JPH0761534A - Work control method for metal working - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a work control method for metal processing, which can read out the raw material information of works automatically to control the stock, carry-in, carry-out and production of works and which can automate the working with a plate material working machine. CONSTITUTION:Discriminating means 1A, 1B provided at a part of a work W and for discriminating the raw material information such as material and dimension are read out by a reading means 7 connected to a computer 3 or a reading means 11 provided in front of a work warehouse 9, and a reading means 17 provided at a part of a plate material working machine 13 to control carry-in, carry-out and production of works W and automate the working of works W.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to metal working in which a work piece can be managed in various ways by providing identification means for identifying material information such as material and size provided on a part of the work piece. Regarding the management method of work.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the metalworking industry, work standards have been set by JIS, but the actual work management is not unified, and generally, each work factory and trader keep their own work. It is managed.

Further, when machining is performed, material information, such as material, size (length × width × thickness), and other properties are measured or visually input as material information of the workpiece, and the material information is manually input to the plate material processing machine. Is common.

[0004]

By the way, in the above-described conventional work management, the processing factory and the contractor each manage the storage, and the material information of the work is manually input to the plate processing machine. However, there is a problem that material information is not automated and labor is not saved.

Further, it is difficult to prevent mistakes due to the work performed by the worker, and recently, work management has been extremely difficult due to small-volume production of other products.

In order to solve the above problems, the object of the present invention is to automatically read the material information of the work, and to perform the stock management of the work, the warehousing, the warehousing, the production management and the plate material processing machine. It is to provide a work management method in metal processing that can be performed.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a reading means connected to a computer for identifying material information provided on a part of a work for identifying material information such as material and size. It is a method of managing a work in metal processing, which is characterized in that the work is stored, delivered, and manufactured by being read.

The present invention further comprises an identification means provided on a part of the work for identifying material information such as material and size.
This is a work management method in metal working, characterized in that the reading and loading means provided on the front side of the work warehouse performs the storage, delivery, and inventory management of the work.

Further, according to the present invention, by reading the identification means provided on a part of the work for identifying the material information such as the material and size, the reading means provided on a part of the plate material processing machine reads the work. It is a work management method in metal processing, which is characterized by automatically performing processing.

[0010]

By employing the work management method in metalworking according to the present invention, an identification means for identifying material information such as material and size is provided at a part of the work, for example, a corner of the work surface. By reading the work identifying means by the reading means connected to the computer, the material information of the work is automatically input to the computer, so that the warehousing, warehousing or production management of the work is automatically performed.

By reading the work identifying means by the reading means provided on the front side of the work warehouse, the work can be easily stored, delivered, and managed in inventory. Further, by reading the work identification means by the reading means provided in a part of the plate material processing machine, the processing information of the work and the work itself can be automatically discriminated, so that the work piece is automatically processed.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, in the corner of the work W, for example, the maker, lot number, material (SPCC, ...
Etc.), dimensions (length, width, thickness), and other barcodes 1A and 1B as identification means for identifying material information are stamped or attached in advance. Further, for example, a keyboard 5 for inputting various information is connected to a computer 3 provided in a factory office or the like, and a bar code reader 7 as a reading means is connected.

Further, there is provided a work warehouse 9 for storing the works W, and the work warehouse 9 is provided with, for example, a plurality of shelves. The work W is stored in each of the shelves according to the type and size of the work W. A bar code reader 11 is provided on the front side of the work warehouse 9.

Further, for example, a laser processing machine 13 as a plate processing machine is provided, and an NC device 15 for controlling the laser processing machine 13 is arranged in the vicinity of the laser processing machine 13. A bar code reader 17 is provided in a part of the laser processing machine 13.

Therefore, by causing the bar code reader 7 to read the bar codes 1A and 1B attached to the work W, the material information of each work W is input into the computer 3. Based on the material information of the work W input in the computer 3, various calculations are performed in the computer 3, and the data is compared and determined and stored, so that the type of the work, the number of the work, the remaining number, and the like are stored. Goods issue and production control can be executed.

Further, when various works W are loaded into or unloaded from the work warehouse 9, the work warehouse 9 is used.
Bar code reader 11 provided on the front side of each work W
By reading the barcodes 1A and 1B attached to the, it is possible to manage the warehousing, warehousing, and inventory depending on the type and size of the work W in the work warehouse 9. Moreover, by inputting the information of the warehousing and unloading into the computer 3, the computer 3 manages the work W comprehensively.

When the work W is cut by the laser processing machine 13, the bar code reader 17 provided on a part of the laser processing machine 13 is used to attach the bar codes 1A and 1B attached to the work W to be processed. By reading and transferring the read data to the NC device 15, it can be automatically determined whether or not the work is a requested work.

The work W required by the work W
In this case, the NC device 15 can control the laser processing machine 13 to automatically perform laser processing. By inputting the information of the laser-processed product from the NC device 15 to the computer 3, the yield of the work W, the processing error, the processing condition correction, and other production management can be performed.

Further, the computer 3 can carry out collation of product lots, check of processing steps, and management of information such as work quality. Further, after the laser processing is performed by the laser processing machine 13, the bar codes 1A and 1B affixed to the work W can be used for management even when the laser beam is passed to the plate material processing machine in the next step.

Therefore, the bar code 1A on the work W,
1B is pasted in advance, and the barcodes 1A, 1 are provided by the barcode readers 7, 11, 17 connected to the computer 3, the work warehouse 9 and the laser processing machine 13.
By reading B, it is possible to perform the warehousing / outgoing management (inventory management) and the production management of the work W, and it is possible to automatically select and correct the processing condition by the automatic discrimination of the work. Also, product quality control can be performed.

Thus, it is possible to rationalize production control, reduce machining errors, improve quality, and clarify work standards.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be implemented in other modes by making appropriate changes. In this embodiment, a bar code is used as an example of the work identification means.
It is also possible to provide the work W with a combination of numbers and alphabets such as 8A125, a combination of cutouts in the end surface of the work, a square hole, a round hole, a magnetic tape, and a color.

[0024]

As will be understood from the above description of the embodiments, according to the present invention, since the construction is as described in the claims, the identification means provided on the work is read by the reading means. Since the material information of the work is automatically identified by reading with, the stock management of the work, warehousing, warehousing, production management, and automatic processing by the plate material processing machine can be performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment for explaining the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1A, 1B Bar code (identification means) 3 Computer 7 Bar code reader (reading means) 9 Work warehouse 11 Bar code reader (reading means) 13 Laser processing machine (plate material processing machine) 15 NC device 17 Bar code reader (reading means) W work

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. The storage, delivery and production management of a work by reading the identification means provided on a part of the work for identifying material information such as material and size by a reading means connected to a computer. A method for managing a work in metal processing, which is characterized by. 2. Storage, delivery, and inventory control of the work by reading the identification means provided on a part of the work for identifying material information such as material and size by the reading means provided on the front side of the work warehouse. A method of managing a work in metal processing, which is characterized by performing. 3. The work is automatically machined by reading an identification means provided on a part of the work for identifying material information such as material and size by a reading means provided on a part of the plate material processing machine. A method of managing a work in metal processing, which is characterized by performing.