Production equipment valuation device, production equipment valuation method, and production equipment valuation program

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies fail to consider the environmental value of production equipment in determining the optimal processing methods such as reoperation, resale, reproduction, or recycling, leading to increased recovery and recycling costs due to low product distribution in this field.

Innovation Solution

A production equipment valuation device that evaluates production equipment by predicting and comparing economic and environmental values across multiple processing options, including reoperation, resale, reproduction, and recycling, to determine the most appropriate processing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Object-affected harmful factors

If production equipment is recovered and processed through reuse, repair, recycle, or reselling, then environmental value is improved, but the cost of recovery and recycling processing increases due to low product distribution

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenvironmental valueVSAvoidcost of recovery and recycling processing
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the evaluation parameters from traditional economic-only assessment to a dual-parameter system that includes both economic value and environmental value. This allows for comprehensive comparison of different processing methods (reuse, repair, recycle, reselling) by quantifying both cost factors and environmental benefits, enabling optimization of processing decisions that balance economic feasibility with environmental objectives.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If production equipment is processed through multiple operations (reuse, repair, recycle, reselling), then processing flexibility is improved, but the complexity of determining optimal processing increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing flexibilityVSAvoidcomplexity of determining optimal processing
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the evaluation unit compares predicted values from multiple processing operations and provides feedback to determine the optimal processing path. This systematic comparison and feedback loop simplifies the decision-making process by automatically analyzing various options and selecting the best one based on predetermined criteria, reducing the complexity of determining optimal processing despite the multiple available operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Ease of operation

If only economic value is considered in determining processing methods, then decision-making simplicity is improved, but environmental value creation is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedecision-making simplicityVSAvoidenvironmental value creation
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a multi-functional evaluation system that simultaneously assesses both economic value and environmental value within a single integrated framework. This universal evaluation approach maintains decision-making simplicity by providing a unified comparison method while incorporating multiple value dimensions, allowing the system to evaluate different processing operations comprehensively without complicating the decision process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentEP4610901A1Production equipment valuation device, production equipment valuation method, and production equipment valuation program
Publication Date: 2025.09.03 HITACHI LTD
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AI summary

An object of the present invention is to predict an economic value and an environmental value including reoperation, resale, reproduction, and recycling of production equipment, and to determine a processing destination at which the economic value and the environmental value are optimized. A production equipment valuation device 10 that evaluates production equipment includes: a storage unit 100 that stores production equipment related information 101 related to the production equipment; a production equipment value prediction unit 200 that predicts values in two or more operations of processing for the production equipment; a production equipment valuation unit 500 that compares predicted values in the two or more operations of processing; and a production equipment processing destination determination unit 600 that determines processing in the production equipment from the two or more operations of processing in accordance with a comparison result by the production equipment valuation unit 500.