JPS59152129A - Method of controlling order of packing in plurality of packing line - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an automatic shipping system, and particularly relates to a packing order control method for each packing line when maintaining the shipping order is required when multiple packing lines operate in parallel. .

What is the shipping order in the conventional automatic shipping system?

Since the order of shipping information such as destination and number of items entered into the computer is followed, if there is only one packing line, the packing order and shipping order for that tsuba-zukuri line will be the same, and special work will be required. and can maintain the shipping order without shipping. but.

When multiple packing lines are operated in parallel to shorten shipping time, it is necessary to consider the packing order for each packing line in order to maintain the shipping order, but in the conventional method, the operating conditions of each packing line must be considered. Since this method does not take into consideration the following, one worker must arrive at each packing line during operation and adjust the packing order of each line while checking the shipping status.

An object of the present invention is to provide a packing order control method that makes it possible to maintain the shipping order by reflecting differences in the operating conditions of each packing line in the packing order when a plurality of packing lines operate in parallel. It is in.

The present invention calculates the operating time of each packing line by converting the difference in the operating conditions of each packing line into time based on the shipping information and operating conditions input into a computer, and calculates the operating time of each packing line based on the shipping information and operating conditions input to the computer. The system repeatedly allocates information to each packing line and at the same time calculates and corrects the operating time of each packing line, thereby determining and controlling the packing order for each packing line.

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

FIG. 1 shows an outline of a device configuration to which the present invention is applied. In FIG. 1, address paper 4 is attached to the package, and its arrangement is related to the order of packing and shipping. Address paper is printed by the address paper printing device 3 in the order of input after inputting shipping information such as the destination and the number of items to be sent into the shimiko computer 2 through the input device 1 in accordance with the shipping order.

FIGS. 2 and 3 schematically show an automatic shipping system to which the present invention is applied. In FIG. 2, a package 5 on a packing line is packed by a packing device 6, and an address paper is attached by an address paper attaching device 7. In FIG. 3, the items to be packaged on each packing line are located on other packing lines L1 to L1. Combined with the package above.

It is transported to the shipping site 10.

Figure 4 shows an example of shipping information, Figure 5 shows the arrangement of address sheets when they are printed according to the order of shipping 1 in Figure 4 using the conventional method, and Figure 6 shows each line of address paper when there are three packing lines. This figure shows an example of the operating time of the packing line. In the conventional method, as shown in Figure 6, if there is a difference in the operating time of each packing line L1 to S, or if there is a difference in the transport distance from each packing line to the shipping site, the shipping order is maintained. As a method, it is necessary to manually adjust the arrangement of address sheets for each packing line.

In the present invention, by inputting the operating conditions of each packing line in addition to the shipping information, the printing order of address sheets for each packing line, that is, the packing order is determined.

FIG. 7 shows input items for operating conditions. 7th
In the figure, the operation start time as a variable condition is input for each packing line, and the operation end time is input only when necessary. In addition, as a fixed condition, the transportation distance from each packing υ line to the shipping site is input for each packing line,
Since the packing speed and conveyance speed of the packing device are usually the same for each packing line, they are input as common fixed conditions.

FIG. 8 shows a schematic flow of the packing order determining process according to the present invention. In Figure 8.

Block A calculates the total number of items shipped from the shipping information.

Furthermore, the total packing time is determined from the packing speed. Block B
Then, the transportation time after packaging is determined from the transportation distance and transportation speed from each packing line to the shipping site, and the operation start time of each packing line is calculated to be delayed by the transportation time. In block C, if the operation end time of each packing line is input, it is calculated to be delayed by the transport time, and the operation time of that packing line is calculated.

Subtract it from the total packaging time determined in block A.

In block E, the operation end time of each packing line is determined from the operation start time and total packing time of the packing line for which the operation end time is not input. In block F, destination information is distributed to the packing line with the earliest operation start time in descending order of shipping order, and the operation start time of the packing line is delayed by one calculated time required for packing. As a result, when the operation start time becomes equal to the operation end time or becomes later than the operation end time, the allocation to that packing machine is ended.

In this embodiment, in order to facilitate the distribution work after printing the address paper after processing, in addition to the destination information for each packing line, partition information indicating the line to be distributed is added, These pieces of information are transmitted to the address sheet printing device, and the address sheets are printed in the order of transmission.

FIG. 9 shows the arrangement of address sheets according to this embodiment using FIGS. 4 and 6 as examples. Here, the transport distance of each packing line was the same.

FIG. 10 shows the packing order of each packing line in this embodiment.

According to this embodiment, by inputting the operating conditions of each packing line in advance, even when multiple packing lines operate in parallel, one worker can easily carry the address paper to each packing line in units of partitions. This has the effect of being able to maintain the shipping order and eliminating the need to adjust the order of address sheets during operation.

According to the invention, parallel operation of multiple packing lines.

This eliminates the need to adjust the packing order, which was sometimes necessary at times, and now only one worker can manage the packing work on all lines, whereas in the past, each packing line required at least one person to adjust the packing order. This has the effect of significantly saving labor and improving work efficiency.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a computer system for printing address sheets, and FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a packing line. Figure 3 is a schematic overall configuration diagram of the automatic shipping system, Figure 4 is an example of shipping information, Figure 5 is the arrangement of address sheets printed according to the reading method, Figure 6 is an example of the operating time of the packing line, and Figure 7 is packing Input items for operating conditions of the cylinder. FIG. 8 is a schematic processing flow of the present invention, FIG. 9 is a sequence of address paper printing according to the present invention, and FIG. 10 is a packing order on a packing line according to the present invention. 1... Input device, 2... Electronic computer, 3... Address paper printing device, 4... Address paper, deceased... Packing, 6...
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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A packing order control method for an automatic dispatch system in which items are transported to a plurality of destinations using a plurality of packing lines,
The items to be transported are sorted for each of the multiple destinations. For each sorted destination, packing work is sequentially assigned to each of the multiple packaging lines within the operating time of the multiple packaging lines, and on the unloading side of the multiple packaging lines, the transported packages are carried out for each destination. A packing order control method in a multiple packing schedule characterized by shipping approximately.