Summary of the invention
Fundamental purpose of the present invention is to address the above problem and is not enough, a kind of die casting producer and comprehensive Real-time Obtaining die information of cura specialis person of making is provided, and then mould is carried out to care and maintenance in time, extend mold management method and the management system of die life.
For achieving the above object, technical scheme of the present invention is:
A mold management method, comprises the steps:
A, by being arranged on data collector on mould, gather mould status information;
B, the information data of each mould in specific region is sent to the data collector of this specific region by transmission path;
C, data collector send to host computer by data, building database on host computer, and form the mold management message file that can check;
Host computer in D, each specific region is sent data to gather to the remote computer of higher administration and supervision authorities, die casting producer, mold repair department by internet again;
E, remote computer are assessed the mould state in the state of each mould and each region by the host computer data in each region receiving;
F, before the mould overhaul time arrives prerequisite, send early warning information, assign maintaining instruction, die casting producer and mold repair department send work to carry out large repairs to mould.
Further, in described steps A, the status information of described mould comprises use information and the essential information of mould, the use information of described mould at least comprises opening/closing frequency, opening time, vacant time, Homes Using TV, average period, and the essential information of described mould at least comprises for determining ID and cycle die life of mould identity.
Further, in described step F, when the total opening/closing frequency of mould reaches a certain preset proportion in predefined cycle die life, remote computer and host computer send early warning information.
Further, mould, after each overhaul, need to recalculate and adjust cycle die life, and predicts the overhaul time next time according to this, the data of readjusting is back to host computer and data collector step by step simultaneously.
Further, before mould dispatches from the factory, also comprise to data collector is carried out initialization and binds the ID of mould and the step of essential information.
Another technical scheme of the present invention is:
A mould management system, comprising:
Data collector, for system terminal node, has wireless data transceiver module, in order to gather and to receive and dispatch the status information of mould;
Router, for being responsible for data route, the exchanges data between connection data gatherer and data collector;
Data collector, for be responsible for the maintenance of each node of network and increase and decrease, Data Collection and and host computer between communication;
Host computer, for gathering the whole die informations in specific region, the real-time status information of each terminal mould in display system, and can check related data;
Remote computer, comprise mould user top management computing machine, die casting producer top management computing machine, mold repair department computing machine, be connected by internet with the host computer in each region, collection gathers the status information of all moulds in each region, and each mould is assessed, send in advance early warning information, assign maintaining instruction.
Further, described data collector comprises main control chip and the wireless data transceiver module being connected with described main control chip, counting module, clock module, memory module, human-computer interaction module, UART interface and power module, described wireless data transceiver module is in order to realize the radio transmission-receiving function of status information.
Further, described counting module is photoelectric sensor, and described photoelectric sensor is connected with described main control chip.
Further, described human-computer interaction module comprises LCD display, button or touch-screen, and described LCD display, button or touch-screen are connected with described main control chip respectively.
Further, described data collector comprises main control chip and the wireless data transceiver module being connected with described main control chip, clock module, power module, RS-232 chip and interface.
Content to sum up, mold management method of the present invention and management system, compared with prior art, tool has the following advantages:
(1) can gather in time, all sidedly die information, and by wireless or wired mode, die information is transferred to higher level supvr, die casting producer, mold repair shop etc., on the computing machine of the information of reception, set up corresponding database, form mold management message file, mould user, supvr and die casting producer, maintainer all can check.
(2) can be between higher level production manager, die casting producer, mold repair shop (4S maintenance store) interactive information, mould is carried out in good time management and control and mould state estimation, the use of mould and management level are assessed, the prediction mould overhaul time, obtain in time mould expire maintenance, maintenance early warning information, assign maintaining instruction, make in advance budgets such as sending work, component processing, Parts Purchasing, and mould is carried out to maintaining on schedule, extend die life, reduce customer investment cost, promote the competitive power of consumer products.
(3) by the planning implementation of native system, can build the dynamic information management platform between mould user, mould supplier, mold repair 4S shop, can form successively the die information management platform in an area and even the whole nation, raise the efficiency, can also carry out mould maintaining by assisting users simultaneously, judge mould user's management level, help user to promote mould management level, advance the fast development of die industry.
(4) by wireless or cable network transmission data, the data of transmission accurately, reliable, in time, can realize unattendedly, reduce labour cost.
(5) this system adopts photoinduction counting assembly, thereby avoids the direct collision between counting assembly and mould, improves life-span and the accuracy rate of counting assembly.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and embodiment, the present invention is described in further detail:
As shown in Figure 1, a kind of mould management system of the present invention comprises three levels, and the bottom is data collection layer, and centre is information management layer, and the superiors are upper software systems top management layer.Data collection layer comprises a plurality of data collectors 1, information management layer comprises router two, data collector 3, host computer 4, and top management layer comprises a plurality of remote computers 5 such as mould user top management computing machine, die casting producer top management computing machine, mold repair department computing machine.
Wherein, the terminal node that data collector 1 is system is installed a data collector 1 on each mould, and this data collector 1 has collection, demonstration and wireless receiving sending function, in order to the status information that gathers, shows and receive and dispatch mould.
As shown in Figure 2, data collector 1 comprises main control chip LL16, ZIGBEE wireless data transceiver module, counting module, clock module DS1308, EE memory module 24C1024, human-computer interaction module, UART interface and power module.ZIGBEE wireless data transceiver module, counting module, clock module, memory module, human-computer interaction module, UART interface and power module are connected with main control chip.
Wherein, ZIGBEE wireless data transceiver module, in order to realize the radio transmission-receiving function of status information, makes each mould become the terminal node in whole network.Wireless data transceiver module, by wireless network timed sending and reception data, coverage is greater than 1000 meters, has the host computer that special software is housed to receive information to Computer Database.
In the present embodiment, counting module preferably adopts photoelectric sensor, and photoelectric sensor is connected with main control chip, and photoelectric sensor is for the folding of induced dies, and every folding once sends a signal to main control chip, main control chip accumulative total opening/closing frequency.Adopt photoelectric sensor can avoid the direct collision of counting module and mould, improve serviceable life and the accuracy rate of counting module.
Human-computer interaction module comprises LCD display and button, or employing touch-screen, LCD display, button or touch-screen are connected with main control chip respectively, for showing the status information of mould, by button or touch-screen, realize and manually control function simultaneously, read or change the related data of mould.
Power module comprises battery, and battery adopts the sub-battery of 2 joint lithiums, also can adopt the form of external power supply, by external power source.Battery electric quantity is lower than 10% time, and data collector 1 possesses prompt facility, and sends low electric weight early warning information to system.
Data collector 1 possesses electricity-saving function, when mould is not produced, when data collector 1 is in vacant state, until when mold open writing information or before the time of regulation transmission information writing information, all the other times are writing information not.
The status information that data collector 1 gathers comprises use information and the essential information of mould, and the use information of mould comprises again action message and temporal information.Wherein, action message comprises the opening/closing frequency of mould, total opening/closing frequency, Homes Using TV, the average period of production, the average period of production of nearest 20000 times, the whole production informations in certain hour etc.Temporal information comprises opening time, vacant time, total opening time, total vacant time, T.T. etc.Wherein, total opening time, total vacant time, T.T., total opening times, Homes Using TV, the average period of production refer to the data of overall process collection accumulative total.
The essential information of mould comprises mould ID, mould title, mold weight, die size, manufacturer, the date of production, life cycle etc.Wherein, mould ID is mould proof of identification, and the ID of each mould is unique, before mould dispatches from the factory, data collector 1 is carried out to initialization, and binds ID and the essential information thereof of mould.Corporate executive just can accurately know that the mould that dispatches from the factory is specifically in which workshop or die storehouse like this, its information such as transfer what state, and as mould is called away from a region, the information of having sends to host computer 4 notice corporate executives.
The information that can show on data collector 1 comprises: total opening time, total vacant time, T.T. (displaying time information unit for hour, round numbers); Total opening times, Homes Using TV, overall average production cycle, the average period of production etc. of nearest 20000 times, all show that information forms by character and numeral.
Data collector 1 records each production information, comprises opening time, opening times, start/end time (date Hour Minute Second), preserves the production information of at least 5 years.
As shown in Figure 3, router two is for being responsible for data route, the exchanges data between connection data gatherer 3 and data collector 1.In each specific region, one or more levels router two is set, is respectively used to receive the status information of a plurality of moulds, by the information receiving, router or the data collector 3 to upper level sends simultaneously.Specific region refers to some workshops, or refers to a die storehouse.
Router two is comprised of power module, signal amplifier, ZIGBEE wireless data transceiver module, signal projector, RS-232 chip and interface.
As shown in Figure 4, data collector 3 is wireless data gatherer, for be responsible for the maintenance of each node of network and increase and decrease, Data Collection and and host computer between communication.In each specific region (workshop or die storehouse), a data collector 3 is set, by wireless path, receives the information being sent by router two and then the status information of collecting all moulds in this specific region.
Data collector 3 comprises MCU main control chip A8, ZIGBEE wireless data transceiver module, clock module, RS-232 chip and interface, power module etc.Power module comprises battery, battery adopts property lithium battery 1 time, also can adopt the form of external power supply, by external power source, so just make to change battery time and extend, reduce unnecessary time and manpower and must waste, battery electric quantity is lower than 10% time, data collector 3 possesses prompt facility, and sends low electric weight early warning information to system.Data collector 3 is also supported SD card, TCP mixed-media network modules mixed-media, GPRS module etc., supports SMS transmission information, and several data transmission and memory function are provided, and multiple kinds of molds positioning searching function is also provided simultaneously.
Data collector 3 is connected with host computer 4 by RS232 interface, the secondary development of the upper bit platform by SDK or standard agreement completion system.Data collector 3 can be managed 200 radio nodes, and data collector 3 is supported large capacity storage, supports the expansion of SD card, to radio node, provides L2 cache, and while preventing that Upper system lost efficacy, data stacking is in data collector.
Host computer 4 is in each specific region, in a workshop or a die storehouse, a host computer 4 is set, host computer 4 is connected with data collector 3 by netting twine, building database on host computer 4, host computer 4 reads or data writing in data collector 3.Host computer 4 is for gathering the whole mould status information in this specific region, deposit in the database of this host computer 4, form mold management message file, comprising each mould, move in and out record etc., and on host computer 4, demonstrating real-time status and the essential information of each terminal mould, mould user, corporate executive, manufacturer and maintenance personal all can check related data.
Host computer 4 can also directly read or data writing from data collector 1 by the UART interface on data collector 1, can also pass through handheld wireless data collector in addition, memory module the reading out data in activation data harvester 1 closely at any time, then unloading is to host computer 4.
Remote computer 5 comprises mould user top management computing machine, die casting producer top management computing machine, mold repair department computing machine, mould user top management computing machine, die casting producer top management computing machine, between mold repair department computing machine, by internet, interconnect, simultaneously, each remote computer 5 is connected by internet with the host computer 4 in each specific region, collection gathers the status information of all moulds of host computer 4 transmission in each region, and according to the opening/closing frequency of collecting, Homes Using TV, production cycle, the mould status informations such as vacant time judge comprehensively and assess each mould, can also assess the mould behaviour in service in each region simultaneously.According to the life cycle of each mould, dope again the overhaul time of each mould, before the overhaul time arrives prerequisite, send early warning information, assign maintaining instruction.Consider each side factor, general determine when the total opening/closing frequency of mould reach predefined die life of periodicity 95% time, to system, send the early warning information of mould overhaul, mold repair department and mould user make budgets such as sending work, component processing, Parts Purchasing in advance, and mould are carried out to maintaining on schedule.
Remote computer 5 makes in higher level production manager, die casting producer, interactive information between mold repair department (4S maintenance store), mould is carried out in good time management and control and mould state estimation, the use of mould and management level are assessed, the prediction mould overhaul time, obtain in time the mould maintenance that expires, maintenance early warning information, assign maintaining instruction, make in advance and send work, component processing, the budgets such as Parts Purchasing, and mould is carried out to maintaining on schedule, extend die life, reduce customer investment cost, promote the competitive power of consumer products.
For a certain specific regions such as workshops, all at use and all moulds in mould warehouse in it, form the die information management platform of this specific region.For Yi Ge company, the die information of all workshops can be collected together, automatic analysis gathers, and forms the die information management platform of our company.For Yi Ge group company, the use of the mould of all internal-corporate, management information can be collected together, form the die information management platform of group.
For die casting producer, whole moulds that can obtain different mould users are used information, and assisting users carries out mould maintaining, judge mould user's management level, help user to promote mould management level, promote the lifting of whole die industry management level.
For mold repair department, as mold repair 4S shop, can obtain mould expire maintenance, maintenance early warning information, make in advance budgets such as sending work, component processing, Parts Purchasing, and mould is carried out to maintaining on schedule, extend die life, reduce customer investment cost, promote the competitive power of consumer products.
By the planning implementation of native system, can build the dynamic information management platform between mould user, mould supplier, mold repair 4S shop, can form successively the die information management platform in an area and even the whole nation, raise the efficiency, can also carry out mould maintaining by assisting users simultaneously, judge mould user's management level, help user to promote mould management level, advance the fast development of die industry.
As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 5, describe mold management method below in detail, specifically comprise the steps:
A, by being arranged on data collector on mould, gather mould status information.
The status information of mould comprises use information and the essential information of mould, and the use information of mould comprises the opening/closing frequency of mould, total opening/closing frequency, Homes Using TV, the average period of production, the average period of production, the whole production informations in certain hour, opening time, vacant time, total opening time, total vacant time, T.T. etc. of nearest 20000 times.The essential information of mould comprises mould ID, mould title, mold weight, die size, manufacturer, the date of production, life cycle etc.
The flow process of each production information data acquisition is as follows:
Clock module in A1, data collector 1, counting module recording time information and mould open/close number of times etc.;
A2, mould open/close once after, process at one time Information generation;
A3, memory module are stored production information this time;
A4, outwards send this production information of mould.
Data collector 1 regularly outwards sends the status information of above-mentioned mould, also can pass through UART interface and Handheld data collector from the interior reading out data of data collector 1.
B, the information data of each mould in specific region is sent to the data collector of this specific region by transmission path.
Data collector 1 on all moulds in a certain workshop or die storehouse outwards sends information, and router two in this region receives the information being sent by data collector 1, more upwards level-1 router or data collector 3 send the information receiving.
C, data collector 3 send to data the host computer 4 in this region, building database on host computer 4, and form the mold management message file that can check, the real-time status information of each mould in this region of demonstration screen display of host computer 4, mould user, corporate executive and manufacturer, maintenance personal all can check.
Host computer 4 in D, each specific region is sent data to gather to the remote computer 5 of higher administration and supervision authorities, die casting producer, mold repair department (mould 4S shop) by internet again, and die information, information that die casting producer, cura specialis person can inquire about in each region gather, form information data platform.
E, remote computer 5 are by receiving the information data of the host computer 4 in each region, mould state to the state of each mould and each region carries out comprehensive assessment, compare with the life cycle of predefined each mould simultaneously, dope each mould overhaul time, make mould user, manufacturing department and maintenance personal obtain in time mould expire maintenance, maintenance early warning information.
F, remote computer 5 send early warning information before the mould overhaul time arrives prerequisite, and the host computer 4 of mould region also sends early warning information simultaneously, assigns maintaining instruction, and die casting producer and school of module maintenance department work carry out large repairs to mould.
When the total opening/closing frequency of mould reach predefined die life of periodicity 95% time, to system, send the early warning information of mould overhaul, die casting producer and module maintenance department obtain in time mould expire maintenance, maintenance early warning information, assign maintaining instruction, make in advance budgets such as sending work, component processing, Parts Purchasing, and mould is carried out to maintaining on schedule.
Mould, after each overhaul, need to recalculate and adjust cycle die life, and predicts the overhaul time next time according to this, the data of readjusting is back to step by step in host computer 4 and data collector 1 simultaneously, for mould user, checks.
Before mould dispatches from the factory, ID and essential information thereof that data collector is carried out initialization and binds mould, corporate executive just can accurately know that the mould dispatching from the factory is specifically in which workshop or die storehouse like this, its information such as transfer what state, as mould is called away from a region, the information of having sends to host computer 4 notice corporate executives.
As mentioned above, given scheme content, can derive similar technical scheme by reference to the accompanying drawings.In every case be the content that does not depart from technical solution of the present invention, any simple modification, equivalent variations and the modification above embodiment done according to technical spirit of the present invention, all still belong in the scope of technical solution of the present invention.