Worker Allocation for Component Mounting Lines
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing component mounting systems face inefficiencies in reducing the production time of mounting boards due to the time required for setup changing work across multiple component mounting lines, despite previous systems shortening total work time and individual setup efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A component mounting system with a worker allocation determination unit that optimally allocates workers across multiple component mounting lines to minimize production completion times, utilizing a management storage system to store and manage worker allocations, allowing for external and internal setup work to be performed concurrently without stopping production.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If workers perform setup changing work sequentially in each component mounting line, then individual setup efficiency is improved, but production completion time of multiple mounting lines is extended
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary calculation of optimal worker allocation before production begins. The worker allocation determination unit computes the best assignment of workers to setup changing tasks across multiple component mounting lines in advance, considering all lines' production schedules and setup requirements, thereby minimizing total production completion time while maintaining efficient individual setup operations
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from one-dimensional sequential worker allocation (one line at a time) to multi-dimensional parallel allocation across multiple component mounting lines simultaneously. By considering all lines' setup requirements together and allocating workers across the entire system, the patent achieves optimal resource utilization that reduces overall production completion time while preserving individual line efficiency
2Productivity
If total work time of setup changing work is shortened, then worker efficiency is improved, but production time including setup work is not necessarily shortened
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where the worker allocation determination unit continuously monitors production progress and setup requirements across multiple component mounting lines. Based on real-time feedback about which lines are approaching setup points and current production status, the system dynamically adjusts worker allocation to ensure that reducing setup time directly translates to reduced overall production completion time, thereby aligning worker efficiency improvements with actual production time reduction
Data Source
AI summary
A component mounting system includes a plurality of component mounting lines, and in the production of predetermined mounting boards, determines an allocation of workers to work which arises in each of the plurality of component mounting lines such that production completion times of the plurality of component mounting lines become sooner.