has a buffer memory for temporarily storing signals. Configured.
Therefore, signals from each counting means 15 and each error detection means 16 are temporarily stored in the collection controller 40 and transferred to the personal computer 1 side together with an identification signal indicating which folding machine 10 is the signal.

  As described above, a program for executing a work management system for a plurality of folding machines 10 is installed in the personal computer 1, and the folding machine 10 is operated by internal calculation means based on a signal from the collection controller 40. The number of inserted advertisements carried out, the operation time, and the stop time are calculated for each time and displayed on the display cell of the status display screen of the display unit (monitor means). In addition, when an error occurs in each folding machine 10, a signal is input via the error detection means 16 and the collection controller 40, and what type of folding machine 10 is the error and the type of error. Can be specified and displayed on the status display screen.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the status display screen displayed on the display of the personal computer 1 is displayed in each cell in a row corresponding to the number of the folding machines 10 (in this example, 9 rows corresponding to 9 folding machines). Numbers are displayed. From the left, the machine number of the folding machine 10 (cell 100), the working time of the folding machine corresponding to this machine number (cell 101), the number of counters (cell 102), the number of working parts (cell 103), the work The number of times (cell 104) is displayed.

The number of work times (cell 104) is the number of work times, and is added every time one work time is completed.
The work time (cell 101) is the time during which the folding machine is working in one work round, the time during which the folding machine is operating and operating normally to perform collation work (working time), and the folding machine is stopped. Time (stop time). This work time (cell 101) is displayed in minutes and seconds.
The number of work copies (cell 103) is the number of insert advertising sets required in one work round, and is input by the operator operating the numeric keypad 29 of the operation unit 20, and the operator presses the start button 21 of the inserter. This is a fixed value that is displayed at the stage when one work is started.
The counter number (cell 102) counts the number of collated advertising inserts ejected from the folding machine in one work round. The number of counters is calculated from the number of working copies each time one advertising advertising set is collated. It is a numerical value that is reduced by one.

On the right side of the display of the number of operations on the status display screen, the operation time (cell 105), the stop time (cell 106), the setup time (cell 107), and the total number of counters (cell 109) are displayed as the accumulated values of the operations. Has been.
The operation time (cell 105) is a total value of the operation time in which collation work is actually performed at each operation count (the folding machine stop time is not included).
The stop time (cell 106) is a total value of stop times when an error occurs at each work number and the stop is performed.
The setup time (cell 107) is the total value of the time required between each work.
The counter meter (cell 108) is a total value of the number of counters (cell 102) at each operation number.
The operation time (cell 105), stop time (cell 106), and setup time (cell 107) are displayed in hours and minutes.

On the right side of the total number of counters on the status display screen, the planned number of operations (cell 109) and the planned number of copies (cell 110) are displayed as planned values of work.
The planned number (cell 109) is a total value of the number of operations.
The planned number of copies (cell 110) is the total number of insert advertising sets to be collated, and corresponds to the counter meter when the work is normally performed in each work time. These numerical values are displayed as fixed values that are set on the personal computer 1 side before the work is started by the folding machine.

  Various numerical values in each operation number, types of errors that have occurred, the time of occurrence thereof, and the time to start the operation by the start button are respectively stored in the storage unit of the personal computer 1 and managed as history information in each folding machine. It can be displayed on the screen.

  At the lower position of the status display screen, a status display section (error display section) 200 for displaying the color classification of various errors is displayed. Each display of the status display section (error display section) 200 displays various error statuses occurring in the folding machine 10 in different colors. Specifically, “paper full” (cell 201). , “Paper shelf error” (cell 202), “Paper shelf paper not available” (cell 203), “Fold shelf error” (cell 204), “No folded shelf paper” (cell 205), “Vertical transport paper jam” "(Cell 206)" and "discharged paper jam" (cell 207) are displayed in pink, orange, red, blue, light blue, green, and dark green, respectively.

  And when various errors generate | occur | produce in the folding machine 10, it is comprised so that all or one part of the cell 100-110 of the row | line | column corresponding to the folding machine of the said number machine of a status display screen may be displayed in the same color. (In the example of FIG. 2, only the cell 101 (second machine) corresponding to the working time is displayed in color). That is, for example, when a “paper feeding shelf error” occurs in the folding machine, the cell 101 of the corresponding folding machine of the corresponding number machine is displayed in color in the same color as the “paper feeding shelf error”.

Next, remote management of collation work using the above-described folding machine work management system will be described.
A plurality of folding machines 10 are installed in a work room where advertisement collation is performed, and several operators work on each folding machine 10. Each counting means 15 and each error detection means 16 of each folding machine 10 are connected to a personal computer 1 installed in a management room which is a separate room from the work room via a collection controller 40, and are displayed on a display unit (monitoring means). Observe the work situation.

  First, a program of a folding machine work management system is started on the personal computer 1, a work plan setting screen is displayed, and for each machine, the number of sheets required for the first operation and the number of sheets required for the second time are sequentially input. Thus, the total planned number and the number of copies to be worked in each unit are stored, and the plan number is displayed in the cell 109 at the right end of each unit column by switching to the tabular status display screen of FIG. The number of copies is displayed on the screen. At this time, all the other cells 101 to 108 are in a state of “0” or “no display”.

Next, the operator installs each type of advertisement that has been determined in advance according to the newspaper distribution area on each tray unit 11 of the folder 10, and the operator uses the numeric keypad 29 of the operation unit 20 of each folder 10. Sets the number of work copies for the first work. At this time, the work copy number (fixed value) is displayed on the district copy number display 26 of the folding machine 10, but the work copy number is not displayed in the cell 103 of the status display screen on the personal computer 1 side.
Then, when the start button 21 of the folding machine 10 is pressed, collation work is started by pulling out one by one from each tray advertisement to make one folded advertisement set, and the folded advertisement set to be carried out within the number of work times The number of sheets is counted and displayed on the counter 27 and the total counter 28 of the operation unit 20.
In the first work round, the values of the counter 27 and the total counter 28 are the same. However, in the second and subsequent work rounds, the counter 27 stores the number of inserted advertising sets within the work count. The total number of inserted advertising groups carried out within the number of times is displayed on the total counter 28, respectively.
In addition, when the start button 21 of the folder 10 is pressed, the number of work (fixed value) is displayed in the cell 103 of the status display screen on the personal computer 1 side.

  On the status display screen on the personal computer 1 side, the work time (minute: second) within the number of work in the column corresponding to the unit that is performing the folding work (including the time when the work is stopped) Is completed for the number of counters within the number of operations in cell 101 (the number displayed in the number of work copies (cell 103) (the same as the number displayed in the district copy number display 26 of the folding machine)). The number to be subtracted by 1 is displayed in the cell 102. Then, the number of work copies that is set within the number of work operations (the number entered by the operator into the operation unit of the folder 10 and a fixed numerical value). Is displayed in the cell 103, and the number of operations is displayed in the cell 104.

Therefore, when the insert advertisement group is sequentially discharged and the counter number is decremented to “0”, the same number of insert advertisement groups as the number of working copies is sent out. Since the number of operations is completed, the number of operations (cell 103) displaying the fixed value to be collated is returned to “0”, and 1 is added to the number of operations (cell 104). The time when the counter number (cell 102) becomes “0” is stored on the personal computer 1 side.
Subsequently, the operator performs the next operation by the same operation as described above. Between the number of operations performed by the operator, the time required for setting advertisements and various settings after the folding machine has stopped working is counted as setup time (cells described later). 107). This setup time corresponds to the time elapsed from the time when the number of counters (cell 102) becomes “0” to the time when the start button of the folding machine in the next work cycle is pressed.

  When various errors occur in the folder, the cell 101 is displayed in color. At this time, the work time displayed in the cell 101 is counted without stopping. Since the color display type of the cell portion is displayed in the error display window below the status display screen, the type of error can be instantly grasped by the color displayed in the cell 101.

In addition, the operation time (hours: minutes) accumulated in the entire number of operations is required for the cell 105, and the stop time (hours: minutes) in which the folding machine is stopped due to an error is required for the cells 106. The setup time (hour: minute) is displayed in the cell 107, and the total number of counters is displayed in the cell 108, respectively.
In the above example, when an error occurs, only the cell 101 is displayed in color, but the colors of all the cells 100 to 110 in the column corresponding to the unit may be changed.

Next, the working state determined from the numerical values displayed on the state display screen of FIG. 2 will be specifically described.
The first folding machine is currently in the “working” state because time (04:27) is displayed in the working time (cell 101) on the status display screen. Since the number of operations in the cell 104 is “8”, the ninth collating operation is currently being performed in the first unit.
In the ninth work, since “470” is displayed in the number of work copies (cell 103), it is necessary to collate 470 sets of advertisement sets. Since “109” is displayed in the counter number (cell 102), it is indicated that 361 insert advertisement sets have already been collated among the required number of work copies 470.
From each numerical value of the accumulated value, in Unit 1, the operation time is 36 minutes (cell 105) and the stop time is 12 minutes (cell 106) until the current ninth work, The total set-up time (7 times) is 5 minutes (cell 107), and 3752 copies (cell 108) of the advertising inserts collated as a result of the work. The planned number of times is 11 (cell 109), and the final planned number of copies is 4700 (cell 110).

No. 2 of the folding machine is in a state where the folding machine is not collating (work stopped) because the time is not displayed in the working time (cell 101) on the status display screen. Since the number of operations of the cell 104 is “11”, it is in a state of being set up after completion of the eleventh collating operation. In this state, only the setup time of the cell 107 is counted.
Further, since the counter number of the cell 102 is displayed as “325”, the operator has set the number of work pieces in the twelfth work in the folding machine. When the start button of the folding machine is operated in this state, the number of working parts of the cell 103 is displayed as “325” at that time, collating work is started, and the counter number of the cell 102 is decreased by one.

  From each numerical value of the accumulated value, in Unit 2, the operation time is 40 minutes (cell 105) and the stop time is 9 minutes (cell 106) until the current setup operation at the end of the eleventh time. The setup time between the work times (10 times in total + 11th setup in progress) is 5 minutes (cell 107), and the number of inserted advertisements collated as a result of the work is 4455 copies (cell 108). Yes. The planned number of times is 14 (cell 109), and the final planned number of copies is 5490 (cell 110).

  The No. 3 folding machine is “work in progress” but an error occurs because the cell 101 that displays the work time is displayed in color (indicated by diagonal lines in FIG. 2) and a number is displayed on the status display screen. Because of this, it is in a “stop” state. Since the type of error is displayed in the status display window, it is possible to determine what error has occurred by checking the color of the cell 101. In this state, the collating operation by the folding machine is not performed, so only the numerical values of the operation time of the cell 101 and the stop time of the cell 106 are added.

  In the status display screen, the folding machine No. 9 has no time displayed in the work time (cell 101), and the work number of the cell 104 and the planned number of the cell 109 are equal to "11". This means that all work done has been completed. Therefore, the numerical value displayed in each cell is fixed, and the counter number of the cell 106 also matches the planned number of copies of the cell 109 with “4675”.

  In addition, the bottom example of the status display screen includes the number of operations (cell 111), the progress rate (cell 112), the counter meter (cell 113), the planned number of times (cell 114), the plan of the entire folding machine as of now. By displaying the number of copies (cell 115), it is possible to check the rate of work progress relative to the total planned number of copies. The progress rate (cell 112) is a numerical value obtained by dividing the counter total (cell 113) by the planned number of copies (cell 115).

When collation work is completed for all the work times, if the work is normal, the counter counter (cell 108) and the number of planned copies (cell 110) of each folding machine match. However, since the setting of the number of collations scheduled for the number of operations in the folding machine is performed by inputting the numeric keypad 29 of each operator, if there is an input error at this time, the counter meter (cell 108) and the planned number of copies (cell 110) Will not match.
In the situation where the work management system described above is not used, it is not possible to identify the number of operations in which a mistake has occurred. Therefore, the insertion advertisement collated in each operation time until the operation times in which a mistake has occurred can be identified. It was necessary to perform a simple operation with the effort of counting the number of sets.

  In the case of this work management system, the number of work copies (cell 103) input by the operator is recorded as a history in the recording section of the personal computer 1, and by displaying the history, the planned number of copies (109) for each work count (109) is displayed. Cell 110), and as a result, it is possible to immediately identify the operation times in which mistakes have occurred.

  According to the above-described work management system for a folding machine, the working state of each folding machine can be confirmed from a remote location. For example, in each folding machine, the number of times of work (104) with respect to the planned number (cell 109) is progressed. When there is a difference in situation, it is possible to perform rotation management such that the folding machine that has completed all of the number of operations performs operations for the number of unfinished operations by other folding machines.

  Also, when various errors occur in the folding machine, the color of all or part of the cells in the column corresponding to the folding machine in which the error has occurred changes, so the type of error and in which folding machine it occurs Can be confirmed instantly.

  By observing the setup time and stop time, the skill level of the operator in charge of each folding machine can be recognized objectively by numbers. In other words, if these times are short, the time required for the setup work (setup time) and the time required for the recovery work in the event of an error (stop time) will be short, so the skill level will be high and the operator will be highly skilled. It can be used as data when setting hourly wages according to the skill level.

It is structure explanatory drawing of the work management system of the folding machine of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the status display screen displayed on the display part of a personal computer in the work management system of the folding machine of this invention. It is a schematic explanatory drawing about the operation part of a folding machine. It is a perspective explanatory view showing a schematic structure of a folding machine. It is an isometric view explanatory drawing of the collated insertion advertisement group carried out from a folding machine.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Personal computer 10 Folding machine 11 Tray part 12 Folding shelf 13 Unloading part 15 Count means 16 Error detection means 20 Operation part 21 Start button 22 Error display part 25 Counter part 26 District number display 27 Counter 28 Total counter 30 Interface 40 Collection controller 50 Insert advertising group 51 Advertising 52 Advertising 200 Status display part (error display part)

Claims (2)

A folding machine that counts the set of inserted advertisements carried out by each of the folding machines with respect to each of the plurality of folding machines that bundles a plurality of advertisements distributed simultaneously with the newspaper into one folded advertisement and sequentially carries out the folded advertisement set. Install a counting means according to the number and an error detection means according to the number of folding machines that detect various errors occurring in the folding machine as signal values,
Inputting signals from each counting means and each error detecting means, calculating means for calculating the number of inserted advertisements for each folding machine, operating time and stop time;
Monitor means for grasping the operating status of each folding machine by displaying numerical data calculated by the computing means on a status display screen in a tabular format including a plurality of cells preset for each folding machine A work management system for folding machines. The status display screen has an error display unit that displays various errors generated in the folding machine in different colors according to the type, and corresponds to the folding machine in the status display screen when an error occurs in the folding machine. The work management system for a folding machine according to claim 1, wherein all or part of the cells in the column are displayed in the same color as the error display unit for displaying the corresponding error.

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