JP2000127144A - Controlling system of delivery of concrete - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the productivity of concrete and to control the quality thereof properly by a method wherein information on schedules of delivery of concrete is stored, information on discrimination of transport means is detected at a prescribed stop position and the corresponding information on schedules of delivery is transmitted to a transporter. SOLUTION: A controller inputs several kinds of proportioning patterns of concrete and the respective master data of customers to a data base(DB) 31. He prepares data on an advance order for delivery showing the content of an order from a customer and inputs them to the DB 31 and, on the day before delivery, he correlates the car number of a usable truck mixer TM with data on a schedule of delivery and inputs it to the DB 31. On the day of delivery, a car number reading device 11 detects the car number from an information transmitting device 13 of the truck mixer TM being used, at a prescribed car stop position, and outputs the data on the schedule of delivery to a slip issuing device 12, and a driver receives a statement of delivery. On the other hand, a product produced with proportioning values corrected according to the schedule of delivery is loaded at a specified loading position, with the pertinent mixer TM checked by a car number reading device 22, and transported. According to this constitution, it is possible to shorten a loss time on delivery, to enhance thereby productivity and to control the quality properly.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a concrete shipping management system for managing the shipping status of concrete manufactured by a concrete manufacturing facility.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, the following procedures are carried out when shipping concrete at a concrete manufacturing facility. That is, on the day of shipment, the concrete carrier (the driver of the mixer truck) stops the mixer truck at the predetermined shipment reception position. Then, the shipping manager of the concrete recognizes the identification number (vehicle number) of the mixer truck by hearing from the driver or reading the vehicle number drawn on the mixer truck.

[0005] Next, a shipping manager operates a shipping management PC.
By inputting the car number into the (personal computer), the shipping schedule information (shipping date, shipping destination, mix, quantity, concrete loading position, etc.) corresponding to the car number is read from the shipping schedule information database, and the Create a shipping slip (delivery note) based on that and hand the slip to the driver.

[0004] Then, the driver of the mixer truck moves the mixer truck to a predetermined loading position according to the slip. on the other hand,
The shipping manager operates the operation panel of the concrete manufacturing apparatus according to the read shipping schedule information, manufactures concrete to be shipped, and loads the concrete on the mixer truck. At this time, the concrete is manufactured based on the data of the combination pattern registered in the concrete manufacturing apparatus in advance.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]
When manufacturing and shipping various types of ready-mixed concrete to many shipping destinations, it is desired to increase the productivity of the concrete manufacturing apparatus by minimizing the manufacturing and shipping loss time as much as possible. In addition, concrete production and
When performing quality control of concrete in addition to shipping,
It is necessary to correct concrete mix properly.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a concrete shipping management system capable of improving the productivity of a concrete manufacturing apparatus and appropriately managing the quality of concrete. As an issue.

[0007]

The present invention employs the following configuration to solve the above-mentioned problems. That is, the invention of claim 1 is a concrete shipping management system for managing the shipping status of concrete manufactured by a concrete manufacturing facility, wherein the storage means for storing the concrete shipping schedule information and the concrete transport means are provided. Detecting means for detecting the identification information of the transportation means from the transportation means when the vehicle is stopped at a predetermined stop position; and reading means for reading the shipping schedule information corresponding to the identification information detected by the detection means from the storage means. Notification means for transmitting the shipping schedule information read by the reading means to a concrete carrier.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the transport means arrives at the stop position, the identification information of the transport means is detected, and the shipping schedule information corresponding to the identification information is read out and transmitted to the concrete transporter. You. This eliminates the need for the shipping manager to recognize the identification information and input the identification information as in the related art, thereby shortening the time required for shipment.

The transport means is, for example, a transport vehicle such as a truck or a mixer truck, or a transport vehicle such as a freight truck running on rails, and the concrete transporter is, for example, a driver or a pilot of the transport vehicle. .

The shipping schedule information includes, for example, information on a shipping date (delivery date), a delivery destination, a price, a combination, a quantity, and the like.
The storage means is, for example, a database storing shipping schedule information, and a semiconductor memory such as a RAM, a hard disk, a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, an optical disk, a magnetic tape, or the like can be used as a recording medium for the shipping schedule information. .

Various methods can be used for detecting the identification information as long as the method can be performed without human intervention. Contact or non-contact between the detecting means and the transport means at the time of detection is not important. For example, it is preferable that an information transmitting device that transmits a radio wave including identification information is attached to the transporting means, and the detecting means detects the radio wave. Further, the detection means may optically read the identification information drawn on the transportation means. Further, the detecting means may be configured to mechanically read a recording medium provided on the transport means.

The reading means may be any means which can read the shipping schedule information from the storage means. For example, the reading means can be constituted by a processor device (a personal computer, a workstation, or the like) such as a CPU or an MPU.

The notification means may be any means capable of transmitting the shipping schedule information to the driver of the transportation means (concrete transportation means). For example, a display device for displaying the shipping schedule information, or outputting the shipping schedule information by voice. It can be composed of speakers.

It is preferable that the invention of claim 1 further includes an issuing means for issuing an information transmission medium recording the shipping schedule information read by the reading means. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a manufacturing apparatus control means for manufacturing a concrete according to the shipping schedule information by controlling the concrete manufacturing apparatus based on the shipping schedule information read by the reading means of the first aspect. It is specified by having prepared.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the manufacturing apparatus control means starts the production of concrete based on the shipping schedule information, it is possible for the shipping manager to operate the concrete apparatus without operating the operation panel of the manufacturing apparatus as in the prior art. Is started. For this reason, the time from the identification of the transportation means to the start of concrete production can be shortened. The manufacturing apparatus control means can be constituted by, for example, various processor devices, similarly to the reading means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a loading position of concrete manufactured by the manufacturing apparatus control means is transmitted to the concrete carrier based on the shipping schedule information read by the reading means of the first aspect. And transmission means for performing the communication.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the transmitting means transmits the loading position to the carrier, it is not necessary for the shipping manager to notify the loading position to the carrier as in the related art. The transmission means can be configured using the same configuration as the notification means described above.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, after concrete is manufactured by the manufacturing apparatus control means of the second aspect, the second storage means for storing information on the concrete as concrete quality information is further provided. It was done.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the manufactured concrete quality information is stored in the second storage means, the quality information can be used later for concrete quality control.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the shipping schedule information according to the second aspect includes information on the concrete material and the amount of the concrete, and the manufacturing apparatus control means performs the concrete processing according to the information on the material and the amount of the concrete. It is specified by manufacturing.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the manufacturing apparatus control means according to the fourth aspect of the present invention specifies the slump of the concrete by correcting the blending amount. According to the invention of claim 6, it is possible to manufacture a ready-mixed concrete of a constant quality by correcting the mixing amount. The correction of the blending amount may be performed for adjusting the S / a and the amount of air of the concrete.

The present invention may further include an instruction giving means for giving a departure instruction to the transportation means on which the concrete is loaded.

[0023]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. [Configuration of Concrete Shipping Management System] FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a concrete shipping management system (hereinafter, referred to as a “management system”) according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the management system is installed in a concrete manufacturing facility and is used for managing the shipping and manufacturing of ready-mixed concrete. The management system generally has the following configuration. That is, the management system includes a shipping management PC (personal computer) 10, a manufacturing management PC 20, and a server 30.
And

The shipping management PC 10 includes a control device (CPU
Etc.), a storage device (ROM, RAM, etc.), an input device (keyboard, mouse, etc.), an output device (monitor, printer, etc.), and writes information to a shipping / manufacturing management database 31 held by the server 30. / Used for reading and searching.

A vehicle number reading device 11 and a slip issuing device 12 are electrically connected to the shipment management PC 10. The shipment management PC controls the vehicle number reading device 11 and the slip issuing device 12. The vehicle number reading device 11 and the slip issuing device 12 are attached to a landing post (not shown) provided at a predetermined landing position.

The vehicle number reading device 11 detects identification information of the mixer truck TM. That is, the vehicle number reading device 11 has an antenna, and the radio wave emitted from the information transmitting device 13 provided on the driver's side door when the mixer truck TM stops at a predetermined arrival position. To receive. This radio wave includes a vehicle number as identification information of the mixer truck TM, and this vehicle number is given to the shipping management PC 10.

The slip issuing device 12 has a monitor (display: CRT, LCD, etc.), a slip issuing port, and a confirmation button (neither is shown). The slip issuing device 12
Shipment management PC 10 sends shipment data from server 30
When receiving (corresponding to the shipping schedule information of the present invention), the contents of the shipping schedule data are displayed on the monitor. In addition, a shipping slip (delivery note) on which the shipping schedule data is printed is issued.

The monitor displays the displayed shipping schedule data,
The driver of the mixer truck TM stopped at the above-mentioned arrival position is installed at a position where the driver can comfortably look while sitting on the seat.
The slip issuing port is installed at a position where the driver who stopped the mixer TM at the landing position can receive the shipping slip through the window.

Note that the actual shipping management PC 10 is a receiving post PC for controlling the vehicle number reading device 11 and the slip issuing device 12, a process performed when the mixer truck TM arrives, and loading of concrete of the mixer truck TM. It is composed of an aggregate of a car arrival processing PC that manages the waiting status and a shipping status management PC that manages the shipping status of concrete.

The production management PC 20 is a shipping management PC 1.
0 is a personal computer having substantially the same configuration as that of the personal computer 0, and requests the server 30 to write / read and retrieve information from / to the database 31.

The manufacturing management PC 20 includes a first batcher plant BP1 and a second batcher plant BP2.
Is electrically connected to each batcher plant BP
1. Control production and loading of ready-mixed concrete in BP2. Further, the manufacturing management PC 20 has a BP operation panel for operating each of the batcher plants BP1 and BP2.

Further, a vehicle number reading device 21, a stop position guidance device 22 and a departure signal output device 23 are electrically connected to the production management PC 20 for each batcher plant. Control these. In the present embodiment, one manufacturing management PC 20 is configured to control each batcher plant BP1, BP2.
0 (and BP control panel) may be prepared.

The vehicle number reading device 21 is the same as the vehicle number reading device 11 described above. The stop position guidance device 22 has a sound or light output device (buzzer, speaker, lamp, etc.) and transmits sound and light to the driver for stopping the mixer truck TM at an appropriate concrete loading position. I do. The departure signal output device 23 is composed of a buzzer, a speaker, a lamp, and the like, and outputs voice and light for departure signal. As a result, the driver of the mixer truck TM is given a departure signal.

The server 30 is a server machine having the shipping management PC 10 and the manufacturing management PC 20 as clients.
(Computer). The server 30 has a database 31 for concrete shipping / manufacturing management, and changes the recorded contents of the database 31 or provides information to clients in response to requests from the PCs 10 and 20.

The database 31 stores shipping schedule data (shipping date (delivery date), delivery destination (customer name), concrete quantity, blending pattern, loading position (BP1) / BP2) is stored.

As shown in FIG. 2, the shipping management PC 10 is connected to a WWW (World Wide Web) database server 50 via a communication line, and the database server 50 is connected to a WWW browser via the communication line. 60. As a result, it is possible to perform a delivery request (order) for ready-mixed concrete via the Internet. The database 3 of the server 30
1 can be browsed through the WWW browser 60.

The mixer truck TM corresponds to the transportation means of the present invention, the database 31 of the server 30 corresponds to the storage means and the second storage means of the present invention, and the vehicle number reading device 11 corresponds to the detection means of the present invention. The shipping management PC 10 corresponds to the reading means of the present invention, and the slip issuing device 12 corresponds to the notifying means of the present invention. The production management PC 20 corresponds to the production apparatus control means of the present invention, the first batcher plant BP1 and the second batcher plant BP2 correspond to the concrete production apparatus of the present invention, and the stop position guiding device 22 corresponds to the present invention. Of transmission means.

[Operation of Concrete Shipping Management System]
Next, the operation of the concrete shipping management system described above
(Processing) will be described. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of functions and processing of the concrete shipping management system shown in FIG. FIG.
In FIG. 1, each of the PCs 10 and 20 and the server 3 shown in FIG.
0 is an automatic shipping management system / plant database server (hereinafter referred to as “system / database unit”) 10
Functions as 0.

Further, the shipping management PC 10 has a registration unit 11.
0, functions as an apparatus including an order receipt / shipment management unit 120 and an incoming shipment management unit 130. Also, the manufacturing management PC 20
Functions as an apparatus including the manufacturing management unit 140. Hereinafter, the concrete shipping / manufacturing procedure will be described, and the operation of the concrete shipping management system will be described.

As a premise, data necessary for the arrival shipment management unit 130 and the production management unit 140 to perform processing is stored in the database (database 31) of the system / database unit 100 by the administrator of the concrete shipment management system. Is done. That is, the manager inputs the master data 111 of several types of concrete mixing patterns and the master data 112 of the concrete delivery destination (customer) via the registration unit 110.

Thereafter, the manager receives an order for concrete from the customer, and sets shipping reservation data 1 indicating the contents of the order.
21 is input via the order receipt management unit 120. At this time, the administrator adjusts shipping so that reservations from customers do not overlap. Upon receipt of the shipping reservation data 121, the system / database unit 100 (order receiving / shipping management unit 120) reads out the corresponding combination data and delivery destination data from the database 31, and stores the shipping reservation data, the combination data, and the delivery data. The shipping schedule data in which the destination data is associated is created and stored in the database 31.

After that, the order receipt / shipment management unit 120 performs a mixer vehicle allocation registration process 122. That is, the shipping schedule data whose tomorrow is the shipping date is read from the database 31 and the mixer truck T which can be used tomorrow is included in each shipping reservation data.
The vehicle number of M is associated and stored in the database 31 again. As described above, the preparation on the day of shipment is performed. Note that, in practice, the order receipt / shipment management unit 120 also performs the above-described processing on shipment schedule data input on the day of shipment. That is, an order can be received on the day of shipment.

On the day of shipment, the mixer TM to be used on that day moves to a predetermined landing position in the concrete manufacturing facility. At this time, the mixer truck T
M stops at a position where the information transmission device 13 of the mixer truck TM and the vehicle number reading device 11 face each other at the arrival position. Then, the vehicle number reading device 11 detects the vehicle number of the mixer truck TM and gives the vehicle number to the arrival / shipment management unit 130. As a result, the incoming shipment management unit 130 confirms the arrival of the mixer truck TM.

Thereafter, the incoming shipment management section 130 performs a shipping instruction process. That is, the incoming shipment management unit 130 reads out the shipping schedule data corresponding to the vehicle number from the database 31 and displays the contents of the shipping schedule data on the monitor of the slip issuing device 12. For example, the monitor shows the delivery destination (customer name),
Mixing pattern, loading position (1st batcher plant BP
1, the second batcher plant BP2) is displayed.

Then, the driver of the mixer truck TM checks the contents of the displayed shipping schedule data by browsing the contents displayed on the monitor (display). Thereafter, when the driver presses a confirmation button provided near the monitor, the slip issuing device 12 creates a shipping slip (delivery note) in which the contents of the shipping schedule data are printed on paper and outputs the slip from the slip issuing port. . On the delivery note, for example, a delivery destination, a delivery amount, a combination pattern, a slump value, a loading place, a car number, and the like are printed as the contents of the shipping schedule data. Note that the confirmation button may be displayed on a touch panel display.

The driver receives the delivery note issued from the slip issuing port. Thereafter, the driver sends the mixer truck T to one of the first batcher plant BP1 and the second batcher plant BP2 in accordance with the information on the loading place indicated on the delivery note.
Move M. Here, according to the shipping schedule data,
It is assumed that the first batcher plant BP1 has been designated as a loading location. If a batcher plant is not designated when the mixer truck TM arrives at a predetermined arrival position, an empty batcher plant at that time is designated as a loading place.

When the arrival shipment management section 130 reads out the shipment schedule data corresponding to the vehicle number, it gives the shipment schedule data to the production management section 140. Then, the production management unit 140 calculates a blending value based on the blending pattern data included in the shipping schedule data. At this time,
The production management unit 140 corrects the blending values for adjusting the slump, S / a, and air amount of the ready-mixed concrete as necessary.

After that, the production management section 140 gives a production instruction of ready-mixed concrete based on the calculation result of the mixing value to the batcher plant corresponding to the loading place. In this example,
The production instruction is given to the first batcher plant BP1. In the first batcher plant BP1, the concrete material is weighed and discharged into the first batcher plant BP1 according to the manufacturing instruction, and the kneading process is performed. Thus, ready-mixed concrete based on the shipping schedule data is manufactured.

On the other hand, when the mixer truck TM arrives at the first batcher plant BP1, it first stops at the first stop position. Then, the vehicle number reading device 22 reads the mixer truck T
The vehicle number of M is detected, and the manufacturing management unit 140 confirms the vehicle number. This prevents the ready-mixed concrete from being erroneously loaded on the mixer truck TM having a vehicle number different from the shipping schedule data.

When the production management section 140 confirms that the vehicle number of the mixer truck TM matches the shipping schedule data, the stop position guidance device 23 outputs guidance voice and light. Thereby, the mixer truck TM is guided to the second stop position (the loading position of the ready-mixed concrete). In this way, when the mixer truck TM stops at the loading position and the production of ready-mixed concrete ends, the first batcher plant B
Ready-mixed concrete is discharged from P1 and loaded on the mixer truck TM.

After that, when the loading of the ready-mixed concrete is completed, the production management section 140 outputs a sound or light serving as a departure signal from the departure signal output section 23. Thus, the driver of the mixer truck TM knows that the loading of the ready-mixed concrete has been completed, makes the mixer truck exit, and transports the ready-mixed concrete to a predetermined delivery location (construction site).

When the shipment of the ready-mixed concrete is completed in this way, the incoming shipment management section 130 associates the data indicating that the shipping work related to the shipping schedule data is completed with the database 31 in association with the shipping schedule data. To be stored. Further, the production management unit 140 stores data on the produced ready-mixed concrete in the database 31. The data of the manufactured ready-mixed concrete is used as data for quality control. According to the concrete shipping management system described above, the shipping schedule data corresponding to the vehicle number detected by the vehicle number reading device 11 is automatically read from the database 31, and based on the shipping schedule data. The slip issuing process and the manufacturing / loading process are automatically performed.

As described above, in the process from the arrival of the mixer truck TM at the predetermined arrival position to the departure to the delivery destination, the processing to be performed by the administrator of the conventional shipping management system is automated, and the mixer truck TM is automated. The interaction between the TM driver and the manager is omitted. For this reason, the loss time required until departure is reduced.

As a result, the time required for one mixer truck TM to depart can be reduced, so that concrete can be manufactured and shipped to a large number of mixer trucks within a predetermined time. For this reason, the productivity of the concrete manufacturing device (batcher plant) can be increased. Therefore, it is possible to improve the production amount of concrete without increasing the scale of the batcher plant.

Each time the manufacturing management unit 140 receives the scheduled shipment data from the incoming shipment management unit 130, it calculates the blending value based on the data of the blending pattern included in the scheduled shipping data, and if necessary, Since the correction process for adjusting the slump, S / a, and air amount is performed, ready-mixed concrete having a certain quality can be shipped.

[0056]

According to the concrete shipping management system of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the loss time caused when shipping concrete, so that it is possible to increase the productivity of the concrete manufacturing apparatus and to manufacture a large amount of concrete. Become. In addition, the quality of concrete can be properly managed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a concrete shipping management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation explanatory diagram of the concrete shipping management system shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

TM mixer truck BP1 first batcher plant BP2 second batcher plant 10 PC for shipping management 11 car number reading device 12 slip issuing device 13 information transmission device 20 PC for manufacturing management 21 car number reading device 22 stop position guidance device 23 output Vehicle sign output device 100 Automatic shipping management system / plant database server 110 Registration unit 120 Order receiving / shipping managing unit 130 Cargo receiving shipping managing unit 140 Manufacturing managing unit

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A concrete shipping management system for managing the shipping status of concrete manufactured by a concrete manufacturing facility, wherein a storage means for storing concrete shipping schedule information and a concrete transporting means at a predetermined stop position. Detecting means for detecting the identification information of the transportation means from the transportation means when the transportation means is stopped; reading means for reading the shipping schedule information corresponding to the identification information detected by the detection means from the storage means; Notification means for transmitting the shipping schedule information read by the concrete to a concrete carrier. 2. A manufacturing apparatus control means for controlling a concrete manufacturing apparatus based on shipping schedule information read by said reading means to manufacture concrete in accordance with the shipping schedule information. The concrete shipping management system according to claim 1, wherein 3. A transmission device for transmitting a loading position of concrete manufactured by the manufacturing device control means to a concrete carrier based on the shipping schedule information read by the reading means. The concrete shipping management system according to claim 1, wherein: 4. A concrete shipment according to claim 2, further comprising a second storage means for storing information on the concrete as concrete quality information after the concrete is manufactured by said manufacturing apparatus control means. Management system. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the shipping schedule information includes information on a concrete material and a mixing amount, and the manufacturing apparatus control means manufactures the concrete according to the information on the concrete material and the mixing amount. The concrete shipping management system according to claim 2. 6. The concrete shipping management system according to claim 5, wherein said manufacturing apparatus control means adjusts the slump of the concrete by correcting the blending amount.