Electric Tool Workflow Control for Overlapped Data Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electric tool systems and operations management devices face inefficiencies in starting operations due to the lack of effective communication between the electric tool and management system, which causes a decline in the efficiency of operations.
Innovation Solution
Implementing an electric tool system that includes an electric tool for use to perform operations on a work target, a control method, and a program to improve the efficiency of operations by allowing the electric tool to transmit operation results while receiving setting information for subsequent operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the operations management system waits for operation results to be transmitted before sending setting information for the next operation, then data transmission completeness is ensured, but operational efficiency deteriorates due to idle waiting time
Solution Approach 1:
The management system performs preliminary action by transmitting setting information for the second operation before receiving the operation results of the first operation. This allows the electric tool to have the setting information ready in advance, eliminating idle waiting time and improving operational efficiency while maintaining data transmission completeness through proper sequencing.
Solution Approach 2:
The system ensures continuity of useful action by overlapping the transmission of setting information with the execution of previous operations. The management system continuously transmits setting information for subsequent operations without interruption, while the electric tool processes operations sequentially, ensuring no idle time occurs in the overall workflow.
2Loss of information
If the electric tool transmits operation results immediately after completion, then real-time data availability is improved, but communication overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The management system prepares and transmits setting information in advance before operation results are needed. This preliminary action reduces the need for frequent back-and-forth communications, as the tool receives all necessary settings upfront, thereby reducing communication overhead while maintaining real-time data availability when results are transmitted.
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AI summary
An electric tool system includes: an electric tool for use to perform operations on a work target; and a management system which communicates with the electric tool. The operations include a first operation and a second operation to be performed after the first operation has been done. The management system transmits, after the electric tool has had the first operation done, setting information about the second operation to the electric tool. The electric tool transmits, after having received the setting information, operation results of the first operation to the management system.