JP2003237743A - Method and apparatus for setting processing condition of photosensitive material processing line - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for setting processing conditions with which no error occurs in setting the processing conditions of a photosensitive material processing line and time required for setting is short. <P>SOLUTION: A display 41 is placed in the vicinity of processing facilities 37. A processing information computer 32 inputs operating instruction data and processing specifications data into a facility control computer 38. The computer 38 displays the operating instruction data on the display 41. An operator sets the processing conditions in the facility control computer 38 by using an input device 39 while referring to the operating instruction data on the display 41. In addition, the operator similarly sets the processing conditions of the processing facilities 37 while referring to the operating instruction data on the display 41. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improved method and apparatus for setting processing conditions in a photosensitive material processing line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Medical photo films which are sheet-shaped photosensitive materials include X-ray films used for direct imaging and image recording films used for image output devices such as laser imagers. In the packaging form of this medical photographing film, a plurality of medical photographing films are stacked and accumulated, and sandwiched between a protective cover formed of cardboard or the like for protection.
A plurality of medical photographing films sandwiched between the protective covers are hermetically packaged in a packaging bag, and further stored in a packaging box.
A plurality of this packaging box is stored in a cardboard box before shipping.

The processing line of medical film for medical use cuts a web of wide photosensitive material drawn from a master roll into a web of product size to form a slit roll, and draws the web from the slit roll. Cutting and stacking to form a medical photo film, stacking a predetermined number of sheets and stacking them, and cutting and stacking the stacked medical photo films with a protective cover, and multiple medical films sandwiched with the protective cover. It includes a bag filling step of storing the photographing film in a packaging bag, a box packaging step of storing the packaging bag in a packaging box, and a cardboard packaging step of storing a plurality of packaging boxes in a cardboard.

[0004] On a processing line for medical imaging films, medical imaging films having a plurality of specifications of different types and sizes are created. Therefore, at the time of switching the product type, etc., the operator enters the processing line with the processing instruction sheet of the newly produced medical imaging film and sets the processing conditions.

[0005]

However, in the conventional method of setting machining conditions, a different machining specification may be erroneously selected from a plurality of machining specifications.
In a dark room, the discovery of setting mistakes tends to be delayed, and at the time of finding the setting mistakes, a large number of defective products may have been manufactured. In addition, it takes time to select a processing specification or to make settings while referring to the processing specification.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object thereof is to provide a machining condition setting method and apparatus in which a machining condition setting error does not occur and the time required for setting is short. .

[0007]

In order to solve the above problems, the processing condition setting method of the present invention displays work instruction data for processing a photosensitive material on a display installed near the processing equipment, and The processing conditions are set in the processing equipment while referring to the work instruction data on the display. Note that the work instruction data for the packaging material may be displayed on the display and used for selecting the packaging material and setting the processing conditions.

Further, the processing condition setting device of the present invention is provided with equipment control means for controlling the processing equipment, processing information instruction means for inputting work instruction data to the equipment control means, and equipment control means provided near the processing equipment. It comprises a display for displaying work instruction data by means, and an input means for setting processing conditions in the equipment control means while referring to the work instruction data on the display.

[0009]

1 is an external perspective view showing a packaged state of an image recording film of a certain size A (hereinafter, abbreviated as recording film), and FIG. 2 is a process diagram of the recording film. It is explanatory drawing which shows the process of packing roughly. The recording film 2 has a rectangular sheet shape and has a notch 2a.
And four corners are cut and formed. The notch 2a has a different position and size depending on the type and size of the film, and is used for product identification. The recording film 2 is formed by cutting the product width web 4 drawn from the slit roll 3 into a predetermined length. The slit roll 3 is formed by cutting a wide master roll.

The recording film 2 has, for example, 100 sheets as one packaging unit number. The recording film 2 in which the packaging unit sheets are stacked is sandwiched by a protective cover 6 formed of cardboard or corrugated cardboard, and is protected from folding and partial pressure. The recording film 2 is set in the layer output device as it is sandwiched between the protective covers 6. Therefore, one protection surface 6a of the protection cover 6 is made small so as not to interfere with the feeding roller of the image output device. The protective cover 6 is formed by temporarily folding a base paper 7 whose outer shape is cut at a required portion.

A sheet stack 9 formed by sandwiching a unit film of recording film 2 in a protective cover 6 is housed and sealed in a packaging bag 11 having a light-shielding property and a moisture-proof property. When the packaging bag 11 is formed by pillow packaging,
Large fins 11a and 11b are formed before and after the packaging direction. These fins 11a and 11b are folded on the packaging bag 11 and suppressed by attaching the bag label 12.

As shown in FIG. 3, the bag label 12 includes:
An explanation portion 14 such as an arrow indicating the loading direction of the sheet stack 9 to the image output device, a cautionary note, and the like, and a bar code 15 indicating processing history data are printed. The processing history data includes the emulsion number used for manufacturing the master roll, the master lot manufacturing lot number, the slit number, the additional number, and defect information.

The packaging bag 11 containing the sheet aggregate 9 is
It is stored in a packaging box 17 made of cardboard. Packaging box 17
Is sealed by the opening tape being closed by the sealing tape 18. When taking out the packaging bag 11 from the packaging box 17, a zipper 19 formed along the entire circumference of the packaging box 17
Is used. For example, four packaging boxes 17 are stored in the cardboard box 20 and shipped.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the process sequence of the production line for the recording film 2. The production line of the recording film 2 is a film formation in which the emulsion is applied to a wide web and dried to form a master roll. Coating step 22,
A cutting step 23 in which the master roll is slit into a product size width to form a slit roll, and the slit roll is cut to form the recording film 2, and a predetermined number of recording films 2 are stacked to protect the recording film 2. Cutting and stacking step 24 for forming a sheet stack 9 by sandwiching with
A bag packing step 25 for housing the sheet aggregate 9 in the packaging bag 11, a box packing step 26 for housing the packaging bag 11 in the packaging box 17, and a cardboard packing step for housing several packaging boxes 17 in the cardboard box 20. 27 and cardboard box 20 for each product type
The palletizing process 28 is to place the pallet on each pallet. Film forming / coating process 22, cutting process 23, cutting /
The stacking process 24 and the bag packing process 25 are provided in a dark room.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram schematically showing the construction of the production line for the recording film 2. The entire production line of the recording film 2 is comprehensively managed by the production management computer 30. Production control computer 3
Below 0, a film forming / coating information computer 31 that manages the film forming / coating process 22 and a processing information computer 32 that manages the cutting process 23 to the palletizing process 28 are provided, and a factory network is constructed. Has been done.

The production management computer 30 creates production plan data which is a plan for the entire production of the recording film 2, and inputs it to the film forming / coating information computer 31 and the processing information computer 32. To the processing information computer 32, the coating / rolling computer 31 inputs coating roll data such as the emulsion number and manufacturing lot number used for manufacturing the master roll. This coating roll data also includes quality information such as the location of defects.

A processing specification database 35 is connected to the processing information computer 32. In this processing specification database, processing specification data for a plurality of types of medical imaging films are recorded. Processing information computer 32
Reads out compatible processing specification data from the processing specification database 35 based on the production planning data input from the production management computer 30, and creates work instruction data from the processing specification data, the production planning data, and the coating roll data. To do.

The work instruction data created by the processing information computer 32 is input to the equipment control computer 38 which controls the processing equipment 37. Facility control computer 38
An input device 39 for manually inputting and setting machining specification data and machining conditions is connected to the. The input device 39 includes, for example, a keyboard, a mouse and the like, as well as an image scanner and the like.

A display 41 is connected to the equipment control computer 38. This display 4
1 is installed near the processing equipment 37. The equipment control computer 38 displays the work instruction data on the display 4
Display in 1. Then, referring to the work instruction data displayed on the display 41, the processing conditions are set in the equipment control computer 38 and the processing equipment 37 by the input device 39. The display 41 is preferably installed in a dark box or a small dark room so as not to expose the recording film 2 to light.

In addition to the work instruction data, the display 41 also displays processing specification data. The processing specification data includes actual size specification drawings as well as characters and dimensional values. When the product to be manufactured is switched, the recording film 2 and the packaging material that are processed first are extracted as a processing sample, and the product and the processing are processed by superimposing them on the actual size specification diagram displayed on the display 41. Check with the specifications.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. The production plan data created by the production management computer 30 is input to the film forming / coating information computer 31 and the processing information computer 32. The film forming / coating information computer 31 manufactures the master roll based on the production plan data and transfers it to the processing facility 37. The coating roll data generated at the time of manufacturing the aster roll is input to the processing information computer 32.

The processing information computer 32 stores the processing specification data corresponding to the production plan data in each specification database 3
5, and the work instruction data is created from the specification data, the production plan data, and the coating roll data. This work instruction data is input to the equipment control computer 38.

The equipment control computer 38 displays the work instruction data on the display 41. The operator sets the processing conditions in the equipment control computer 38 using the input device 39 while referring to the work instruction data on the display 41. Further, the processing condition setting of the processing equipment 37 is also carried out together. As a result, it is not necessary to select a machining specification sheet as in the conventional case, so that no mistaken selection of machining specification sheet occurs. Further, since it is not necessary to set the processing conditions while referring to the processing specifications, the work efficiency is improved.

The facility control computer 38 also displays the processing specification data on the display 41. The production of the recording film 2 is started, and the first completed recording film 2 is taken out as a processed sample and is carried by the worker to the display 41. Then, the processed sample and the actual size specification diagram on the display are overlapped with each other, so that the processed sample and the processing specification are collated.

As a result, as in the conventional collation method, a processed sample product is moved to a measuring place (dark room or bright room), or a corresponding processing specification is selected from a plurality of processing specifications. It is not necessary to measure the processed sample product, collate the measurement result with the processing specification, return to the processing line, restart production, or reset the processing specification.

On the display 41, the printed contents of the protective cover 6, the packaging bag 11, the label 12, and the specification diagram of the packaging box 17 are also displayed in actual size, and the comparison with the sample product is performed.

As a result of the collation, if there is no mistake, the production is continued. When there is an error in the machining specifications, the machining conditions are newly set by the input device 39 while referring to the correct machining specification data displayed on the display 41.

In the above embodiment, the machining specification data is input from the machining information computer 32 to the equipment control computer 38. However, the equipment control computer 3 is input.
The processing specification data may be stored in item 8.

[0029]

As described above, in the method and apparatus for setting the processing conditions of the photosensitive material processing line of the present invention, the operator does not need to select the processing specifications, so that a processing specification selection error occurs. do not do. Further, since it is not necessary to set the processing conditions while referring to the processing specifications, the occurrence of setting errors is reduced and the work efficiency is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a packaging form of a recording film.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view schematically showing the processing / packaging process of a recording film.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing print contents of a label.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a process sequence of a recording film production line.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a recording film production line.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Recording film 6 Protective cover 11 packaging bags 12 labels 17 packaging boxes 30 Production management computer 31 Film forming / application information computer 32 Processing information computer 35 Processing specification database 37 Processing equipment 38 Equipment control computer 39 Input device 41 display

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Osamu Yamada             200, Onakazato, Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture Fuji Photo             Within Film Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Nishida             200, Onakazato, Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture Fuji Photo             Within Film Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A method for setting a processing condition in a processing facility in a photosensitive material processing line for performing various kinds of processing on a photosensitive material and packaging using the packaging material, wherein work instruction data for processing the photosensitive material is processed. A processing condition setting method for a photosensitive material processing line, characterized by displaying on a display installed near the facility and referring to the work instruction data on this display to set the processing conditions in the processing facility. 2. Displaying work instruction data for packaging a photosensitive material with the packaging material on a display, and referring to the work instruction data on the display, selecting a packaging material to be used and setting processing conditions. The method for setting a processing condition of a photosensitive material processing line according to claim 1. 3. A photosensitive material processing line provided with a processing facility for performing various kinds of processing on a photosensitive material and wrapping it with packaging material, and inputting work instruction data to the facility control means for controlling the processing facility and the facility control means. Processing information instructing means, a display which is provided in the vicinity of the processing equipment and displays work instruction data by the equipment control means, and for setting processing conditions in the equipment control means with reference to the work instruction data on the display. A processing condition setting device for a photosensitive material processing line, which comprises an input means.