Forming Device Status Display for Trend and Abnormality Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing forming devices, which have become more complex with processes like heating and fluid supply, face challenges in improving product quality and productivity due to the lack of effective methods for monitoring and managing their operational status.
Innovation Solution
A method is provided to display the operational status of forming devices on a screen, using display units that show operational data over time, distinguish product changes, and track cumulative product outcomes, enabling comprehensive management of multiple devices and quick detection of abnormalities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If forming devices are made more complex with additional processes like heating and fluid supply, then the functionality and versatility of the device is improved, but the difficulty of monitoring and managing operational status increases
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring system segments operational data into distinct categories (operation status, product change status, cumulative numbers) and displays them in separate display units. This segmentation allows operators to monitor different aspects of the complex forming device independently, reducing the cognitive load and making management easier despite the device's increased functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds a time dimension to the monitoring display by showing operational status over past X hours on a time axis. This temporal dimension allows operators to track changes and trends in the complex device's operation over time, making it easier to understand the behavior of multiple processes (heating, fluid supply, forming) in a unified temporal context.
2Measurement precision
If detailed operational data is displayed for multiple forming devices, then the measurement precision and monitoring capability is improved, but the device complexity and information overload increases
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring system uses multiple specialized display units, each dedicated to a specific type of information (operation status, product changes, cumulative counts). This segmentation presents detailed data in an organized, non-overlapping manner that maintains measurement precision while avoiding information overload by giving each data type its own dedicated display space.
3Adaptability or versatility
If operational status is displayed over a customizable time period, then the adaptability of the monitoring system is improved, but the loss of time for data processing and display updates increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the time period X based on user needs, allowing the display to adapt to different monitoring requirements. The display unit is configured to show operational status for a customizable past X hours, enabling operators to optimize between detailed historical analysis and real-time monitoring without requiring complete reconfiguration of the system.
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AI summary
A method of displaying an operational status of a forming device, which heats a metal material to form the metal material, on a screen of a display device, the method includes: displaying an operational status with a time from past X hours on a time axis, using at least one display unit of a first display unit that displays the operational status of the forming device in the past X hours, which is arbitrarily settable from a current time point, at an operation ratio of 0 to 100%, a second display unit that distinguishes and displays whether or not a formed product is changed, and a third display unit that displays cumulative numbers of formed products and pass/fail thereof for each time t.