WO2021215219A1

WO2021215219A1 - Repacker packaging system, control method of system, and product manufacturing method using system

Info

Publication number: WO2021215219A1
Application number: PCT/JP2021/014197
Authority: WO
Inventors: 隆彦南部
Original assignee: 株式会社ナベル
Priority date: 2020-04-24
Filing date: 2021-04-01
Publication date: 2021-10-28
Also published as: JPWO2021215219A1

Abstract

[Solution] In a repacker packaging system comprising a repacker apparatus (1) for storing eggs in containers and a plurality of apparatuses arranged on the downstream side of the repacker apparatus (1) so as to wrap and ship egg products stored in the containers, the repacker packaging system comprises: a transmission control unit (9) that determines a production plan of products on the basis of order information and transmits settings of the respective apparatuses on the downstream side of the repacker apparatus (1) when switching the products on the basis of the determined production plan; and reception control units (10) that are provided in the respective apparatuses and receive transmission from the transmission control unit (9) to change the settings of the respective apparatuses.

Description

Repacker packaging system, control method of the system, and product manufacturing method by the system

The present invention relates to an egg repacker packaging system, a control method of the system, and a product manufacturing method by the system.

Patent Document 1 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-97989) discloses a sorting and packaging system of a GP center (grading and packing center) that collects and packs and ships chicken eggs. This sorting and packaging system improves manual cooperation between workers when switching production items (products), and improves work efficiency that depends on workers.

However, in this conventional technology, the sorting device (grading) and the packaging device (packing) are integrated. Therefore, when there are a wide variety of production items and the switching is performed several tens of times or more per day, even if the work efficiency is improved, the loss due to the machine stop cannot be completely eliminated.

Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-335515) and Patent Document 3 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2017-109821) disclose a repacker packaging system for minimizing loss due to machine stoppage. In this repacker packaging system, the sorting device and the packaging device are separated by a temporary storage device (automated warehouse or the like).

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific configuration of a conventional repacker packaging system. The repacker device B is arranged on the downstream side of the storage device A. On the downstream side of the repacker device B, many devices such as an inspection device C, a label shooter D, a bean sealer E, a tape sealer F, a sorting machine G, a case destacker H, a case packer I, and a case palletizer J are conveyors. Etc. are arranged via a transport portion K such as. Then, the product is shipped from Case Palletizer J.

In the storage device A, the eggs sorted by the sorting device are sorted by size such as S, M, L, and by color such as white and red, and stored in a tray. For example, the shipping product "E1 Egg" is set in a pack of 10 eggs with a variety of egg A size L and a white color (egg shell color), with a label attached, a bean sticker attached, and an egg distribution cart. Be stuffed. The setting of "E2 egg" is a pack of 10 eggs with a variety of egg A size M and a white color, and the label is put in and packed in a container. When switching the shipped products, the settings of various devices of the repacker packaging system are manually changed, and the setting change work requires a large number of people and time, so improvement in work efficiency has been desired.

Note that the technology described in Patent Document 1 cannot be applied when the settings of these devices are changed automatically at once.

To explain the reason, the eggs sorted by the sorting device are temporarily stored in the temporary storage device, and then packaged and shipped in the repacker device. Therefore, the order of the eggs sorted by the sorting device and the temporary storage device The order of the eggs that come out of the eggs is different, and the storage in the temporary storage device may span days. Therefore, the contents to be instructed by the sorting device (grader) and the packaging device (repacker) are different, and the control technology described in Patent Document 1 in which the sorting device and the packaging device are integrated is applied to the repacker packaging system in which the sorting device and the packaging device are separated. It cannot be applied.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-97989 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-335515 JP-A-2017-109821

The purpose of this disclosure is to improve the work efficiency by hand in the egg repacker packaging system.

According to certain aspects of the present disclosure, a repacker packaging system comprises a repacker device for storing eggs in a container and a plurality of devices located downstream of the repacker device for packing and shipping egg products contained in the container. A transmission control unit that determines the production plan of egg products based on the order information and transmits the settings of each device on the downstream side of the repacker device when switching products based on the determined production plan, and each device are provided. , A reception control unit that receives a setting from the transmission control unit and changes the setting of each device to the received setting.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a repacker packaging comprising a repacker device for storing eggs in a container and a plurality of devices arranged downstream of the repacker device for packing and shipping the egg products contained in the container. It is a system control method that determines the production plan of egg products based on the order information, and when switching products based on the determined production plan, transmits the settings of each device on the downstream side of the repacker device. It includes receiving the settings of each device and changing the settings of each device to the received settings.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a repacker packaging comprising a repacker device for storing eggs in a container and a plurality of devices arranged downstream of the repacker device for packing and shipping the egg products contained in the container. It is a manufacturing method of shipped products using the system, the production plan of egg products is decided based on the order information, and when switching the products based on the decided production plan, the setting of each device on the downstream side of the repacker device is set. The shipped product is produced by transmitting and receiving the setting of each device and changing the setting of each device to the received setting.

According to the present invention, when switching production items (products), manual work is omitted, so that work efficiency can be improved.

The above and other objectives, features, aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the invention, which is understood in connection with the accompanying drawings.

It is a block diagram which shows the embodiment of the repacker packaging system of this invention. It is a table which shows the setting contents of various devices in the block diagram of FIG. It is a detailed view of the transmission control unit and the reception control unit of the block diagram of FIG. It is a flowchart of control based on the block diagram of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the other embodiment of the transmission control part. It is a flowchart of control based on the block diagram of FIG. It is a block diagram of the conventional repacker packaging system.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, the repacker packaging system includes a repacker device 1 for storing eggs in a container (pack) and a plurality of devices arranged on the downstream side of the repacker device 1 for packing and shipping egg products stored in the container. Have. The plurality of devices arranged on the downstream side of the repacker device 1 are an inspection device 2, a label shooter 3, a bean sealer 4, a case packer 5, a case destacker 6, and a case palletizer 7. In the present embodiment, the storage device 8 is provided on the upstream side of the repacker device 1 to form a repacker packaging system. Each of these devices is connected via a transport unit K as shown in FIG. 7.

In the storage device 8, eggs sorted by the sorting device are stored in trays or the like, sorted by size such as S, M, L, and by color such as white and red. Examples of the storage device 8 include the “automated warehouse” described in Patent Document 3 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2017-109821).

Examples of the repacker device 1 include the "packaging device" described in Patent Document 3. The repacker device 1 transfers eggs from a temporary container such as a tray to a container for distribution such as a pack. The egg-containing pack after being transferred to the container is transported to each device on the downstream side by the transport unit K.

The inspection device 2 inspects the egg-containing pack transported by the transport unit K. The inspection device 2 inspects the state of the egg (for example, cracked egg, dirty egg, missing content, leaked content, presence / absence of egg). The inspection device 2 inspects using the captured image. The inspection device 2 inspects the egg-containing pack transported by the transport unit K. The inspection device 2 inspects the egg pack from below, from the side, from above, or a combination thereof. Depending on the placement location of the inspection device 2, the state of the label (for example, the presence / absence of the label, the correctness of the label, the placement location of the label in the pack, the correctness of printing on the label) may be inspected. The inspection device 2 may be dispersedly arranged at a plurality of locations.

The label shooter 3 puts the label into the pack conveyed by the conveying unit K. In the label shooter 3, the label may be inserted between the eggs, or the label may be inserted into the lid. The label shooter 3 may have a function of printing on a label, or may send out a pre-printed label. The printed contents include, for example, the expiration date and the production date.

The bean sticker 4 attaches a small sticker label (bean sticker) to the upper surface of the egg. The bean sticker 4 has a function of printing on the bean sticker. The printed contents include, for example, the expiration date and the production date.

The case packer 5 packs a predetermined number of egg packs with closed lids into the case. The case packer 5 is configured by using, for example, a conventional articulated robot in which the head portion operates arbitrarily. The head portion includes a holding portion for temporarily holding and transferring the egg-containing pack. The case is carried on a conveyor for the case, which is different from the conveyor on which the egg pack is carried. The case may be box-shaped (eg, cardboard box, container, etc.) or trolley (eg, egg distribution cart, etc.).

The case destacker 6 is an example of the case supply unit of the case packer 5, and the stacked containers are transferred one by one to the conveyor for the case. The case destacker 6 is configured by using, for example, a conventional articulated robot in which the head portion operates arbitrarily. The head portion includes a holding portion for temporarily holding and transferring the container.

The case palletizer 7 is an example of a case collecting part, and collects containers packed with egg packs. The case palletizer 7 loads a plurality of containers on a pallet or a trolley. The case palletizer 7 is configured by using, for example, a conventional articulated robot in which the head portion operates arbitrarily. The head portion includes a holding portion for temporarily holding and transferring the container.

Each device is the same as the conventional one shown in FIG. 7 as a mechanical device, but its control device is different from the conventional one. That is, the repacker packaging system of the present embodiment is different from the conventional one in that it has a transmission control unit 9 and a reception control unit 10.

The transmission control unit 9 determines the production plan of the product based on the order information (order data), and transmits the setting (pattern) of each device when switching the product based on the determined production plan. The transmission control unit 9 is composed of a computer information processing device including a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an internal memory, an input / output device, a monitor, and the like. The transmission control unit 9 has a planning unit 11 and a setting information transmission unit 12.

The planning department 11 determines the production plan of the product based on the order information (order data). The setting information transmission unit 12 transmits the settings (patterns) of each device based on the production plan determined by the planning unit 11 to the reception control unit 10 of each device.

The reception control unit 10 is provided in each device, receives the transmission from the transmission control unit 9, and changes the settings of each device. The reception control unit 10 is composed of a computer information processing device including a CPU, an internal memory, an input / output device, a monitor, and the like. The reception control unit 10 has a setting reception unit 13 and a setting change control unit 14.

The setting reception unit 13 receives the signal from the setting information transmission unit 12. The setting change control unit 14 changes the setting of the device to the setting received by the setting reception unit 13.

FIG. 2 is a table showing the setting contents of each device, and is a list of the setting contents transmitted from the setting information transmission unit. The setting items shown below are examples, and other setting items may be provided, or any of the setting items may not be provided.

The settings of the storage device 8 are the type, size, color and quantity. The settings of the repacker device 1 are the type of container (pack) and the number of production. The setting of the inspection device 2 is a determination level of ON or OFF of the inspection function. The settings of the label shooter 3 are label insertion ON or OFF, print function ON or OFF, print content pattern, print collation function ON or OFF, and the number of labels. The settings of the bean sticker 4 are sticker sticking ON or OFF, printing function ON or OFF, print content pattern, print collation function ON or OFF, and the number of bean stickers.

The settings of the case destacker 6 are the supply function ON or OFF, the case type pattern and the number of cases. The settings of the case packer 5 are the boxing function ON or OFF, the arrangement pattern, and the case quantity. The settings of the case palletizer 7 are the transfer function ON or OFF, the arrangement pattern, and the case quantity.

FIG. 3 is a detailed view of the transmission control unit 9 and the reception control unit 10 in the configuration diagram of FIG.
The planning unit 11 of the transmission control unit 9 includes an order receiving unit 15, an order storage unit 16, a setting information storage unit 17, and a processing unit 18.

The order reception unit 15 receives order information, and inputs the product type (product name of the packed product), the expiration date, and the target quantity.

The order storage unit 16 stores the order received by the order reception unit 15.
The setting information storage unit 17 stores the setting contents of each device shown in FIG. The setting contents are information about setting values for each of a plurality of devices related to packing eggs, and are stored in association with a plurality of types of egg products.

The processing unit 18 acquires information on the set value of the setting information storage unit 17 based on the order information of the egg product received by the order receiving unit 15 and sends it to the setting information transmitting unit 12. The processing unit 18 sorts the order information stored in the order storage unit 16 in descending order of priority, formulates a production plan, and sets setting information of each device based on the production plan from the setting information storage unit 17. Search (match).

The setting information of each device devised by the processing unit 18 is transmitted to each device by the setting information transmitting unit 12. The setting information transmitted from the transmission control unit 9 is received by the setting reception unit 13 of the reception control unit 10 provided in each device, and the setting of each device is changed via the setting change control unit 14.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of control based on the configuration diagram of FIG.
The control method of the repacker packaging system includes a transmission step SA and a setting switching step SB.

The transmission step SA determines the production plan of the product based on the order information (order data), and transmits the setting (pattern) of each device when switching the product based on the determined production plan. The transmission step SA searches the setting information storage unit 17 for setting information using the order data acquisition step S1, the order data recording step S2, the production plan making step S3, and the product name to be produced next as a key. A step S4 for displaying the setting information on the monitor, a step S5 for displaying the setting information confirmation screen, and a step S6 for transmitting the setting information to each device.

The setting switching step SB receives the transmission from the transmission step SA and changes the settings of each device. The setting switching step SB reaches the planned production number, that is, step S7 for receiving the setting information, step S8 for changing the setting information, step S9 for starting production, and step S10 for determining whether the planned production number has been reached. Then, it has a step S11 for switching production. If it is determined in step S11 that the production is switched, the process leads to step S4 of the transmission step SA.

Taking the product shown in FIG. 2 as an example, a method of manufacturing a shipped product using a repacker packaging system will be described with a flowchart shown in FIG.

The manufacturing method of the shipped product using the repacker packaging system includes a transmission step SA and a setting switching step SB.

Next, the manufacturing method will be described based on the settings shown in FIG.
First, the order reception unit 15 acquires today's order data (S1). According to FIG. 2, the product names of the order data are "E1 egg", "E2 egg", "E3 egg" and the like. The order receiving unit 15 stores this data in the order storage unit 16 (S2). The processing unit 18 formulates a production plan (S3).

As a result, when the processing unit 18 decides to manufacture the "○○ egg" shown in FIG. 2, the processing unit 18 searches for the setting information of each device (S4).

The setting information of each device as a result is as follows.
The setting of the storage device 8 is that the variety is "egg A", the size is "L", the color is "white", and the quantity is "XXX". The setting of the repacker device 1 is that the container is a pack of 10 "L-10P" and the production quantity is "XXX". The settings of the inspection device 2 are the inspection function "ON" and the determination level "Lv4". The label shooter 3 is set to "ON" for label insertion, "OFF" for the printing function, and "XXX" for the number of labels. The setting of the bean sticker 4 is "ON" for sticking a sticker, "OFF" for a printing function, and "XXX" for the number of bean stickers. The setting of the case destacker 6 is that the supply function is "OFF". The setting of the case packer 5 is that the boxing function is "OFF". The setting of the case palletizer 7 is that the transfer function is "OFF".

The processing unit 18 displays a confirmation screen for setting information (S5). As a confirmation screen of the monitor, the processing unit 18 displays, for example, a list of each device and the setting contents corresponding to the result of the search in S4. Then, the setting information transmission unit 12 transmits the setting information to each device (S6).

When the setting reception unit 13 receives the setting information (S7), the setting change control unit 14 changes the setting information (S8), and each device starts the production of the "E1 egg" (S9). The setting change control unit 14 determines whether or not the planned production number has been reached (S10), and when the planned production number is reached, the process proceeds to step S11 for switching the production.

In the production switching, the setting information transmission unit 12 transmits the setting of the new product (S6) at the same time or one type when the repacker device is stopped after all the production is completed to the downstream side for one type. Can be individually transmitted at the timing when the production is completed in order from the device on the upstream side.

Further, the processing unit 18 can transmit the setting information (expiration date information) to each device when it is time to send it to each device based on the expiration date information in the order.

Further, the processing unit 18 can transmit the setting information (target quantity information) to each device when it is time to send it to each device based on the target quantity information in the order. Depending on the device, the final target number and the number processed by each device are different. Therefore, the processing unit 18 may calculate the number processed by each device to create the target number and then transmit the number.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention. The configuration of the planning unit 11 of the transmission control unit 9 is different from that of the above-described embodiment, and the other configurations are the same.

The planning unit 11 in this embodiment has a batch setting reception unit 19 for inputting a search (matching) result between order information and setting (pattern) information of each device. The batch setting reception unit 19 searches for the setting information of each device based on the order information, and inputs the information according to the drafted production plan.

FIG. 6 is a flow of control of the device shown in FIG. In this control method, the point that the transmission step SA and the setting switching step SB are provided is the same as that of the embodiment, except that in the transmission step SA, the production plan is drafted by a human being.

That is, the batch setting reception unit 19 starts from step S14 for receiving the setting related to the next product to be produced, and the subsequent steps (S15 to S21) are the same as the steps (S5 to S11) shown in FIG. The description thereof will be omitted.

The embodiments disclosed this time are examples in all respects and are not restrictive. For example, as another example of each device, there is a "top-pasting sealing machine". The top-pasting sealing machine attaches a label to the pack conveyed by the conveying unit K. The settings of the top sticker sticker are the sticker sticker ON or OFF, the print function ON or OFF, the print content pattern, the print collation function ON or OFF, and the number of sticker stickers. It should be noted that there may be other setting items, or any setting item may not be provided.

Further, the storage device on the upstream side of the repacker device is not limited to an example having a reception control unit such as an automated warehouse, and may be a storage place for open storage. In this case, the egg is manually supplied to the repacker device. The present invention may be an example in which at least the settings of each device on the downstream side of the repacker device can be automatically set.

The scope of the present invention is indicated by the scope of claims, not the above description, and includes all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the scope of claims.

1 Repacker device 2 Inspection device 3 Label shooter 4 Bean sealer 5 Case packer 6 Case destroyer 7 Case palletizer 8 Storage device 9 Transmission control unit 10 Reception control unit 11 Planning unit 12 Setting information transmission unit 13 Setting reception unit 14 Setting change control Department 15 Order reception unit 16 Order storage unit 17 Setting information storage unit 18 Processing unit 19 Batch setting reception unit

Claims

A repacker device that stores eggs in a container,
A plurality of devices arranged on the downstream side of the repacker device for packing and shipping the egg products stored in the container, and
A transmission control unit that determines the production plan of the egg product based on the order information and transmits the settings of each device on the downstream side of the repacker device when switching the product based on the determined production plan.
A repacker packaging system provided in each of the devices, comprising a reception control unit that receives a setting from the transmission control unit and changes the setting of each device to the received setting.
The transmission control unit
The planning department that decides the production plan of the egg product based on the order information,
It has a setting information transmission unit that transmits the settings of each device based on the production plan determined by the planning unit.
The reception control unit
A setting reception unit that receives settings from the setting information transmission unit, and a setting reception unit.
The repacker packaging system according to claim 1, further comprising a setting change control unit that changes the settings of the device to the settings received by the setting reception unit.
The planning department
The order reception department that accepts order information and
An order storage unit that stores orders received by the order reception unit, and an order storage unit.
A setting information storage unit that stores the setting information of each device, and
The repacker packaging system according to claim 2, further comprising a processing unit for retrieving setting information from the setting information storage unit based on order information stored in the order storage unit.
The repacker packaging system according to claim 2, wherein the planning unit has a batch setting reception unit for inputting search results of order information and setting information of each device.
A plurality of devices arranged on the downstream side of the repacker device are at least one of an inspection device, a label shooter, a bean sealer, a top-paste sealer, a case destacker, a case packer, or a case palletizer. The repacker packaging system according to any one of claims 4.
It is a control method of a repacker packaging system including a repacker device for storing eggs in a container and a plurality of devices arranged on the downstream side of the repacker device for packing and shipping the egg products stored in the container. ,
The production plan of the egg product is determined based on the order information, and when the product is switched based on the determined production plan, the setting of each device on the downstream side of the repacker device is transmitted.
A control method for a repacker packaging system, which comprises receiving the settings of the respective devices and changing the settings of the respective devices to the received settings.
A shipping product using a repacker packaging system including a repacker device for storing eggs in a container and a plurality of devices arranged on the downstream side of the repacker device for packing and shipping the egg products stored in the container. It ’s a manufacturing method,
The production plan of the egg product is determined based on the order information, and when the product is switched based on the determined production plan, the setting of each device on the downstream side of the repacker device is transmitted.
A manufacturing method for producing a shipped product by receiving the settings of the respective devices and changing the settings of the respective devices to the received settings.