CN1517873A - Production line management system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

A production line management system and method is applied to a master-slave architecture network communication system to perform product test management on a production line. The production line management system comprises a test program for controlling product test according to parameters set by a user; setting a test module for executing a test on a product to be tested according to parameters of a test program; a storage unit for storing the data generated by the test module; a database for storing the test data transmitted by the test module; and the test data management module is used for sorting the data stored in the database. The production line management system and method can integrate the relevant test data between the test machine stations and/or the test station stations, and can transmit the data to the back-end data processing system in real time through the network communication system.

Description

Production line management system and method

technical field

The present invention relates to a production line management system and method, in particular to a production line management system and method applied under the framework of a network communication system.

Background technique

For companies, factories or enterprises whose business is manufacturing, the life cycle of a product includes design, testing, manufacturing, sales and after-sales service. From the perspective of some modern products, especially electronic information products (such as notebook computers, etc.), there are hundreds of parts and components required to form a complete product, and the operation of the system must also consider the convenience of operation, system stability, and equipment. Expansibility and heat conduction effects and other issues. Therefore, from the beginning of product design to sales to consumers, the process includes all process procedures such as processing procedures, processing guidelines and related approvals, use rights, safety, working standards and methods, work processes, institutional relations, and engineering testing.

Among them, in the engineering test part, take the above-mentioned notebook computer as an example, from design to manufacture, the necessary tests include structure, logic, basic input and output system, thermal effect, sound, vibration shock, electromagnetic compatibility, power supply, system integration test, Product quality or other related testing procedures. Only through a series of relevant engineering tests can the quality of the product be further ensured. Faced with such complex information and processes, without an integrated solution, it will inevitably affect the stability of product quality and increase production costs.

However, the existing engineering testing processes are operated independently by each project testing department and lack of integration with each other. For example, a complete test line may include multiple machines, and different machines may include multiple stations. Wherein, each machine platform may perform the same test item or different test items; and each station on the machine platform may also perform the same test task or different test tasks. Taking the existing test system and method as an example, when the product to be tested is placed on the test machine and the test process is carried out at different stations, the test machine will usually obtain relevant test data, which may pass The form of the two-dimensional barcode is displayed, and the engineer in charge of the test reads the two-dimensional barcode through the scanning device, and stores it in a storage unit such as a floppy disk, and finally loads the relevant test data stored in the storage unit to the back-end production management system In the process, the integration of relevant test data is carried out.

As mentioned above, the existing production line test process uses manpower as the medium of data transmission, which not only cannot collect data in real time, but also easily causes loss or error in the process of data transmission. Therefore, how to provide users with a real-time processing of relevant test data function, and transmit it to the back-end management system, and the system and method for data integration and processing are problems to be solved.

Contents of the invention

In order to overcome the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art, the main purpose of the present invention is to provide a production line management system and method for users to integrate test data related to test machines and/or test stations.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a production line management system and method for the user to transmit real-time data related to tests between test machines and/or test stations to the back-end data processing system through the network communication system.

In order to achieve the above object, the production line management system of the present invention includes: a test program for product test control based on the parameters set by the user; a test module for performing the test according to the parameter setting of the test program; a storage for storing the data generated after the test unit; a database for storing test data sent by the test module; and a test data management module for sorting out the data stored in the database. The test program, test module and storage unit are built in the client data processing system of the network communication system, and the database and test management module are built in the server data processing system of the network communication system.

The method of managing the production line through the production line management system is as follows: firstly, the user sets the function or parameters of the test program according to the items to be tested of the product to be tested; secondly, executes the test program so that the test module executes the test program according to the test program The test process of the product; again, make the test module store the relevant test data obtained by executing the test process in the storage unit; then, make the test module transmit the relevant test data to the database through the network communication system; finally, make the test The management module executes the integrated statistical work of relevant test data according to the user's settings.

Compared with the existing production line management system and method, the production line management system and method of the present invention can integrate the relevant test data between the test machine and/or test station, and integrate the test machine in real time through the network communication system. The relevant test data between stations and/or test stations are transmitted to the back-end data processing system.

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FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of the application architecture, showing the application architecture of the production line management system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the system architecture, showing the system architecture of the production line management system of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart showing the flow steps of the production line management method of the present invention.

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Example

As shown in Figure 1, in this embodiment, the production line management system 100 of the present invention is applied in the existing master-slave architecture network communication system 200, and the back-end management system 110 of the production line management system is constructed on the network communication system 200 A server, for the client users of the network terminal device 300 and the network terminal device 400 with the network connection function to connect with the back-end management system 110 built on the server through the browser application program and the network communication system 200, and perform the including program Or data upload or download, data storage and data management. Wherein, the network communication system 200 can be Internet (Internet), intranet (Intranet) or Internet between enterprises (Extranet); network terminal device 300 and network terminal device 400 can be personal computer (PC), notebook computer (NB) , a workstation (Workstation) or other devices with data processing capabilities; the browser application program can be Microsoft's Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, etc. The aforementioned master-slave architecture network communication system 200 , network terminal device, and browser application program are all existing software and hardware architectures, and will not be further described here.

It should be pointed out that in this embodiment, the client network terminal device is a machine used for engineering testing, the test machine of the network terminal device 300 is used to test the stability of the central processing unit of the notebook computer, and the network The test machine of the terminal device 400 is used to test the stability of the LCD screen of the notebook computer. In addition, the test machines of the network terminal devices 300 and 400 each include three test stations, which are respectively a pre-test station, an actual test station and a final test station.

FIG. 2 shows the system architecture of the production line management system 100 of the present invention. The back-end management system 110 is connected to the network server 210, and the network communication system 200 connects the back-end management system 110 to the network terminal device 300 and the network terminal device 400, and makes the network terminal device 300 and the network terminal device 400 respond to user instructions or other Requirements for data access. In this embodiment, the network terminal device 300 and the network terminal device 400 utilize a web browser on each network terminal device, such as the above-mentioned Microsoft or Netscape browser, to connect with the back-end management system 110 through the network communication system 200, Carry out file management work. The production line management system 100 includes: a test program 220 , a test module 230 , a storage unit 240 , a database 250 and a test data management module 260 .

The test program 220 is used to control the product test according to the parameters set by the user. In this embodiment, the test program 220 is stored in the storage unit 240 in the form of software, or stored in the read-only memory unit in the form of firmware. The test program 220 can be written in different types of programming languages such as C++, for users to select the product to be tested and the corresponding items and content to be tested through the network terminal devices 300 and 400 .

The testing module 230 is used for testing the product to be tested according to the parameter settings of the testing program 220 . In this embodiment, the test module 230 is built on the network terminal devices 300 and 400 of the client, and is used to connect with the product to be tested, and treat the Execute related testing procedures for the tested product.

The storage unit 240 is used for storing the data generated after the test module 230 executes the test. In this embodiment, after the test module 230 executes the relevant test process according to the setting content of the test program 220 , relevant test data will be generated. As mentioned above, since the test machine on the network terminal device includes three test stations, namely the pre-test station, the actual test station and the final test station, different test machines and stations generate different test data, and the test The module 230 generates relevant test data in the form of data and/or two-dimensional barcodes, and the storage unit 240 allows the associated network terminal device to store the relevant test data generated by the test module.

The database 250 is used for storing the test data transmitted by the test module 230 . In this embodiment, the database 250 is constructed in the back-end management system 110 of the server, and is used to store relevant test data transmitted by each client network terminal device through the network communication system 200 . The database 250 is a relational database, which stores the serial number of each test machine, the test station serial number of each test machine, the test flow program number, the serial number of the product to be tested, the test result identification code, the test data information and the test result management information, etc. Data fields and data forms. After the relational database is established, when the user inputs any of the above data, the production line management system 100 can quickly find the corresponding data. It should be pointed out that the above-mentioned data fields and the data tables to which they belong are just examples, and their contents are more specific and detailed in actual situations. In addition, the content of each data field may also include other data fields or data forms. Due to space limitation, only part of the data related to the production line management system and method of the present invention is displayed. On the other hand, there are also various system architectures of relational databases, which can be constructed according to the needs of users, and will not be described in detail here.

The test data management module 260 is used to organize the test data stored in the database 250 . In this embodiment, the test data management module 260 is stored in the storage unit (not shown) of the back-end management system 110 as a software program, and the relevant test data stored in the database 250 are stored in the database 250 according to the functions or parameters input by the user. Perform tasks such as statistical and/or analytical work.

FIG. 3 shows the steps of collecting data in implementing the production line management method through the above-mentioned production line management system 100 . In step S301 , the user sets the functions or parameters of the test program 220 according to the items to be tested of the product to be tested. As mentioned above, the test program 220 is a software program, and the user can perform it according to the test items and test content to be executed. In this embodiment, the test machine of the network terminal device 300 is used to test the stability of the central processing unit of the notebook computer, and the test machine of the network terminal device 400 is used to test the stability of the LCD screen of the notebook computer. By setting the function or parameters of the test program 220, the test program 220 can execute the stability test of the central processing unit on the test machine of the network terminal device 300; For the stability test, proceed to step S302.

In step S302 , the test program 220 is executed, so that the test module 230 executes the test process of the product to be tested according to the test program 220 . As mentioned above, after the user sets the test items and test content to be executed on the test program 220 , the test program 220 will drive the test module 230 to execute the test process according to the instruction of the test program 220 . In this embodiment, the test module 230 actually includes a test machine and a test station. The test machine of the network terminal device 300 is used to test the stability of the central processing unit, and its test station includes pre-test, actual test and final test. ; The test machine of the network terminal device 400 is used to test the stability of the LCD screen, and its test station also includes pre-test, actual test and final test, and then proceed to step S303.

In step S303 , the test module 230 is instructed to store relevant test data obtained by executing the test process into the storage unit 240 . As mentioned above, after the test module 230 executes the relevant test process, it will generate relevant test data corresponding to the test items and test content. In this embodiment, the test data includes the serial number of the test machine, the test station serial number of the test machine, the test flow program number, the serial number of the product to be tested, the test result identification code, and the test data. After the above test data is generated, it is stored in the storage unit 240, and then step S304 is performed.

In step S304 , the test module 230 transmits relevant test data to the database 250 through the network communication system 200 . As mentioned above, since the network terminal devices 300 and 400 of the client are only responsible for performing related testing work of the product, the obtained related testing data need to be further researched, analyzed and compared by other data integration mechanisms. Therefore, the test machine of the network terminal device of the client must transmit the relevant test data to the back-end management system 110 through the network communication system 200, and store the relevant test data in the database 250 for the back-end management system 110. Carry out further processing of the test data.

In step S305 , the test data management module 260 is configured to perform integrated statistics of relevant test data according to user settings. As mentioned above, when the test machine of the client’s network terminal device stores the relevant test data in the database 250 through the network communication system 200, the test data management module 260 can set the test data in the back-end management system 110 according to the The function or parameter retrieves the relevant test data required for research, analysis and comparison from the database 250, and executes the operation conforming to the set function or parameter.

The production line management system and method of the present invention provide users with an integrated test machine and/or related test data between test platforms, and real-time information about the integrated test machine and/or test platform through the network communication system A system and method for transmitting test data data to a backend data processing system.

Claims (10)

1. line production system, it can carry out the product test management to production line by data handling system and network communication system, it is characterized in that this line production system comprises:

Test procedure, the parameter that is used for setting according to the user carry out product test control;

Test module is used for according to the parameter setting of test procedure product to be measured being carried out test;

Storage element is used to store the data information that test module test back is generated, and wherein storage element can be any in hard disk or the flash memory mnemon;

Database is used to be stored to one item missing by the test data that test module transmitted, and database wherein is a relevant database; And,

The test data administration module is used for the stored test data in disposal data storehouse, and wherein the test data administration module can be any in software or the firmware.

2. the system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described data handling system can be any in server, workstation, personal computer, notebook computer, palmtop computer, personal digital assistant or the mobile phone.

3. the system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described network communication system can be any in Internet, Intranet or the enterprise interconnection net.

4. the system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described network communication system can be any in line communication system or the wireless telecommunication system.

5. method of management of production line, it can carry out the product test management to production line by data handling system and network communication system, it is characterized in that this method of management of production line comprises:

By the to be measured project of user, set the function or the parameter of test procedure according to product to be measured;

Carry out test procedure, drive test module, carry out the testing process of product to be measured according to test procedure;

Make test module will carry out the relevant test data data storage of testing process gained in storage element;

Make test module by network communication system with relevant test data data transmission in database, database wherein is a relevant database; And,

Make of the setting of test and management module, carry out the integration statistical work of relevant test data data according to the user.

6. method as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, described data handling system can be any in server, workstation, personal computer, notebook, palmtop computer, personal digital assistant or the mobile phone.

7. method as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, described network communication system can be any in Internet, Intranet or the enterprise interconnection net.

8. method as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, described network communication system can be any in line communication system or the wireless telecommunication system.

9. method as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, described storage element can be any in hard disk or the flash memory mnemon.

10. method as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, described test data administration module can be any in software or the firmware.

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