Industrial Equipment Traceability via Link Identifier Collection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing manufacturing line systems require new burdens such as adding or modifying application software on processing apparatuses to manage traceability, which is inefficient and costly.
Innovation Solution
An information collection system that includes a control apparatus and method to collect and associate processing information sets from multiple processing apparatuses using link identifiers, enabling traceability without requiring new software on the manufacturing line side.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traceability management is implemented by adding ID reception and processing information attachment functions to each processing apparatus, then traceability can be achieved, but device complexity and software burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
A control apparatus is introduced as an intermediary between processing apparatuses and the traceability management system. The control apparatus receives processing information from multiple processing apparatuses, assigns link identifiers to associate information across processing steps, and manages traceability centrally. This eliminates the need for each processing apparatus to have complex ID reception and information attachment functions, while still achieving complete traceability.
2Reliability
If existing manufacturing lines are modified to implement traceability, then traceability management is achieved, but implementation cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The control apparatus serves multiple functions: it controls the processing apparatuses, collects processing information, assigns link identifiers, and manages traceability. By making the control apparatus universal and multi-functional, the system avoids adding separate dedicated hardware or software components to each processing apparatus, thereby reducing implementation burden on existing manufacturing lines while achieving comprehensive traceability management.
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AI summary
[Problem to be solved] To manage traceability without requiring a new burden on a manufacturing line side where processing apparatuses are provided. [Solution] Included are: a machine control part (21) controlling multiple processing apparatuses (31, 32, 33) that each execute a predetermined process with respect to a workpiece; an information collection part (23) that respectively collect, from the multiple processing apparatuses (31, 32, 33), multiple processing information sets that are respectively related to multiple processing steps executed by the multiple processing apparatuses (31, 32, 33) until one corresponding product is manufactured from at least one workpiece; and a product trace data generation part 24 that associates to each other the multiple processing information sets collected by the information collection part (23) by assigning to the multiple processing information sets a link identifier that enables a linkage between the multiple processing steps related to the one product.