JPH11170146A - Production control system by magnetic recording means - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a production control system by a magnetic recording means which can efficiently manage articles to be produced in each lot, in a process in which a plurality of articles to be produced, are subjected to a series of working steps in each lot. SOLUTION: Sub-recording means 13 store therein individual data for each products, in a main recording means 12, and then store new data while carry out production control for a series of working steps in accordance with the data previously stored. After the series of working steps are completed, the main recording means 12 stores therein new data for articles to be produced. The main recording means 12 moves the sub-recording means 13, successively, to positions corresponding to respective steps in the series of working steps in accordance with a steam of the articles to be produced. The movement of the sub-recording means 13 is synchronized with the movement of the articles to be produced, and accordingly, the streams of data and articles to be produced are coincident with each other.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a production management system using magnetic recording means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a production line for transmission belts such as a V-ribbed belt and a low-edge V-belt, for example, a plurality of transmission belts manufactured from one belt molding are processed as a lot while being transported together as one lot. Are sequentially applied to finally form a product belt.

As described above, there is a need to manage a series of operations as efficiently as possible in a production line for obtaining a final product while performing the series of operations on the object while transporting the object. is there.

Therefore, in such a production line,
Associating a magnetic recording unit with the article to be manufactured, writing information about the article to be manufactured into the magnetic recording unit, reading information about the article to be manufactured from the magnetic recording unit, and performing production management based on the information. It is possible.

[0005]

However, in such a production line, since one lot includes a plurality of products, if a magnetic recording means is provided for each product, it is necessary to provide a lot for each lot. The management is troublesome, and if a magnetic recording unit is provided for each lot, it becomes difficult to perform detailed management of the products included in the lot. Further, in a series of operations, there is a case where products to be manufactured in one lot and another lot following the lot are mixed, and it is necessary to identify them and manage them efficiently.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and in the case of performing a series of operations for each lot including a plurality of products, the products of each lot can be efficiently managed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a production management system using magnetic recording means.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a production line for performing a plurality of types of processing while continuously transporting a plurality of lots including a plurality of products to be manufactured. The production by the magnetic recording means for writing information about the production article to the magnetic recording means and reading the information about the production article from the magnetic recording means in relation to the production article and performing production management based on the information. A management system, wherein the magnetic recording unit includes a parent recording unit in which information about one entire lot is recorded, and a child recording unit in which information about each of the products is recorded in correspondence with each product; The individual information about each product in the parent recording means is transferred to each child recording means, and a series of processes for each product is performed based on the information from each child recording means. While performing production management recorded in the child recording means new information, after the series of steps ends, and a management means for transferring the new information about each article of manufacture to the parent recording means.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, individual information on each product in the parent recording means is transferred to each child recording means, and a series of processes is performed based on the transferred information in the child recording means. The new information generated in the series of processes is sequentially recorded in each child recording unit while production control is performed for each manufactured product. And
After the end of the series of steps, new information on each product is transferred from the child recording means to the parent recording means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the production management system according to the first aspect, the management means comprises:
A first transporting means for transporting the parent recording means, and a position provided in parallel with the first transporting means and corresponding to each step of a series of steps; A second transporting means for sequentially moving to the respective positions correspondingly; information reading / writing means provided at each of the positions of the second transporting means for reading and writing information corresponding to each step from the child recording means; Writing means.

[0010] According to the second aspect of the present invention, the second transporting means causes the child recording means to correspond to the flow of the article to be manufactured.
The information is sequentially moved to a position corresponding to each step in a series of steps, and at each position, information corresponding to each step is read from or written to the child recording means by the information reading / writing means.

Therefore, the movement of the child recording means and the movement of the article to be manufactured are performed in synchronization with each other, so that the flow of the information coincides with the flow of the article to be manufactured. Is easy.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the production management system using the magnetic recording means according to the first or second aspect, the products to be manufactured included in each lot include different types.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, although the products to be manufactured included in each lot include different types, the different types are managed by different magnetic recording means. , And are managed without causing errors due to differences in types.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the production management system according to the third aspect, the article to be manufactured is
A plurality of transmission belts having different belt widths are included.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the transmission belts included in each lot include belts having different belt widths, but are controlled by the magnetic recording means. Is managed without error.

[0016]

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

A production management system according to the present invention performs a plurality of types of processing on each belt molded body while continuously transporting a plurality of lots including a plurality of types of belt molded bodies as a plurality of products to be manufactured. In the production line, associating magnetic recording means with each of the lots, writing information about the belt molded body of each lot to the magnetic recording means, or reading information about the belt molded body of each lot from the magnetic recording means, The production management is performed based on the information.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the magnetic recording means 11 includes a parent recording means 12 for recording information on one entire lot, and information on each of the belt moldings corresponding to each of the molded belts. And child recording means 13 for recording. Therefore, the child recording means 13,... Are used in a number corresponding to the type of belt included in each lot,
In the case where processing is performed continuously for different lots, sub-recording means 13,... Are provided for different types of belts for each belt type.

The parent recording means 12 and the child recording means 13,
Although not specifically shown, a management means such as a microcomputer is associated with each of the .. The management means is provided for each of the child recording means 13 with respect to each belt molded body in the parent recording means 12. While transferring individual information, while controlling production of each belt molded body for a series of processes based on the information, recording new information generated in those series of processes, and ending the series of processes Later, new information about each belt molded body is transferred to the parent recording means 12.

The parent recording units 12,... Are configured to be conveyed by a first conveying unit 14, and the first conveying unit 14 is provided on a movable lower support frame 15 at a rear side thereof. It is mounted on the upper support frame 16 which is arranged.
The lower support frame 15 is provided with the child recording means 1.
A second rectangular transporting means 17 for transporting the circularly transported 3,... Is provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the first transfer means 14 serves as a position P11 corresponding to the width cutting step, a position P12 corresponding to the separation step from the width cutting apparatus, and serves as a break point for a series of steps described later. Positions P13 and P1 corresponding to parts
4 and recording means 12 before and after those positions.
And a detaching position P22.

Then, the first transport means 14 is provided as shown in FIG.
(A) As shown in (b), the positions P11, P13,
In P14, a read writer 21, which is information reading / writing means for reading information corresponding to each series of steps from the parent recording means 12 or writing information to the parent recording means 12,
21 and 21 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 3C, the lead writer 21 is attached and supported by a support bracket 22 having an inverted L-shaped cross section so as to be located above the parent recording means 12 to be conveyed.

In the vicinity of the predetermined position, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3D, a stop sensor 23 for detecting that the parent recording means 12 has stopped at a predetermined position is provided, and as shown in FIG. A cylinder type stopper means 24 for stopping at a position is provided, and the stopper means 24 is sequentially stopped at a position corresponding to each process.

Further, a stopper member 25 for stopping and removing the parent recording means 12 is provided at the end of the first transport means 21.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 (a) and 4 (b), the second transport means 22 includes a series of steps, for example, a shape processing step, a mounting step to a marking device, a marking step, Process, separation process from the marking device,
It has positions P31 to P38 corresponding to the mounting process to the width cutting device, the width cutting process, the detaching process from the width cutting device, and the like. Further, before and after these positions, the recording device mounting position P41 and the detaching position P42 Having.

These positions are provided on the front side of the second conveying means 22, and the child recording means 21 is sequentially moved to each of the positions in accordance with the flow of the belt molding. The child recording means 13 is configured to be able to circulate.

At the specific positions P31, P33, P34, P36 and P37 of the second transport means 22, information corresponding to each step is read from the child recording means 21 or written into the child recording means 21. Writer 21, ...
・ Is provided. The stop sensor 23,... And the cylinder type stopper 2 are provided at positions corresponding to the respective processes.
Are provided, and they are sequentially stopped at positions corresponding to the respective steps.

Further, in the first transport means 14, the position P13 is a position for transferring data from the parent recording means 12 to the child recording means 13, and the position P14 is for transferring data from the child recording means 13. This is the position where the parent recording means 12 accepts. On the other hand, in the second transporting means 17, the position P31 is set so that the child recording
From the position P3
Reference numeral 8 denotes a position at which data from the child recording unit 13 is transferred to the parent recording unit 12.

Therefore, the position P13 of the first conveying means 14
And the position P31 of the second conveying means 17 correspond to the position P14 of the first conveying means 14 and the position P38 of the second conveying means 17, and the parent recording means located at those positions. 12 and the recording means 13 are associated with each other via the management means (not shown).

With the above configuration, first, the parent recording means 12 is placed at the position P21 of the first transport means 14,
Then, when the cylindrical belt molded body (before cutting) corresponding to one lot reaches the width cutting step, the parent recording means 12
Is transported to the position P11. The parent recording means 12 is stopped at the position P11 by the cooperation of the stop sensor 23 and the cylinder type stopper 24. This position P11
In a state where the parent recording unit 12 is stopped, information on the width cut is read from the parent recording unit 12 through the read writer 21 by the management unit (not shown), and the width cut is performed by the management unit based on the information. .

Then, when the width cutting is completed, the parent recording unit 12 is controlled by the management unit through the read writer 21.
, New information generated in the width cutting process is written.

Subsequently, the belt molded body is detached from the width cutting device. At this time, the parent recording means 12 moves to the position P1.
When the separation is completed, the unit moves to the position P13. At the position P13, individual information about each belt molded body (after cutting) for one lot recorded in the parent recording unit 12 is obtained. The information is transferred and the child recording means 1
Are sequentially written and accepted. That is, when the belt molded body is cut into, for example, four, one lot is formed by the four molded bodies. Therefore, four child recording units 13 are provided for one parent recording unit 12. , And information of each of the four molded bodies is written into each of the child recording means 13,....

Then, a series of processes for each compact is independently managed for each compact by the management means based on the information recorded in the child recording means 13,. At this time, the child recording means 13,... Are intermittently conveyed in order from the position P31 to the position P38. The detachment, the attachment to the width cutting device, the width cutting, the detachment from the width cutting device, and the like are sequentially managed based on the information recorded in the child recording means 13,. Further, when new information is generated in each step, the information is written to the child recording means 13 corresponding to each molded body.

As described above, the second transporting means 22 sequentially moves the child recording means 13 to a position corresponding to each of a series of steps in accordance with the processing flow of the belt molded body. Therefore, the movement of the child recording means 13 and the movement of the belt molded body on the production line can be performed in synchronization, and the information and the flow of the belt molded body are matched,
It becomes easy to grasp the information of the belt molded body.

When the child recording means 13 reaches the position P38 after the end of the series of steps, the parent recording means 12 has reached the position P14, and the child recording means 13,
.., New information generated in each process for each belt molded body is transferred to the parent recording means 12, and information on the belt molded body is updated.

Then, since the parent recording means 12 reaches the position P22, it is separated from the first transport means 14. on the other hand,
When the child recording means 13 reaches the position P42, the child recording means 13 is carried to the rear portion of the second conveying means 17 and circulated, and is reused for the belt molded body of the lot to be subsequently conveyed.

As described above, since the molded articles included in one lot are managed by different child recording means 13,..., The molded articles included in each lot include different types of molded articles. Even if they are different, they are managed by different child recording means 13,..., And can be managed without causing errors due to different types. In addition, even if a series of processes is performed over two lots, the flow can be identified and production control can be performed without stopping the flow.

Further, since the information of the child recording means 13 is finally returned to the parent recording means 12, the information on one lot is recorded in the parent recording means 12, and the lot is collectively recorded. Can be managed.

[0040]

The present invention is embodied in the form described above, and has the following effects.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, as described above, individual information about a product of each lot in the parent recording means is transferred to each child recording means, and a series of processes are performed based on the information of the child recording means. New information is recorded in the child recording means while performing production control for each product, and new information about the products in each lot is transferred to the parent recording means after a series of processes. The combined use of the parent recording means and the child recording means makes it possible to manage each lot and each manufactured product, thereby enabling a wide variety of management, and information on one lot is recorded in one parent recording means. Therefore, production control of one lot can be performed collectively. In addition, even if a series of processes is performed over two lots, the flow can be identified and production control can be performed without stopping the flow.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the second transporting means sequentially moves the child recording means to a position corresponding to each of a series of steps in accordance with the flow of the article to be manufactured. , Information corresponding to each process is read from or written to the child recording means by the information reading / writing means, so that the movement of the child recording means and the movement of the article to be manufactured are synchronized. You can do
It is possible to easily and easily manage the information on the product by matching the flow between the information and the product.

Therefore, the movement of the child recording means and the movement of the article to be manufactured are performed synchronously, and the flow of information and the article to be manufactured coincide with each other. Is easy.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since each manufactured product is managed by different child recording means, although manufactured products included in each lot include different types, Different types are managed by different child recording means, and can be managed without errors caused by different types.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since each transmission belt is managed by different child recording means, the transmission belts included in each lot include different types of transmission belts. Are managed by different child recording means, and can be managed without causing errors due to differences in types.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a production management system using magnetic recording means according to the present invention, wherein (a) is a front view and (b) is a side view.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between first and second transport means, a parent recording means, and a child recording means.

3 (a) is a plan view, FIG. 3 (b) is a front view, and FIGS. 3 (c) to 3 (e) are a reader / writer mounting portion, a sensor mounting portion, and a stopper mounting, respectively. It is explanatory drawing of a part.

FIGS. 4A and 4B show a second conveying means according to the present invention, wherein FIG. 4A is a plan view and FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Magnetic recording means 12 Parent recording means 13 Child recording means 14 1st conveyance means 17 2nd conveyance means 21 Lead writer

Claims (4)

[Claims] In a production line for performing a plurality of types of processing while continuously transporting a plurality of lots including a plurality of products, a magnetic recording unit is associated with the products, and the magnetic recording unit is connected to the magnetic recording unit. A production management system by magnetic recording means for writing information about the product or reading information about the product from the magnetic recording unit and performing production management based on the information, wherein the magnetic recording unit is A parent recording unit for recording information about one lot as a whole, and a child recording unit for recording information about each of the products to be manufactured. In addition to transferring individual information about each product, new information is transferred while performing production management for each product in a series of processes based on the information from each of the child recording means. Recorded in the recording means,
A production management system based on magnetic recording means, comprising: management means for transferring new information on each manufactured product to the parent recording means after a series of steps is completed. 2. The management device according to claim 1, wherein the management unit is provided with a first conveyance unit that conveys the parent recording unit, and the management unit is provided with the first conveyance unit.
A second transporting means having a position corresponding to each step of a series of steps, the second transporting means for sequentially moving the child recording means to each of the positions corresponding to the flow of the article to be manufactured; 2. The production management system according to claim 1, further comprising information reading / writing means provided at each of the positions and reading / writing information corresponding to each step from / to the child recording means. 3. The product to be manufactured included in each of the lots includes one of a different type.
A production management system using the magnetic recording means described in the above. 4. The production management system according to claim 3, wherein the article to be manufactured is a power transmission belt, and includes a plurality of types having different belt widths.