Portable Terminal Maintenance Support for Electronic Component Mounters
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Solution Overview
Problem
In electronic component mounting systems, maintenance operations are inefficient due to delayed recognition of maintenance needs by operators, leading to prolonged maintenance times and the need for skilled personnel to address these issues.
Innovation Solution
A maintenance support system that includes a management apparatus and a portable terminal with identification marks on electronic component mounters, allowing for the creation and transmission of maintenance operation plans and instructions, enabling efficient identification and display of maintenance information on the portable terminal for the relevant mounters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If maintenance information is displayed on the display unit of the electronic component mounter itself, then maintenance target parts can be notified, but operators cannot quickly recognize or access the maintenance information when moving between multiple mounters
Solution Approach 1:
A portable terminal serves as an intermediary device between the maintenance management system and operators. The terminal receives maintenance information from the management system and displays it portably, allowing operators to quickly access maintenance information while moving between multiple electronic component mounters without being confined to fixed display units.
2Productivity
If multiple electronic component mounters are managed with separate maintenance systems, then each mounter can be maintained independently, but the overall maintenance management becomes complex and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple maintenance management functions into a single centralized maintenance management system that can manage multiple electronic component mounters simultaneously. The system integrates maintenance information collection, analysis, and distribution functions, allowing operators to access consolidated maintenance information for all mounters through one portable terminal interface.
3Reliability
If professional maintenance personnel are called for maintenance operations, then accurate maintenance can be performed, but maintenance time is prolonged and operational efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables operators to perform maintenance operations themselves by providing them with portable terminals that display clear maintenance information and guidance. This self-service capability eliminates the need to wait for professional maintenance personnel, allowing operators to immediately address maintenance needs while maintaining proper maintenance quality through standardized information provision.
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AI summary
Provided is an electronic component mounting system that includes an electronic component mounting line that includes multiple electronic component mounters to which identification marks, respectively, are affixed, a management computer, and a portable terminal that has a recognition unit that recognizes the identification mark. In the management computer, a maintenance operation plan is created, a maintenance instruction in which the maintenance operation plan and the identification mark are associated with each other is issued, each of the multiple maintenance instructions and maintenance information that is associated with each of the multiple maintenance instructions are stored, one of the multiple maintenance instructions and maintenance information that is associated with the one maintenance instruction are transmitted to the portable terminal.