JPH0981596A - Electric wire type selecting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically select the electric wire type like an electric wire size of the electric wire used for wiring between electric apparatus in electric equipment. SOLUTION: Electric wire sizes of electric wires 10 which can be connected to respective electric apparatus 8 built in various electric equipments are stored in an electric apparatus data file 28 with respect to each form of electric apparatus, and the electric wire size of electric wires which can be connected to each electric apparatus inputted through an input device is read out from the electric apparatus data file, and the electric wire size of electric wires 10 used for wiring to connect electric apparatus to each other and the terminal shape for connection to each electric apparatus are analyzed based on wiring information between electric apparatus inputted through the input device and each read-out electric wire size. The electric wire type having the analyzed terminal shape and electric wire size is specified, and the electric wire type of the electric wire used for each specified wiring is outputted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric wire type selection device for automatically selecting the kind of electric wire used for wiring between electric appliances incorporated in various electric facilities based on the type of electric appliance and wiring information. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A switchboard as one form of various electrical facilities is constructed as shown in FIG. 5, for example. That is, the switchboard 1 is formed into a substantially box-shaped container, and the inner space of the box-shaped container is surrounded by the door inner surface 2, the left inner surface 3, the right inner surface 4, the rear inner surface 5, the ceiling inner surface 6, and the bottom inner surface 7. ing.

Generally, various electric appliances 8 are attached to the inner surface 2 of the door and the inner surface 5 of the rear side. Further, a terminal block 9 is attached to the inner surface 5 on the rear side for leading out an electric wire to the outside or relaying an electric wire introduced from the outside. The electric appliances 8 are connected to each other and between the electric appliances 8 and the terminal block 9 by various electric wires 10.

FIG. 6 is a detailed view showing a connection state between the electric appliances 8a and 8b. Each of the electric appliances 8a and 8b is provided with a plurality of terminals 13a and 13b. Crimp terminals 11a and 11b are attached to both ends of the electric wire 10, and band marks 12a and 12b indicating terminal numbers and the like are wound around the crimp terminals 11a and 11b. And each crimp terminal 11a, 11b by the side of the electric wire 10
Is attached to each terminal 13a, 13b on the electric appliance 8 side by using a tool such as a driver.

As described above, in the switchboard 1, there are various kinds of electric appliances 8 incorporated in the switchboard 1, and there are also various kinds of signals handled by the electric appliances 8.
Therefore, even in the electric wire 10 which can be connected to each of the electric appliances 8, the color, the thickness (electric wire size), and the kind of wire are different for each application, and a great many kinds of power sources 10 are used.

Each electric appliance 8 in such a switchboard 1
When performing the wiring work between each other, the electric wire 10 having an electric wire size that matches the application is selected, and the crimp terminal 11 having a shape corresponding to the shape of the terminals 13a and 13b of each electric appliance 8 is used.
It is necessary to select the electric wire 10 having a and 11b.

[0007]

Generally, electric equipment 8
The shapes (sizes) of the terminals 13a, 13b on the a, 8b side and the terminals 11a, 11b on the electric wire 10 side correspond to the electric wire size of the electric wire 10 connected to these terminals. To select the electric wire 10, the shape of the terminals 13a and 13b of each electric appliance 8 already mounted on the switchboard 1 is visually checked to confirm that the terminal 1
The wiring worker judges the wire size of the connectable electric wire 10 from the shapes of 3a and 13b and selects the corresponding electric wire 10.

Therefore, the wiring work load on the wiring worker is increased, and the wiring work efficiency is significantly reduced.

Further, if an operator unfamiliar with the wiring work performs the wiring work, there is a concern that the wire 10 having an incorrect wire size may be selected, and there is a concern that the wiring quality may vary depending on the wiring worker.

Further, even when the actual wiring work is carried out after the electric wire 10 required for wiring is prepared in advance,
If an incorrect decision is made in the preparation process, there is a concern that the optimum type of electric wire 10 may not be prepared.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and only stores the electric equipment type and wiring information by storing and holding the electric wire size of the electric wire that can be connected to each electric appliance in advance. , The wire type corresponding to the wire specifications such as the terminal shape and wire size of each wire used for wiring between electric appliances is automatically selected, and the wiring work efficiency and wiring quality can be improved. The purpose is to provide a type selection device.

[0012]

In order to solve the above problems, in the electric wire type selection device of the present invention, an electric wire of an electric wire that can be connected to a corresponding electric appliance at least for each type of electric appliance incorporated in various electric facilities. An input device that stores the size of an electric appliance data file, the type of each electric appliance to be installed in an electric facility, the installation position of each electric appliance, and the wiring information between each electric appliance, and the input device Wire size reading means for reading the wire size of an electric wire connectable to each electric appliance from the electric appliance data file, the wiring information between the electric appliances inputted via the input device, and the read electric wire size. Based on the above, the electric wire specification analysis means for analyzing the electric wire size of the electric wires used for wiring between the electric appliances and the terminal shape for connecting to the electric appliances, and And terminal shape and the wire type specifying means for specifying a wire type having a wire size was, and an electric wire type output means for outputting an electric wire type of each wire identified by wire type specifying means.

According to another aspect of the invention, in the wire type selecting device of the above-mentioned invention, all the wires specified by the wire type specifying means and necessary for the wiring work of the electric facility inputted through the input device. A storage device that stores the type of
A required wire type output means for totaling and outputting for each wire type all the wires required for the wiring work stored in the storage device is provided.

In the electric wire type selecting device configured as described above, the electric wire size of the electric wire connectable to the electric appliance is stored in the electric appliance data file for each type of electric appliance incorporated in various electric facilities. ing.

Then, for example, when the operator inputs the type of each electric appliance to be installed in the electric facility through the input device, the installation position of each electric appliance, and the wiring information between the electric appliances, the input electric appliances are input. The wire size of the wire that can be connected to is read. Furthermore, based on the input wiring information between the electric appliances and the electric wire size of the electric wires that can be connected to each electric appliance that was analyzed previously, the terminal shape and the electric wire size of the electric wires that connect the electric appliances can be calculated. The electric wire specifications are determined.

When the electric wire specifications are determined, it is possible to select the electric wire type that satisfies the electric wire specifications, and the optimum electric wire type is automatically selected.

According to another aspect of the invention, all the electric wires that are input through the input device and are necessary for the wiring work of the electric facility are aggregated and output for each electric wire type.

[0018]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of an electric wire type selection device according to one embodiment. This wire type selection device is composed of a kind of computer as shown in the figure.
For the data processing unit 21 such as U, the CRT display device 2
2, a keyboard 23, a printer 24, a magnetic disk device 25 as a storage device for storing selection results, and the like are connected.

The data processing unit 21, as shown in FIG.
It is composed of five processing units formed on the application program and two storage units formed on the RAM, for example. Specifically, for the internal bus 26, a memory 27 configured to store a basic program and various fixed data, such as a ROM, an electric appliance data file 28 formed on the RAM, an input processing unit 29, an output process. Part 3
0, an electric wire specification analyzing unit 31, an electric wire type specifying unit 32, a data editing unit 32, etc. are connected.

Next, the configuration and operation of each unit will be described in order.

The electric appliance data file 28 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a switchboard 1 as an electric facility shown in FIG.
For all the electric appliances 8 and terminal blocks 9 that can be incorporated in the device, the device name and the device type, each terminal 13 of the corresponding electric device 8
The wire size of each wire 10 that can be connected to a and 13b is stored for each terminal number. At the same time, each terminal 13a,
The terminal shape of 13b is also stored.

The shape of each terminal is expressed, for example, by the outer diameter ( ^mmφ ) of the terminals 13a, 13b, and the electric wire size of the electric wire 10 connectable to the corresponding terminals 13a, 13b is expressed, for example, by the cross-sectional area (mm ² ) of the core wire. ing.

The input processing unit 29 is a type of each electric appliance 8 to be incorporated into one switchboard 1 shown in FIG. 5, which is input by the operator through the keyboard 23, a mounting position of each electric appliance 8 in the switchboard 1, and The wiring information between the electric appliances 8 is fetched and transferred to the next electric wire specification analysis unit 31. Specifically, the embedded position of each electric appliance 8 in the switchboard 1 is input by designating a plurality of three-dimensional positions determined in advance in the switchboard 1 with a code or the like. The wiring information between the electric appliances 8 is
The connection information between the terminals 13a and 13b of each electric appliance 8 is input.

The electric wire specification analysis unit 31 searches the electric appliance data file 28 shown in FIG. 4 in the format of each electric appliance 8 transferred from the input processing unit 29, and searches the electric appliance data file 28 for each terminal 13a, 13b of each electric appliance 8. The wire size of the connectable wire 10 is read.

Next, each electric appliance 8 incorporated in the switchboard 1
Since the wire size of the wire 10 that can be connected to the terminals 13a and 13b of is determined, the wire size of the wire 10 used for wiring between the terminals 13a and 13b of the electric appliances 8 transferred from the input processing unit 29. Is uniquely determined.

Furthermore, the terminals 13 of each electric appliance 8 are input from the installation position of each electric appliance 8 input from the input processing unit 29.
The length of the electric wire 10 used for the corresponding wiring is uniquely determined from the distance of the wiring connecting the a and 13b.

When the wire size of the wire 10 used for each wiring is determined, the wire 10 corresponding to this wire size is determined.
The shapes of the crimp terminals 11a and 11b to be attached to both ends of are determined. Specifically, the electric wire specification analysis unit 31 stores a table of the shape of each crimp terminal corresponding to each electric wire size.

As described above, the shape of each terminal 13a, 13b of each electric appliance 8 is set corresponding to the electric wire size of the electric wire 10 connectable to each terminal 13a, 13b of the corresponding electric appliance 8. Therefore, the crimp terminals 10a and 10b of the specified electric wire 10 are not misaligned with the terminals 13a and 13b.

Therefore, the electric wire specification analysis unit 31 determines the electric wire specifications including the "electric wire size" and "length" of each electric wire 10 used for each wiring incorporated in the switchboard 1 and the "crimp terminal shape" of both ends. obtain. The electric wire specification analysis unit 31 sends the obtained electric wire specifications of each electric wire 10 to the electric wire type identification unit 32.

The electric wire type specifying unit 32 selects from a large number of electric wire types having different “electric wire size”, “length” and “crimp terminal shape” stored in its own storage unit, and the electric wire specification analyzing unit 31. Specify the wire type that has the "wire size", "length", and "crimp terminal shape" specified in.

The electric wire type specifying unit 32 transfers the electric wire type of each electric wire 10 used for each wiring forming the switchboard 1 to the output processing unit 30. The output processing unit 30 includes the wire type identification unit 3
The electric wire type of the electric wire 10 used for each wiring specified in 2 is displayed and output to the CRT display device 22 together with the wiring diagram, and written to the magnetic disk device 25 as a storage device. Further, the output processing unit 30 prints out the electric wire type of the electric wire 10 used for each wiring through the printer 24, if necessary.

The data editing unit 33 uses the electric wires 10 used for all the wiring necessary for the wiring work for one switchboard 1 which is already stored in the magnetic disk device 25, based on the operation command from the operator through the keyboard 23. Is totaled for each type of electric wire, and the totalized result is output to C through the output processing unit 30.
The printer 24 outputs the output to the RT display device 22.
Print out to.

The overall processing operation of the electric wire type selecting apparatus thus configured will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG.

In S (step) 1, the operator uses the keyboard 23 to perform wiring work on the switchboard 1
The type of each electric appliance 8 to be installed in, the installation position of each electric appliance 8, and the wiring information between the electric appliances 8 are input. Then, the input information is transferred to the electric wire specification analysis unit 31 via the input processing unit 29 (S2).

Then, in the electric wire specification analysis unit 31, the electric wire size of the electric wire 10 which can be connected to each electric appliance 8 read from the electric appliance data file 28 and the wiring information are used to connect the electric appliances 8 to each other. “Electric wire size”, “Length” of each electric wire 10 used for each wiring to be connected,
An electric wire specification consisting of "crimp terminal shape" is obtained (S3). Then, an electric wire type that meets the applicable electric wire specifications is selected and displayed or printed out (S4).

In the electric wire type selecting device configured as described above, the distribution board 1 is stored in the electric appliance data file 28.
The electric wire size of the electric wire 10 connectable to each terminal 13a, 13b of the electric appliance 8 is stored for each type of the electric appliance 8 incorporated in various electric facilities including. Then, when the wiring worker inputs the type of each electric appliance 8 to be installed in the electric facility through the keyboard 23, the installation position of each electric appliance 8 and the wiring information between each electric appliance, each electric appliance 8 is automatically The electric wire type that matches the electric wire specifications including the electric wire size of the electric wire 10 used for each wiring that connects the terminals 13a and 13b to each other is selected and displayed.

Therefore, the wiring worker confirms the type of each electric appliance 8 and the terminal size of the terminals 13a and 13b during the actual wiring work on the switchboard 1 and estimates the electric wire size from the type and the terminal size. Therefore, it is not necessary to select the type of the electric wire 10 to be used.

As a result, the work load on the wiring worker can be reduced and the wiring work efficiency can be improved.

Furthermore, even if the operator is unfamiliar with the wiring work, the correct wire type can be selected without error, and the deterioration of the wiring quality due to human error can be suppressed.

In the electric wire type selecting device, the electric wire type of each electric wire 10 used for each wiring constituting one distribution board 1 once selected is an external magnetic disk device 25.
Is stored. Then, when necessary, the electric wire type of each electric wire 10 used for each wiring stored and held in the magnetic disk device 25 can be read, totaled for each electric wire type, and output to the CRT display device 22 or the printer 24. Is.

Therefore, by outputting the totalization result before newly starting the wiring work of the switchboard 1, the required number of each type of the electric wire 10 necessary for the present wiring work can be grasped and the wiring work preparation can be made. Can be implemented efficiently.

Further, by using the result of this totalization, inventory management of each electric wire type in the electric wire 10 used for wiring can be carried out efficiently.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. Although the wiring work target is the switchboard 1 in the embodiment, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the switchboard 1 and can be applied to various electric facilities.

[0045]

As described above, in the electric wire type selection device of the present invention, the electric wire size of the electric wire that can be connected to each electric appliance is stored in advance in the electric appliance data file. Therefore, the electric wire type corresponding to the electric wire specifications such as the terminal shape and the electric wire size of the electric wire used for wiring between the respective electric appliances is automatically selected only by inputting the electric equipment type and the wiring information.

As a result, the workload of the wiring worker for selecting the type of electric wire is eliminated, and the wiring work efficiency is greatly improved. Further, since the occurrence of human error in selecting the wire type and wire is suppressed in advance, the wiring quality can be improved.

Since each electric facility collects and outputs each electric wire type used for wiring for each electric wire type, when starting a new wiring operation, each kind of electric wire required for this wiring operation is calculated. The required number for each can be grasped and the wiring work preparation can be carried out efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an electric wire type selection device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 2] Hardware configuration diagram of the same wire type selection device

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the wire type selection device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing stored contents of an electric appliance data file incorporated in the electric wire type selection device.

[Fig. 5] A sketch drawing showing a general switchboard

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a connection state between a general electric appliance and an electric wire.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Switchboard, 8 ... Electric appliance, 9 ... Terminal block, 10 ... Electric wire,
11a, 11b ... Terminals, 13a, 13b ... Crimp terminals, 2
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Data processing part, 22 ... CRT display device, 23 ... Keyboard, 24 ... Printer, 25 ... Magnetic disk device, 2
7 ... Memory, 28 ... Electrical appliance data file, 29 ... Input processing unit, 30 ... Output processing unit, 31 ... Wire specification analyzing unit,
32 ... Electric wire type identification unit, 33 ... Data editing unit.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An electric appliance data file for storing the electric wire size of an electric wire connectable to the electric appliance at least for each electric appliance type incorporated in various electric facilities, and the type of each electric appliance incorporated in the electric facility. From the electric appliance data file, the input device for inputting the installation position of the electric appliance and the wiring information between the electric appliances and the wire size of the electric wire connectable to each electric appliance input via this input device are input from the electric appliance data file. Based on the electric wire size reading means for reading and the wiring information between the electric appliances input via the input device and the read electric wire sizes, the electric wire is used for connecting the electric appliances. An electric wire specification analysis means for analyzing the electric wire size of the electric wire and a terminal shape for connecting to each electric device, and an electric wire type having the analyzed terminal shape and electric wire size are specified. That the wire type and specific means, wire type selection device that includes a wire type output means for outputting an electric wire type of each wire identified by the wire type specifying means. 2. The electric wire type specifying means specifies,
A storage device that stores the types of all electric wires required for wiring work in an electric facility that are input via the input device, and all electric wires that are stored in this storage device and that are necessary for wiring work are totaled for each type of electric wire. The electric wire type selection device according to claim 1, further comprising: a necessary electric wire type output unit that outputs the electric wire type.