EP3213301A1 - Méthode et dispositif de suivi de ligne de traitement de produits - Google Patents
Méthode et dispositif de suivi de ligne de traitement de produitsInfo
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- G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
- G07C3/00—Registering or indicating the condition or the working of machines or other apparatus, other than vehicles
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- the present invention relates to the field of industrial lines for processing chain products, in particular products to be packaged, and its purpose is, firstly, a method of tracking such a line, and secondly , a device implementing this method.
- a processing line may be summarized generally within the scope of this invention in a plurality of processing stations and a plurality of accumulators.
- the accumulators are placed between the processing stations, and of course make it possible to prevent the stops of a station from impacting other stations.
- one of the positions is naturally the slowest, or the most difficult to stop or restart, etc.
- the stations of the processing line must therefore operate in such a way as to avoid stopping such a reference station by lack of product or saturation of the output, but also so as to avoid having to accelerate the rate.
- the maximum rate of the entire line depends on such a position.
- the invention proposes to calculate and display, for each station of the processing line, with respect to a predefined reference station and taking into account, on the one hand, processing speeds, and, On the other hand, the state of the accumulators, the maximum duration of a stop beyond which the operation of the reference station will be disturbed and, consequently, the result of the line.
- the subject of the invention is thus a method of real-time monitoring of a processing line comprising a succession of product processing stations, such as transformer or conditioning stations, as well as a plurality of accumulators between said processing lines. stations, said method comprising monitoring in real time the operation of the processing line, including the quantities processed by the various stations, or even their stops, and report this operation on a display means, preferably in real time in course of operation of the line.
- This tracking method is characterized by a step consisting essentially of calculating a duration for a processing station, said duration being calculated additively from the accumulation time represented by the instantaneous state of the accumulator or each accumulator present. between said station and another predefined position of the processing line, said reference station, and a step consisting essentially in displaying this duration.
- the subject of the invention is also a device for monitoring a processing line comprising a succession of product treatment stations as well as accumulators between said stations, said device comprising a control unit comprising, on the one hand, a storage means and, on the other hand, a computer, said control unit being connected to the different processing stations to receive from them at least one incremental information representing the quantity of products they have processed, said device also comprising a display means of the screen type and to display, in one place or close to each treatment station, a duration representing its maximum authorized downtime beyond which the operation of another station says reference station will be disturbed by lack of product or saturation of its output.
- the invention is particularly intended to be implemented in a packaging line of products, such as beverage bottles, liquid bottles, etc., where the unit products are processed for example for cleaning, rinsing, filling, and then grouped together. in packages, cashed or shrink-wrapped, and then deposited on pallets for shipping. Processing stations can be: filling, labeling, capping, grouping, wrapping or packing, forming layers to palletize and palletizing.
- FIG. 1 schematically illustrates the processing line and the tracking device where the reference position is the second position
- FIG. 2 to 4 illustrate a generic representation of an interface for display and control.
- the invention thus firstly relates to a method for real-time monitoring of a processing line 1 comprising a succession of product processing stations 2, such as transformer stations or conditioning stations, plurality of accumulators 3 between said stations 2, said method comprising
- the stations 2 are preferably equipped with sensors capable of detecting product gaps as well as sensors capable of detecting a saturation of the output.
- the stations 2 also preferably have a counter capable of incrementally calculating the number of products processed from a forced value, generally zero. Taking into account the time between different meter readings then makes it easy to obtain a processing speed by the station 2 in question. Other signals or data can of course be processed during the monitoring.
- the treatment at the various stations 2 may consist of a product-by-product treatment, or a group of products by product group.
- the treatment can be labeling, overpacking, grouping, layering to palletize, conveying, etc.
- station 2 transforms the product and / or packages it. The products therefore circulate from one station 2 to another to be fully processed once out of line.
- the stations 2, mounted in series and / or parallel, are separated by accumulators 3, preferably an accumulator 3 between two stations 2 or more.
- the products are moved in the processing line 1 between the various stations 2 through suitable conveyors, which bring the products from one station 2 to the next.
- Accumulators 3 also have a fixed input area and a fixed output area. They also ensure the conveying of products from the entrance area to the exit zone. In addition to this conveying function, the accumulators 3 also make it possible to store products, which then remain waiting between the input zone and the output zone.
- the products having a certain size, the number of products that can contain an accumulator 3 is directly related to its dimensions, or its maximum dimensions in case of accumulator 3 to variable size. The accumulation in terms of product therefore also depends on the size of the product, that is to say its geometric format. The larger the product, the less the accumulator 3 can contain, the smaller it is, and the more it can contain.
- the method thus comprises a monitoring step, implemented even when the processing line 1 is in production and the stations 2 process products one after the other.
- This step makes it possible to control in real time the operation of the line, and thus to check its correct operation, in particular in terms of rate or overall efficiency.
- the data collected may consist of production quantity readings of the various stations 2, downtime, cause of failure, need for maintenance or supply of raw material, etc.
- the data collected during the monitoring is generally processed to then report the operation to a user managing the line in different possible forms.
- this method is characterized by a step consisting essentially in calculating a duration for a processing station 2, said duration being calculated additively from the accumulation time TA that represents the instantaneous state of the accumulator 3 or each accumulator 3 present between said station 2 and another station 2 predefined of the processing line 1, said reference station 4, and by
- This calculation is preferably carried out within a control unit 6. It therefore depends on the prior selection of a station 2 as reference station 4, that is to say as station 2 with respect to which the TA accumulation time is calculated.
- the reference station 4 can be predefined or configurable by a user. It is generally the item that limits the maximum capacity of the processing line 1, given its maximum rate, for example.
- the associated duration will be directly the accumulation time TA of this accumulator 3.
- the accumulation times TA of the plurality of accumulator 3 between the station 2 whose associated duration is calculated and the reference station 4 are simply added, taking into account of course the series or parallel assembly of the stations 2 and the accumulators 3.
- the accumulation time TA for an accumulator 3 is directly associated with the number of products it contains, and this time therefore changes depending on the behavior, on the one hand, of the station 2 just upstream, and on the other hand from station 2 just downstream.
- the accumulation time TA can therefore almost constantly change.
- the accumulation time TA is therefore an instantaneous value associated with the state of the accumulator 3 at this instant.
- the duration to be associated with a processing station 2 can therefore also vary at each moment, especially since it is calculated by adding TA accumulation times which also evolve at each moment. In practice, a refresh rate can be set for the calculation of this duration.
- the accumulation time TA at a given instant for an accumulator 3 located upstream of the reference station 4, is calculated from the number of products present at that instant in said accumulator 3, and the accumulation time TA , at a given instant for an accumulator 3 located downstream of the reference station 4, is calculated from the number of products still accumulable in said accumulator 3 at this time.
- the accumulation time TA is therefore based on the number of products present in the accumulator 3 downstream, and that the reference station 4 downstream can process without stopping, despite a possible stop station 2 upstream.
- the accumulation time TA of an accumulator 3 placed between these two stations is based on the number of missing products in the accumulator 3 at a given instant. This quantity represents the number of products that could still be added by the upstream reference station 4 in the event of stopping the station 2 downstream and therefore without removing products from said accumulator 3. This quantity therefore depends on the capacity of the accumulator 3.
- the accumulation time TA at a given instant is calculated from the number of products treated, identified incrementally by means of counters, associated respectively with the station 2 upstream of the accumulator 3 and at the station 2 downstream of the accumulator 3, and which trace the cumulative amount of products they have treated, that is to say either entering the accumulator 3, or leaving said accumulator 3.
- the stations 2 directly upstream and directly downstream of an accumulator 3 generally contain counters which incrementally count the number of products processed in these stations 2.
- the count of the number of products processed by the upstream station represents the number of products which have been brought into the accumulator 3.
- the count of the number of products processed by the downstream station represents the number of products that have been taken out of the accumulator 3.
- the accumulation time TA can therefore be calculated from these quantities of counting.
- the accumulation time TA represented by the instantaneous state of an accumulator 3 is calculated, on the one hand, from the accumulation of products PA in the accumulator 3, and, on the other hand, from the processing speed of the station 2 directly connected to the accumulator 3 towards the reference station 4.
- the accumulation of PA products at a given instant for a battery 3 located upstream of the reference station 4 then corresponds to number of products present at this instant in said accumulator 3.
- the accumulation of PA products at a given instant for a battery 3 located downstream of the reference station 4 corresponds to the number of products still accumulable in said accumulator 3 at this time.
- the number of products still accumulable at a given instant in an accumulator 3 situated downstream of the reference station 4 is calculated, on the one hand, from the capacity of said accumulator 3 in terms of the maximum number of products it may contain, and secondly, from the number of products actually present in said accumulator 3 at this time. Note that the capacity of the battery 3, and therefore the number of products it can still accommodate, depends on the geometric format of the product being processed.
- the method comprises an initialization step, during which calibration parameters are defined for calculating the accumulation time TA, in particular the number of products present in the accumulator 3 at one time. particular time and / or the maximum accumulation capacity of the accumulator 3 for the geometric format of processed products, that is to say the largest number of products it can contain.
- This calibration is particularly necessary when a new format is processed by the line 1: in some embodiments, the initialization step is implemented as soon as the processing of a new geometric product format begins. , in particular impacting the maximum number of products that the accumulator 3 can hold. This calibration may also be necessary if the tracking method is implemented while the processing line 1 is already running and all the accumulators 3 already contain a number of products undefined.
- the calculation of the accumulation time TA therefore requires an initialization during which the capacity of the accumulator 3 is fixed in terms of the number of products that it can contain with the current format and / or the number of products is quantified. present in the accumulator 3 at a certain moment, so as to then be able to exploit the counters quantifying the evolution of the population in the accumulator 3.
- the initialization step essentially consists in consulting a register of a storage means 7 which associates possible types of products with the corresponding calibration parameters, said register being preferably stored in a storage means 7 of the memory. monitoring mechanism implementing the this method. This makes it possible to quickly find the capacity of the accumulator 3 associated with the particular format of products.
- the product format for which one seeks to quantify TA accumulation times is not associated with any information in the register. This may for example be due to the fact that this format has never been processed.
- the initialization can be done in different ways described below.
- the initialization step essentially consists of calculating the calibration parameters automatically from production readings for a past period and for the same format, preferably from counter readings respectively associated with the item. upstream of the accumulator 3 and the post downstream of the accumulator 3 and which trace the cumulative amount of treated products, that is to say either entering the accumulator 3, or out of said accumulator 3.
- a population dip can be associated with a zero population, the meter readings then used to calculate the number of products in the accumulator 3 from this state.
- a population peak in the accumulator 3 can then be considered to be representative of a filled accumulator 3, and the product number calculated for this peak can then be associated with the capacity of the accumulator 3 for this format.
- Production data which shows the evolution of meters of products treated as a function of time, are generally available for the past. At the start of the tracking method, and especially in the absence of values associated with the current format and stored in the register, it may be useful to analyze past and recorded values, to exploit them so as to calibrate the calculation TA accumulation times. These data may preferably represent product units, or even times, for example.
- the initialization step consists essentially of calculating the calibration parameters automatically from production records relating to a period of time following the start of the initialization step, preferably during a period of time. of predetermined duration, in particular from counter readings respectively associated with the upstream station of the accumulator 3 and the post downstream of the accumulator 3 and which trace the cumulative quantity of products treated, that is to say either entering the accumulator 3, either exiting said accumulator 3.
- the tracking method is already in progress, traces in real time the production of the processing line 1, and therefore displays a duration for each station 2 relative to the reference station 4 possibly predefined by the operator, the parameters taken into account for the calculation of the accumulation times TA are defined and progressively modified to reflect the current operation of the processing line 1.
- the durations displayed are thus based on calculated accumulation times TA from parameters that are iteratively defined, over the real-time readings on the processing line 1 in operation. This is particularly suitable in cases where the tracking method is triggered while the processing line 1 is already in production operation, the format data is not accessible, or it is accessible but absent from the register. associating a duration of accumulation.
- the tracking method therefore calibrates, after its start-up, progressively according to the current production, and TA accumulation time calculations are therefore more and more precise, since they are based on capacity values. and / or instantaneous population of the accumulator 3 which are updated according to the signals sent by the line, such as:
- the method further comprises an updating step, implemented after the initialization step and during the operation of the processing line 1, consisting essentially of modifying calibration parameters.
- an updating step implemented after the initialization step and during the operation of the processing line 1, consisting essentially of modifying calibration parameters.
- the accumulation time TA for the calculation of the accumulation time TA, in particular the number of products actually present in the accumulator 3 at a particular instant and / or the maximum storage capacity of the accumulator 3 for the type of products treated, and this in particular on the basis of information representative of the state of operation of the processing line, such as meter readings respectively associated with the upstream station of the accumulator 3 and the post downstream of the accumulator 3 and which trace the cumulative quantity of treated products, that is to say either entering the accumulator 3 or leaving said accumulator 3.
- the subject of the invention is also a device for monitoring a processing line 1 comprising a succession of product processing stations 2 and accumulators 3 between said stations 2, said device comprising
- control unit 6 comprising, on the one hand, a storage means 7 and, on the other hand, a computer 8, said control unit 6 being connected to the different processing stations 2 to receive from them at least one piece of information incremental amount representing the amount of products they have processed, said device also comprising
- the display means 5 preferably comprises a screen, possibly also provided with a tactile surface for entering and sending instructions, including, for example, to choose a product format, to force or prevent a calibration, to stop an alarm , define reference item 4, etc.
- the control unit 6 communicates with or wirelessly with the stations 2. Preferably, the communication between the control unit 6 and the display means 5 is wireless, so as to have an apparatus that can be moved around the treatment line 1.
- Figures 2 to 4 illustrate the display that is made from the duration associated with a station 2 with respect to a reference station 4.
- Figure 2 illustrates an area that can be installed in another associated display window at item 2 to be analyzed.
- This zone contains the display of the calculated duration, then possibly, below, the state of the stations 2 upstream and downstream.
- the zone illustrated in FIG. 2 stipulates a possible stop for the concerned station 2 of 25 minutes. By selecting this zone, by mouse click or contact in the case of a touch interface, it leads advantageously to the interface shown in Figure 3.
- the zone shown in FIG. 3 summarizes the instantaneous state of the accumulation for the processing line 1 in the form of a succession of cards, each associated with a station 2, and links, each associated with a battery 3.
- the map associated with reference station 4 preferentially takes a different aspect from the others, as here a key.
- the links take a number representing the accumulation time TA for the accumulator 3.
- the duration associated with the station 2 is recalled in the upper part of the station card 2. In the part to the right of the reference station 4, see for example that the first accumulator 3 downstream of the reference station 4 allows a TA accumulation time of 1 minute, recalled in the station card 2 station directly downstream, since there is only one accumulator 3 between the reference station 4 and this station 2.
- the second accumulator 3 represents a TA accumulation time of 3 minutes.
- the addition of accumulation times TA is recalled in the upper part of the map for the rightmost position 2, or 4 minutes.
- the zone illustrated in FIG. 3 thus shows in a synthetic manner the whole of the line 1 and recalls all the durations for the different stations 2 as well as the accumulation times TA for all the accumulators 3, with a graphic configuration which takes over the real architecture of the line 1, here posts mounted in series.
- the time stipulated at an accumulator 3 of FIG. 3 the zone of FIG. 4, specific to the accumulator 3 selected, is displayed.
- the upper left of this last zone shows three cards, the first for the post 2 upstream of the accumulator 3, the second for the accumulator 3 with a part representing its proportion used by the products, and the third for the post 3 downstream of the accumulator 3.
- the other two zones describe the past operation of the accumulator 3:
- the upper right section schematizes a histogram which shows the distribution of the filling ratios or accumulation times TA of the accumulator 3 over a period of time passed;
- the lower part schematizes the evolution over time of the product population in the accumulator 3, or possibly the evolution over time of the accumulation time TA.
- a processing station 2 can be one or more machines, the flow between them being organized in series and / or in parallel. They are grouped into a single station 2 for the purposes of the method, insofar as they are not separated by an accumulator 3 that one wishes to take into account.
- the accumulator 3 may consist of several devices which have this function and which are connected in parallel and / or series. It should be noted that the accumulator 3 generally represents the means for conveying the products between two stations 2, even in cases where their function is not specifically that of accumulating products.
- the processing line 1 generally comprises a reference station 4, the stopping of which is particularly penalizing for the production of the whole line. It can for example be the slowest machine, and therefore it must operate at its maximum capacity, which makes it almost impossible its operation in over-revving to compensate for production stops at other upstream or downstream stations.
- the invention aims in this context to provide and display in real time information associated with each other station 2 and representing a duration below which a stop of said station 2 has no effect on the operation of the reference station 4 , which can continue to be powered and continue to supply processed products.
- a post 2 upstream of the reference station 4 it is therefore necessary to quantify the duration of a stop from which the reference station 4 is no longer supplied with products.
- a substation 2 downstream of reference station 4 it is necessary to quantify the duration of a shutdown from which reference station 4 can no longer process products for lack of space at the exit.
- This information is then displayed in real time on a display means 5 associated with station 2, for example on a screen dedicated to station 2, or on a window of a central display.
- the invention therefore proposes to quantify, with respect to a reference station 4, and in real time for each other station 2 of the processing line 1, the maximum duration of a stop from which the operation of the reference station 4 will be disturbed. For this, it is proposed to base the calculation of this maximum duration on the processing time that represents the state of the single accumulator 3 or each of the plurality of accumulators 3 between the station 2 in question and the reference station 4. As the station 2 considered and the reference station 4 are separated by at least two accumulators 3, the processing times associated with the states of these accumulators 3 are added, while of course taking into account the assemblies in series and / or in parallel between these two stations.
- the maximum duration for a stop of a particular station 2 increases as one moves away from the reference station 4.
- This maximum duration of the stop of a station 2 depends of course on the instantaneous state the accumulator (s) 3 between this station 2 and the reference station 4, that is to say, as further developed, the number of products present or missing.
- accounting for an accumulation in terms of the number of products is not enough to plan properly for possible shutdowns for preventive maintenance, for example. It is therefore necessary to be able to easily associate an accumulation in terms of number of accumulated in the form of a time, that is, an accumulation time TA.
- this accumulation time TA that allows a particular accumulator 3 depends on its position upstream or downstream of the reference station 4.
- the accumulation time TA at a certain instant, for a station 2 upstream of the station reference 4 corresponds to the production time that it allows at this time to station 2 downstream in the event of a stoppage of upstream station 2.
- the accumulation time TA at a certain time corresponds to the production time that it allows at this time to the station 2 upstream in case of stop station 2 downstream.
- the accumulation time TA thus corresponds, instantaneously, to the production time allowed by the accumulator 3 at the station 2 just after it by going to the reference station 4, in case of stopping the station 2 just after him, moving away from reference point 4.
- the accumulation time TA at a given moment is defined on the basis of the number of products present in the accumulator at this moment.
- the processing speed to be taken into account in order to associate this quantity of products with a accumulation time TA is that of the station just downstream, which can notably be the reference station 4.
- the accumulation time TA at a given moment is defined on the basis of the number of products which, at this moment, could still be received, given the size of the accumulator 3 and the capacity of products that this represents given the size or format of the product.
- the processing speed to be taken into account in order to associate this quantity of products with an accumulation time TA is then that of the station just upstream, which can also be for example the reference station 4.
- this quantity of missing products at a given instant is calculated taking into account, on the one hand, the total capacity of the accumulator 3 for the format in price, and on the other hand, the quantity of products it contains at this moment.
- the total capacity of the accumulator 3 is of course a value that does not fluctuate for the same geometric product format.
- establishing the value of the capacity of the accumulator 3 can be done by the tracking method itself.
- the speed of a station 2 taken into account to define a TA accumulation time from a number of products is a speed calculated from a counter which follows the evolution over time the number of products processed by item 2.
- the speed taken into account is preferably the most recent.
- a processing station 2 is generally provided with a counter, which simply incrementally calculates the number of products processed by said station 2. Taking into account these counter values, for the station 2 upstream and the station 2 downstream and this two separate times, it is possible to quantify the variation in the number of products in the accumulator 3: the difference in meters for the position 2 upstream to the accumulator 3 represents the number of products brought to the accumulator 3 between these two instants, while the difference in meters for the station 2 downstream represents the number of products out of the accumulator 3.
- the quantity of products contained in an accumulator 3, necessary for the calculation of the accumulation time TA for an accumulator 3, can therefore be calculated, on the one hand, from the readings of the counters of the stations 2 directly upstream and downstream, and, secondly, from a moment in the operation of the processing line 1 which is associated with a certain amount of products contained in the accumulator 3, for example zero at the beginning of production, etc.
- the calibration can be manual, a user then himself assigning, for a battery 3, the number of products present at the desired instant, or even the total capacity of the battery 3 for a particular format, possibly in a register subsequently consulted for a calibration.
- the exact capacity of the accumulators 3 is sometimes not known.
- the tracking method has an initialization step, during which a particular moment in the production is associated with a particular quantity of products in the accumulator 3, and a value is defined for the capacity accumulator 3 with the current product format.
- this initialization or calibration can be done based on the operating records passed from the processing line 1 and for the same format, in particular the operating records in terms of product counter processed by a station 2, or situations of lack produced upstream of station 2 or saturation of the output of station 2. These past operating records can therefore be used to evaluate the number of products present and the capacity of the battery 3 .
- the definition of the accumulation time TA is based on a processing speed of the item 2 concerned and an accumulation in terms of the number of products, representing either the number of products present in the product.
- accumulator 3 is the number of products that can still be added.
- the definition of the accumulation time TA therefore requires defining parameters such as, on the one hand, the capacity of the accumulator 3 in terms of products taking into account the format, and, on the other hand, at least the number of products it contains at a certain moment.
- the capacity of the battery 3 in terms of the number of products depends in particular on the size of the products and therefore their geometric format. As soon as the geometric format of the products changes, it becomes necessary to define this calculation parameter again.
- the parameters necessary for calculating the accumulation time TA of each accumulator 3 are defined, namely at least the maximum capacity of the accumulator 3 associated with the geometric format of the product and possibly also a reference state of the accumulator 3 where the number of products is defined.
- This initialization step can be implemented at the start of the tracking method, in particular if the processing line 1 is in operation and must therefore avoid being stopped. It can also be implemented in the event of a product format change, which, as has been pointed out above, generally requires adjustment of at least the capacity of the accumulator 3. Finally, In general, it can be implemented during the start-up and start-up of the treatment line 1.
- the initialization is done by minimizing the intervention of an operator.
- the above-mentioned parameters are calculated by observing the production of the processing line 1, either over a past production time range, or over a period of time. current production time range.
- This data can for example be the readings of the counters of stations 2 directly upstream and directly downstream of the accumulator 3.
- the counter readings of each of the two stations are used over a range of sufficiently long treatment time, for example a day or a week. As already explained, these readings make it possible to follow the evolution of the quantity of products present in the accumulator 3 during the period observed.
- the initialization then essentially consists, for example, in detecting the instant which corresponds to the least filled state of the accumulator 3 over the period observed and in associating at this instant a quantity of zero product. It also consists in calculating the total capacitance of the accumulator 3 thanks to the counts of the stations 2 at the input and at the output of the accumulator until a time which corresponds to the fullest state of the accumulator 3 over the period observed.
- the initialization can still essentially consist in detecting a moment in which the upstream station 2 to the accumulator 3 and the downstream station 2 are both in a situation of lack produced and associate at this time a zero value for the quantity of products contained in the accumulator 3.
- the initialization may for example in this case consist in detecting the instant which corresponds to the most filled state of the accumulator 3 over the observed past period and at this time associating a quantity of products corresponding to the predefined maximum capacity. by construction.
- the initialization step may also consist in detecting a time in which the upstream station 2 to the accumulator 3 and the downstream station 2 are both in a saturation state of their output, which can be considered as a situation where the accumulator 3 is completely full. Again, the amount of products 3 corresponding to the maximum capacity is associated with this moment.
- Another way of performing self-calibration of the calculation of the accumulation time TA is to follow the operation of the processing line 1 which takes place, which can be done while the method is in progress and therefore displays results of duration . This makes it possible to calibrate the calculation to the production which is in progress.
- the same mechanisms as those described above for a past duration can therefore be implemented for data collected as and when from the implementation of the method, for a period of time preferably predefined.
- the capacity of the accumulator 3 can, during this initialization step during production, be regularly updated as soon as the meters lead to a greater number of products than the previously stored capacity.
- the analysis of data from a production period, past or present thus makes it possible to define at least the capacity of the accumulator 3 associated with the current product format during said period. It is therefore useful to ensure that this data is stored in a backup register, which can then contain a plurality of data representing, on the one hand, the geometric product formats, and, on the other hand, the corresponding total capacities. accumulators 3.
- the initialization step can essentially consist of consulting such a register, and then instantly identifying the maximum capacity of the accumulator 3 associated with the current format.
- the initialization step then essentially consists of consulting the register for the current product format: if no data is available for the current format, the analyzes described above for production ranges are then executed, in priority by using data on past production and for the same format, or by using data relating to a production in progress.
- the parameters for calculating the accumulation time TA can be updated on the basis of the production monitoring information, which makes it possible to take into account, if necessary, modifications that have been made to the equipment. of the processing line 1, such as a motor for example.
- the capacity of the accumulator 3 can for example be updated as soon as the counters of the stations 2 upstream and downstream lead to a number of products it contains which is greater than the stored capacity, etc.
- a particular behavior can be set up, such as an alarm, or a proposal for setting day of capacity.
- Similar operation can be provided if the value of the at least one population trough is not in a predefined slice. In particular, if the calculated value of the population becomes negative, it is possibly forced to a zero value. If it is still well above zero, it may be proposed to readjust these times to a population of zero value.
- a processing line 1 can be modified by a change in format of the products to be packaged, for example.
- products may be defective and removed from the line at a battery 3, etc.
- the initialization step can be implemented several times during the operation of the processing line 1.
- the signals of the sensors representing the filling of the accumulator 3 can also be taken into account either in place of the production counters on the stations 2 for an initialization step, or to update the parameters of the calculation once the initialization step completed.
- the invention it is thus possible to continuously monitor the state of the treatment line and to know precisely, and while limiting the manual parameterization steps, for each station of the treatment line, the durations of shutdown possible without impact on the overall flow of the line.
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