JPH10261036A - On-line automatic ordering method, and electronic component mounting machine using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To order components constituting an electronic component mounting machine without requiring a long time to investigate replacing components and to order components, and to reduce an error in ordering the components. SOLUTION: The electronic component mounting machine 4 and a component supply source host 6 are connected by communication means 43, 5, and 62, and the electronic component mounting machine 4 has a component list display part 41 which display a list of components, a component ordering part 42, a replacement period setting part for setting replacement periods of components, and a replacement period control part which monitors the quality period, etc., of the components and orders the components to the components ordering part, and the component supply source host 6 has a component order reception part 61 which receives ordering information from the component ordering part 42. Consequently, when the components constituting the electronic component mounting machine are ordered, it does not take a long time to investigate and order replacing components and an error in ordering the component is reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an online automatic ordering method at the time of component replacement in an electronic component mounting machine and an electronic component mounting machine using the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing a conventional method for ordering replacement parts. Here, the case of ordering and delivering replacement parts for an electronic component mounting machine is shown. The customer of the customer side department 1 and the service person of the electronic component mounting machine distributor investigate the replacement parts with reference to the parts list and other documents (11), create a replacement parts order list (12), FAX (13), parts supplier department 3 via telephone line 2
To a telephone or FAX (31). Then, the parts supplier department 3 receives an order for a replacement part from a telephone or a facsimile (31) (3
2), replacement parts are delivered to the customer department 1;

[0003]

However, according to the conventional method of ordering replacement parts, a customer or a service person mainly determines the replacement time of the replacement part, examines the replacement part with reference to the document, and places an order. Therefore, there is a problem that it takes a long time to replace parts, and errors in replacement parts are likely to occur.

The present invention solves such a problem, and in ordering parts constituting an electronic component mounter, does not require time for investigating and ordering replacement parts and reduces errors in ordering parts. The purpose is to do.

Further, by exchanging the component delivery date information of the component supplier with the replacement time limit control unit, it is possible to automatically perform the component replacement time, and it takes almost no time to order the replacement component, thereby eliminating the error of the component order. The purpose is to:

[0006]

To achieve the above object, the present invention relates to an online automatic ordering method.
According to the invention described above, when a human judges that it is necessary to replace a component due to wear and fatigue based on the expiration date and frequency of components constituting the electronic component mounting machine, the operator of the electronic component mounting machine displays the component list on the component list display section. Display the parts list,
In addition, a replacement part is selected from the parts list, a parts ordering unit orders a replacement parts list to the parts supply host by a communication means, and the parts supply host prepares necessary parts from the received replacement parts list. Ordering and delivering replacement parts.

In the invention according to claim 2, for all the parts displayed on the parts list display section, a standard replacement period of each part is set by a replacement period setting section, and the standard replacement period is set by the replacement period setting section. The replacement time limit is calculated by the replacement time limit control unit based on the replacement time limit and the frequency used in the mounting production of the component, and the operator is notified of the necessity of component replacement, and a list of replacement parts is displayed on the component list display unit. When the operator does not need to replace parts, the replacement time limit is reset by the replacement time limit setting unit, and replacement parts are ordered and delivered.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when order information of a replacement part is received by a parts ordering part of a parts supply source host, the part ordering part communicates the delivery time of the part from the parts ordering part to the replacement period setting part by communication means. The replacement time setting section automatically sets the replacement time of the replacement part, and orders and delivers the replacement part.

The electronic component mounter of the present invention uses the online automatic ordering method. The invention according to claim 4 is a component list display unit for displaying a list of components constituting the electronic component mounter, In the parts list display section, a list of parts to be ordered is created by selecting parts, a parts ordering section for placing an order, and the order information requested by the parts order section is transmitted, or the transmitted order information is transmitted. A communication unit for receiving, a communication transmission unit for transmitting communication from the communication unit, and a parts ordering unit for receiving order information from the parts ordering unit.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a replacement time limit setting unit for setting a time limit for replacement of components constituting an electronic component mounting machine,
It has a replacement period control unit that monitors the quality period of the component and the frequency of use during production and, when the replacement period of the component has arrived, orders the component to the component ordering unit.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the parts order receiving section, the delivery time of the parts is communicated to the replacement time limit setting section to automatically set the replacement time limit of the parts.

According to the present invention, there is provided an operation of directly or automatically ordering replacement parts from an electronic component mounter or a mounting line host. Furthermore, in the parts ordering department,
The part delivery time is communicated to the replacement time limit setting unit, and has the effect of automatically setting the component replacement time limit.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention is connected to an electronic component mounter side and a component supply source host side by communication means, and displays a component list on the electronic component mounter side. Unit, a part ordering unit, a replacement period setting unit that sets the replacement period of the parts, a replacement period control unit that monitors the quality period of the parts and orders the parts to the parts ordering unit. Has a parts ordering section for receiving ordering information from the parts ordering section.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic component mounting machine using an online automatic ordering method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 4 denotes an electronic component mounter, and a component list display unit (41) for displaying a list of components constituting the mounter, and a component list display unit (41) for selecting a component. Thus, a parts ordering part (42) for creating a list of parts to be ordered and ordering the parts, and transmitting the order information requested by the parts ordering part (42) to a communication part (62) of the parts supply source host 6 to be described later. And a communication unit (43) for receiving order information from the communication unit (62). The above-mentioned component supply source host 6 has a component order receiving unit (61) for receiving order information from the communication unit (62), and includes the communication unit (62).

Next, the online automatic ordering method of FIG. 1 is shown in FIG.
The operation will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. The components that make up the electronic component mounter wear out and become fatigued due to the expiration date and frequency of use, but if a human judges that the components need to be replaced (step 1), the operator can use the component list display section. A component list constituting the electronic component mounting machine is displayed in (41), a component to be replaced is selected from the list (step 2), and a component ordering unit (42) selects a component to be replaced with the component supplier host 6 from the list. Order the list (step 3). The order information of the list of ordered replacement parts can be obtained from the communication section (43).
Via the communication transmitting unit 5, the communication unit (6
2) (Step 4), and an order is received by the parts order receiving unit (61) of the parts supplier host 6 (Step 5). The parts supplier host 6 prepares the necessary parts from the order list of the ordered parts and delivers the parts to the parts requester (step 6).

The system of the present invention can be executed directly from an electronic component mounting machine or an electronic component mounting line host.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic component mounting machine using an online automatic ordering method according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. The electronic component mounting machine 4 in FIG. 3 includes a replacement time limit setting unit (44) for setting a replacement time limit of components constituting an electronic component, and placing emphasis on the quality time limit and the frequency of use during production of the component, Replacement term control unit that orders parts to the parts ordering unit (42) when
(45) is added to the first embodiment (FIG. 1). Other components are the same as those shown in FIG. 1, and the description of those components is omitted.

Next, the online automatic ordering method of FIG. 3 is shown in FIG.
The operation will be described with reference to a flowchart.

For all components displayed in the component list display section (41), a standard replacement term of each component is set by the replacement term setting section (44) (step 11). Next, the replacement period control unit (4
In 5), the replacement period set by the replacement period setting section (44) and the actual replacement time based on the frequency of use of the component in the electronic component mounting production are calculated, and the necessity of component replacement is given to the customer. Notifying (step 12), a list of parts to be replaced is displayed on the parts list display section (41) (step 13). If the operator does not want to replace the parts even when the parts need to be replaced, the replacement time limit can be reset by the replacement time limiter (44), and the replacement time limiter (45) can be further changed. Thus, the replacement period can be re-controlled (step 14). In the case of replacing parts, an order for replacement parts can be made in the parts ordering section (42) (steps 15 to 18), similarly to the operation (steps 3 to 6) in FIG.

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of the replacement period control unit (45) shown in FIG. Component lighting for component recognition of electronic component mounting machines can not be used suddenly without significant attenuation of the amount of light when the lighting is exhausted.
(Step 21) If there is no monitoring item (Step 22), Steps 23 and 24 are skipped, and it can be determined that there is a need for component replacement immediately (Step 25). In addition, since fluorescent light is used for substrate illumination for substrate mark recognition, the recognition rate decreases when the amount of fluorescent lamp light decreases, so after a certain period of time (step 21), a substrate mark recognition error occurs. The rate is monitored (steps 22 and 23), and when the rate falls below a certain level
(Step 24), it can be determined that parts need to be replaced
(Step 25).

As described above, for other consumable parts, it is possible to determine the replacement time of the part and automatically order the part if necessary.

(Embodiment 3) FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an embodiment 3 of the present invention using an online automatic ordering method according to the present invention.
6 is an operation flowchart of the component supply source host.

When the order receiving part (41) shown in FIG. 3 receives the order information of the replacement part (steps 31 to 37), the part receiving part (61)
By communicating the delivery time of the parts to the replacement time limit setting unit (44) via the communication unit (43) and the communication transmission unit 5, (Step 3)
8), a standard replacement period of the replacement part can be automatically set in the replacement period setting section (44) (step 3).
9). The component supply source host 6 prepares necessary components and delivers the components to the component request source (step 40).

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, in ordering parts constituting an electronic component mounting machine, time is not required for investigating replacement parts and ordering parts, and errors in ordering parts can be eliminated. Can be reduced.

Further, by communicating the replacement deadline control unit and the parts delivery date information of the parts supplier, it is possible to automatically know the replacement time of the parts. Errors can be eliminated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic component mounter using an online automatic ordering method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronic component mounter using an online automatic ordering method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of an exchange time limit control unit of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart of the exhibition supply source host of FIG. 3 using the online automatic ordering method according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing a conventional replacement part ordering method.

[Explanation of symbols]

4: Electronic component mounting machine, 5: Communication transmission unit, 6: Component supply host, (41): Component list display unit, (42): Component ordering unit, (43), (62): Communication unit, (44) ) Replacement period setting section, (45) Replacement period control section, (61) Parts ordering section.

Claims (6)

[Claims] When a human judges that it is necessary to replace a component due to wear and fatigue based on the expiration date and frequency of components constituting the electronic component mounting machine, an operator of the electronic component mounting machine displays on a component list display section. Display the parts list,
In addition, a replacement part is selected from the parts list, a parts ordering unit orders a replacement parts list to the parts supply host by a communication means, and the parts supply host prepares necessary parts from the received replacement parts list. Online ordering method characterized by ordering and delivering replacement parts. 2. A replacement time limit setting unit sets a standard replacement time limit for each component displayed on the component list display unit, and sets a replacement time limit set by the replacement time limit setting unit and the replacement time limit of the component. The actual replacement time is calculated by the replacement time limit control unit based on the frequency used in the mounting production, and the necessity of component replacement is notified to the operator, and a list of replacement parts is displayed on the component list display unit. 2. The online automatic ordering method according to claim 1, wherein when the replacement of parts is unnecessary, the replacement deadline is reset by the replacement deadline setting unit, and the replacement parts are ordered and delivered. 3. When replacement order information of a replacement part is received by a parts ordering part of a parts supply source host, the delivery time of parts is communicated from the parts ordering part to the replacement deadline setting part by communication means, and the replacement deadline setting part is provided. 3. The online automatic ordering method according to claim 1, wherein the replacement time of the replacement part is automatically set, and the replacement part is ordered and delivered. 4. A component list display for displaying a list of components constituting the electronic component mounting machine, and a component order for creating a list of ordered components by selecting a component in the component list display and placing an order. Unit, a communication unit that transmits order information requested by the parts ordering unit, or receives the transmitted order information, a communication transmission unit that transmits communication from the communication unit, and a communication unit that transmits the order information. An electronic component mounting machine, comprising: a component ordering unit that receives order information. 5. A replacement time limit setting unit for setting a replacement time limit of a component constituting the electronic component mounting machine, and monitoring a quality time limit and a frequency of use during production of the component. 5. The electronic component mounting machine according to claim 4, further comprising a replacement time limit control unit for performing a component order to a component ordering unit. 6. The electronic component mounting according to claim 4, wherein the component order receiving unit communicates the delivery time of the component to the replacement time limit setting unit and automatically sets the replacement time limit of the component. Machine.