Mounting Line Display Control for Supply Vehicle Obstacle Avoidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
In production lines, obstacles, including operators, often interrupt the operation of supply devices like unmanned conveyance vehicles, leading to production line stoppages and reduced operating efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A mounting system with display sections on each mounting machine that change modes based on the movement of the supply device, providing operators with information to prevent obstacles from interfering with the supply device's operation, using a display control section to inform operators of potential interference and prompt appropriate actions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If an unmanned conveyance vehicle (supply device) is used to supply members in a production line, then automation and productivity are improved, but the operation is frequently interrupted by obstacles (including operators) in the moving path, causing production line stoppages and reducing overall operating efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of obstacles in the supply device's moving path using detection means (sensors, cameras) before the actual conveyance operation. The control means receives detection results and determines whether to allow the supply device to move, preventing interruptions before they occur. This advance detection and decision-making ensures continuous operation while maintaining safety.
2Reliability
If detection means and control means are added to detect obstacles and control supply device movement, then operation continuity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The detection means and control means are integrated into the existing production line control infrastructure. The control means serves multiple functions: it manages the supply device operation, processes detection results from various sensors, determines movement permission, and coordinates with other production line equipment. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated systems, thereby limiting the increase in overall device complexity while maintaining reliability.
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AI summary
A mounting system of the present disclosure includes a mounting line including multiple mounting machines aligned side by side in a predetermined arrangement direction and configured to mount components on a board, a supply device configured to move in the arrangement direction to convey members for use in the mounting machines and supply the members to the mounting machines, and a display section provided on each of the mounting machines and configured to change their display modes in accordance with a movement of the supply device.