Maintenance Management for Component Mounting Equipment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current maintenance methods for component mounting machines are inefficient as they do not consider the maintenance times of constituent elements, leading to sporadic maintenance and reduced production efficiency, especially when changing board types, as the selection and positioning of feeder devices and mounting heads are not optimized based on predicted maintenance schedules.
Innovation Solution
A maintenance management device and method that guide the equipment positions of constituent elements based on remaining operation numbers and frequencies, ensuring that maintenance is coordinated and aligned, thereby improving maintenance efficiency and production efficiency by optimizing the selection and positioning of feeder devices and mounting heads.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If constituent elements are exchanged and equipped one by one according to maintenance guidance, then maintenance can be performed individually, but maintenance efficiency decreases and production efficiency is reduced due to sporadic maintenance times
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the maintenance scheduling of multiple constituent elements by calculating remaining operation numbers for each element and guiding their equipment positions to coordinate maintenance times. This combines previously sporadic individual maintenance operations into synchronized group maintenance, improving productivity while maintaining operational simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary calculation of remaining operation numbers for each constituent element before maintenance is needed. By predicting when each element will reach its maintenance threshold and guiding equipment positions in advance, the system prepares for coordinated maintenance without disrupting current production, thus improving overall efficiency.
2Ease of repair
If multiple constituent elements are maintained at different times, then each element can be maintained individually, but labor increases and production interruptions occur more frequently
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines maintenance activities for multiple constituent elements by scheduling them to reach their maintenance thresholds at the same time. This merging of maintenance events reduces the total number of separate maintenance interruptions and minimizes overall loss of time, while still allowing individual elements to be maintained according to their specific needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors and calculates the remaining operation numbers of constituent elements, providing feedback guidance on equipment positions. This feedback mechanism enables dynamic adjustment of maintenance scheduling to achieve coordinated maintenance times, reducing total maintenance time and production interruptions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If constituent elements are selected for equipment positions without considering maintenance schedules, then setup changing work is simplified, but maintenance times arrive sporadically reducing maintenance efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary calculation and guidance of equipment positions based on remaining operation numbers before actual maintenance is needed. This preliminary action maintains setup changing flexibility while simultaneously optimizing maintenance scheduling, allowing the system to adapt to different board types while coordinating maintenance times to improve maintenance efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter consideration from purely operational suitability to include remaining operation numbers and predicted maintenance times. By incorporating this additional parameter into the equipment position selection process, the system maintains adaptability for different board types while optimizing maintenance scheduling to improve maintenance efficiency.
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AI summary
The present invention is a maintenance management device which individually manages maintenance times at which to perform maintenance using a plurality of constituent elements, which are equipped in an exchangeable manner to a plurality of equipment positions of a component mounting machine to operate, as management targets, and the maintenance management device includes a remaining operation number calculating section which calculates respective remaining operation numbers of each of the plurality of constituent elements, an operation frequency ascertaining section which ascertains respective operation frequencies of the constituent elements at the plurality of equipment positions according to a type of the board, and a guide section which performs guidance of equipment positions of the constituent elements based on the remaining operation number and the operation frequency when a worker equips the constituent elements. Accordingly, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the maintenance, and it is possible to contribute to an improvement in production efficiency by performing guidance of the equipment positions in consideration of the maintenance times of the constituent elements.