Shape Data Sharing With Equipment Context for Reliable Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing shape data sharing systems lack reliability and efficiency due to variations in component mounter structures and equipment, leading to inefficient creation, verification, and correction of shape data, which hinders seamless data transfer between different machines.
Innovation Solution
A shape data sharing system that integrates component specification and equipment information with usage records, managed through a cloud-based database, ensuring high reliability and compatibility across different component mounters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If shape data is shared without equipment information, then data sharing is simplified, but reliability of mounting work cannot be ensured
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary data structure called 'registration data' that acts as a mediator between the shape data and the equipment information. This registration data includes not only shape data but also equipment information (component mounter specifications, feeder types, suction nozzle types) and usage records, thereby ensuring reliability while maintaining data sharing capability without requiring direct integration of complex equipment details into the core shape data structure.
2Productivity
If shape data is individually created for each maker, then data security and proprietary information protection are improved, but creation and verification efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments shape data into two distinct parts: (1) basic shape data that can be shared among multiple makers for common components, and (2) proprietary information that remains with individual makers. This segmentation allows efficient data creation through reuse of shared shape data while protecting proprietary information, thereby improving productivity without losing essential proprietary details.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates universal shape data that can serve multiple makers and component mounters. By establishing a standardized registration data structure that captures essential mounting information in a machine-independent manner, the same shape data can be universally applied across different makers' systems, improving creation and verification efficiency while maintaining data security through controlled sharing.
3Adaptability or versatility
If verification is performed without considering equipment variations, then verification process is simplified, but applicability to different component mounters deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by incorporating equipment information and usage records into the registration data during the initial data creation and verification phase. This allows the shape data to be pre-validated for specific equipment configurations, improving adaptability to different component mounters. The verification process becomes more comprehensive but is structured in a systematic way that manages complexity through standardized data collection protocols.
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AI summary
A shape data sharing system includes a data provision section configured to provide registration data in which component specification information and equipment information are added to shape data owned by a data provider, the shape data including information related to a shape of a component and having a usage record used in a mounting work of the component, a data management section configured to manage the registration data provided by the data provision section on a database, a data search section configured to search for the registration data on the database by using a search condition set by a data user, the search condition including at least a part of the shape data, the component specification information, and the equipment information, and a data sharing section configured to supply the registration data extracted by the search of the data search section to the data user to be usable and share the shape data between the data provider and the data user.