JP2002032498A - Electronic production system, and supply method and registeration method for production information - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an electronic production system constituted so that various production information on production facilities can be served from a portal site when necessary by using a computer system. SOLUTION: This system is equipped with the production facilities, the portal site, and an information transmitting means which connects the both for information communication. The production facilities receive information needed for production from the portal site. The portal site prepares the production information that the production facilities requires, and retrieves and transmits necessary information to the production facilities at a request from the production facilities. The information transmitting means is equipped with an authenticating means which identifies the characteristic ID information when the information is transmitted from one to the other and a charging means which records charging information corresponding to the amount of the information transmitted from one to the other or the transmission time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic production system using a computer system, and more particularly to a production information supply service for providing production information to production equipment owners or production equipment related traders using the Internet or the like. The present invention relates to a method and a production information registration method therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a factory or the like having a production facility, data on the operating status and failure status of the past production facility is stored for each factory, and if necessary, the operation status of the production facility is changed to a normal status. Each factory performed its own maintenance, inspection, dispatch of service personnel, arrangement of service parts, replacement of repair parts, etc. by judging early as to whether or not it was abnormal. In addition, the failure status of production equipment and its repair status vary widely, and the know-how possessed by one factory or one service maintenance company is limited. It is desirable to share these know-how and production information. I was

[0003]

As described above, it is necessary for each factory to independently maintain, manage, maintain and inspect production equipment, arrange service parts in the event of a failure, and replace repair parts. Because of the need for personnel, there were also problems in terms of production efficiency and costs. Further, there has been a problem that know-how and useful production information accumulated by each factory and each service maintenance company over many years cannot be effectively used in general.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and has as its object to maintain, manage, maintain and inspect production equipment, arrange service parts in the event of a failure, and repair parts. The present invention provides an electronic production system in which a portal site that centrally stores various types of production information can receive a service as needed, for example, when performing exchange work.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a production information supply method for finding and supplying necessary production information whenever there is a request from a production facility.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method for registering production information, which enables production information useful for production equipment to be registered at any time.

[0007]

An electronic production system according to the present invention includes a production facility, a portal site, and an information transmission means for connecting information communication between the production facility and the portal site. In an electronic production system that transmits production information in both directions, the production equipment transmits its operation information to the portal site and receives the information necessary for production from the portal site. Is to prepare the production information required by the production equipment, search for the necessary information in response to the request from the production equipment, and transmit it as service information to the production equipment.
When information is transmitted from one to the other, there is provided authentication means for identifying the other unique ID information, and charging means for recording charging information according to the amount of information or transmission time transmitted from one to the other. is there.

[0008] The production facility is located at a location distant from the portal site, extracts information representing various operating states, transmits the information to the portal site, and receives information necessary for production from the portal site. Things.

The information transmitting means includes an encrypting means for preventing tampering during communication.

[0010] The production equipment is located at a location remote from the portal site, and receives a control command from the portal site.
This is to take out the information of the content described in the control command and transmit it to the portal site, and the portal site creates a control command composed of a plurality of command statements and transmits it to the production equipment, The transmission means transmits the control command from one side to the other side and sends out the information described in the control command from the other side to one side.

The control command has a script structure,
The command sentence is composed of one or more items, which are (1) an information name item, (2) a start time item for recording information, (3) an end time item for recording information, (4) an information recording time interval term, (5) an information recording repetition term, (6) a designation of a recording area name in the production apparatus, (7) an instruction for recording in the recording area, (8) Recording start condition item, (9) Sending start condition item, (10) Item specifying communication system or protocol for sending specified information,
Including any of the following.

Further, the information transmission means includes a mobile phone connected to the production equipment. The electronic mail system unique to the mobile phone can be controlled from the production equipment. Information communication is performed by describing a production information transmission request and a response corresponding thereto.

The production equipment receives information required for production from a portal site. The portal site is also connected to a server owned by a third party via information transmission means. In response to a request from a third party, necessary information is obtained from a server owned by a third party and transmitted as service information to production equipment.

Further, the production facility manages information representing an operation state and information for changing the operation state in a tree form, and transmits part or all of the tree form to a portal site via information transmission means. Means.

In the production information supply method for supplying production information by a computer system, when a request for necessary production information is made from a production facility, the request is identified after identifying the unique ID information of the production facility. Receiving, and searching for production information necessary for the target production equipment from its own information or from information owned by a third party, and transmitting the retrieved production information as service information to the production equipment. Recording accounting information according to the amount of information transmitted or the transmission time.

Further, in a production information registration method for registering production information by a computer system, a step of prompting an information provider to input unique ID information, and identifying the inputted unique ID information is performed. The method includes a step of determining whether to permit input of useful production information to the production equipment, and a step of storing the input production information in association with the search information and the price information.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an electronic production system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is an information transmission means, 2
Is a production facility, 3 is an information collection terminal, 4 is a portal server,
5 is an information terminal, 6 is a procurement server, 7 is a manufacturing server, 8 is an application service server, 9 is a third party server, and 13 is a distribution server.

An overview including the operation of each component will be described. The basic operation of the information transmission means 1 is to transmit various information present at one end to the other end via a transmission medium. At the same time as transmitting the information from one end to the other end, the information is also transmitted in the opposite direction. Can be sent. This means that information can be exchanged in both directions.
In order to realize this, for example, IP (Internet)
Protocol) physical media capable of performing communication, such as Ethernet (registered trademark), telephone lines,
A mobile phone can be used. Alternatively, information communication can be realized by using an electronic medium that can use an electronic mail, a short message, or the like. In addition to this
The information transmission means 1 can have a means 12 for authenticating who the communication person is at one end from the other end. The authentication is an operation according to a predetermined procedure that specifies who the other party is and, based on the result, decides whether to perform or reject information communication. Of course, the other party may be authenticated from only one end, or both sides may be authenticated. Further, the information transmitting means 1 can have an encrypting means 11 for information to be transmitted. The purpose of this is to prevent the contents of the communication from being obvious even if wiretapping is performed during the communication, and to enable detection of tampering during the communication path. When transmitting all information, all or part of the information is encrypted using the encryption procedure, and when the information is received at the other end, the information is returned and used in the decryption procedure paired with the encryption. It is. Further, the information transmission means 1 can have a charging means 10. This is for the purpose of conducting business transactions, for example, integrating the connection time, managing the accumulated time for each authenticated partner, and billing once a month based on a predetermined fee per unit time. For example, a bill is issued, the amount of information or the number of transfers from the other end to the other end is integrated, a fee is calculated at a predetermined rate, and a bill is similarly issued. It is also possible to use a prepaid card system.

FIG. 2 shows a specific example of the information transmitting means 1 configured as described above, and shows that the terminal A is performing information communication with the terminal B. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 10 denotes a charging unit, 11 denotes an encryption unit, and 12 denotes an authentication unit. At this time, when the terminal A requests the start of communication, the terminal B determines whether or not the terminal A has actually issued the communication request.
Check using 2. For example, it is possible to determine whether the password of terminal A held by terminal B in advance matches the password sent by terminal A in response to the request of terminal B, or to use a digest method or an IC card. it can. Further, the data passing through the communication path is encrypted and decrypted using the encryption means 11 by a method agreed in advance by both the terminal A and the terminal B, so that an unrelated third party can obtain the data. This prevents misconnection and intentional spoofing, wiretapping and tampering along the communication path. Also, by adding checksum information of information to be sent, tampering in the middle of a communication path is prevented. Further, for example, when the terminal A detects an abnormality of the production facility 2 and wants to notify the terminal B, it may be desired to set the delay time of the communication path to a time equal to or less than a certain value. For example, there is a case in which a so-called real-time request such as wanting to know that a failure has occurred within one minute or sounding an alarm within three seconds is answered. At this time, the communication line uses QoS (Quality of
In this case, a network called "Services" that guarantees that the line quality is maintained at a constant level, for example, an ATM line is used. Alternatively, even in the case of an IP network, there is a line capable of keeping this constant, so that this can be used. Further, the information transmission means 1 has a charging means 10. At this time, the billing information for each customer can be obtained by the authentication means 12. However, since the used points can be calculated for the billing information for each customer, the fee is exempted for each point. Premiums such as free transfer may be returned to customers. Since these billing information and points are information, they can be exchanged with other servers via the information transmitting means 1.

Next, a configuration example of the production facility 2 will be described with reference to FIG. The production equipment 2 is assumed to be, for example, a production equipment in a production line in which components are mounted on a printed board in a factory for assembling products, soldered, and inspected. In this case, the entire movement of the belt conveyor 21, the soldering device 22, the component mounting device 23, and the like for transporting components and products in the line is controlled by a so-called sequencer or personal computer controller 24,
Send an operation program to these controllers,
Alternatively, the production facility 2 performs operations such as sending an operation start / stop instruction, or taking out various production states, that is, normal operation, abnormal operation, or taking out production information such as the total production number. . In addition, some of the component mounting apparatuses and the like existing in the line can take in and out of a control program and can take out information indicating an operating state. The input and output of information such as these perform the production operation while exchanging with the outside using the information transmission means 1.

The production equipment 2 may be, for example, a single robot, and the robot 25 is controlled by a robot controller 26. The robot controller 26 provides information on production operations, a robot program 27, a robot and a motor constituting the robot. Information 28 on the operation of
Information obtained from the vibration sensor 29, the force sensor 30, and the like attached to the robot 25 can be input / output and sent to the information transmission unit 1. At this time, from the abnormal vibration of the robot arm, the motor current value, the joint angle of the robot, etc., the wear and abnormality of the internal cable, the reduction gear, the arm body, and the like are detected and reported to the outside via the information transmission means 1. Further, by reading out the variable area of the robot program 27, the number of products to be produced is calculated from the number of operations of the robot 25, and is managed from a remote place via the information transmission means 1. further,
The information transmission means 1 replaces the robot program 27 and the firmware of the robot controller 26.
This is performed from a remote place via the.

The production equipment 2 may include a so-called dedicated machine 31, a servomotor 32 for driving the machine 31, and a servo amplifier 33. The special-purpose machine 31 is a production facility specialized in function for producing a specific product. In this case, the special equipment 3
Selection errors often occur in the selection of the size of the motor to be combined into one, the mechanical parts to be connected to the devices, the wires, and the like. Therefore, providing design support information in the design phase of the production facility 2 is very effective for shortening the construction period. Further, when the design is completed and such parts are ordered and delivered, the equipment is physically assembled, and the test operation can be performed, the operation parameters of the servo amplifier are adjusted. Further, since the production equipment 2 changes over time after the start of operation, it is necessary to appropriately adjust the servo amplifier. It is also necessary for the maintenance of the production equipment to readjust the parameters that have been properly adjusted during the test operation. In such a production facility 2 as well, these design information, parameter information, operation program, and information representing the operation state can be taken in and out by the servo controller 34, and the information is exchanged via the information transmission means 1 as described above. Maintenance is performed.

The production equipment 2 includes an electric discharge machine, a laser machine 3
6 may be a single processing machine, such as an operating state during operation, instructions to an operator, notification of replacement time of consumables, information indicating machine condition, work progress report, processing condition information, processing. Information such as a program is exchanged via the information transmission means 1. As a result, if the manufacturer of the processing machine continues to research and develop the processing conditions of the processing machine, the user who purchased the processing machine communicates with the manufacturer to provide the processing using the latest optimal processing conditions. Can be. In addition, it detects and reports the abnormal vibration of each part of the processing machine, the motor current value, the spindle position, the operation state of the power supply, etc., and detects and reports the consumption of consumables such as filters, abnormalities of the motor and reduction gear, and the body itself . Further, by reading the variable area of the controller 37 of the processing machine, the number of productions is calculated from the number of operations of the processing machine and managed from a remote place. Further, replacement of the processing program and replacement of the firmware of the controller 37 are performed from a remote place. In addition, while receiving a work instruction from a remote place, the worker obtains the state of the processing machine from a remote place by transmitting information to the effect that the work is finished from the controller screen when the work is completed, and transmitting the information. Upon receiving the notification from the worker, the work progress is managed, and if a malfunction occurs, the downtime, operation that contributed to the recovery, and the like are accumulated and managed.

When the production facility 2 is a so-called plant, the data to be subjected to the information communication includes the flow rate of the raw material and the flow rate of the product in the plant. If the production facility 2 is a food production plant 38, weather information of the destination,
The operation is performed so as to determine the manufacturing contents and the number of products to be produced based on the sales information, and to determine which products are to be combined and in what number at the time of shipment to be loaded on a distribution means such as a truck.
That is, the information necessary for such a decision support is obtained by using the information transmission means 1, and a human decides the contents to be determined as described above. It operates to produce according to the decision result.

When the production facility 2 performs a production operation, information of a result obtained by performing a considerable amount of computation by a certain computer may be required. For example, if an NC program for cutting raw materials is required,
This is a case where generation is performed using D or CAM software. Alternatively, a cutting simulation may be performed in advance to determine whether desired shape accuracy and surface roughness can be obtained by a machining program generated by CAD or CAM. In this case, the desired shape information is sent to the remote place by using the information transmission means 1, and at the same time, the information on the capability and function of the production equipment 2 is sent to the remote place, and the simulation is executed by the high-speed computer located at the remote place. , Generation of a machining program, generation of machining conditions based on a machining model, information retrieval from a database, and transmission of the results to the production equipment 2 via the information transmission means 1 to continue desired production. I do.

Next, the information collecting terminal 3 will be described with reference to FIG. Some of the aforementioned production facilities 2 cannot be directly connected to the information transmission means 1. This may be the case with older machines where the controller does not have an appropriate data connection means, or where some products have a data port but the way the data port retrieves information is not publicly available. Further, there is a case where the information transmission means 1 and its data port cannot be physically directly connected due to a difference in signal voltage or the like. In such a case, the information collecting terminal 3 is connected to the parallel input / output 40 and the Ethernet 41, for example.
Has the role of physically connecting the information transmission means 1 and the production equipment 2. Parallel I / O 40 and Ethernet
The transfer of et41 is the computer itself realized by describing the operation program. Information transmission means 1
The interface to the side has a configuration for connecting to a wide area network such as a LAN connection such as Ethernet, an analog public line, a digital public line, a mobile phone, a PHS, and a packet communication terminal. Protocol stack (TCP /
IP: transmission control p
protocol / internet protocol
And PPP: point-to-point protocol
ol etc.) as constituent elements. Also, parallel input / output for connecting to the production equipment 2, RS232C or USB
(Universal Serial Bus) and an interface to a real-time network such as an infrared ray and a wireless LAN. It also has a software protocol stack for using these interfaces. The information collecting terminal 3 merely converts a single physical medium, or has a plurality of physical interfaces, and processes information based on a predetermined exchangeable program sequence stored in advance. In some cases, it has a function of converting physical media. Further, in addition to the last-mentioned embodiment, there may be a display unit 42 and an input unit 43 for displaying numeric character graphic information and accepting a keyboard or button input from a user. Configuration.

The operation of the portal server 4 will be described with reference to FIG. It is configured to receive, for example, a notification of a failure state from the production facility 2 via the information transmission means 1. At this time, if it is not clear what has happened to the production equipment 2 only from the notification of the failure state that has been sent, send a detailed status inquiry to the production equipment 2 to retrieve more detailed failure information and continue communication. Can be. In addition, when the portal server 4 receives the notification of the failure state, the software 44 that attempts to make necessary arrangements for repairing the failure is activated. The arrangement at this time is an information transmission 45 to a service unit in which materials and human resources for repairing the failure state are collected. The service unit is not necessarily the same company organization, but may be another company that is affiliated. In the case of repair of a failure or replacement of a consumable part, a part may be required, and a communication 46 to a manufacturing department and an order 47 to a part maker, a consumable part maker, or a tool maker correspond to this information transmission. The information is transmitted through the information transmission means 1, where the communication contents are encrypted as necessary, the authentication is performed as to whether the communication partner is the intended partner, and further, the information is transmitted.
The consideration for receiving is calculated as shown in FIG. For example, information on job placement to a service unit is subject to billing, and information on useful repair means is worth paying for. It should be noted that the portal server 4 can be configured to accumulate information on failure points from a plurality of production facilities 2 arranged all over the world. The information on the failure location is stored and analyzed by the information storage / analysis means 48 from time to time, ranking the failure location and cause, and design a new product based on this information. Or a design with less power. Such accumulated information 49 can be used as strategy information of its own production plan from the viewpoint of what kind of parts are often used by the parts maker, and is worth paying a price.

Further, as described above, when there is a request to use the CAD / CAM software and simulator, the software 50 of the portal server 4 may be lent in time in response to the request. In this case, as shown in FIG.
The parameters for the simulation are transmitted from the production equipment 2 and the information terminal 5, and the calculation based on the simulation is performed by the simulator software 51 provided in the application service server 8 connected to the portal site 4. The information is transmitted to the production facility 2 or the information terminal 5 using the information transmission means 1. Information transmission means 1
In FIG. 2, appropriate charging information can be recorded and held by the method shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 7, the product information 52 and the design information 53 relating to the company's products are stored in the portal site 4, and the customer 54 who purchases the products and newly establishes the production equipment 2 is provided to the customer 54. We can provide more quantity and quality product information than can be obtained from regular catalogs. At this time, it is also possible to provide information so that function comparison and price comparison 55 can be performed for not only products of one company but also products of related competitors. In addition, a simulation 56 for virtually assembling and operating a product to be purchased can be performed to determine whether it is worth purchasing.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, when the customer 54 has excellent information and processing conditions relating to production and processing and an excellent program 57, the portal site 4 buys and resells it. It can also be configured. In this case, the portal site 4 receives the information via the information transmission means 1 and records the billing information.
In this case, the charge means that the operator of the portal site 4 pays the customer 54. The received information 58 is appropriately priced, displayed on the list screen, and waits for a third party to purchase. The purchaser receives the information transmitting means 1 and receives the information at his / her own production equipment 2 or displays the information on the information terminal 5. At this time, the information transmission means 1
, Accounting information is recorded, and the operator of the portal site 4 performs payment with the third party.

The information terminal 5 is used in various situations of the present invention, and an ordinary personal computer terminal is used.
For example, the information terminal 5 installed at the processing and assembly work site
Operates to display instructions of the work contents to the worker and to input work progress. Portal site 4
Is used to select a service provided by the portal site 4, purchase the service, and enjoy the service.

In recent years, it has become common to conduct transactions between companies electronically. In this case, a procurement server 6 dedicated to this electronic commerce purpose can be provided. Procurement server 6
The procurement server 6 and the other servers can exchange information in XML format via the information transmission means 1 and the portal site 4.

The manufacturing server 7 has a sequencer 24 at the manufacturing site.
For example, it is provided for the purpose of issuing an operation instruction to a controller or collecting and managing progress information, and may be in charge of so-called workflow management in a production line.
In some cases, a scheduler function is provided for the purpose of leveling the load on the production line and operating the facilities optimally.

The application service server 8 comprises application software 59 and a high-speed computer large-capacity operation unit 60 as shown in FIG.
It provides software, simulators, and analysis applications to customers. In addition to these applications, workflow management at the processing and assembly site, material procurement management, design support tools, e-commerce software, form management software, business processing software, schedule management, etc.
Various application software can also be provided. Further, functions such as a WWW server, an FTP server, a file server, and a database can be provided to customers. Further, by using the information transmission means 1 in combination with these server functions, it is possible to rent or lease as a tool for a customer to provide a service to the customer.

The third-party server 9 refers to a server or a combination of servers operated by a third party, which is independent of the basic one configured using the functions described above, and includes the contents thereof. Is configured by combining the individual servers as described above, and can take various configurations. These third party servers 9 are also connected to the portal site 4 via the information transmission means 1, exchange information with the portal site 4, select a service provided by the portal site 4, purchase the service, You can enjoy the service. In addition, services and information that can be provided can be registered in the portal site 4 and can be provided for a fee using the charging unit 10.

Now, the preventive maintenance service of the production equipment 2 can be performed by using the above-described components, which will be described. The production system in this case has two points, that is, a point where the production facility 2 exists and a point where the portal site 4 exists, and the two points are connected by the information transmission means 1. In production facility 2,
As shown in FIG. 10, software for constantly acquiring numerical information 61 to 63 indicating a failure state, a consumption state of consumables, or an operation state is executed. In this software, a comparison 65 between the numerical information itself representing each state or the numerical information as a result of performing a predetermined arithmetic processing 64 from one or more numerical information and a predetermined reference value is performed at regular intervals. If the current state of the production equipment 2 deviates from the reference value, it is determined to be abnormal, and if it is within the reference value, it is determined to be normal. When it is determined that the operation is abnormal, the next operation is performed. However, when it is determined that the operation is normal, whether to perform the next operation can be determined in advance. If it is determined that the abnormality has occurred, only the fact that the abnormality has occurred, or information about the cause of the abnormality, in addition to the fact, is transmitted to the portal site 4 via the information transmission means 1. Can be Alternatively, when it is determined that the information is normal, the information may be transferred to the portal site 4 indicating that the information is normal.
Both normal and abnormal reports may be made, or only one may be made. The first transmission of information about a newly occurring abnormality will be referred to herein as an initial notification.

The operation of the production facility 2 and the portal site 4 will be described below with reference to FIG. Here, a case will be described in which the next operation is performed when it is determined that there is an abnormality. Here, the word "Judgment is abnormal" is written.
This means that the numerical information that is constantly being compared with the reference value has deviated from the reference, which may indicate an abnormality in the production equipment 2 immediately, or that the expiration date of the consumable is just approaching. May be indicated. In addition, there is a case where a sign of some kind of failure state has appeared, suggesting that a failure may occur in earnest in the near future. It may also be the case that the system is temporarily in an abnormal state due to a sudden phenomenon or an accident. First, in step ST1, the production facility 2 compares predetermined information, for example, a value read from a certain sensor, with a predetermined threshold. If the threshold value is exceeded, it is determined that there is an abnormality, and step ST2 is performed.
To notify the portal site 4 of the initial response. On the other hand, the portal site 4 waits for a notification in step ST3. When the notification of the occurrence of the abnormality in the numerical information is received, the process proceeds to step ST4. After receiving this initial notice, the operation of the portal site 4 depends on the service provision contents contracted between the owner of the production equipment 2 and the operator of the portal site 4.
For example, it may be necessary to know the failure state from the portal site 4 in more detail, assuming that some abnormality has occurred. The determination may be made by the operator, or may be automatically determined by the portal site 4 (step ST4). In this case, an additional inquiry command for inquiring the state in detail is transmitted to the production equipment 2 via the information transmission means 1 (step ST5). Production equipment 2
Then, according to the transmitted command (step S
T6), some numerical information, that is, more detailed status of the production equipment 2 itself is obtained (step ST7) and sent back to the portal site 4 (step ST8).
In step ST5, the portal site 4 determines whether the information is normal or fault by looking at the more detailed information (step ST5).
9) If it is normal, the process returns to step ST3; if it is faulty, a repair process is performed in step ST10. There are various methods for the repair procedure. As shown in FIG. 5, the fault repair software 44 may transfer the repair program to the production equipment 2 or contact the service unit 45 and dispatch a maintenance staff to the site. We may make arrangements, manufacture parts, and place orders. At this time, the portal site 4 communicates with the procurement server 6 when the maintenance staff arranges a person of another company in an alliance or purchases a part from another company. If it is determined in the above-mentioned judgment of failure or normal (step ST9) that some kind of simulation should be performed, the communication with the application service server 8 holding the desired simulator is performed as shown in FIG. Will be. In the case of manufacturing a part, it communicates with the manufacturing server 7. In general, a maintenance contract is concluded between the company that owns the production equipment 2 and the company that owns the portal site 4, and at that time, the authentication means 1 provided in the information transmission means 1
By using 2, it is possible for both parties to judge whether or not they are communicating with the contract partner, the service is used without permission by an unrelated third party, or the third party mistakenly requests maintenance. Can be avoided. Also,
Depending on the content of the contract, how much per fault cause diagnosis,
In the case of such a contract, the billing information is totaled using the billing means 10 provided in the information transmission means 1 and the bill is later settled. If it is necessary to prevent the contents being communicated from being eavesdropped or tampered with by a third party, the encryption means 11 may be used to protect some or all of the information to be communicated. . In addition, if the dispatch of the maintenance staff is performed to another company, information corresponding to the mediation fee from the other company may be stored in the charging unit 10 of the information transmission unit 1, and similarly, when the dispatch is requested. The payment information is stored in the charging means 10. Also, when parts are purchased from other companies, the settlement information is exchanged via the information transmission means 1. By operating as described above, FIG.
The preventive maintenance service can be developed in the production system shown in (1). Although the example in which the production facility 2 automatically issues an alert is described, the portal site 4 periodically inquires about the state of the production facility 2 and reports the obtained state of the production facility 2 to the portal site 4. It is also possible to configure so that the side determines whether it is abnormal or normal, and the same effect is obtained. Instead of a method of automatically issuing a notification from the production facility 2, a configuration may be adopted in which an operator who notices a defect in the production facility 2 manually issues a report to the portal site 4 side.

Next, an example of providing a production improvement service will be described. First, when the productivity of the production line is low,
A system for improving this will be described. The first step in improving productivity is to visualize what is happening on the production line. For this purpose, information indicating the operation state of the production line may be extracted. The outlets for information are listed below. The extracted information is collected and stored in the portal server 4 and analyzed.
In FIG. 1, when information cannot be taken directly from the production facility 2 or from the manufacturing server 7 which controls the production facility, or directly from the production facility 2, the information is taken out from the information collecting terminal 3. In addition, it may be useful to analyze the report from the operator, so in that case,
Information is also taken into the portal server 4 from the information terminal 5. The extracted information is stored in the portal server 4,
Alternatively, when the analysis cannot be performed only by the portal server 4, the analysis is performed using the application service server 8 or the third party server 9. The analysis result is displayed as a graph, a graphic, or a numerical value in the portal server 4 or the information terminal 5, the production facility 2, or the manufacturing server 7. If the event to be visualized involves logistics and material procurement is involved, information is extracted from the procurement server 6 and the logistics server 10, and the analysis results are also graphed, graphed, and digitized by the procurement server 6 and the logistics server 10. Will be displayed. When such a system is configured, the production facility 2 is located at the customer factory, the portal server 4 is located at the service center in the company, and the information transmission means 1 connects the production facility 2 of the customer factory and the portal server 4. In this way, the production improvement service business can be developed. In this example, billing information can be integrated by the billing means 10 when information is transmitted, and based on this, operation can be performed between the company and the customer, for example, to perform monthly production. The transmission of information means the provision of a production improvement service, and an appropriate price can be obtained for the provision of this service. The case where the portal server 4 is arranged in the service center in the company has been described. However, if the portal server 4 can be accessed by the information transmission means 1, the same effect can be obtained outside the company, and a business called a so-called data center can be performed. In the site of the third party, a stable server can be used in terms of hardware, which has the effect of increasing the reliability of the service. Further, a configuration in which the production facility 2, the portal server 4, the information collection terminal 3, and the information terminal 5 are all operated in the customer factory is also possible. In this case, the operating time of the portal server 4, the information collecting terminal 3, and the information terminal 5 and the amount of information transmitted by each information transmitting means 1 are used as charging information, and this is integrated in the charging means 10 and collected from the customer factory. When doing so, it can be configured to settle the fee. Further, by configuring the portal server 4 to transmit such charging information to the information terminal 5 or the portal server 4 in the company, the charging information can be integrated in the company. As another development example of the production improvement service, the production order management software 66 in the customer factory can be stored in the portal server 4 as shown in FIG. In this case, the customer 54 uses the information terminal 5 to create and input a work instruction to be sent to the site for each manufacturing order, and the display device of the production facility 2 at the manufacturing site, and the information terminal 5 is used by an operator. Is displayed. At the same time, processing conditions and a processing program necessary for processing the order in the production equipment 2 can be sent via the information transmission means 1. The work progress and work end information can be reported by the worker to a device on which the previous work is to be displayed, or information representing the work progress from the production facility 2 or the information collection terminal 3. Are collected in the portal server 4. As a result, the information terminal 5, which can access the portal server 4 via the information transmission means 1,
The production facility 2, the other portal server 4, and the third party server 9 can browse the progress management in the factory.
Also in this example, as described above, as described above, the portal server 4 can be operated in-house and produced according to the usage amount and time of the customer, or all facilities can be provided to the customer and billed. You can also.

Next, the startup support service of the production system will be described with reference to FIG. When designing the production equipment 2, what kind of combination of sequencers, servo amplifiers, servo motors, controllers, transfer machines, robots, etc., can be combined to produce the production equipment 2 you want to create As a very difficult task. That is, even if they are properly selected and combined, the production facility 2 cannot return to the design stage without being able to perform the desired operation, re-drill the robot fixing bolts, rework the hardware, etc. May be needed. In addition, there may be a mistake in ordering cables and a mistake in estimating required specifications. This corresponds to a case where it is found on site that the motor has insufficient capacity. In order to respond to such a start-up support service request, the portal server 4 accumulates information 53 on the design and supplies necessary information to the information terminal 5 of the designer 67. The information terminal 5 executes WWW browser software. Then, the user designates the URL of the portal server 4, and thereafter, when the top screen is displayed, selects necessary menus to reach desired information. Alternatively, a menu for performing a condition search of the information 53 stored in the portal server 4 is selected, and when a search condition input screen appears, the search condition is input, and a search result page listing the locations of necessary information is displayed. Wait for. When displayed, it moves to the page containing the desired information. Note that it is usual to design the production equipment 2 using products of various companies. Assuming this case, the portal server 4 stores information on the products of the related companies or stores links of the information 68 stored in the third-party server 9. Searching is now possible. In this case, the third party server 9
Can transmit information to the information terminal 5 via the portal server 4. At this time, the information transmission means 1 accumulates the billing information for the third party server 9, and
It is possible to settle the information mediation fee with the company that operates the third-party server 9 at a later date. Third party server 9
Even if the information is sent directly to the information terminal 5 from the server, once the portal server 4 and the information terminal 5 are in communication, the charging information is transmitted to the information terminal 5 when the link information to the third party server 9 is transmitted to the information terminal 5. You can also add
When the access of the information terminal 5 is detected by the third-party server 9, based on the information of which server was accessed immediately before (this information can usually be easily obtained in WWW). ), The accounting information is accumulated, and the settlement of the information mediation fee can be performed later with the company that operates the portal server 4. It is also possible to perform a simulation as to whether or not to perform a desired movement after the design using the simulator 51 mounted on the application service server 8 and transmit the result to the information terminal 5.
Information necessary for the simulation can be obtained from the third party server 9 operated by each company. Since billing information can be calculated and accumulated from the number of times the simulator has been used and the CPU time required for the simulation,
After all, it can be settled at a later date.

Next, the processing information distribution service will be described with reference to FIG. Processing conditions, processing macros, processing programs, know-how on processing methods, advice 69, and the like are stored in the portal server 4 and viewed from the information terminal 5. At the time of browsing, a contract of use is made between the owner of the information terminal 5 and the owner 70 of the portal server 4 in advance, and when accessing from the information terminal 5, the other party is authenticated by the portal server 4 and the use contract is made. You can deny or allow access depending on who you exchanged with. Also, when a contract is not made in advance, access and browsing and downloading of information are free, but an operator who browses the information on the information terminal 5 feels that he / she can solve his / her problem or find it useful. In case,
The billing information may be sent from the information terminal 5 to the portal server 4. Instead of exchanging billing information, another remittance means may be used. By inputting processing conditions, processing macros, processing programs, know-how relating to the processing method, advice 69, and the like from the information terminal 5 and additionally storing them in the portal server 4, know-how can be purchased. When the input is made, the billing information can be exchanged so that the input person gets money immediately, or the portal server 4 if the input person receives money from a third party.
Receive a deposit fee to keep information from the input person at
It is also possible that the operator of the portal server 4 obtains the brokerage fee only when a contract for receiving money is made between the inputting party and the third party. The processing conditions, processing macros, and processing programs stored in the portal server 4 may be sent directly to the production equipment 2 or the information collection terminal 3 without passing through the information terminal 5.

Next, regarding the distribution tracking service,
This will be described with reference to FIG. Since it is a production-related system, information on arrival of raw materials and parts, and information on product delivery,
The production lead time can be reduced by obtaining the distribution tracking information from the product warehouse of the supplier, on the road being conveyed, on the own delivery warehouse, on the own shipping yard, and on the customer delivery warehouse. Information collection terminal 3 on truck 71 that performs logistics
And sends the current position, currently transported parts, raw materials, and product information 72 to the portal server 4 via the information transmission means 1, browses this information at the information terminal 5, and the production server 7 performs production scheduling. By configuring the production device to use this information in advance, a distribution tracking service can be realized.

Next, regarding the sample processing and distribution service,
This will be described with reference to FIG. In electrical discharge machining, there is a machining operation called sample machining. In this case, as a performance study before the purchase of the electric discharge machine from the customer 54, several electric discharge machine manufacturers are competed as to whether the customer normally performs the operation or the operation to be performed in the future. Also, if you want to perform machining that you have never done after purchasing an EDM product,
This is the case when a processing method is consulted with a processing machine maker.
In this case, the production equipment 2 corresponds to an electric discharge machine. At this time, even if the processing is new for the customer, the processing machine maker may perform processing that has been performed in the past, or may be processing that is advantageous to another customer. For this reason, the portal server 4 is configured to accumulate the information 73 on such sample processing and to search and browse from the information terminal 5. With this, if the customer finds a desired process, the customer can perform the process. Further, the customer inputs his / her special processing method using the information terminal 5 and accumulates it in the portal server 4, so that another customer can use the processing method. In these configurations, information is transmitted using the information transmission means 1, so that billing information can be integrated while specifying the other party. Therefore,
Customers 54 who have been able to download the processing method and make a valid processing
Pays the consideration to the provider of the processing method. The portal server operator can pay for the transfer of the billing information in the name of the fee, and can take the place of providing the processing method. At this time, the processing method is electronic information including a workpiece material, a processing electrode material, a processing accuracy, a surface roughness, a processing condition, a processing macro or a processing program, drawing information, and the like. In the above configuration, the portal server 4 is accessed using the information terminal 5, but the production server 2 may access the portal server 4. The contents stored in the portal server 4 can be operated in the same manner even if the contents relate to products of a plurality of EDM manufacturers.
If the portal sites 4 that collect the machining methods of the respective EDM makers are connected by the information transmission means 1, it becomes possible to search the portal sites 4 across.

Next, the manufacturing intermediary broker service will be described with reference to FIG. In the portal server 4, a company 74 who wants to receive an order for processing and manufacturing can store the advertisement information 75. At this time, information on the degree of work of the trader, that is, information on the delivery date can also be obtained from the manufacture server 7 or the information collection terminal 3 of the trader. The ordering company 76 can register the contents to be ordered in the portal server 4 as order information 77. As a result,
A contractor 76 who wants to place an order and a contractor 74 who wants to receive an order are made on the portal server 4. Portal server 4
Since the information management means 1 uses the information transmission means 1, it is possible to charge a specific partner and obtain a brokerage commission.

Next, a consultation service at two or more points will be described. While customers are scattered in two or more remote locations, customers may want to purchase products while consulting with each other. Each customer accesses the portal server 4 using the information terminal 5. The operator of the portal server 4 also uses his / her own information terminal 5 to communicate with each customer and give the portal server 4 a command to provide the same information to each customer at the same time. Each customer can communicate with each other directly at the information terminal 5.

FIG. 18 shows the customer data analysis service.
This will be described below. When the customer 54 performs production, a mysterious phenomenon may occur on the site. Alternatively, there is a demand for performing processing under some conditions optimally.
For this purpose, the operation state of the production facility 2 is collected in the production facility 2 or by the information collection terminal 3 and sent to the portal server 4. Mysterious phenomenon information 7 sent by the portal server 4
8 or the optimal run-in processing condition information 79 to the application service server 8 or the third party server 9.
And sends the analysis result to the customer's production facility 2 or information terminal 5 or places it in a place where they can be viewed. At the same time, the billing information is added to the customer using the information transmission means 1.

Next, the convenience factory service will be described with reference to FIG. When manufacturing a product composed of an electronic circuit, software and a housing (step ST
11), the customer who wants it accesses the portal server 4 using the information terminal 5 (step ST12). The customer selects a menu presented from the portal server 4 (step ST13), and determines specifications of a desired product (step ST14). After the specification is determined, a procedure relating to payment and a designation of a product receiving place are performed (step ST15). Next, the portal server 4 transmits information on product specifications and production to a plurality of production facilities 2 located near a location designated by the customer (step ST1).
6). Here, the product specification and the information on manufacturing include electronic circuit diagram electronic information, firmware operating on the electronic circuit, electronic information on the operating system, application software, a cutting program for cutting the housing, a color specification for painting a color, and the like. Information. The electronic circuit information is a CPLD (Complex Programm).
This is provided to a programmable IC in a state of connection within the chip such as an able logic device. The production facility 2 is an IC programming device. The software is recorded in an EEPROM, a flash memory, an HDD, or the like. The housing cutting information is used in the production facility 2 including a cutting machine. The customer will eventually pick up the finished product and pay for it. It is possible to configure a convenience factory that has a group of production facilities such as a cutting machine, a ROM burner, and a CPLD burner, and communicates with the portal server 4 using the information transmission unit 1.

Embodiment 2 The second embodiment aims to monitor and maintain the production equipment 2 located in a remote place. FIG. 20 shows a state in which the production facility 2 in the factory at the remote location A and the portal site 4 at the remote location B are communicating by e-mail by the information transmission means 1. The electronic mail is a messaging means for designating a desired partner with a sentence including a plurality of sentences and transferring the sentence to the partner with each sentence. At this time, it is assumed that monitoring is desired from the portal site 4 side. In the portal site 4, it is assumed that the user wants to know information of the production facility 2 to be monitored, for example, the machine coordinate value X at the moment of the current time. In this case, the portal site 4 side: From: Portal server 4 To: Production equipment 2 Subject: Monitoring command Message-ID: <394DE43B. 901E
4 @ po-tarusaito4><information name item> machine coordinate X </ information name item><information recording start time> NOW </ information recording start time item><information recording end time> NOW <// An information recording end time item><Sending start condition> NOW <// Sending start condition> An electronic mail such as <Communication method> Reply by e-mail </ Communication method> is transmitted to the production facility 2. Upon receiving this, the production facility 2 immediately reads the machine coordinates X, writes the read value in the mail text, and sends a reply mail back to the portal server 4. This ends a series of operations. Here, To: portal server 4 From: production equipment 2 Subject: Re: monitoring command Reference: <394DE43B. 901E4
{Po-tarusaito4><information name item> machine coordinate X </ information name item><value> 123.456 </ value> is a reply mail sent back from the production facility 2 to the portal site 4 side. As shown in this example, a message-ID: a unique ID number for each e-mail and an ID number for each e-mail are assigned to a so-called header portion of the e-mail to be transmitted or in the body of the e-mail. It is useful to add data of Reference: a unique ID number for each electronic mail attached to the previous mail to the reply mail in order to identify a combination of an inquiry and a reply to the inquiry. As shown in the example of the e-mail, <value> 123.45
Terms such as 6 </ value> represent the value of the result, stating that the value is 123.456. Regarding the command, the item <information name item> machine coordinate X </ information name item> specifies an information name called machine coordinate X.
In addition, an information name term, an information recording start time term, an information recording end time term, an information recording time interval term, an information recording repetition term, and a designation of a recording area name in a production device. It is desirable to combine an instruction term for recording in the recording area, a recording start condition term, a sending start condition term, a term designating a communication method or a protocol for obtaining designated information, and a term representing a value. The portal server 4 can obtain information desired by the production facility. Also, in the section that specifies the communication method or protocol for sending the specified information, "Respond by e-mail and send back to the sender address", "Respond by e-mail and reply to the specified address Send back "," Replies, specify F
"Send to the TP server", "Send the reply to the specified WWW server using the GET method, PUT method, etc.", "Send the reply to the specified IP address or the port number of the host name, and to what protocol "Please place the reply on the designated path of the FTP server on the production equipment side", "Place the reply on the designated path of the WWW server on the production equipment side", "Respond "Place it on the path specified by the server", "If a reply is ready, let us know that it is ready, let us know in the specified method", "Negotiate with the sender how to send the reply"
And one or more directives can be specified. The implicit operation when these are not specified is also determined in advance. For example, if the reply method is not specified, an e-mail is sent to the transmission address.

Embodiment 3 FIG. 21 is a configuration diagram of an electronic production system according to the third embodiment. In the figure, 2 is a production facility, 80 is a mobile phone capable of sending and receiving e-mail, and 4 is a portal server. In the mobile phone 3 of this embodiment, the electronic mail function of the mobile phone 80 is used for the information transmission means 1. In the figure, an example in which there is one production facility 2 and one portal server 4 is described. A mobile phone 80 is connected to the production facility 2. Public network 8 on the portal server 4 side
Dedicated line from 1, mobile phone 80, Internet 8
2 is connected, but any one of these three may be used as long as e-mail can be exchanged. At this time, the mobile phone 80 connected to the production facility 2 in the customer factory is waiting for an incoming e-mail. On the other hand, the portal server 4 sends an “e-mail in which a command sentence indicating a command asking whether it is normal or abnormal” is written in the text or in the field of the subject to the production facility 2 on a periodic basis. It is transmitted at the timing specified by the operator of the portal server 4 or at the timing specified by the operator of the portal server 4. When this “e-mail describing a command sentence indicating a command asking whether it is normal or abnormal” arrives at the mobile phone 80 connected to the production facility 2, the fact that the e-mail has arrived is transmitted to the production facility 2. Alternatively, the same is true even when the production facility 2 periodically polls for the arrival of a new electronic mail. When it is known that a new e-mail has arrived, the production facility 2 reads the e-mail from the mobile phone 80 and takes it into itself. While loading or when the loading is completed, the command sentence described in the e-mail is interpreted. In this example, it interprets the command sentence that indicates whether the command is normal or abnormal, and determines whether it is operating normally or is in an abnormal state. Describe in. The command statement includes a part of the contents transmitted by the information transmission unit 1 such as the operation of the entire machine, the progress of the order work, and variable information relating to the control of the production equipment 2. Described as an answer. The structure of the command sentence described in the e-mail is the content described above. The described e-mail is transmitted as an e-mail to the portal server 4, and upon receiving the e-mail, the portal server 4 sees the written contents and determines whether the production facility 2 is operating normally or abnormally. Make a judgment. When an abnormal operation is performed, the operation is performed to take appropriate measures. When sending e-mails to each other, it is effective to include data for authenticating the other party in the e-mail data in order to avoid mischief or erroneous mail from a third party. Further, in order to avoid tampering on the way, a protection code data such as a checksum can be provided. There may be a plurality of production facilities 2 at several points. When there are many production facilities 2 in the customer factory, the same effect can be obtained by connecting only one mobile phone 80 to one portal server 4 and connecting to a plurality of production facilities 2 using the information transmission means 1. obtain.

Embodiment 4 Embodiment 4 according to FIG.
Will be described. In the figure, 2 is a production facility, 4 is a portal server, and 9A to 9C are a plurality of third party servers. At this time, the portal server 4 that has received the information transfer request from the production equipment 2 transmits the information to the plurality of third party servers 9A to 9A.
9C, an information transfer request for a part of the information to be finally sent to the production equipment 2 is issued. At this time, the information transmitting means 1 has a function of identifying a destination to which information is transmitted. Using this function, the third party server 9A records the billing information according to the amount of information transmitted to the portal server 4 or the transmission time, and records that the information has been transmitted to the portal server 4. The third-party servers 9B and 9C operate similarly. Next, the portal server 4 receives the previous billing information from each of the third party servers 9A to 9C,
The accounting information with some added profit is added up as the accounting for the production equipment 2, and the information collected from each third party server is transmitted to the production equipment 2. Thereafter, for example, once a month, the production facility 2
And settlement between the portal server 4 and the third party servers 9A to 9C. In this example, in exchange for sending valuable information, billing information for the other party is integrated, and the other party is charged for billing. For example, it also functions as a mediation fee when transmitting information for mediating a job. In this example, the third party server groups 9A to 9C are configured to communicate with the production equipment 2 via the portal server 4, but the third party server group 9A to 9C may not be connected via the portal server 4.

Embodiment 5 FIG. 23 shows an example of a production facility according to the fifth embodiment. In the figure, 1 is an information transmission means, 83 is a 2-port RAM, and 84 is an information tree. The two-port RAM 83 is provided in the control unit of the production facility 2. The control unit of the production apparatus is composed of a plurality of CPUs. In this example, the control unit is used as communication means between the CPU controlling the real-time control and the CPU controlling the display function. Since it is RAM, so-called memory addresses are assigned,
There are addresses 1 to 9. The 2-port RAM 83 has an address at which information representing the operation state of the control unit, that is, the production equipment 2, is always overwritten by the real-time control unit. There is an address that changes the operation state of the facility 2. In this example, addresses 1 to 6 are written by the real-time control unit and read by the display unit, and addresses 7, 8, and 9 are written by the display unit and read by the real-time control unit. Next, the information of the two-port RAM 83 is arranged in the tree 84.
In this example, the address of the two-port RAM 83 is 0.1.
1.1 is indicated, and address 2 is indicated by 0.1.1.2. Address 7 is indicated by 0.2.2.1. 1 address 0.1.1.1 address 2 0.1.1.2 address 3 0.1.1.3 address 4 0.1.2.1 address 5.1.2.2.2 address 6 0.1 2.2.3 7 address 0.2.1.1 8 address 0.2.1.2.9 address 0.2.2. At this time, 0.1.1.1.
If 2 is specified, address 2 is specified.
When 1.2 is specified, addresses 4 to 6 are designated. With this notation, it is possible to write to and read from a part of the tree specified. As a result, a production facility that manages information in a tree shape and sends a part of the information to information transmission means is realized. In addition, this technique has a use method of, for example, describing and storing a hypertext for reading information of the production equipment 2 stored in the portal server 4. In the hypertext, <xml> machine coordinates <textsrc = “transfer” Protocol name: //
Production equipment host name / xpointer (0.1.1.1.
1) Use “></xml> etc. By mapping the tree in the two-port RAM 83 in this way, information is exchanged with the computer group of the higher-level information system and the production management system connected to the information transmission means 1. A mechanism can be realized, and Xpointer, Xlink, etc., which are XML-related technologies, can be used to implement the mechanism.

[0051]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

Since the production equipment and the portal site can be provided with the production information service through the information transmission means for a fee, the production equipment which is a customer can maintain or improve the productivity by paying an appropriate price. And production costs can be reduced.

Further, by standardizing a method of transmitting information required for performing a production activity by connecting remote locations by a control command including a plurality of command statements, compatibility of information exchange between products of respective companies is improved. Can be achieved. In addition, as a communication method, most methods such as electronic mail, WWW, FTP, raw socket, file transfer, and the like can be used.

Further, by using an inexpensive e-mail system, information communication can be performed at low cost even in a long standby state.

Further, since a plurality of service companies holding various production information can tie up and develop their customer services in conjunction with each other while utilizing their specialty areas, growth potential is expected. it can.

Further, by mounting an XML server on a production facility, it is possible to obtain a production facility that is compatible with a higher-level information system such as another production management system or a settlement system.

In addition, the registration of useful production information can be registered at any time.
We can provide necessary production information at any time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic production system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific example of information transmission means of the electronic production system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a plurality of specific examples of production equipment of the electronic production system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an information collecting terminal of the electronic production system of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a portal server of the electronic production system of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory block diagram showing one embodiment of the electronic production system of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory block diagram showing another embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a block explanatory diagram showing another embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory block diagram showing an application service server of the electronic production system of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing software of production equipment of the electronic production system of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the production facility and portal site of the electronic production system of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a production improvement service of the electronic production system of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a start-up support service.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a processing information distribution service.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a distribution tracking service.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a sample processing and distribution service.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a production mediation service.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a customer data analysis service.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a convenience factory service.

FIG. 20 is a configuration diagram of an electronic production system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a configuration diagram of an electronic production system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a configuration diagram of an electronic production system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a production facility according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 information transmission means, 2 production facilities, 3 information collection terminals,
4 Portal site (portal server), 5 Information terminal, 6 Procurement server, 7 Manufacturing server, 8 Application service server, 9 Third party server, 1
0 billing means, 11 encryption means, 12 authentication means, 1
3 logistics server, 21 belt conveyor, 22 soldering device, 23 component mounting device, 24 PC controller, 25 robot, 26 robot controller, 2
7 Robot program, 28 robot motor information,
29 vibration sensor, 30 force sensor, 31 dedicated machine, 3
2 servo motor, 33 servo amplifier, 34 servo controller, 35 electric discharge machine, 36 laser processing machine, 37 controller, 38 food production plant, 3
9 controller, 40 parallel input / output, 41 Et
hernet, 42 display means, 43 input means, 44
Repair software, 45 contact service units,
46 Contacting the manufacturing department, 47 Ordering to parts / consumables / tool manufacturers, 48 Information storage / analysis means, 49 Failure storage information, 50 CAD / CAM software, 51
Simulator software, 52 Product information, 53
Design information, 54 Customer, 55 Function / Price comparison, 56
Virtual assembly simulation, 57 excellent programs, 5
8 Receiving information, 59 application software, 60 high-speed computer large-capacity operation unit, 61 to 63 information acquisition, 64 arithmetic processing, 65 comparison, 66 manufacturing order management software, 67 designer, 68 product design information, 69 know-how such as processing method Advice, 70 owner,
71 truck, 72 product information, 73 sample processing information, 74 processing, manufacturing contractor, 75 contractor advertisement information, 76 orderer, 77 orderer order information, 78
Puzzling phenomenon information, 79 Optimal run-in processing condition information, 8
0 mobile phone, 81 public network, 82 internet,
83 2-port RAM, 84 tree.

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Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. An electronic production system comprising a production facility, a portal site, and information transmission means for information communication connection between the production facility and the portal site, and bidirectionally transmitting production information by a computer system. In the above, the production equipment transmits the operation information to the portal site and receives transmission of information necessary for production from the portal site, and the portal site transmits the production information required by the production equipment. Preparing, searching for necessary information in response to a request from the production equipment, and transmitting it as service information to the production equipment, wherein the information transmission means transmits the information from one to the other. Authentication means for identifying the other unique ID information, and accounting for recording accounting information according to the amount of information or transmission time transmitted from one to the other. And an electronic production system comprising: 2. An electronic production system comprising a production facility, a portal site, and information transmission means for information communication connection between the production facility and the portal site, and bidirectionally transmitting production information by a computer system. Wherein the production facility is located at a location remote from the portal site, extracts information representing various operating states, transmits the information to the portal site, and receives transmission of information necessary for production from the portal site. The portal site prepares production information required by the production equipment, searches necessary information in response to a request from the production equipment, and transmits it as service information to the production equipment. The information transmitting means, when transmitting the information from one to the other, an authentication means for identifying the other unique ID information; An electronic production system comprising: charging means for recording charging information according to the amount of information transmitted to the other or the transmission time. 3. The electronic production system according to claim 1, wherein said information transmission means includes an encryption means for preventing tampering during communication. 4. An electronic production system comprising a production facility, a portal site, and information transmission means for information communication connection between the production facility and the portal site, wherein an electronic production system performs bidirectional transmission of production information by a computer system. In, the production equipment is located at a location remote from the portal site, receives a control command from the portal site, extracts the information written in the control command and transmits it to the portal site, The portal site is for creating a control command composed of a plurality of command statements and transmitting the control command to the production equipment, and the information transmitting means transmits the control command from one to the other, and from the other to the one. An electronic production system characterized by sending out information of contents described in a control command. 5. The control command is in the form of a script, and the command statement is composed of one or more items, which are: (1) an information name item; and (2) a start time of recording of information. Item, (3) information recording end time item, (4) information recording time interval item, (5) information recording repetition number item, (6) recording area name designation item in the production device, ( 7) an instruction item for recording in the recording area, (8) a recording start condition item, (9) a sending start condition item, and (10) a communication system or protocol for sending designated information. The electronic production system according to claim 4, wherein the electronic production system includes any one of the above. 6. The information transmission means includes a mobile phone connected to a production facility, and enables an electronic mail system unique to the mobile phone to be controlled from the production facility. 5. The electronic production system according to claim 4, wherein information communication is performed by describing a production information transmission request and a response corresponding thereto. 7. An electronic production system comprising: a production facility; a portal site; and an information transmission means for information communication connection between the production facility and the portal site, and a bidirectional transmission of production information by a computer system. In the, the production equipment receives the information required for production from the portal site, the portal site,
The server is also connected to a server owned by a third party via the information transmission means, and obtains necessary information from the server owned by the third party in response to a request from the production facility to provide services to the production facility. When transmitting the information from one to the other, the information transmitting means includes an authentication means for identifying the other unique ID information, and an information amount or transmission time transmitted from one to the other. An electronic production system comprising: charging means for recording corresponding charging information. 8. The electronic production system according to claim 7, wherein said information transmission means includes an encryption means for preventing tampering during communication. 9. An electronic production system comprising a production facility, a portal site, and information transmission means for information communication connection between the production facility and the portal site, and bidirectionally transmitting production information by a computer system. In the information management, the production facility manages information indicating an operation state and information for changing the operation state in a tree shape, and sends a part or all of the tree shape to the portal site via the information transmission means. An electronic production system comprising means. 10. In a production information supply method for supplying production information by a computer system, when a request for required production information is issued from a production facility, the request is identified after identifying the unique ID information of the production facility. Receiving, and searching for production information necessary for the target production equipment from its own information or from information owned by a third party,
Transmitting the retrieved production information to the production equipment as service information, and recording billing information according to the amount of transmitted information or transmission time. 11. A production information registration method for registering production information by a computer system, comprising: a step of prompting an information provider to input unique ID information; Determining whether or not to permit input of useful production information to the equipment; and storing the input production information in association with the search information and price information, Registration method.