JP2023173894A - Consumption material automatic transfer system and system for automatically carrying/attaching consumption material automatic transfer/mounting system - Google Patents

Abstract

To enable transfer robots in the number smaller than the number of packaging-related devices to transfer or mount consumption materials in timing for each packaging-related device so as not to stop production at each packaging-related device.SOLUTION: A consumption material automatic transfer system comprises: rolled-up film-loading tables 3, 3', 3" installed on the lateral side of vertical pillow-packaging machines 2, 2', 2"; a first unmanned carrier 6 for transferring a rolled-up film MF to be consumed by the vertical pillow-packaging machines 2, 2', 2"; a rolled-up film storage table 7; and a total/general management computer 80. Based on an end time of a rolled-up film estimated by each end-time estimating section of packaging-machine operation panels 30, 30', 30" of the vertical pillow-packaging machines 2, 2', 2", the first unmanned carrier 6 automatically transfers the rolled-up film MF from the rolled-up film storage table 7 to the rolled-up film-loading tables 3, 3', 3" under the control of the total/general management computer 80.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention uses a transport robot such as an automatic guided vehicle to transfer packaging materials to a plurality of packaging-related devices such as pillow packaging machines, wrapping packaging machines, overwrapping packaging machines, box making machines, boxing machines, and sealing machines. The present invention relates to an automatic consumable conveyance system and an automatic consumable conveyance/installation system for automatically conveying and automatically conveying and attaching consumable goods such as the above.

Large-scale food factories employ production lines (food packaging production lines) that carry out the entire process from food manufacturing to packaging, boxing, and sealing.
In this food packaging production line, food manufactured by a food machine is transported by a conveyor and distributed to multiple packaging machines, and each packaging machine wraps the food (product to be packaged) in a packaging material (film). The produced packaging body is packed into a cardboard box from a box-forming machine by a boxing device, and the cardboard box containing the packaging body is sealed by a sealing machine and shipped.
In this case, various consumable materials are consumed in each packaging machine, box making machine, boxing machine, sealing machine, etc. that make up the food packaging production line.
For example, each packaging machine consumes packaging material for packaging the product to be packaged, but the packaging material is a rolled film that is transported from the roll film storage to each packaging machine. Attached to the packaging material supply section of the packaging machine.
In this case, a transport robot such as an automatic guided vehicle transports a new roll film (hereinafter referred to as "new roll film") from the roll film storage to each packaging machine, and attaches it to the packaging machine's packaging material supply section. An automatic roll-up film supply system is also used to automatically do this.
In this automatic roll-up film supply system, because transport robots are expensive, fewer transport robots are used than the number of packaging machines (for example, one transport robot for three packaging machines). It is desirable that while the transport robot is transporting or attaching a new film to a packaging machine, if the film consumed by another packaging machine runs out, the transport robot will transfer the new film to the packaging machine. There is a problem in that the transportation and installation of the package cannot be done in time, and the production of packages by other packaging machines is stopped, resulting in a production blockage.
By the way, in the field of production machinery that consumes rolled consumable materials such as rolled film, various systems have been proposed that automatically supply rolled consumable materials from a warehouse to multiple production machines. has been done.

For example, Patent Document 1 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 6-298418) discloses that slat conveyors 16 to 18 supply and collect base paper rolls 4 on the sides of a plurality of mill roll stands 26 of a corrugating machine. A recovery path is connected, and the base paper roll 4 is transported between the entrance and exit of this supply and recovery path and the warehouse 2 for the base paper roll 4 using the trolleys 14a, 14b and the forklift 6. The consumption amount of base paper is detected by the detection means 39, the remaining amount of each base paper roll is calculated by the current length calculation means 40, this remaining amount is stored in the storage means 42 together with the type of paper, and the production plan of the corrugated sheet is based on the Then, the arrangement combination calculating means 44 calculates the arrangement combination of the base paper rolls on the slat conveyors 16 to 18 that minimizes the number of unused base paper rolls 4, and the control means 46 calculates the arrangement combination of the base paper rolls on the slat conveyors 16 to 18, and the controller 46 calculates the arrangement combination of the base paper rolls on the slat conveyors 16 to 18. A supply and recovery system for base paper rolls in a corrugating machine is disclosed, which controls the movement of 14a, 14b and a forklift 6.
However, Patent Document 1 does not describe which timing base paper roll 4 is conveyed by the carts 14a and 14b to the entrance of the slat conveyors 16 to 18, and the forklift 6 and carts 14a and 14b of Patent Document 1 are used. Even if the system for conveying the base paper rolls 4 from the base paper roll warehouse 2 to the entrances of the slat conveyors 16 to 18 is applied to the above-mentioned automatic winding film supply system of the packaging machine, the above-mentioned production inhibition will occur. cannot solve the problem that occurs.

Furthermore, Patent Document 2 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2000-309453) discloses a roll paper automatic feeder that supplies a plurality of rolls to a paper feeder, which includes a plurality of self-propelled carts for transporting the rolls, and a self-propelled carriage for transporting the plurality of rolls. a control device that controls the conveyance of the web by the running cart, and the control device individually controls the conveyance of the web by the self-propelled cart for transporting the web based at least on the tailoring time of each web. An automatic web feeder configured as follows is disclosed.
In the automatic web supply device of Patent Document 2, in response to a request for the web 2 from the paper feeder (paper feeding section) 1, the AGV 3 (self-propelled cart for transporting the web) loads the web 2 onto the paper feeder 1. supply
However, Patent Document 2 does not describe at what timing a request for the web 2 is made from the paper feeding device (paper feeding section) 1, and the automatic web feeding device of Patent Document 2 is not used in the above-mentioned packaging machine. Even if this method is applied to a winding film automatic supply system, the problem of production inhibition as described above cannot be solved as in Patent Document 1.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 6-298418 Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2000-309453

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to automatically transport and automatically attach consumable materials such as packaging materials to a plurality of packaging-related devices using a number of transport robots smaller than the number of packaging-related devices. The goal is for the transport robot to transport and attach consumables to each packaging-related device in a timely manner so that the production of each packaging-related device does not stop.

The invention according to claim 1 provides an automatic consumable conveyance system comprising a conveyance robot that conveys consumable goods consumed by the packaging related apparatuses to a plurality of packaging related apparatuses, and a conveyance robot control means that controls the operation of the conveyance robots. The number of the transport robots is smaller than the number of the packaging-related devices, and each of the plurality of packaging-related devices has a consumable material that predicts the end time until the consumable material consumed by the packaging-related device runs out. A consumable goods automatic conveyance system comprising a finish time prediction device, wherein the conveyance robot control means controls the operation of the conveyance robot based on the finish time predicted by the consumable goods finish time prediction device of the plurality of packaging-related devices. The present invention is intended to solve the above problems.

According to a second aspect of the invention, the consumable goods end time prediction device includes a consumable goods remaining amount calculation means for calculating a remaining amount of consumable goods consumed by the packaging-related device, and a consumable-material remaining amount calculation means that calculates a remaining amount of the consumable materials consumed by the packaging-related device, and , a consumption material consumption amount estimating means for estimating a unit consumption amount that is the consumption amount per unit time of the consumable material consumed by the packaging-related device; an end time prediction means for predicting the end time until the consumables are used up based on the unit consumption estimated by the consumable goods consumption estimation means; and an end time output for outputting the end time predicted by the end time prediction means. The object of the present invention is to provide an automatic consumables conveyance system equipped with means to solve the above problems.

In the invention according to claim 3, the consumable goods end time prediction device includes a production quantity acquisition unit that acquires a production quantity that is the quantity of products produced by the packaging-related device, and the consumable goods consumption estimation unit is configured to The above problem is solved by providing an automatic consumables conveyance system that estimates the unit consumption amount based on the production quantity acquired by the production quantity acquisition means within the specified time.

The invention according to claim 4 provides a consumables automatic processing system in which the set time period is from a certain time before the calculation time when the consumables remaining amount calculating means calculates the remaining amount of the consumables to the calculation time. The present invention provides a transport system to solve the above problems.

According to a fifth aspect of the invention, the consumable goods end time prediction device includes a production capacity setting means for setting a production capacity of the packaging-related device to produce the product per unit time; and speed change factor information acquisition means for acquiring speed change factor information that is a factor for changing the production speed when the remaining amount of the consumable material has changed since the time when the remaining amount of the consumable material was calculated by the consumable material remaining amount calculation means, The consumables consumption estimation means includes an automatic consumables conveyance system that estimates the unit consumption amount based on the production capacity set by the production capacity setting means and the speed change factor information acquired by the speed change factor information acquisition means. The present invention is intended to solve the above problems.

According to a sixth aspect of the invention, the speed change factor information acquisition means determines the speed change based on a signal from a machine/device that works with the packaging-related device or a signal from a packaging-related device other than the packaging-related device. The above problem is solved by providing an automatic material transport system that acquires factor information.

The invention according to claim 7 provides a consumable goods automatic conveyance system, wherein the speed change factor information acquired by the speed change factor information acquisition means includes a speed change index indicating how much the production speed of the packaging-related device is changed. The present invention is intended to solve the above problems.

The invention according to claim 8 provides a consumable goods automatic conveyance system comprising a conveyance robot that conveys consumable goods consumed by the packaging related apparatuses to a plurality of packaging related apparatuses, and a conveyance robot control means that controls the operation of the conveyance robots. The number of the transport robots is smaller than the number of the packaging-related devices, and each of the plurality of packaging-related devices includes a remaining amount of consumables calculating means for calculating the remaining amount of the consumables consumed by the packaging-related devices. Provided is a consumable goods automatic conveyance system, wherein the conveyance robot control means controls the operation of the conveyance robot based on the remaining amount of consumable goods calculated by the consumable goods remaining amount calculation means of the plurality of packaging-related devices. This solves the above problem.

The invention of claim 9 solves the above problem by providing an automatic consumable conveyance system in which the packaging-related device is a packaging machine and the consumable is a winding film.

The tenth aspect of the invention provides a transport robot that transports consumable materials consumed by the packaging-related devices to the consumable material supply sections of a plurality of packaging-related devices; An automatic consumable goods conveyance and attachment system comprising an automatic consumable goods attachment device and a conveyance robot control means for controlling the operation of the conveyance robot, the number of the conveyance robots being less than the number of the packaging-related devices, Each of the plurality of packaging-related devices includes a consumable material end time prediction device that predicts the end time until the packaging-related device runs out of consumable materials, and the transport robot control means controls the end time of the plurality of packaging-related devices. The above-mentioned problem is solved by providing a consumable goods automatic transport and mounting system that controls the operation of the transport robot based on the end time predicted by the consumable goods end time prediction device.

According to an eleventh aspect of the invention, the consumable goods end time prediction device includes a consumable goods remaining amount calculation means for calculating a remaining amount of consumable goods consumed by the packaging-related device, and a consumable-material remaining amount calculation means that calculates a remaining amount of the consumable materials consumed by the packaging-related device, and , a consumption material consumption amount estimating means for estimating a unit consumption amount which is the consumption amount per unit time of the consumable material consumed by the packaging-related device; an end time prediction means for predicting the end time until the consumables are used up based on the unit consumption estimated by the consumable goods consumption estimation means; and an end time output for outputting the end time predicted by the end time prediction means. The object of the present invention is to provide an automatic consumable goods conveying and mounting system equipped with means to solve the above problems.

A twelfth aspect of the invention is to solve the above problem by providing an automatic consumable material conveying and mounting system in which the packaging-related device is a packaging machine and the consumable material is a winding film.

In the consumable goods automatic conveyance system of the invention according to claim 1, the consumable goods such as packaging materials are automatically conveyed to a plurality of packaging-related apparatuses using a number of conveyance robots smaller than the number of packaging-related apparatuses. When performing this, the transport robot control means controls the operation of the transport robot based on the end time predicted by the consumable goods end time prediction device of the plurality of packaging-related devices. This has the effect that materials can be transported efficiently and in a timely manner, and production of each packaging-related device can be prevented from stopping.

In the consumable goods automatic conveyance system of the invention according to claim 2, furthermore, in the case where the plurality of packaging-related devices produce products at a speed lower than the set production speed/production capacity, and the actual production speed is not constant. However, based on the most recent production results of packaging-related equipment when calculating the remaining amount of consumables, it is possible to accurately predict the time until the consumables run out, allowing the transport robot to transport the consumables in a more timely manner. This effect is achieved.

In the consumable goods automatic conveyance system of the invention according to claim 3, the consumable goods end time is further predicted based on the production results of the packaging-related equipment, and the time until the consumable goods are exhausted can be predicted more accurately. play.

In the consumable goods automatic conveyance system of the invention according to claim 4, the consumable goods end time is further predicted based on the most recent production results of packaging-related equipment at the time of calculating the remaining amount of consumable goods, so that the consumable goods end time is predicted with higher accuracy. This has the effect that the end time can be predicted.

In the consumable goods automatic conveyance system of the invention according to claim 5, furthermore, even if a situation occurs in which the production speed changes from the production speed when the remaining amount of consumable goods is calculated, the consumable goods will run out. This has the effect of accurately predicting the time it will take to transport consumables using the transport robot, and allowing the transport robot to transport consumables in a more timely manner.

In the consumable goods automatic conveyance system of the invention according to claim 6, the production speed of the packaging-related equipment is further reduced due to a machine/device interlocking with the packaging-related equipment or a packaging-related equipment different from the packaging-related equipment. Even if the production speed changes from when calculating the remaining amount of consumables, the time until the consumables run out can be accurately predicted, allowing the transport robot to transport the consumables in a more timely manner. It has the effect that it can be done.

In the consumable goods automatic conveyance system of the invention as set forth in claim 7, the speed change factor information further includes a speed change index, and the time until the consumable goods run out can be more accurately predicted.

In the consumable goods automatic conveyance system of the invention according to claim 8, the automatic conveyance of consumable goods such as packaging materials is carried out for a plurality of packaging-related apparatuses using a number of conveyance robots smaller than the number of packaging-related apparatuses. When performing this, the transport robot control means controls the operation of the transport robot based on the remaining amount of consumables calculated by the remaining amount of consumables calculation means of the plurality of packaging-related devices, so the transport robot controls each packaging-related device. On the other hand, the consumable materials can be transported efficiently in a timely manner, and the production of each packaging-related device can be prevented from being stopped.

In the consumable goods automatic conveyance system of the invention according to claim 9, when automatically conveying the wound film to a plurality of packaging machines using a number of conveyance robots smaller than the number of packaging machines, the conveyance robot Since the control means controls the operation of the transport robot based on the end time predicted by the winding film end time prediction device of the plurality of packaging machines, the transport robot can transport the consumables to each packaging machine in a timely manner. This can be carried out efficiently, and the production of each packaging machine can be prevented from being stopped.

In the consumable goods automatic conveyance and mounting system of the invention according to claim 10, the consumable goods such as packaging materials are automatically conveyed to a plurality of packaging-related apparatuses using a number of conveyance robots smaller than the number of packaging-related apparatuses. When automatically attaching the consumables to each packaging-related device, the transport robot automatically transports the consumables and the automatic consumables attaching device automatically attaches the consumables to each packaging-related device in a timely manner, and the production of each packaging-related device is stopped. This has the effect of preventing it from happening.

In the consumable goods automatic conveyance and mounting system of the invention according to claim 11, furthermore, the plurality of packaging-related devices produce products at a speed lower than the set production speed/production capacity, and the actual production speed is not constant. Even if the amount of consumables remaining is calculated, it is possible to accurately predict the time until the consumables run out based on the most recent production results of packaging-related equipment when calculating the remaining amount of consumables. This has the effect that the automatic mounting device can automatically mount consumables in a more timely manner.

In the consumable goods automatic conveyance and attachment system of the invention according to claim 12, automatic conveyance and automatic attachment of the winding film are performed for a plurality of packaging machines using a number of conveyance robots smaller than the number of packaging machines. In this case, the transport robot can automatically transport the winding film to each packaging machine, and the winding film automatic mounting device can automatically attach the winding film in a timely manner, making it possible to prevent production of each packaging machine from stopping. This effect is achieved. This effect is achieved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of an automatic consumable conveyance system of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the consumables automatic conveyance system shown in FIG. 1. FIG. It is a perspective view of the 1st automatic guided vehicle 6 and 6 A of 2nd automatic guided vehicles. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a roll-up film carrying-in table 3, a folding cardboard bundle carrying-in table 4, and a winding-sealing tape carrying-in table 5. It is a diagram combining a block of a control part with a schematic right view of the vertical pillow packaging machine main body. 6 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of the vertical pillow packaging machine main body shown in FIG. 5. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a vertical pillow packaging machine control section 20 and a packaging machine operation panel 30. FIG. It is an explanatory diagram explaining the composition of product parameter table 22a. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a control section of the box making machine 50. FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a control portion of the sealing machine 70. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a control section of the consumable goods automatic conveyance system 1. FIG. It is a flowchart showing the operation of the computer 31 of the packaging machine operation panel 30 of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 to predict the end time of the winding film M. It is an explanatory view explaining calculation of the remaining amount of winding film MF by film remaining amount calculation part 31c. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a packaging machine operation panel, etc. in another vertical pillow packaging machine whose configuration is different from that of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2; It is a flowchart showing the operation of the computer 91 of the operation panel 90 of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A to predict the end time of the winding film M. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the general management computer 80 when the first automatic guided vehicle transports the winding film MF to each vertical pillow packaging machine in the consumable goods automatic transport system 1. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state in which the winding film MF is transferred from the first automatic guided vehicle 6 to the lifter 3d of the winding film loading table 3; 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the general management computer 80 when the second automatic guided vehicle transports the folded cardboard bundle FD to each box-making machine in the consumable goods automatic transport system 1. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state in which the folded cardboard bundle FD is transferred from the second automatic guided vehicle 6A to the folded cardboard bundle loading table 4. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the overall management computer 80 when the third automatic guided vehicle transports the wound sealing tape MT to each sealing machine in the consumable goods automatic conveyance system 1. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state in which the rolled-up sealing tape MT is transferred from the third automatic guided vehicle 6B to the rolled-up sealing tape loading table 5; BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of a consumable goods automatic conveyance and installation system of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the device main body of the automatic winding film attaching device 101. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a control section of the automatic winding film mounting device 101. FIG. It is a flowchart showing the operation of the winding film automatic attachment control section 120 when a new winding film is attached to the film supplying section 11 of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 by the winding film automatic attachment device. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an operation of removing and recovering the paper tube SK from the shaft 11b2. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an operation of transferring a new roll film from the first automatic guided vehicle to the lifter 111d of the roll film loading table 111. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an operation of attaching a new take-up film on a lifter 111d to a shaft 11b2 of a shaft support arm 11a.

[Configuration of automatic consumables conveyance system]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of an automatic consumable conveyance system of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of the automatic consumable conveyance system shown in FIG.
In the figure, 1 is a consumable goods automatic conveyance system, 2, 2', 2'' are vertical pillow packaging machines, 3, 3', 3'' are roll-up film loading tables, 4, 4', 4'' are folded cardboard bundle loading machines. 5, 5', 5'' are roll-up sealing tape loading tables, 6 is the first automatic guided vehicle, 6A is the second automatic guided vehicle, 6B is the third automatic guided vehicle, 7 is the rolled film storage stand, 8 9 is a folding cardboard bundle storage stand, 9 is a roll-up sealing tape storage stand, 40 is a packaging production line, 41 is a snack conveyor, 42, 42', 42'' is a sorting conveyor, 43, 43', 43'' is a weighing machine , 44, 44', 44'' are package conveyors, 45, 45', 45'' are packaging box conveyors, 50, 50', 50'' are box making machines, 60, 60', 60'' are box packing devices, 70, 70' and 70'' are sealing machines, 80 is an overall management computer, MF is a winding film, FD is a folded cardboard bundle, MT is a winding sealing tape, Sn is a snack food, Pc, Pc', and Pc'' are packaging bodies, D1, D1', D1'' are cardboard boxes, D2, D2', D2'' are cardboard boxes with packaging, D3, D3', D3'' are sealed cardboard boxes (packing boxes), Ta, Ta', Ta'' are sealed It is a tape, and in the figure, X is the left-right direction, Y is the front-back direction, and Z is the up-down direction.
The automatic consumables conveyance system 1 includes a roll-up film loading table 3, 3', 3'', a folding cardboard bundle loading table 4, 4', 4'', a winding sealing tape loading table 5, 5', 5'', and a first It is equipped with an automatic guided vehicle 6, a second automatic guided vehicle 6A, a third automatic guided vehicle 6B, a winding film storage stand 7, a folding cardboard bundle storage stand 8, a winding sealing tape storage stand 9, an overall management computer 80, etc. There is.
In the consumer goods automatic conveyance system 1 , under the control of the overall management computer 80 , the first automatic guided vehicle 6 transfers the roll film MF stored in the roll film storage stand 7 to the roll film transport stand 3 . , 3', 3'', and the second automatic guided vehicle 6A transports the folded cardboard bundle FD stored in the folded cardboard bundle storage table 8 to the folded cardboard bundle carrying table 4, 4', 4'', The third automatic guided vehicle 6B transports the roll-up sealing tape MT stored in the roll-up sealing tape storage stand 9 to the roll-up sealing tape carrying stand 5, 5', 5'' (details will be described later).

[Automated guided vehicle, roll-up film loading platform, etc.]
FIG. 3(a) is a perspective view of the first automated guided vehicle 6, and FIG. 3(b) is a perspective view of the second automated guided vehicle 6A. In the figure, 6a, 6Aa, and 6Ba are the guided vehicle main body, and 6b is a concave portion, and 6c is a roller.
The first automated guided vehicle 6 is an automated guided vehicle (AGV, also referred to as an automated guided vehicle) that serves as a transportation robot of the present invention, and has a box-shaped guided vehicle main body 6a and wheels (see FIG. (not shown), etc., and a recessed portion 6b is provided on the upper surface of the transport vehicle main body 6a, and a roller 6c is attached to the bottom surface of the recessed portion 6b.
The second unmanned guided vehicle 6A is also an unmanned guided robot (AGV) that is a transport robot of the present invention, and includes a box-shaped guided vehicle body 6Aa, wheels (not shown), etc., as shown in FIG. 3(b). The upper surface of the guided vehicle main body 6Aa is a slippery surface on which the placed consumables can easily slip, and the third automated guided vehicle 6B has the same structure as the second automated guided vehicle 6A.
Then, the first automatic guided vehicle 6 places the consumable material (rolled film MF) in the recessed part 6b on the upper surface of the guided vehicle main body 6a, runs along a guide such as a magnetic tape installed on the floor, The second automated guided vehicle 6A (third automated guided vehicle 6B) also travels along the guide with consumables (folded cardboard bundle FD, rolled sealing tape MT) placed on the top surface of the guided vehicle body 6Aa (6Ba).
Note that the transport robot of the present invention is not limited to an unmanned guided robot (AGV) that travels along a guide, but may be an autonomous transport robot (AMR) that travels by teaching or the like instead of a guide.

4(a) is a perspective view of the roll-up film loading table 3, FIG. 4(b) is a perspective view of the folding cardboard bundle loading table 4, and FIG. 4(c) is a perspective view of the rolled-up sealing tape loading table 5. In the figure, 3a, 4a, 5a are bases, 3b, 4b, 5b are movable stands, 3c, 4c, 5c are push plates, 3d is a lifter, 3e is a roller, and in the figure, X is left and right. The direction, Y is the front-back direction, and Z is the up-down direction.
The roll-up film loading table 3 is installed on the right side of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 (vertical pillow packaging machine main body 10), and is installed on the back side of the base 3a and the base 3a as shown in FIG. A movable stand 3b is provided, and a lifter 3d is installed on the left front side of the base 3a.A push plate 3c is attached to the top of the movable stand 3b, and a recessed portion is provided on the upper surface of the lifter 3d. A roller 3e is attached to the bottom surface.
The folding cardboard bundle carrying stand 4 is installed on the right side of the box making machine 50, and as shown in FIG. The upper surface of the movable stand 4a except for the rear side is a sliding surface on which placed consumables (folded cardboard bundles) can easily slip, and a push plate 4c is attached to the upper part of the movable stand 4b.
The roll-up sealing tape carrying stand 5 is installed on the right side of the sealing machine 70, and includes a base 5a and a movable stand 5b installed on the back side of the base 5a, as shown in FIG. The upper surface of the movable stand 5a except for the rear side is a sliding surface on which the placed consumable material (rolled sealing tape) can easily slip, and a pushing plate 5c is attached to the upper part of the movable stand 5b.
In this case, in the winding film loading table 3, the movable stand 3b is moved in the X direction (horizontal direction) by a drive device (not shown) attached inside the base 3a, and the lifter 3d is moved up and down. Also in the folding cardboard bundle loading table 4 and the winding sealing tape loading table 5, the movable stands 4b and 5b are moved in the X direction (horizontal direction) by a drive device (not shown) installed inside the bases 4a and 5a. Moving.
In addition, the roll-up film loading tables 3', 3'' have the same configuration and functions as the roll-up film loading table 3, and the vertical pillow packaging machine bodies 2', 2'' (vertical pillow packaging machine bodies 10', 10'') The folding cardboard bundle loading table 4', 4'' has the same configuration and function as the folding cardboard bundle loading table 4, and is installed on the right side of the box making machine 50', 50''. The sealing tape loading table 5', 5'' has the same configuration and function as the winding sealing tape loading table 5, and is installed on the right side of the sealing machine 70', 70''.

The roll-up film storage table 7 is a stand for storing the roll-up film MF, which is a consumable material consumed by the vertical pillow packaging machines 2, 2', and 2''.
In this roll film storage stand 7, a plurality of roll films MF (nine roll films in the figure) are placed at predetermined positions on the top surface, and at predetermined positions near the roll film storage stand 7. When the first automatic guided vehicle 6 arrives, a transfer device (not shown) transfers the winding film MF located at a specific position on the upper surface of the winding film storage table 7 to the recess 6b of the first automatic guided vehicle 6. I will post it.
The folded cardboard bundle storage stand 8 is a stand for storing the folded cardboard bundle FD, which is a consumable material consumed by the box making machines 50, 50', and 50''.
In this folding cardboard bundle storage stand 8, a plurality of folded cardboard bundles FD (four bundles of folded cardboard bundles in the figure) are placed at predetermined positions on the upper surface, and at predetermined positions near the folded cardboard bundle storage stand 8. When the second automatic guided vehicle 6A arrives, a transfer device (not shown) transfers the folded cardboard bundle FD located at a specific position on the upper surface of the folded cardboard bundle storage table 8 to the upper surface of the second automatic guided vehicle 6A. .
The roll-up sealing tape storage stand 9 is a stand for storing the roll-up sealing tape MT, which is a consumable material consumed by the sealing machines 70, 70', and 70''.
In this roll-up sealing tape storage stand 9, a plurality of roll-up sealing tapes MT (8 roll-up sealing tapes in the figure) are placed at predetermined positions on the upper surface, and the roll-up sealing tapes MT near the roll-up sealing tape storage stand 9 are placed at predetermined positions on the upper surface. When the third automatic guided vehicle 6B comes to a predetermined position, a transfer device (not shown) takes up the sealing tape MT at a specific position on the upper surface of the sealing tape storage stand 9 and transfers it to the upper surface of the third automatic guided vehicle 6B. Transferred to.

[Packaging production line]
Next, a package production line 40 to which the consumable goods automatic conveyance system 1 is applied will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the package production line 40 includes a snack manufacturing machine (not shown) which is a food machine, a snack conveyor 41, sorting conveyors 42, 42', 42'', and three weighing machines 43. , 43', 43'', 3 vertical pillow packaging machines 2, 2', 2'', package conveyors 44, 44', 44'', 3 box making machines 50, 50', 50'', 3 It consists of box packing devices 60, 60', 60'', three sealing machines 70, 70', 70'', packaging box conveyors 45, 45', 45'', etc.
The three weighing machines 43, 43', 43'' have the same configuration, the three vertical pillow packaging machines 2, 2', 2'' have the same configuration, and the three box making machines 50, 50', 50 '' have the same configuration, the three box packing devices 60, 60', 60'' have the same configuration, and the three sealing machines 70, 70', 70'' also have the same configuration.
In the package production line 40, snacks Sn such as potato chips manufactured by a snack candy manufacturing machine are conveyed by a snack conveyor 41, and the conveyed snacks Sn are separated from the confectionery conveyor 41 by a sorting device (not shown). It is distributed to branching distribution conveyors 42, 42', 42'' and supplied to weighing machines 43, 43', 43''.
Each of the weighing machines 43, 43', and 43'' weighs the supplied snack Sn, and puts a predetermined weight of the snack Sn into a hopper (described later) at a constant timing.
Each vertical pillow packaging machine 2, 2', 2'' produces a package Pc, Pc', Pc'' in which snack food Sn fed from each weighing machine 43, 43', 43'' is wrapped in a film. The packages Pc, Pc', and Pc'' are placed on package conveyors 44, 44', and 44'', respectively.
Each box making machine 50, 50', 50'' extracts folded cardboard one by one from a magazine (not shown), forms it into a box (makes it into a box shape), and tapes the bottom of the cardboard box so that the top surface is The opened cardboard boxes D1, D1', D1'' are discharged.
Each boxing device 60, 60', 60'' has a box making machine 50, 50', 50'' which discharges the packages Pc, Pc', Pc'' conveyed by the package conveyors 44, 44', 44''. Packing is performed into cardboard boxes D1, D1', D1'', and the cardboard boxes D2, D2', D2'' containing the packages are discharged.

[Vertical pillow packaging machine]
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the vertical pillow packaging machine in the automatic conveyance system for consumable goods shown in FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of the vertical pillow packaging machine main body shown in FIG. 5.
In the figure, 10 is the vertical pillow packaging machine main body, 11 is a film (packaging material) supply section, 11a is a shaft support arm, 11b1, 11b2 are shafts, 11c is an air chuck claw, 11M is a servo motor, 12 is a tension adjustment section, 12a is a rotating arm, 12b and 12c are dancer rollers, 12d is a fixed roller, 12e is a rotating rod, 12RE is a rotary encoder, 13 is a date printing section, 13a is a date printing device, 13b is a lifting roller, and 14 is a supply of packaged items. 14a is a hopper, 14b is a filling cylinder, 15 is a cylinder making part, 15a is a former cylinder, 15b is a pressing member, 15c is a slide roller, 16 is a film feeding part, 16a is a pulley, and 16b is a feeding belt. , 16c is a length measuring device, 16c1 is a length measuring roller, 16c2 is a length measuring device rotary encoder, 16M is a servo motor, 16Ma is a rotating shaft, 17 is a vertical seal part, 17a and 17b are vertical seal blocks, 18 is a horizontal seal block, Cutting section, 18a, 18b are horizontal seal blocks, 19 is a package discharge section, 19a is a belt conveyor, 20 is a vertical pillow packaging machine control section, 30 is a packaging machine operation panel, Fi is a film (packaging material), gr1 to gr4 is a guide roller, SK is a paper tube, ts is a vertical seal portion, and ys is a horizontal seal portion. In FIG. 5, the film portion is represented by a two-dot chain line.
The vertical pillow packaging machine 2 includes a vertical pillow packaging machine main body 10 that unwinds a film Fi from a winding film MF to produce a package Pc containing a packaged product, and a vertical pillow that controls the operation of the vertical pillow packaging machine main body 10. It is composed of a packaging machine control section 20 and a packaging machine operation panel 30 for operating the vertical pillow packaging machine main body 10.

[Vertical pillow packaging machine body]
The vertical pillow packaging machine main body 10 includes a film (packaging material) supply section 11, a tension adjustment section 12, a printing section 13, a packaged product supply section 14, a cylinder making section 15, a packaging material feeding section 16, a vertical sealing section 17, and a horizontal section. It is composed of a sealing/cutting section 18, a package discharge section 19, and the like.
The film (packaging material) supply section 11 includes a winding film support device, a paper splicing table (not shown), and the like.
The winding film support device includes a shaft support arm 11a, shafts 11b1 and 11b2 supported by the shaft support arm 11a, and a servo motor 11M. 11b2 and fixed by the air chuck claw 11c, the winding film MF (paper tube SK) is rotated.
In the winding film supporting device, the winding film MF wound around the paper tube SK is attached to one shaft 11b1, and the shaft 11b1 is rotated by the servo motor 11M, and the film Fi serving as the packaging material is rolled from the winding film MF. Before the winding film MF on the shaft 11b1 runs out, a new winding film MF is attached to the other shaft 11b2 (omitted in FIG. 3), and when the winding film MF on the shaft 11b1 runs out, , paper splicing is performed to join and connect the film that was being fed out from the old take-up film (shaft 11b1) and the film that was being let out from the new take-up film (shaft 11b2).

The tension adjustment unit 12 includes a pair of rotating arms 12a, dancer rollers 12b and 12c rotatably held by the rotating arms 12a, a fixed roller 12d, a rotating rod 12e, and a rotating mechanism (not shown) for the rotating arm 12a. A rotary encoder 12RE is attached to the rotating rod 12e.
The rotating mechanism of the rotating arm 12a is a mechanism that rotates the rotating arm 12a and lifts the dancer rollers 12b and 12c to the upper limit position. For example, it is composed of an air cylinder and a stopper, and is caused by the expansion and contraction of the piston rod of the air cylinder. The rotating arm 12a is rotated, and the rotating arm 12a hits a stopper and is stopped.
In the tension adjustment section 12, when the tension of the film Fi stretched across the dancer rollers 12b and 12c and the fixed roller 12d increases, the tip side of the arm 12a is lifted, and when the tension of the film Fi decreases, the tip side of the arm 12a is lowered, and the film Fi The arm 12a rotates around the rotating rod 12e in response to a change in tension, and the inclination angle of the arm 12a changes. This change (displacement) in the inclination angle of the arm 12a is detected as the displacement of the dancer rollers 12b, 12c by the rotary encoder 12RE, and the tension of the film Fi is controlled (details will be described later).
The date printing unit 13 includes a date printing device 13a, a lifting roller 13b, etc., and prints a date on the film Fi.

The packaged product supply unit 14 includes a filling cylinder 14b with a hopper 14a at the top, a packaged product detection sensor (not shown), etc., and snacks, etc., are fed from a weighing machine installed above the hopper 14a. The packaged items are received by the hopper 14a and filled into the filling cylinder 14b.
The tube making section 15 includes a tube making device 15a, a pressing member 15b, a slide roller 15c, etc., and guides the film Fi, which is fed out from the film supply section 11 and has a date printed in the date printing section 13, by the slide roller 15c. , it is formed into a cylindrical shape using a cylinder maker 15a and pressed against the outer circumferential surface of the filling cylinder 14b by a pressing member 15b.
The film feeding section 16 includes a pulley 16a, a feeding belt 16b, a length measuring device 16c, a film feeding servo motor 16M, etc.
The pulley 16a, feed belt 16b, etc. form a pair of film feeding mechanisms and are arranged on both sides of the filling tube 14b, and the packaged article detection sensor of the packaged article supply section 14 detects when the packaged article is fed into the filling tube 14b. When this is detected, the film feeding servo motor 16M rotates the pulley 16a, moves the feeding belt 16b, and sends the film Fi, which is wrapped around the outer peripheral surface of the filling cylinder 14b, downward by a certain length.
The length measuring device 16c includes a length measuring roller 16c1 and a length measuring device rotary encoder 16c2, and the length measuring roller 16c1 is attached so as to be pressed against the filling cylinder 14b via the film Fi, and when the film Fi is sent downward. The length measuring roller 16c1 rotates, and the number of rotations thereof is detected by the length measuring device rotary encoder 16c2 to measure the feed amount of the film Fi.
The vertical seal section 17 includes vertical seal blocks 17a, 17b, a heater (not shown), etc., and vertically seals both end portions of the overlapping film Fi that wraps around the outer peripheral surface of the filling cylinder 14b to form a vertical seal portion ts. do.
The horizontal seal/cutting section 18 includes horizontal seal blocks 18a, 18b, a heater (not shown), a cutting device (not shown), etc., and performs horizontal sealing on the vertically sealed film filled with the packaged product. is applied to form a horizontal seal portion ys, and the central portion of the horizontal seal portion ys is cut to produce a package Pc filled with the packaged item.
The package discharge section 19 includes a belt conveyor 19a and the like, and discharges the package Pc by the belt conveyor 19a.

[Vertical pillow packaging machine control section, packaging machine operation panel]
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the vertical pillow packaging machine control section 20 and the packaging machine operation panel 30. In the figure, 21 is an arithmetic control section, 21a is a drive equipment operation control section, and 21a1 is a film feed amount detection section. , 21a2 is a package number counting section, 21b is a film tension control section, 21b1 is a rotating arm rotation angle detection section, 21b2 is a winding rotation speed detection section, 22 is a storage section, 22a is a product parameter table, and 23 is a transmission/reception section. , 31 is a computer, 31a is a production capacity setting section, 31b is a production quantity acquisition section, 31c is a film remaining amount calculation section, 31d is a film consumption amount estimation section, 31e is a finish time prediction section, 33 is a transmitting/receiving section, 34 is an input The display section CL1 is a communication line.
The vertical pillow packaging machine control section 20 and the packaging machine operation panel 30 are connected through a communication line CL1.
The vertical pillow packaging machine control section 20 includes an arithmetic control section 21, a storage section 22, and a transmitting/receiving section 23, and the arithmetic control section 21 includes a drive equipment operation control section 21a and a film tension control section 21b. The drive device operation control section 21a, which controls the control section 20 in an integrated manner, includes a film feed amount detection section 21a1 and a package number counting section 21a2, and the film tension control section 21b includes a rotation arm rotation angle detection section 21b1. A winding rotation speed detection section 21b2 is provided.
The drive equipment operation control unit 21a controls the parameters registered in the product parameter table 22a of the storage unit 22 (the production parameters set for each product produced by the vertical pillow packaging machine main body 10) for the product set on the packaging machine operation panel 30. capacity, bag length, product length, heater temperature, etc.), the driving equipment of the vertical pillow packaging machine body 10, for example, the servo motor 16M of the film feed section 16, the vertical seal section 17, the end seal, etc. Controls the operations of various heaters in the cutting section 18.

In this case, based on a detection signal from a packaged product detection sensor that detects that a packaged product has been put into the filling cylinder 14b, feeding of the film Fi by rotation of the servo motor 16M is started, and the film feed amount detection unit 21a1 detects the feed amount of the film Fi based on the signal from the length measuring device rotary encoder 16c2, and controls the operation of the servo motor 16M so that the feed amount of the film Fi becomes the bag length which is a parameter of the product parameter table 22a. be done.
Further, the package number counting unit 21a2 counts the number of operations of the horizontal seal/cutting unit 18, and this count is sent to the transmitting/receiving unit 23 as the number of packages Pc to be produced (number of packages).
In the film tension control section 21b, the rotation arm rotation angle detection section 21b1 detects the tilt angle displacement of the rotation arm 12a of the tension adjustment section 12 (displacement of the dancer rollers 12b and 12c) based on the signal from the rotary encoder 12RE. , the winding rotation speed detection section 21b2 detects the rotation speed of the winding film MF based on the signal from the servo motor 11M, and the tilt angle displacement of the rotating arm 12a (the displacement of the dancer rollers 12b, 12c) is within a certain range. The rotation speed of the servo motor 11M (winding film MF) is controlled so that the tension of the film Fi is controlled.

The storage unit 22 stores a product parameter table 22a, a production information table (not shown), etc., and the production information table includes the output, empty bags, loss bags, operating rate, and operating time for the actually produced products. , production results such as stop time, standby time, etc. are registered.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the configuration of the product parameter table 22a.
In the product parameter table 22a, No. (registration number), product name, production capacity, bag length, folding diameter, heater temperature (vertical, vertical preheating, horizontal front, horizontal rear), etc. are registered. However, items such as "No. (registration number)", "product name", "production capacity", "bag length", "folding diameter", "heater temperature (vertical, vertical preheating, horizontal front, horizontal back)" The name itself is not registered; only the part excluding the item name is registered.
No. (Registration number) is a number that identifies the product produced by the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 (vertical pillow packaging machine main body 10), and is available from 01 to 99.
No. and the product name are input from a product name registration screen (not shown) displayed on the input display section 34 of the packaging machine operation panel 30, and are sent to the transmitting/receiving section of the vertical pillow packaging machine control section 20 via the communication line CL from the transmitting/receiving section 33. 23, received by the transmitting/receiving section 23, and registered in the product parameter table 22a of the storage section 22.
Values such as production capacity, bag length, folding diameter, and heater temperature (vertical, vertical preheating, horizontal front, horizontal rear) are used to operate the driving equipment (motor, heater, etc.) and adjustment equipment of the vertical pillow packaging machine main body 10. This is a parameter whose value indicates the conditions for
For example, the parameter "80" for "production capacity" means "80 bpm" (bpm is the number of bags produced in one minute), that is, 80 bags (bags) are produced in one minute. The parameter "250" for "Bag length" means "250 mm", that is, the length of one package Pc is 250 mm, and the parameter "160" corresponding to "Heater temperature/length" is "160°C". That is, it means that the temperature of the vertical heater is "160°C".
The parameters are input from various parameter setting screens displayed on the input display section 34 of the packaging machine operation panel 30, and are transmitted from the transmitting/receiving section 33 to the transmitting/receiving section 23 of the vertical pillow packaging machine control section 20 via the communication line CL1. 23 and is registered in the product parameter table 22a of the storage section 22.
The transmitting/receiving section 23 communicates with the transmitting/receiving section 33 of the operation panel 30 via the communication line CL1, transmits various data from the calculation control section 21 to the transmitting/receiving section 33 of the packaging machine operation panel 30, and transmits various data from the transmitting/receiving section 33. It receives various transmitted data and sends it to the arithmetic control section 21.

The packaging machine operation panel 30 includes a computer 31, a transmitting/receiving section 33, and an input display section 34.
The computer 31 includes an arithmetic processing section and a storage section, has a dedicated program corresponding to the vertical pillow packaging machine main body 10 installed therein, performs various processes, and controls the packaging machine operation panel 30 in an integrated manner.
The arithmetic processing section of the computer 31 includes a production capacity setting section 31a, a production quantity acquisition section 31b, a remaining film amount calculation section 31c, a film consumption estimation section 31d, and an end time prediction section 31e.
The production capacity setting section 31a displays a production capacity setting screen on the input display section 34, sets the numerical value input from this screen as a production capacity parameter to be registered in the product parameter table 22a, and sends it to the transmitting/receiving section 33.
The production quantity acquisition unit 31b calculates the number of packages counted by the packaging number counting unit 21a2 of the vertical pillow packaging machine control unit 20, transmitted from the transmitting/receiving unit 23, and received by the transmitting/receiving unit 33. Obtained as the production quantity of the pillow packaging machine body 10).
The remaining film amount calculation unit 31c calculates the rotational speed (rotation angle) of the winding film MF detected by the winding rotational speed detection unit 21b2 of the vertical pillow packaging machine control unit 20, and the tension detected by the rotation arm rotation angle detection unit 21b1. The remaining amount of the winding film MF is calculated based on the tilt angle displacement of the rotating arm 12a of the adjustment section 12 and the amount of feed of the film Fi detected by the film feed amount detection section 21a1.
The film consumption estimation unit 31d estimates production within a set time (from a certain time before the remaining amount of the film MF is calculated by the film remaining amount calculation unit 31c to the time when the remaining amount of the film MF is calculated). The unit consumption amount, which is the amount of film consumed per unit time, is estimated from the production quantity acquired by the quantity acquisition unit 31b.
The end time prediction unit 31e calculates the end time until the roll film MF runs out, based on the remaining amount of the roll film MF calculated by the film remaining amount calculation unit 31c and the unit consumption estimated by the film consumption estimation unit 31d. Predict.
The transmitting/receiving section 33 transmits various data sent from the computer 31 to the transmitting/receiving section 23 of the vertical pillow packaging machine control section 20 via the communication line CL1, and from the transmitting/receiving section 23 of the vertical pillow packaging machine control section 20 to the communication line. It receives various data transmitted via CL1 and sends it to computer 31.
Further, the transmitting/receiving section 33 sends the remaining amount of the film MF calculated by the remaining film amount calculating section 31c and the end time predicted by the end time predicting section 31e to the overall management computer 80 via the communication line.
The input display section 34 has a touch panel type display screen, and displays various screens created by a dedicated program installed in the computer 31, such as a setting screen for various parameters, and the end time predicted by the end time prediction section 31e. Display the operation screen for

Similarly to the vertical pillow packaging machine 2, the vertical pillow packaging machines 2' and 2'' have a vertical pillow packaging machine body that produces the packages Pc' and Pc'', and a vertical pillow packaging machine that controls the operation of the vertical pillow packaging machine body. It consists of a machine control section and a packaging machine operation panel for operating the vertical pillow packaging machine main body, and the vertical pillow packaging machine control section and the packaging machine operation panel are connected through a communication line.
The configuration of the vertical pillow packaging machine body of the vertical pillow packaging machines 2', 2'' is the same as the configuration of the vertical pillow packaging machine body 10, and the vertical pillow packaging machine control unit of the vertical pillow packaging machines 2', 2'' is the same as the configuration of the vertical pillow packaging machine body 10. The configuration is the same as the configuration of the vertical pillow packaging machine control section 20, and the configuration of the packaging machine operation panel of the vertical pillow packaging machines 2', 2'' is the same as the configuration of the packaging machine operation panel 30.
That is, the vertical pillow packaging machine control section of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2', 2'' includes the same calculation control section, storage section, and transmission/reception section as the vertical pillow packaging machine control section 20; The same drive device operation control section, film feed amount detection section, package number counting section, film tension control section, rotating arm rotation angle detection section, and winding rotation speed detection section as in 21 are provided, and this storage section is a storage section. It has the same product parameter table as No. 22.
In addition, the packaging machine operation panels of the vertical pillow packaging machines 2', 2'' are equipped with the same computer, transmitting/receiving section, and input display section as the packaging machine operation panel 30, and the computer has the same production capacity setting section and production quantity as the computer 31. It includes an acquisition section, a film remaining amount calculation section, a film consumption estimation section, and an end time prediction section.

[Control part of box making machine]
FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control part of the box making machine 50, in which 51 is the box making machine main body, 52 is the box making machine control section, 53 is the box making machine operation panel, 531 is a computer, 531a is a production capacity setting section, 531b is a production quantity acquisition section, 531c is a folding cardboard remaining amount calculation section, 531d is a folding cardboard consumption estimation section, 531e is an end time prediction section, 533 is a transmitting/receiving section, 534 is an input display section, CL2 is a communication line.
As shown in FIG. 9, the box making machine 50 includes a box making machine main body 51, a box making machine control section 52, and a box making machine operation panel 53, and the box making machine control section 52 and the box making machine operation panel 53 communicate with each other. It is connected via line CL2.
The box making machine main body 51 extracts folded cardboard (folded cardboard) one by one from a bundle of folded cardboard (folded cardboard) that is a consumable material stored in a magazine (not shown), and opens the folded cardboard. Then, the cardboard box D1 with its top open is discharged.
The box making machine control section 52 includes an arithmetic control section, a storage section, and a transmitting/receiving section, and the arithmetic control section includes an operation control section that controls the operation of the box making machine main body 51, and a control section for controlling the operation of the cardboard box produced by the box making machine main body 51. It includes a cardboard box number counting section for counting the number of boxes D1, and the storage section stores parameters and the like for the operation control section to control the operation of the box making machine main body 51.
The box-making machine operation panel 53 includes a computer 531, a transmitting/receiving section 533, and an input display section 534.
The computer 531 includes an arithmetic processing section and a storage section, has a dedicated program corresponding to the box-making machine main body 51 installed therein, performs various processes, and centrally controls the box-making machine operation panel 53.
The arithmetic processing section of the computer 531 includes a production capacity setting section 531a, a production quantity acquisition section 531b, a folding cardboard remaining amount calculation section 531c, a folding cardboard consumption estimation section 531d, and an end time prediction section 531e.

The production capacity setting section 531a displays a production capacity setting screen on the input display section 534, and converts the numerical value input from this screen into the production capacity of the box making machine main body 51 (the number of cardboard boxes D1 to be made per unit time). ) and sends it to the transmitter/receiver 533.
The production capacity (parameters) sent to the transmitting/receiving section 533 is sent to the box making machine control section 52 via the communication line CL2 and stored in its storage section.
The production quantity acquisition unit 531b calculates the number of cardboard boxes (the number of manufactured cardboard boxes D1) counted by the cardboard box number counting unit of the box making machine control unit 52 via the communication line CL1 and the transmitting/receiving unit 533. It is acquired as the production quantity of the box machine 50 (box making machine main body 51).
The folded cardboard remaining amount calculation unit 531c receives a signal from a folded cardboard amount detector (a detector that detects the thickness or height of a bundle of folded cardboard stocked in the magazine) installed in the magazine of the box making machine main body 51. From the above, the remaining amount of folded cardboard (the number of folded cardboard remaining in the magazine) is calculated.
The folding cardboard consumption estimation unit 531d calculates the production quantity obtaining unit 531b within a set time (from a certain time before the folding cardboard remaining quantity calculation unit 531c calculates the remaining folding cardboard quantity to the time when the folding cardboard remaining quantity calculation unit 531c calculates the folding cardboard remaining quantity). From the production quantity obtained, estimate the unit consumption, which is the consumption of folded cardboard per unit time.

The end time prediction unit 531e calculates the amount of folded cardboard remaining in the magazine until the folded cardboard stocked in the magazine runs out, based on the remaining amount of folded cardboard calculated by the folded cardboard remaining amount calculation unit 531c and the unit consumption estimated by the folded cardboard consumption estimation unit 531d. Predict the end time of.
The transmitting/receiving section 533 transmits various data sent from the computer 531 to the box making machine control section 52 via the communication line CL2, and transmits various data sent from the box making machine control section 52 via the communication line CL2. It is received and sent to the computer 531.
The transmitting/receiving unit 533 also sends the remaining amount of folded cardboard calculated by the folded cardboard remaining amount calculation unit 531c and the end time predicted by the end time prediction unit 531e to the overall management computer 80 via the communication line.
The input display section 534 has a touch panel type display screen, and displays various screens created by a dedicated program installed in the computer 531, such as a setting screen for various parameters, and the end time predicted by the end time prediction section 531e. Display the operation screen for

Like the box making machine 50, the box making machines 50' and 50'' have a box making machine body that discharges cardboard boxes D1' and D1'' with open tops, and a box making machine that controls the operation of the box making machine body. It consists of a control section and a box-making machine operation panel that operates the box-making machine main body, and the box-making machine control section and the box-making machine operation panel are connected through a communication line.
The configuration of the box making machine body of the box making machines 50', 50'' is the same as the configuration of the box making machine body 51, and the configuration of the box making machine control section of the box making machines 50', 50'' is the same as that of the box making machine body 51. The configuration of the box-making machine control section 52 is the same, and the configuration of the box-making machine operation panel of the box-making machines 50', 50'' is the same as the configuration of the box-making machine operation panel 53.
That is, the box-making machine control section of the box-making machines 50', 50" includes the same arithmetic control section, storage section, and transmission/reception section as the box-making machine control section 52, and the box-making machine control section of the box-making machines 50', 50" The operation panel includes the same computer, transmission/reception section, and input display section as the box-making machine operation panel 53, and the computer has the same production capacity setting section, production quantity acquisition section, folded cardboard remaining amount calculation section, and folded cardboard consumption section as the computer 531. It is equipped with a quantity estimation section and a completion time prediction section.

[Configuration of control part of sealing machine 70]
FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control section of the sealing machine 70. In the figure, 71 is the sealing machine main body, 72 is the sealing machine control section, 73 is the sealing machine operation panel, 731 is the computer, and 731a is the production capacity. A setting section, 731b is a production quantity acquisition section, 731c is a sealing tape remaining amount calculation section, 731d is a sealing tape consumption estimation section, 731e is an end time prediction section, 733 is a transmission/reception section, 734 is an input display section, CL3 is a communication line It is.
As shown in FIG. 10, the sealing machine 70 includes a sealing machine main body 71, a sealing machine control section 72, and a sealing machine operation panel 73, and the sealing machine control section 72 and the sealing machine operation panel 73 are connected by a communication line CL3. There is.
The sealing machine main body 71 folds in the front, rear, left and right flaps forming the top surface of the cardboard box D2 containing the packaging body discharged from the packaging device 60, and transfers the sealing tape Ta, which is a consumable material, to a sealing tape supply unit (not shown). ) is rolled out and pasted from a rolled-up sealing tape (sealing tape in a wound state), and the sealed cardboard box (packing box) D3 to which the tape is pasted is placed on a packaging box conveyor 45 and discharged.
The sealing machine control unit 72 includes an arithmetic control unit, a storage unit, and a transmitting/receiving unit, and the arithmetic control unit includes an operation control unit that controls the operation of the sealing machine main body 71, and a control unit that controls the operation of the sealed cardboard box D3 sealed by the sealing machine main body 71. It includes a sealed cardboard box number counting section for counting the number of sealed cardboard boxes, and a storage section stores parameters and the like for the operation control section to control the operation of the sealing machine main body 71.
The sealing machine operation panel 73 includes a computer 731, a transmitter/receiver section 733, and an input display section 734.
The computer 731 includes an arithmetic processing section and a storage section, has a dedicated program corresponding to the sealing machine main body 71 installed therein, performs various processes, and centrally controls the sealing machine operation panel 73.
The arithmetic processing section of the computer 731 includes a production capacity setting section 731a, a production quantity acquisition section 731b, a sealing tape remaining amount calculation section 731c, a sealing tape consumption estimation section 731d, and an end time prediction section 731e.

The production capacity setting section 731a displays a production capacity setting screen on the input display section 734, and uses the numerical value input from this screen as the production capacity of the sealing machine main body 71 (the number of sealed cardboard boxes D3 to be sealed per unit time). and sends it to the transmitting/receiving section 733.
The production capacity (parameter) sent to the transmitting/receiving section 733 is sent to the sealing machine control section 72 via the communication line CL3 and stored in its storage section.
The production quantity acquisition unit 731b converts the number of sealed cardboard boxes (the number of sealed cardboard boxes D3) counted by the sealed cardboard box number counting unit of the sealing machine control unit 72 through the communication line CL3 and the transmission/reception unit 733. It is acquired as the production quantity of the machine 70 (sealing machine main body 71).
The remaining amount of sealing tape calculating section 731c calculates the remaining amount of sealing tape based on a signal from a winding sealing tape diameter detector, etc. that detects the radius of the winding sealing tape attached to the sealing tape supply section of the sealing machine main body 71. (Tape length of the winding sealing tape) is calculated.
The sealing tape consumption estimation unit 731d calculates the production quantity acquisition unit 731b within a set time (from a certain time before the remaining sealing tape amount calculation unit 731c calculates the remaining amount of sealing tape to the time when the remaining amount of sealing tape is calculated). From the obtained production quantity and the amount (length) of sealing tape used for one sealed cardboard box, the unit consumption amount, which is the consumption amount of sealing tape per unit time, is estimated.

The end time prediction unit 731e calculates the winding seal attached to the sealing tape supply unit based on the remaining sealing tape amount calculated by the sealing tape remaining amount calculation unit 731c and the unit consumption estimated by the sealing tape consumption estimation unit 731d. Predict end time until tape runs out.
The transmitting/receiving unit 733 transmits various data sent from the computer 731 to the sealing machine control unit 72 via the communication line CL3, and receives various data transmitted from the sealing machine control unit 72 via the communication line CL3. and sends it to computer 731.
Further, the transmitting/receiving section 733 sends the remaining amount of sealing tape calculated by the remaining amount of sealing tape calculating section 731c and the end time predicted by the end time predicting section 731e to the overall management computer 80 via the communication line.
The input display section 734 has a touch panel type display screen, and displays various screens created by a dedicated program installed in the computer 731, such as a setting screen for various parameters, and the end time predicted by the end time prediction section 731e. Display the operation screen for

Like the sealing machine 70, the sealing machines 70', 70'' also include a sealing machine body that discharges the sealed cardboard boxes D3', D3'', a sealing machine control section that controls the operation of the sealing machine body, and a sealing machine body that controls the sealing machine body. It consists of a sealing machine operation panel to be operated, and the sealing machine control section and the sealing machine operation panel are connected through a communication line.
The configuration of the sealing machine body of the sealing machine 70', 70'' is the same as the configuration of the sealing machine body 71, and the configuration of the sealing machine control section of the sealing machine 70', 70'' is the same as that of the sealing machine control section 72. The configuration of the sealing machine operation panel of the sealing machine 70', 70'' is the same as the configuration of the sealing machine operation panel 73.
That is, the sealing machine control section of the sealing machine 70', 70'' is equipped with the same arithmetic control section, storage section, and transmission/reception section as the sealing machine control section 72, and the sealing machine operation panel of the sealing machine 70', 70'' is the same as the sealing machine control section 72. The computer has the same computer, transmission/reception section, and input display section as the machine operation panel 73, and the computer has the same production capacity setting section, production quantity acquisition section, sealing tape remaining amount calculation section, sealing tape consumption estimation section, and end time as the computer 731. Equipped with a prediction section.

[General management computer]
FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control part of the consumables automatic transport system 1, in which 6M1 is the first automatic guided vehicle drive section, 6M2 is the second automatic guided vehicle drive section, and 6M3 is the third automatic guided vehicle drive section. Transport vehicle drive unit, 3M is a drive unit for a winding film loading platform, 4M is a folding cardboard bundle loading unit driving unit, 5M is a winding sealing tape loading unit driving unit, 7M is a winding film storage unit driving unit, 8M is a folding cardboard drive unit Bundle storage stand drive unit, 9M is a winding and sealing tape storage stand drive unit, 30, 30', 30'' is a packaging machine operation panel, 53, 53', 53'' is a box making machine operation panel, 73, 73', 73 ” is the sealing machine operation panel, 80a is the conveyance system general control unit, 80b is the automatic guided vehicle control unit, 80c is the roll-up film loading table control unit, 80d is the folding cardboard bundle loading table control unit, and 80e is the roll-up sealing tape loading unit. 80f is a roll-up film storage stand control unit, 80g is a folding cardboard bundle storage stand control unit, 80h is a roll-up sealing tape storage stand control unit, CL4, CL4', CL4'', CL5, CL5', CL5'' , CL6, CL6', and CL6'' are communication lines.
The packaging machine operation panels 30' and 30'' in FIG. 11 are the packaging machine operation panels for the packaging machines 2' and 2'', and the box making machine operation panels 53' and 53'' are for the box making machines 50' and 50''. The panels and sealing machine operation panels 73' and 73'' are the sealing machine operation panels of the sealing machines 70' and 70''.
As shown in FIG. 11, the overall management computer 80 includes packaging machine operation panels 30, 30', 30'', box making machine operation panels 53, 53', 53'', and sealing machine operation panels 73, 73', 73''. The first automatic guided vehicle drive unit 6M1, the second automatic guided vehicle drive unit 6M2, and the 3 wirelessly connected to the automatic guided vehicle drive unit 6M3, a winding film loading stage driving unit 3M, a folding cardboard bundle loading stage driving unit 4M, a winding sealing tape loading stage driving unit 5M, a winding film storage stage driving unit 7M, and a folding film loading stage driving unit 5M. It is connected by wire or wirelessly to the cardboard bundle storage stand drive unit 8M and the winding and sealing tape storage stand drive unit 9M.
The overall management computer 80 also includes a conveyance system general control section 80a, an automatic guided vehicle control section 80b, a take-up film loading table control section 80c, a folding cardboard bundle loading table control section 80d, and a winding sealing tape loading table control section 80e. , a winding film storage stand control section 80f, a folding cardboard bundle storage stand control section 80g, and a winding sealing tape storage stand control section 80h.

The conveyance system general control unit 80a receives signals (end time and The end time predicted by the prediction unit 31e, 531e, 731e, etc., the remaining amount of the winding film MF calculated by the remaining film amount calculation unit 31c, etc., the remaining amount of folded cardboard calculated by the folded cardboard remaining amount calculation unit 531c, etc., the sealing tape. Based on the remaining amount of the sealing tape calculated by the remaining amount calculation section 731c, etc., each control section such as the automatic guided vehicle control section 80b is controlled, and the overall management computer 80 is also controlled in an integrated manner.
The automatic guided vehicle control unit 80b controls the first automatic guided vehicle drive unit 6M1, the second automatic guided vehicle drive unit 6M2, and the third automatic guided vehicle drive unit 6M3 based on the command from the transportation system general control unit 80a. , controls the operation (travel) of the first automatic guided vehicle 6, the second automatic guided vehicle 6A, and the third automatic guided vehicle 6B.
The film roll-in table control section 80c controls the film roll-in table drive section 3M based on the command from the conveyance system general control section 80a, and controls the movement of the first automatic guided vehicle 6 by the movable stand 3b (pushing plate 3c). The transfer operation of the winding film MF from to the lifter 3d is controlled.
Based on commands from the folding cardboard bundle loading platform control unit 80d and the conveyance system general control unit 80a, the folding cardboard bundle loading platform driving unit 4M is controlled, and the movement from the second automatic guided vehicle 6A by the movable stand 4b (pushing plate 4c) is controlled. The transfer operation of the folded cardboard bundle FD to the base 4a is controlled.
The winding-sealing tape loading platform control section 80e controls the winding-sealing tape loading platform drive section 5M based on the command from the conveyance system general control section 80a, and causes the third unmanned conveyance by the movable stand 5b (pushing plate 5c). The transfer operation of the wound sealing tape MT from the vehicle 6B to the base 5a is controlled.
The roll film storage stand control unit 80f controls the roll film storage stand drive unit 7M based on the command from the conveyance system general control unit 80a, and controls the roll film storage stand drive unit 7M to move the roll film storage stand 7 to the first unmanned transport by the transfer device. The transfer operation of the winding film MF to the car 6 (recessed portion 6b) is controlled.
The folding cardboard bundle storage control unit 80g controls the folding cardboard bundle storage drive unit 8M based on the command from the conveyance system general control unit 80a, and transfers the folded cardboard bundle storage unit 8 from the second unmanned transport by the transfer device. Controls the operation of transferring the folded cardboard bundle FD to the car 6A.
The winding sealing tape storage stand control unit 80h controls the winding sealing tape storage stand driving unit 9M based on the command from the conveyance system general control unit 80a, and transfers the winding sealing tape storage stand 9 to the winding sealing tape storage stand 9 by the transfer device. 3. Controls the transfer operation of the wound sealing tape MT onto the automatic guided vehicle 6B.

[Operation of automatic consumables conveyance system]
In the consumable goods automatic conveyance system 1, the end time of the winding film MF of the vertical pillow packaging machine 1 etc. predicted by the end time prediction unit 31e etc., and the end time of the folding corrugated board of the box making machine 50 etc. predicted by the end time prediction unit 531e etc. , the end time of the winding sealing tape of the sealing machine 70 etc. predicted by the end time prediction unit 731e, etc., or the remaining amount of the winding film MF, the remaining amount of folded cardboard calculated by the film remaining amount calculation unit 31c etc. Based on the remaining amount of folded cardboard calculated by the calculating section 531c and the like and the remaining amount of sealing tape calculated by the remaining sealing tape calculating section 731c, etc., the automatic guided vehicle control section 80b is controlled by the conveyance system general control section 80a of the overall general management computer 80. etc. are controlled, and the first automatic guided vehicle 6 transports the roll-up film MF, the second automatic guided vehicle 6A transports the folded cardboard bundle FD, and the third automatic guided vehicle 6B transports the rolled-up sealing tape MT. Transport takes place.
Therefore, first, the operation of calculating the remaining amount of consumables such as the winding film MF and predicting the end time will be explained.

[Calculation of remaining amount of film to be wound, prediction of end time]
The operation of calculating the remaining amount of the winding film MF and predicting the end time in the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 of the package production line 40 will be explained.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the computer 31 of the packaging machine operation panel 30 of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 to predict the end time of the winding film MF.
First, before the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 starts producing the packages Pc, No. (registration number), product name and production capacity, bag length, folding diameter, heater temperature (vertical, vertical preheating, horizontal front, horizontal rear), etc. are input. (Registration number) is entered, No. The product name and various parameters associated with (registration number) are automatically input, and the No. of the package Pc to be produced from now on is entered in the product parameter table 22a. (registration number), product name and various parameters are set.
In setting these various parameters, the production capacity setting unit 31a sets (registers in the product parameter table 22a) the production capacity (for example, 80 bpm) of the vertical pillow packaging machine 1 (vertical pillow packaging machine main body 10) (S1).
At this time, various parameters including production capacity are similarly set for the other vertical pillow packaging machines 2' and 2'', and the production capacity is set to be the same as that of vertical pillow packaging machine 2 (for example, 80 bpm). be done.

When various preparatory work and operations including setting various parameters are completed for the three vertical pillow packaging machines 2, 2', and 2'', the snack food manufacturing machine starts manufacturing snack food Sn, and the manufactured snack food Sn is supplied to the snack conveyor 41, the sorting conveyors 42, 42', 42'', and the weighing machines 43, 43', 43'', and the snack Sn is fed from the weighing machine 43 into the hopper 14a, and then the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 At the same time, snack food Sn is put into the hoppers 14a', 14a'' from the weighing machines 43', 43'', and the vertical pillow packaging machines 2', 2'' start producing the packages Pc', Pc. ” production begins.
In this case, the amount of snack Sn distributed from the snack conveyor 41 to the distribution conveyors 42, 42', 42'' is not the same, and the amount of snack Sn distributed to the conveyor 42 is different from the amount distributed to the other distribution conveyors 42', 42''. The amount is smaller than the amount of snack food Sn that can be distributed.
Therefore, the weight of the snack Sn supplied to the weighing machine 43 per unit time is less than the weight of the snack Sn per unit time supplied to the weighing machines 43', 43'', and the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 produces The number of packages Pc per unit time is smaller than the number of packages Pc', Pc'' produced by the vertical pillow packaging machines 2', 2'' per unit time.
Specifically, the vertical pillow packaging machines 2', 2'' produce packages Pc', Pc'' at a production speed according to the set production capacity (for example, 80 bpm), and the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 The package Pc is produced at a production speed (for example, 50 bpm) of about 60% of the production capacity (for example, 80 bpm).

When the production of the package Pc by the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 is started, the packaged product detection sensor detects that the snack snack Sn has been put into the filling tube 14b, and the servo motor 16M rotates to change the film Fi to the product parameter. The bag is fed by the length of the bag set on the table 22a, and the vertical sealing section 17 and the horizontal sealing/cutting section 18 operate to produce a package Pc.
This operation of the servo motor 16M, the vertical sealing section 17, and the horizontal sealing/cutting section 18 (generation of one package Pc) is repeated intermittently, and the packaging number counting section 21a2 and the horizontal sealing/cutting section 18 The number of operations is counted and transmitted from the transmitter/receiver 23 to the operation panel 30 via the communication line CL1 as the production quantity of the vertical pillow packaging machine 1 (the number of packages Pc to be produced), and the production quantity acquisition unit 31b The transmitter/receiver 33 acquires the received production quantity of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 (S2).
At this time, since the weight of the snack Sn per unit time supplied to the weighing machine 43 is smaller than the weight of the snack Sn per unit time supplied to the weighing machines 43' and 43'', the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 The production speed (the number of packages Pc produced per unit time) is slower than the production speed (approximately the same speed as the set production capacity, e.g. 80 bpm) of the vertical pillow packaging machines 2' and 2''; 2 produces the package Pc at a production speed (for example, 50 bpm) that is approximately 60% of the set production capacity (for example, 80 bpm).
Therefore, the production quantity obtaining unit 31b obtains a production quantity that is lower than the production capacity set by the production capacity setting unit 31a per unit time.

Next, the film remaining amount calculating section 31c calculates the remaining amount of the winding film MF, and the calculated remaining amount of the winding film MF is transmitted from the transmitting/receiving section 33 to the overall management computer 80 (S3).
FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram illustrating calculation of the remaining amount of the winding film MF by the film remaining amount calculating section 31c. In FIG. 13, the servo motor 16M rotates to move the feed belt 16b, This figure represents a state in which the film TFi) is moved (feeded) from position P1 to position P2, the rotating arm 12a rotates counterclockwise, and the outer periphery of the winding film MF is rotated from position Q1 to position Q2. The front rotating arm 12a is represented by a two-dot chain line, and the film Fi is represented by a solid line.
Now, the film feed amount (distance from position P1 to position P2) detected by the film feed amount detection section 21a1 based on the signal from the length measuring device rotary encoder 16c2 is L, and the rotation arm rotation angle detection section The tilt angle displacement (rotation angle) of the rotating arm 12a detected by the rotary encoder 21b1 based on the signal from the rotary encoder 12RE is θ, and the winding rotation speed detection unit 21b2 detects the rotational angle based on the signal from the servo motor 11M. It is assumed that the rotation angle of the pick-up film MF is φ.
If the amount of decrease in the path length between the guide rolls gr2 and gr3 of the film Fi is ΔL due to the tilt angle displacement (rotation angle) θ of the rotating arm 12a, and the radius of the winding film MF is R, then the feed amount of the film Fi The relationship between L and the rotation angle φ of the winding film MF is:
R・φ=L−ΔL
Then,
R=(L-ΔL)/φ
becomes.
Since the relationship between ΔL and θ is determined, if the relationship between ΔL and θ is stored in advance in the film remaining amount calculating section 31c and the stored value is ΔL(θ), then
R=(L-ΔL(θ))/φ
becomes.
Then, the radius R of the take-up film MF and the remaining amount of the take-up film MF (the length of the film Fi unwound from the take-up film MF with the radius R, or the package Pc produced from the take-up film MF with the radius R) (number of objects) is determined, and this relationship is stored in advance in the film remaining amount calculating section 31c.
Therefore, the film remaining amount calculation section 31c calculates the feed amount L of the film Fi detected by the film feed amount detection section 21a1, the rotation angle φ of the winding film MF detected by the winding rotation speed detection section 21b2, and the rotating arm rotation angle. The radius R of the winding film MF is calculated from the tilt angle displacement θ of the rotating arm 12a detected by the detection unit 21b1, and the remaining amount of the winding film MF is determined from the calculated radius R.

Next, the film consumption estimating unit 31d calculates the amount within a set time (from a certain time before the remaining amount of the film MF is calculated by the remaining film amount calculating unit 31c until the remaining amount of the film MF is calculated). The unit consumption amount, which is the amount of film consumed per unit time, is estimated from the production quantity acquired by the production quantity acquisition unit 31b (S4).
In this case, the set time period means a period from a certain time (for example, 5 minutes) before the time when the remaining amount of film MF is calculated by the film remaining amount calculating section 31c until the time when the remaining amount of the taken up film MF is calculated. In other words, it is a certain period of time (for example, 5 minutes) until the remaining amount of the winding film MF is calculated.
Specifically, the production quantity acquired by the production quantity acquisition unit 31b during a certain period of time t (minutes) until the time of calculating the remaining amount of the winding film MF is N, and the bag length registered in the product parameter table 22a is X mm. Then, the unit consumption (film consumption per unit time) f (mm/min) estimated by the film consumption estimation unit 31d is as follows.
f=X×(N/t)
For example, if the production quantity acquired by the production quantity acquisition unit 31b during the 5 minutes before calculating the remaining amount of the winding film MF is 250 pieces, and the bag length registered in the product parameter table 22a is 250 mm, then the film consumption estimate is The unit consumption f estimated by the unit 31d is as follows.
f = 250 x (250/5) = 1250 (mm/min)
In this way, the unit consumption estimated by the film consumption estimation unit 31d is the film consumption per unit time based on the average value of the production speed of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 for a certain period of time up to the time of calculating the remaining amount of the winding film MF. In other words, it is the consumption amount of film per unit time based on the latest production results of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2, and the film consumption estimation section 31d calculates the consumption amount according to the production status of the packaging body Pc of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2. , the unit consumption will be estimated.

Next, the end time prediction unit 31e calculates the time until the roll film MF runs out, based on the remaining amount of the roll film MF calculated by the film remaining amount calculation unit 31c and the unit consumption estimated by the film consumption estimation unit 31d. The end time (remaining time) is predicted (S5).
Specifically, if the remaining amount of the film MF to be taken up calculated by the film remaining amount calculating section 31c is Z (mm), and the unit consumption estimated by the film consumption amount estimating section 31d is f (mm/min), then The remaining time nt until the film MF runs out is as follows.
nt=Z/f
For example, if the remaining amount of the take-up film MF calculated by the film remaining amount calculating section 31c is 10000 (mm) and the unit consumption estimated by the film consumption estimation section 31d is 1250 (mm/min), the take-up film MF will run out. The remaining time nt is as follows.
nt=10000/1250=8 (minutes)
The end time (remaining time) until the winding film MF runs out, predicted by the end time predicting section 31e, is sent to the input display section 34 and displayed on its operation screen, and is also transmitted from the transmitting/receiving section 33 to the general management computer. 80 (S6).
Thereafter, it is determined whether or not to continue the process (S7). If the process is to be continued, the process returns to step S2; otherwise, the process is terminated.
Specifically, an end button is provided on the operation screen, and the process continues unless the end button is touched, and when the end button is touched, the process ends.
In this case, when continuing the process, the process from step S2 onward is performed after a certain period of time has elapsed (for example, after one minute). The end time (remaining time) sent to the management computer 80 may be updated.
Further, a continuation button and an end button may be provided on the operation screen of the input display section 34, so that when the continuation button is touched, the process continues, and when the end button is touched, the process is ended.
Note that the end time (remaining time) of step S6 is displayed not on the operation screen of the input display section 34 of the operation panel 30, but on a monitor screen that provides various displays provided separately from the operation panel (for example, the display of a tablet). screen).

In this way, in the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 of the packaging production line 40, the production capacity setting unit 31a sets the production capacity of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2, and the production quantity acquisition unit 31b sets the production quantity of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2. , the film remaining amount calculation unit 31c calculates the remaining amount of the winding film MF, and the film consumption estimation unit 31d calculates the unit consumption from the production quantity acquired by the production quantity acquisition unit 31b within the set time. The end time prediction unit 31e estimates the remaining amount of the take-up film MF until the take-up film MF runs out, based on the remaining amount of the take-up film MF calculated by the film remaining amount calculation unit 31c and the unit consumption estimated by the film consumption estimation unit 31d. Predict the end time (remaining time) of
Therefore, even if the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 produces the product at a speed lower than the set production capacity and the actual production speed is not constant, the most recent vertical pillow when calculating the remaining amount of the winding film MF. Based on the production results of the packaging machine 2, the end time (remaining time) until the winding film MF runs out can be accurately predicted.
Also, in the packaging machine operation panels 30' and 30'' of the vertical pillow packaging machines 2' and 2'', the production capacity setting section is set to the vertical pillow packaging machines 2' and 2" production capacity is set, the production quantity acquisition unit acquires the production quantity of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2', 2", the film remaining amount calculation unit calculates the remaining amount of the winding film MF, and calculates the film consumption. The quantity estimation unit estimates the unit consumption amount from the production quantity acquired by the production quantity acquisition unit within the set time, and the end time prediction unit calculates the remaining amount of the roll film MF calculated by the film remaining amount calculation unit, The end time (remaining time) until the winding film MF runs out is predicted based on the unit consumption estimated by the film consumption estimator.
The remaining amount of the roll film MF calculated by the film remaining amount calculation unit is sent to the overall management computer 80, and the end time (remaining time) until the end time prediction unit runs out of the roll film MF is calculated by the wrapping time prediction unit. The information is sent to the input display section 34 of the machine operation panel 30', 30'' and displayed on the operation screen, and is also transmitted to the general management computer 80.
Therefore, even if the vertical pillow packaging machines 2', 2'' produce products at a speed lower than the set production capacity and the actual production speed is not constant, the Based on the most recent production results of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2, the end time (remaining time) until the winding film MF runs out can be accurately predicted.

[Other examples of vertical pillow packaging machines]
FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a packaging machine operation panel, etc. in another vertical pillow packaging machine whose operation panel configuration is different from that of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2. In the figure, 2A is a vertical pillow packaging machine, and 90 is a packaging machine. Machine operation panel, 91 is a computer, 91a is a production capacity setting section, 91b is a production quantity acquisition section, 91c is a film remaining amount calculation section, 91d is a film consumption amount estimation section, 91e is a finishing time prediction section, 91f is a speed change factor An information acquisition section, 93 is a transmitting/receiving section, and 94 is an input display section. Components having the same configuration as the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 are given the same reference numerals.
The vertical pillow packaging machine 2A is composed of a vertical pillow packaging machine main body 10, a vertical pillow packaging machine control section 20, and an operation panel 90. It is the same as that of
The packaging machine operation panel 90 includes a computer 91, a transmitter/receiver section 93, and an input display section 94, and the transmitter/receiver section 93 and the input display section 94 are the same as the transmitter/receiver section 33 and the input display section 34 of the packaging machine operation panel 30. .
Like the computer 31 of the operation panel 30, the computer 91 is equipped with an arithmetic processing section and a storage section, and has a dedicated program compatible with the vertical pillow packaging machine main body 10 built in, and performs various processes and also controls the packaging machine operation panel 90. Control overall.
The arithmetic processing unit of the computer 91 includes a production capacity setting unit 91a, a production quantity acquisition unit 91b, a remaining film amount calculation unit 91c, a film consumption estimation unit 91d, an end time prediction unit 91e, and a speed change factor information acquisition unit 91f. Among these, the production capacity setting section 91a, the production quantity acquisition section 91b, the remaining film amount calculation section 91c, and the end time prediction section 91e are the production capacity setting section 31a, the production quantity acquisition section 31b, and the remaining film amount calculation section 31c of the computer 31. and the end time prediction unit 31e.

The speed change factor information acquisition section 91f receives a signal from a machine/device that operates in conjunction with the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 or another packaging-related device, for example, a packaged product such as a snack food supplied to the packaged product supply section 14. The film remaining amount calculation unit 91c calculates the production speed of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A based on signals from the conveyor that conveys the packaged products, signals from the food machine that produces the packaged products, or signals from other vertical pillow packaging machines. Speed change factor information that is a factor for changing the remaining amount of the winding film MF from when it is calculated is acquired.
This speed change factor information includes a speed change index indicating how much the production speed of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A is changed.
When the speed change factor information acquisition section 91f acquires the speed change factor information, the film consumption estimation section 91d uses the production capacity set by the production capacity setting section 91a and the speed change factor information acquired by the speed change factor information acquisition section 91f. Based on this, estimate the unit consumption, which is the consumption of film per unit time.
In addition, if the speed change factor information acquisition section 91f does not acquire speed change factor information, the film consumption estimation section 91d calculates the speed change factor information within a set time (when the remaining amount of film MF is calculated by the film remaining amount calculation section 91c). The unit consumption amount, which is the amount of film consumed per unit time, is estimated from the production quantity acquired by the production quantity acquisition unit 91b from a certain time before to the time of calculating the remaining amount of the winding film MF.

[Calculation of remaining amount of winding film in vertical pillow packaging machine 2A, prediction of end time]
In the package production line 40 shown in FIG. 1, calculation of the remaining amount of the winding film MF of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A and prediction of the end time when the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 is replaced with the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A will be explained. .
FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the operation of the computer 91 of the operation panel 90 of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A to predict the end time of the winding film MF.
First, as in the case of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2, in inputting and setting various parameters before starting production of the packaging body Pc, the production capacity setting section 91a sets the production capacity (for example, 80 bpm) of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A. Settings are made (S11).
At this time, various parameters including production capacity are similarly set for the other vertical pillow packaging machines 2' and 2'', and the production capacity is set to be the same as that of vertical pillow packaging machine 2 (for example, 80 bpm). be done.
When the various preparatory work and operations including the setting of various parameters are completed for the three vertical pillow packaging machines 2A, 2', and 2'', the snack food manufacturing machine starts manufacturing snack food Sn, and the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A , 2', 2'' start producing the packages Pc, Pc', Pc''.
When the production of packages Pc by the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A is started, similarly to the case of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2, the package number counting section 21a2 counts the number of times the horizontal sealing/cutting section 18 operates, The production quantity (number of packages Pc produced) of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A is transmitted from the transceiver section 23 to the operation panel 90 via the communication line CL1, and is received by the production quantity acquisition section 91b and the transceiver section 93. The production quantity of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A is obtained (S12).
Then, the film remaining amount calculating section 91c calculates the remaining amount of the winding film MF, and the calculated remaining amount of the winding film MF is transmitted from the transmitting/receiving section 33 to the overall management computer 80 (S13).
The operation of the film remaining amount calculating section 91c to calculate the remaining amount of the winding film MF is the same as the operation of the film remaining amount calculating section 31c in step S3 described above to calculate the remaining amount of the winding film MF.

Next, the speed change factor information acquisition section 91f acquires speed change factor information that causes the production speed of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A to change from the time when the remaining film amount calculation section 91c calculated the remaining amount of the winding film MF. It is determined whether the information has been acquired (S14).
For example, if a situation arises in which the vertical pillow packaging machine 2'' is not produced due to a malfunction or the like, the snacks Sn will not be distributed from the snack conveyor 41 to the distribution conveyor 42'', but instead will be distributed to the distribution conveyor 42. The weight of the snack food Sn increases to the production capacity of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A.
In such a case, the speed change factor information acquisition unit 91f receives a signal ( Based on the signal indicating that the weight of the snack Sn distributed to the distribution conveyor 42 increases, the film remaining amount calculation unit 91c determines the production speed of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A (vertical pillow packaging machine main body 10). Speed change factor information that is a factor for changing the remaining amount of MF from when it is calculated is acquired.
The speed change factor information acquired by the speed change factor information acquisition unit 91f is not uniform, but includes a speed change index indicating how much the production speed of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A is changed.
For example, the speed change index indicating that the production speed of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A will be raised to the set production capacity is "10", the speed change index indicating that the production speed will be raised to 90% of the set production capacity is "09", The speed change index indicating an increase to 70% of the set production capacity is "07".
When the weight of the snack Sn distributed to the distribution conveyor 42 increases to the production capacity of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A as described above, the speed change factor information acquired by the speed change factor information acquisition unit 91f includes the vertical pillow packaging machine A speed change index "10" indicating that the production speed of 2A is raised to the set production capacity is included.

In addition, as mentioned above, due to a malfunction or the like in the vertical pillow packaging machine 2'', a situation arises in which the packaging Pc'' is not produced, and after the production speed of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A has been raised to the set production capacity, the vertical pillow packaging machine 2'' is not produced. When the malfunction of the pillow packaging machine 2'' is resolved and the packaging Pc'' starts to be produced again, the weight of the snack Sn supplied to the weighing machine 43 per unit time decreases and returns to the original weight. becomes.
At this time, the speed change factor information acquisition unit 91f determines the production speed of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A based on a signal from the distribution amount control device (a signal indicating that the weight of the snack Sn distributed to the distribution conveyor 42 is reduced). Speed change factor information that is a factor for changing the remaining amount of the winding film MF from the time when the remaining film amount calculation unit 91c calculates the remaining amount of the winding film MF is acquired.
The speed change factor information acquired by the speed change factor information acquisition unit 91f includes a speed change index (for example, "06") indicating that the production speed of the vertical pillow packaging machine 1 is to be reduced from 100% to 60% of the production capacity. ) is included.
Note that the speed change factor information acquired by the speed change factor information acquisition unit 91f is not limited to that based on the signal from the distribution amount control device as described above, Based on a signal from the food machine (snack manufacturing machine) indicating that the amount of the packaged product (snack Sn) changes, the weight of the snack Sn per unit time that the weighing machine 43 supplies to the hopper 14a changes. or based on a signal from the weighing machine 43 indicating that the vertical pillow packaging machine 2', 2'' or the boxing device 60', 60'' is out of order. ', 60''.

When the speed change factor information acquisition section 91f acquires the speed change factor information in step S14, the film consumption estimation section 91d acquires the production capacity set by the production capacity setting section 91a and the speed change factor information acquisition section 91f. Based on the speed change factor information, the unit consumption amount, which is the consumption amount of film per unit time, is estimated (S15).
Specifically, a situation arises in which the vertical pillow packaging machine 2'' is not produced due to a malfunction or the like, and the production capacity set by the production capacity setting unit 91a is 80 bpm, and the speed change factor information acquisition unit 91f acquires it. When the speed change index of the speed change factor information is "10", the film consumption estimation unit 91d calculates the value of 80 x 250, which is the product of the production capacity of 80 bpm and the bag length (for example, 250 mm) registered in the product parameter table 22a. =20000 (mm/min) is estimated as unit consumption (film consumption per unit time).
In addition, when the vertical pillow packaging machine 2'' malfunction is resolved and the package Pc'' is produced again, the production capacity set by the production capacity setting section 91a is 80 bpm, and the speed change factor information acquisition section 91f is the speed change index "06" of the speed change factor information acquired, the film consumption estimation unit 91d calculates the bag length ( For example, the value multiplied by 250 mm), 48×250=12000 (mm/min), is estimated as the unit consumption (film consumption per unit time).
The unit consumption estimated by the film consumption estimation section 91d is based on the production capacity set by the production capacity setting section 91a and the speed change factor information acquired by the speed change factor information acquisition section 91f. The speed change factor information acquired by the information acquisition unit 91f corresponds to the production status of the packages Pc of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A, and the film consumption estimation unit 91d corresponds to the production status of the packages Pc of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A. Unit consumption will be estimated depending on the situation.

If the speed change factor information acquisition section 91f does not acquire speed change factor information in step S14, the film consumption estimation section 91d calculates the remaining amount of the winding film MF by the film remaining amount calculation section 91c. The consumption amount of film per unit time is based on the production quantity of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A acquired by the production quantity acquisition unit 91b during the period from a certain time before the time to the time of calculating the remaining amount of the winding film MF. The unit consumption amount is estimated (S16).
The operation of this film consumption estimator 91d to estimate the unit consumption is the same as the operation of the film consumption estimator 31d to estimate the unit consumption in step S4.
Next, the end time prediction section 91e calculates the amount of the winding film MF based on the remaining amount of the winding film MF calculated by the film remaining amount calculation section 91c and the unit consumption estimated by the film consumption estimation section 91d in step S15 or S16. The end time (remaining time) until MF runs out is predicted (S17).
The operation in which the end time prediction unit 91e predicts the end time (remaining time) is the same as the operation in which the end time prediction unit 31e predicts the end time (remaining time) in step S5.
The end time (remaining time) of the winding film MF predicted by the end time predicting section 91e is sent to the input display section 94 and displayed on its operation screen, and is also sent from the transmitting/receiving section 93 to the overall management computer 80. (S18).
Thereafter, it is determined whether or not to continue the process (S19). If the process is to be continued, the process returns to step S12; otherwise, the process is ended.
Specifically, an end button is provided on the operation screen, and the process continues unless the end button is touched, and when the end button is touched, the process ends.
In this case, when continuing the process, the process from step S12 onward is performed after a certain period of time has elapsed (for example, after one minute). The end time (remaining time) sent to the management computer 80 may be updated.
Further, a continuation button and an end button may be provided on the operation screen of the input display section 94, so that when the continuation button is touched, the process is continued, and when the end button is touched, the process is ended.
Note that, as in the case of the vertical pillow packaging machine 1, the end time (remaining time) in step S18 is displayed not on the operation screen of the input display section 94 of the operation panel 90, but on various screens provided separately from the operation panel. You may also go to a monitor screen (for example, a tablet display screen) that displays the information.

In this way, in the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A of the packaging production line 40, the production capacity setting unit 91a sets the production capacity of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A, and the production quantity acquisition unit 91b sets the production quantity of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A. The remaining film amount calculating section 91c calculates the remaining amount of the winding film MF, the speed change factor information acquiring section 91f calculates the production speed of the vertical pillow packaging machine 1A, and the remaining film amount calculating section 91c calculates the remaining amount of the winding film MF. When speed change factor information that is a factor for changing the remaining amount of MF is obtained, this speed change factor information includes a speed change index that indicates how much the production speed of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A is changed. , the film consumption estimation unit 91d determines the unit of film consumption per unit time based on the production capacity set by the production capacity setting unit 91a and the speed change factor information acquired by the speed change factor information acquisition unit 91f. When the consumption amount is estimated and the speed change factor information acquisition section 91f does not acquire speed change factor information, the film consumption amount estimation section 91d calculates the unit time from the production quantity acquired by the production quantity acquisition section 91b within the set time. The end time prediction unit 91e estimates the unit consumption amount, which is the consumption amount of the film per unit, and calculates the remaining amount of the winding film MF calculated by the film remaining amount calculation unit 91c and the unit consumption amount estimated by the film consumption estimation unit 91d. Based on this, the end time (remaining time) until the winding film MF runs out is predicted.
Therefore, even if other vertical pillow packaging machines 2" etc. are out of order or the malfunctioning vertical pillow packaging machines 2" etc. are restored and the production speed of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2A changes, the winding It is possible to accurately predict the time until the removal film MF runs out.
Furthermore, in the package production line 40 shown in FIG. By replacing either or both of the packaging machine operation panel 30' or the packaging machine operation panel 30'' of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2'' with the packaging machine operation panel 90, the vertical pillow packaging machine 2' or the vertical pillow packaging machine 2'' roll It is also possible to predict the end time of the pick film MF.

[Calculation of remaining amount of folding cardboard and prediction of end time]
The operation of predicting the end time of folded corrugated cardboard in the box making machines 50, 50', 50'' of the package production line 40 will be explained.
In the box making machine 50, the computer 531 of the box making machine operation panel 53 predicts the end time of folded corrugated cardboard in the following manner in a flow similar to the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, the production capacity setting section 531a sets the production capacity of the box making machine 50 (see S1), then the production quantity obtaining section 531b obtains the production quantity of the box making machine 50 (see S2), and then the folding The cardboard remaining amount calculation unit 531c calculates the remaining amount of folded cardboard, and the calculated remaining amount of folded cardboard is sent to the overall management computer 80 (see S3), and then the folded cardboard consumption estimation unit 531d sets the amount of folded cardboard. The unit consumption amount is estimated from the production quantity acquired by the production quantity acquisition unit 531b within the time (see S4).
For example, if the production quantity (the number of manufactured cardboard boxes D1) acquired by the production quantity acquisition unit 531b in the 10 minutes before the calculation of the remaining amount of folded cardboard by the folded cardboard remaining quantity calculation unit 531c is 30 boxes, then The cardboard consumption estimator 531d estimates the following unit consumption (number of folded cardboards consumed per minute).
30/10=3 (sheets/min)
Next, the end time prediction unit 531e calculates the end time until the folded cardboard runs out (( (remaining time) is predicted (see S5).
For example, if the remaining amount of folded cardboard calculated by the folded cardboard remaining amount calculation unit 531c is 60 sheets and the unit consumption estimated by the folded cardboard consumption estimation unit 531d is 3 (boxes/minute), then the end time prediction unit 531e predicts the end time of:
60/3=20 (minutes)
The end time (remaining time) until the folded cardboard is exhausted, predicted by the end time predicting section 531e, is sent to the input display section 534 and displayed on its operation screen, and is also transmitted from the transmitting/receiving section 533 to the overall management computer 80. It is transmitted (see S6).
After this, it is determined whether or not to continue the process (see S7). If the process is to be continued, the process returns to the second step (see S2); otherwise, the process is ended.
Specifically, an end button is provided on the operation screen, and the process continues unless the end button is touched, and when the end button is touched, the process ends.
In this case, when continuing the process, the second and subsequent steps are performed after a certain period of time has passed (for example, one minute has passed), and after the certain period of time has elapsed, the information is displayed on the operation screen of the input display section 534. The end time (remaining time) sent to the overall management computer 80 may be updated.

For the box making machines 50, 50', 50", the production capacity setting section sets the production capacity of the box making machines 50', 50" in the same way as for the box making machine 50, and the production quantity acquisition section sets the production capacity of the box making machines 50. ', 50'', the folding cardboard remaining amount calculation unit calculates the remaining amount of folding cardboard, and the folding cardboard consumption estimation unit calculates the production quantity obtained by the production quantity acquisition unit within the set time. Based on the remaining amount of folding cardboard calculated by the folding cardboard remaining amount calculation unit and the unit consumption estimated by the folding cardboard consumption estimation unit, the end time prediction unit calculates the time until the folding cardboard runs out. Predict the end time (remaining time).
The remaining amount of folded cardboard calculated by the folded cardboard remaining amount calculation section is sent to the overall management computer 80, and the end time (remaining time) until the folded cardboard runs out, predicted by the end time prediction section, is calculated by the box making machine. The information is sent to the input display sections of the operation panels 53' and 53'', displayed on the operation screens thereof, and also transmitted to the general management computer 80.
After this, it is determined whether or not to continue the process. If the process is to be continued, the process returns to the second step; otherwise, the process is terminated.

[Calculation of remaining amount of winding sealing tape, prediction of completion time]
The operation of predicting the end time of the winding sealing tape in the sealing machines 70, 70', 70'' of the package production line 40 will be explained.
In the box making machine 70, the computer 731 of the sealing machine operation panel 73 predicts the end time of the winding sealing tape in the same manner as the flowchart shown in FIG. 12 as follows.
First, the production capacity setting unit 731a sets the production capacity of the sealing machine 70 (see S1), then the production quantity acquisition unit 731b acquires the production quantity of the sealing machine 70 (see S2), and then the remaining sealing tape is The amount calculating unit 731c calculates the remaining amount of sealing tape, and the calculated remaining amount of sealing tape is sent to the overall management computer 80 (see S3).Then, the sealing tape consumption estimating unit 731d calculates the remaining amount of sealing tape within a set time. Then, the production quantity acquisition unit 731b estimates the unit consumption amount from the acquired production quantity (see S4).
For example, the production quantity (the number of sealed cardboard boxes D3) acquired by the production quantity acquisition unit 731b for 10 minutes before the calculation of the remaining amount of sealing tape by the sealing tape remaining quantity calculation unit 731c is 25 boxes, and one sealed cardboard box Assuming that the amount (length) of the sealing tape used for the box is 800 mm, the sealing tape consumption estimation unit 731d estimates the following unit consumption (length of sealing tape consumed per minute).
(25/10) x 800 = 2000 (mm/min)
Next, the end time prediction unit 731e determines the end time until the wound sealing tape runs out, based on the remaining amount of sealing tape calculated by the remaining amount of sealing tape calculation unit 731c and the unit consumption estimated by the sealing tape consumption estimation unit 731d. Predict the time (remaining time) (see S5).
For example, if the remaining amount of sealing tape calculated by the remaining amount of sealing tape calculating section 731c is 30,000 mm, and the unit consumption estimated by the sealing tape consumption estimating section 731d is 2,000 (mm/min), the end time predicting section 731e , predict the end time of:
30000/2000=15 (minutes)
The end time (remaining time) until the winding and sealing tape runs out, which is predicted by the end time predicting section 731e, is sent to the input display section 734 and displayed on its operation screen. 80 (see S6).
After this, it is determined whether or not to continue the process (see S7). If the process is to be continued, the process returns to the second step (see S2); otherwise, the process is ended.
Specifically, an end button is provided on the operation screen, and the process continues unless the end button is touched, and when the end button is touched, the process ends.
In this case, when continuing the process, the second and subsequent steps are performed after a certain period of time (for example, one minute), and after the certain period of time has elapsed, the information is displayed on the operation screen of the input display section 734. The end time (remaining time) sent to the overall management computer 80 may be updated.

For the sealing machines 70', 70'', the production capacity setting section sets the production capacity of the sealing machines 70', 70'' in the same way as the sealing machine 70, and the production quantity acquisition section sets the production capacity of the sealing machines 70', 70''. The quantity is acquired, the sealing tape remaining amount calculation section calculates the remaining amount of sealing tape, and the sealing tape consumption estimation section estimates the unit consumption from the production quantity obtained by the production quantity acquisition section within the set time. Based on the remaining amount of sealing tape calculated by the sealing tape remaining amount calculation section and the unit consumption estimated by the sealing tape consumption estimation section, the end time prediction section calculates the end time (remaining time) until the winding sealing tape runs out. time).
The remaining amount of sealing tape calculated by the remaining amount of sealing tape calculating section is sent to the overall management computer 80, and the end time (remaining time) until the winding sealing tape runs out, as predicted by the end time predicting section, is the end time for sealing. The information is sent to the machine operation panels 73', 73'' input display section, displayed on the operation screen thereof, and also transmitted to the general management computer 80.
After this, it is determined whether or not to continue the process. If the process is to be continued, the process returns to the second step; otherwise, the process is terminated.

[Operation of consumable goods conveyance in the consumable goods automatic conveyance system]
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the operation of the overall management computer 80 when the first automatic guided vehicle transports the winding film MF to each vertical pillow packaging machine in the consumable goods automatic transport system 1.
It is now assumed that the first automatic guided vehicle is waiting at a predetermined position (standby position) near the winding film storage stand 7.
First, based on a command from the conveyance system general control unit 80a, the roll film storage stand control unit 80f controls the roll film storage stand drive unit 7M, and uses the transfer device to transfer the roll film storage stand 7 to the first unmanned film storage stand 7. The winding film MF is transferred to the transport vehicle 6 (recessed portion 6b) (S21).
Next, the conveyance system general control section 80a calculates the winding film end time (predicted by each end time prediction section of the packaging machine operation panels 30, 30', 30") transmitted from the packaging machine operation panels 30, 30', 30". obtain the winding film end time ET1, ET1', ET1") and the remaining amount of the winding film MF (remaining amount of the winding film MF calculated by each film remaining amount calculating section ZR1, ZR1', ZR1"). (S22).
Then, the conveyance system general control unit 80a selects from among the vertical pillow packaging machines 2, 2', and 2'' the vertical pillow packaging machine with the shortest winding film finishing time or the vertical pillow packaging machine with the least amount of winding film remaining. is selected as the vertical pillow packaging machine for conveying the winding film MF (S23).
In this case, should the vertical pillow packaging machine that conveys the roll film MF be selected as the one that takes the shortest time to finish the roll film, or the one that has the least amount of film remaining on the roll? , is set in advance in the conveyance system general control section 80a.
For example, if the vertical pillow packaging machine to be selected is the vertical pillow packaging machine with the shortest winding film end time, the shortest of the winding film end times ET1, ET1', and ET1'' is ET1''(ET1<ET1',ET1<ET1''), the conveyance system general control unit 80a selects the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 with the winding film end time ET1 as the vertical pillow packaging machine that conveys the winding film MF.
In addition, the vertical pillow packaging machine to be selected is set to be the vertical pillow packaging machine with the least amount of film remaining on the film MF, and the smallest remaining amount ZR1, ZR1', ZR1'' of the film MF on the film MF is ZR1 (ZR1 <ZR1', ZR1<ZR1''), the conveyance system general control unit 80a selects the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 with the winding film end time ZR1 as the vertical pillow packaging machine that conveys the winding film MF. .

Next, based on the command from the conveyance system general control section 80a, the automatic guided vehicle control section 80b controls the first automatic guided vehicle drive section 6M1 to wind up the first automatic guided vehicle 6 carrying the winding film MF. The winding film MF is transported from the standby position of the film storage table 7 to the winding film loading table of the selected vertical pillow packaging machine (S24).
For example, if the selected vertical pillow packaging machine is the vertical pillow packaging machine 2, the roll film MF is transported to the roll film loading table 3.
Then, based on a command from the conveyance system general control section 80a, the film roll-in table control section 80c controls the film roll-in table drive section 3M, and the movable stand 3b (pushing plate 3c) moves in the left-right direction (X direction). ) from the right to the left, and the winding film MF is moved in the same direction and transferred from the first automatic guided vehicle 6 to the lifter 3d of the winding film loading table (S25).
For example, if the selected vertical pillow packaging machine is the vertical pillow packaging machine 2, the roll film MF is transferred from the first automatic guided vehicle 6 to the lifter 3d of the roll film loading table 3.
FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state in which the winding film MF is transferred from the first automatic guided vehicle 6 to the lifter 3d of the winding film loading platform 3, and FIG. The first unmanned guided vehicle 6 carrying the film is stopped at a predetermined position near the roll-up film loading platform 3, and FIG. , shows a state in which the winding film MF is transferred to the lifter 3d.
Next, based on the command from the conveyance system general control section 80a, the automatic guided vehicle control section 80b controls the first automatic guided vehicle drive section 6M1, and the first automatic guided vehicle 6 is rolled from the vicinity of the winding film loading table. The film is moved to a standby position near the film storage stand 7 (S26).
Thereafter, it is determined whether or not to continue the process (S27). If the process is to be continued, the process returns to step S21 and subsequent processes are performed; if not, the process is ended.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the operation of the overall management computer 80 when the second automatic guided vehicle transports the folded cardboard bundle FD to each box-making machine in the consumable goods automatic transport system 1.
It is now assumed that the second automatic guided vehicle is waiting at a predetermined position (standby position) near the folded cardboard bundle storage table 8.
First, based on a command from the conveyance system general control unit 80a, the folding cardboard bundle storage unit 80g controls the folding cardboard bundle storage unit driving unit 8M, and the transfer device moves the folding cardboard bundle storage unit 8 to the second unmanned cardboard bundle storage unit 80a. The folded cardboard bundle FD is transferred to the transport vehicle 6A (S31).
Next, the conveyance system general control unit 80a determines the folding cardboard end time transmitted from the box-making machine operation panels 53, 53', 53'' (each end time prediction unit of the box-making machine operation panels 53, 53', 53'' The predicted folding cardboard end time ET2, ET2', ET2'') and the remaining amount of folding cardboard (remaining amount of folding cardboard calculated by each folding cardboard remaining amount calculation unit ZR2, ZR2', ZR2'') are acquired (S32). .
Then, the conveyance system general control unit 80a selects the box-making machine from among the box-making machines 50, 50', and 50'' that takes the shortest time to complete the folding cardboard or the box-making machine with the least amount of folded cardboard remaining, to form the folded cardboard bundle. The box making machine is selected to transport the FD (S33).
In this case, whether to select the box-making machine that transports the folded cardboard bundle FD to be the one that takes the shortest time to finish folding cardboard or the one that leaves the least amount of folded cardboard remaining depends on the transportation system supervisor in advance. It is set in the control unit 80a.
For example, the selected box making machine is set to be the one with the shortest folding cardboard finishing time, and the shortest folding cardboard finishing time ET2, ET2', ET2'' is ET2 (ET2<ET2', ET2<ET2''), the conveyance system general control unit 80a selects the box making machine 2 with the folded cardboard end time ET2 as the box making machine that conveys the folded cardboard bundle FD.
In addition, the selected box-making machine is set to be the one with the least amount of folded cardboard remaining, and the smallest remaining amount of folded cardboard ZR2, ZR2', ZR2'' is ZR2 (ZR2<ZR2', ZR2 <ZR2''), the conveyance system general control unit 80a selects the box making machine 50 with the folded cardboard end time ZR2 as the box making machine that conveys the folded cardboard bundle FD.

Next, based on the command from the conveyance system general control unit 80a, the automatic guided vehicle control unit 80b controls the second automatic guided vehicle drive unit 6M2, and the second automatic guided vehicle 6A carrying the folded cardboard bundle FD folds and folds the cardboard. The folded cardboard bundle FD is transported from the standby position of the bundle storage table 8 to the folded cardboard bundle loading table of the selected box making machine (S34).
For example, if the selected box-making machine is the box-making machine 50, the folded cardboard bundle FD is transported to the folded cardboard bundle loading table 4.
Then, based on the command from the conveyance system general control section 80a, the folding cardboard bundle loading platform control section 80d controls the folding cardboard bundle loading platform driving section 4M, and the movable stand 4b (pushing plate 4c) moves in the left-right direction (X direction). ) from the right to the left, and the folded cardboard bundle FD is moved in the same direction and transferred from the second automatic guided vehicle 6A to the folded cardboard bundle loading table (S35).
For example, if the selected box-making machine is the box-making machine 50, the folded cardboard bundle FD is transferred from the second automatic guided vehicle 6A to the cardboard bundle loading table 4.
FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the state in which the folded cardboard bundle FD is transferred from the second automatic guided vehicle 6A to the folded cardboard bundle loading platform 4, and FIG. The second automatic guided vehicle 6A is stopped at a predetermined position near the folding cardboard bundle loading table 4, and FIG. A state in which the bundle FD is transferred to the folded cardboard bundle loading table 4 is shown.
Next, based on the command from the transport system general control unit 80a, the automatic guided vehicle control unit 80b controls the second automatic guided vehicle drive unit 6M2, and folds the second automatic guided vehicle 6A from the vicinity of the cardboard bundle loading table. It is made to travel to a standby position near the cardboard bundle storage table 8 (S36).
Thereafter, it is determined whether or not to continue the process (S37). If the process is to be continued, the process returns to step S31 and subsequent processes are performed; if not, the process is ended.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the operation of the overall management computer 80 when the third automatic guided vehicle transports the wound sealing tape MT to each sealing machine in the consumable goods automatic conveyance system 1.
It is now assumed that the third automatic guided vehicle is waiting at a predetermined position (standby position) near the winding sealing tape storage table 9.
First, based on a command from the conveyance system general control section 80a, the winding sealing tape storage stand control section 80h controls the winding sealing tape storage stand driving section 9M, and the transfer device moves the winding sealing tape storage stand 9 to the winding sealing tape storage stand 9. The wound sealing tape MT is transferred to the third automatic guided vehicle 6B (S41).
Next, the conveyance system general control unit 80a calculates the winding sealing tape end time transmitted from the sealing machine operation panels 73, 73', 73'' (each end time prediction unit of the sealing machine operation panels 73, 73', 73'' Obtain the predicted winding sealing tape end time ET3, ET3', ET3'') and the remaining amount of sealing tape (remaining amount of sealing tape calculated by each sealing tape remaining amount calculation unit ZR3, ZR3', ZR3'') ( S42).
Then, the conveyance system general control unit 80a selects, from among the sealing machines 70, 70', and 70'', the sealing machine with the shortest end time for winding and sealing tape, or the sealing machine with the least remaining amount of winding and sealing tape. The sealing machine is selected to convey the sealing tape MT (S43).
In this case, whether to select the sealing machine that conveys the winding sealing tape MT with the shortest winding and sealing tape completion time or with the least amount of winding and sealing tape remaining is determined in advance. It is set in the system overall control unit 80a.
For example, if the selected sealing machine is set to be the one with the shortest winding sealing tape end time, the shortest winding sealing tape end time ET3, ET3', ET3'' is ET3 (ET3<ET3', ET3<ET3''), the conveyance system general control unit 80a selects the sealing machine 70 with the winding sealing tape end time ET3 as the sealing machine that conveys the winding sealing tape MT.
In addition, the selected sealing machine is set to be the one with the smallest remaining amount of the winding sealing tape, and the smallest remaining amount of the winding sealing tape ZR3, ZR3', ZR3'' is ZR3 (ZR3<ZR3' , ZR3<ZR3''), the conveyance system general control unit 80a selects the sealing machine 70 with the winding sealing tape end time ZR3 as the sealing machine that conveys the winding sealing tape MT.

Next, based on the command from the conveyance system general control section 80a, the automatic guided vehicle control section 80b controls the third automatic guided vehicle drive section 6M3, and folds the third automatic guided vehicle 6B carrying the rolled-up sealing tape MT. The roll-up sealing tape MT is transported from the standby position of the roll-up sealing tape storage stand 9 to the roll-up sealing tape loading stand of the selected sealing machine (S44).
For example, if the selected sealing machine is the sealing machine 70, the roll-up sealing tape MT is transported to the roll-up sealing tape loading table 5.
Then, based on a command from the conveyance system general control section 80a, the winding sealing tape carrying-in table control section 80e controls the winding-sealing tape carrying-in table drive section 5M, and the movable stand 5b (pushing plate 5c) moves in the left-right direction ( (X direction) from right to left, and the winding sealing tape MT is moved in the same direction and transferred from the third automatic guided vehicle 6B to the winding sealing tape loading table (S45).
For example, if the selected sealing machine is the sealing machine 70, the winding sealing tape MT is transferred from the third automatic guided vehicle 6B to the winding sealing tape loading table 5.
FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state in which the winding sealing tape MT is transferred from the third automatic guided vehicle 6B to the winding sealing tape loading table 5, and FIG. 21(a) shows the winding sealing tape MT. The third automatic guided vehicle 6B carrying the tape is stopped at a predetermined position near the roll-up sealing tape loading table 5, and FIG. The figure shows a state in which the rolled-up sealing tape MT is transferred to the folded rolled-up sealing tape loading table 5.
Next, based on the command from the transport system general control unit 80a, the automatic guided vehicle control unit 80b controls the third automatic guided vehicle drive unit 6M3, and moves the third automatic guided vehicle 6B from the vicinity of the winding sealing tape loading table. The tape is taken up and moved to a standby position near the sealing tape storage table 9 (S46).
Thereafter, it is determined whether or not to continue the process (S47). If the process is to be continued, the process returns to step S41 and subsequent processes are performed; if not, the process is ended.

[Consumables automatic transport and installation system]
FIG. 22 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of the consumable goods automatic conveyance and installation system of the present invention.
In the figure, 100 is a consumable goods automatic conveyance and installation system, 101, 101', 101'' are roll-up film automatic installation devices, 102, 102', 102'' are folding cardboard bundle automatic installation devices, and 103, 103', 103'' are This is an automatic winding and sealing tape installation device. In the figure, X is the left-right direction, Y is the front-back direction, and Z is the up-down direction. Components that are the same as the consumable goods automatic conveyance system 1 shown in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals. attach
As shown in FIG. 22, the consumable goods automatic conveyance/installation system 100 is configured such that, in the consumable goods automatic conveyance system 1 shown in FIG. , 101'', the folding cardboard bundle loading tables 4, 4', 4'' are replaced with folding cardboard bundle automatic attaching devices 102, 102', 102'', and the winding sealing tape loading tables 5, 5', 5'' are rolled. The configuration has been replaced with automatic sealing tape attachment devices 103, 103', and 103''.

[Configuration of automatic winding film mounting device]
FIG. 23 is a perspective view of the main body of the automatic take-up film attaching apparatus 101, and FIG. 24 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control section of the automatic take-up film attaching apparatus 101.
In the figure, 11d is a rotating shaft, 110 is a take-up film automatic mounting device main body, 111 is a take-up film loading table, 111a is a base, 111b is a moving stand, 111c is a push plate, 111d is a lifter, 111e is a roller, 111M1 is a movable stand drive unit, 111M2 is a push plate drive unit, 111M3 is a lifter drive unit, 112 is a paper tube removal device, 112a is a lifting block, 112b is a claw, 112c is a guide groove, 112M is a paper tube removal drive unit, 113 113a is a paper tube recovery device, 113a is a rotating arm, 113b is a support shaft, 113c is a paper tube holding rod, 113M is a paper tube recovery drive section, 120 is a winding automatic attachment control section, 120a is an automatic attachment general control section, 120b is a A moving stand control section, 120c is a push plate control section, 120d is a lifter control section, 120e is a paper tube removal control section, 120f is a paper tube collection control section, and CL7 and CL8 are communication lines.
The winding film automatic mounting device 101 includes a winding film automatic mounting device main body 110 and a winding film automatic mounting control section 120, and the winding film automatic mounting control section 120 controls the vertical pillow packaging machine of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2. 20 through a communication line CL7, and connected to an overall management computer 80 through a communication line CL8.

[Configuration of the automatic winding film mounting device]
FIG. 23 shows that in the film supply section 11 of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2, after the film splicing is completed, the shaft support arm 11a rotates 180 degrees around the rotation axis 11d, and the winding film MF is placed on the shaft 11b1 on the near side. The paper tube SK (the paper tube on which the film was wound) is attached to the shaft 11b2 on the back side.
As shown in FIG. 23, the roll film automatic attaching device main body 110 includes a roll film loading table 111, a paper tube removal device 112, and a paper tube recovery device 113.
The roll-up film loading table 111 corresponds to the roll-up film loading table 3 of the consumer goods automatic conveyance system 1 shown in FIG. Arm 11a) A base 111a installed near the right side and having the shape of a flat rectangular parallelepiped with the lower right side cut out, a movable stand 111b installed on the right side of the base 111a, and a lifter installed at the center front side of the base 111a. 111d, a pushing plate 111c is attached to the upper part of the movable stand 111b, a recessed portion is provided on the upper surface of the lifter 111d, and a roller 111e is attached to the bottom surface of this recessed portion.
The paper tube removal device 112 includes an elevating block 112a in the shape of an oblong box that moves up and down with respect to the base 111a of the roll-up film loading table 111, and the elevating block 112a has a guide groove 112c extending in the left-right direction (X direction). A claw 112b that moves along the guide groove 112c is attached.
The paper tube recovery device 113 includes a rotating arm 113a, a support shaft 113b, and a paper tube holding rod 113c. One end of a rotating arm 113a is attached to the rotating arm 113a, and when the support shaft 113b rotates, the rotating arm 113a also rotates, and a paper tube holding rod 113c is attached to the other end of the rotating arm 113a.

[Configuration of automatic winding film mounting control section]
As shown in FIG. 24, the winding film automatic mounting control section 120 includes an automatic mounting general control section 120a, a moving stand control section 120b, a push plate control section 120c, a lifter control section 120d, a paper tube removal control section 120e, and a paper tube collection control section 120a. It includes a control section 120f.
The automatic installation general control section 120a controls each control section such as the moving stand control section 120b based on instructions from the vertical pillow packaging machine control section 20 and the overall general management computer 80, and also controls the winding film automatic installation control section 120. control in an integrated manner.
The movable stand control section 120b controls the movable stand drive section 111M1 of the winding film automatic attaching device main body 110 based on the command from the automatic attachment general control section 120a, and controls the first unmanned operation by the movable stand 111b (pushing plate 111c). It controls the operation of transferring the winding film MF from the transport vehicle 6 to the lifter 111d and the operation of attaching the winding film MF transferred to the lifter 111d to the shaft 11b2 of the film supply section 11 of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2.
The pusher plate control unit 120c controls the pusher plate drive unit 111M2 of the winding film automatic attaching device main body 110 based on the command from the automatic attachment general control unit 120a, so that the pusher plate 111c moves up and down with respect to the movable stand 111b. Control behavior.
The lifter control section 120d controls the lifter drive section 113M3 of the automatic winding film mounting device main body 110 based on the command from the automatic installation general control section 120a, and controls the movement of the lifter 111d up and down with respect to the base 111a. do.
The paper tube removal control section 120e controls the paper tube removal drive section 112M of the winding film automatic attachment device main body 110 based on the command from the automatic attachment general control section 120a, so that the lifting block 112a is moved relative to the base 111a. It controls the movement of moving up and down and the movement of the claw 112b along the guide groove 112c.
The paper tube recovery control section 120f controls the paper tube recovery drive section 113M of the winding film automatic attachment device main body 110 based on the command from the automatic attachment general control section 120a, and rotates the support shaft 113b. It also controls the rotation of the arm 113a.

[Operation of automatic winding film mounting device]
FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the operation of the winding film automatic attachment control section 120 when a new winding film is attached to the film supply section 11 of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 by the winding film automatic attachment device, and FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the operation of removing and recovering the paper tube SK from the shaft 11b2, and FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the operation of removing and recovering the paper tube SK from the shaft 11b2. FIG. FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the operation of attaching the new take-up film on the lifter 111d to the shaft 11b2 of the shaft support arm 11a. In the figure, MF1 is the old take-up film, and MF2 is the new take-up film. It is a winding film.
Now, in the film supply section 11 of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 (vertical pillow packaging machine main body 10), after the film splicing is completed, the shaft support arm 11a rotates 180 degrees around the rotation axis 11d, as shown in FIG. A take-up film MF is attached to the shaft 11b1 on the front side, a paper tube SK with no take-up film is attached to the shaft 11b2 on the back side, and the air chuck claw 11c fixing the paper tube SK and the shaft 11b2 is attached. Assume that it is released (retracted).

First, in the winding film automatic attachment control section 120, the automatic attachment general control section 120a receives a command to remove the paper tube from the shaft from the vertical pillow packaging machine control section 20 of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2 (S51).
Next, based on the command from the automatic installation general control section 120a, the paper tube removal control section 120e controls the paper tube removal drive section 112M, the paper tube recovery control section 120f controls the paper tube recovery drive section 113M, and the paper tube removal control section 120e controls the paper tube recovery drive section 113M. The SK is removed from the shaft 11b2 and collected (S52).
Specifically, under the control of the paper tube removal drive section 112M by the paper tube removal control section 120e, in the paper tube removal device 112, as shown in FIG. The claw 112b moves along the guide groove 112c.
As a result, as shown in FIG. 26(b), the claw 112b pushes the paper tube SK, moves it in the X direction, pulls it out from the shaft 11b2, and holds the paper tube SK on the paper tube holding rod 113c of the paper tube recovery device 113. let
In addition, under the control of the paper tube recovery drive section 113M by the paper tube recovery control section 120f, the paper tube recovery device 113 holds the paper tube SK on the paper tube holding rod 113c, as shown in FIG. 26(c). The rotation of the support shaft 113b causes the rotation arm 113a to rotate, and the paper tube SK moves to the collection position.
At this collection position, a paper tube discharge device (not shown) or an operator removes the paper tube SK from the paper tube holding rod 113c and discharges it from the vertical pillow packaging machine 2.
On the other hand, in the paper tube removal device 112, the lifting block 112a and the claw 112b return to their original positions under the control of the paper tube removal drive section 112M by the paper tube removal control section 120e.

Thereafter, under the control of the overall management computer 80, the first automatic guided vehicle 6 places the new winding film MF2 on the notch of the base 111a of the winding film carrying table 111, as shown in FIG. 27(a). When it reaches this point and stops, the automatic mounting general control section 120a in the winding film automatic mounting control section 120 receives a command from the general management computer 80 to transfer the new winding film MF2 to the winding film loading table 111. (S53).
Next, based on the command from the automatic mounting general control section 120a, the movable stand control section 120b controls the movable stand drive section 111M1, and as shown in FIG. 27(b), the movable stand 111b is (the pushing plate 111c) moves in the X direction, the pushing plate 111c pushes the end face of the new winding film MF2 in the It is transferred to the recessed part on the top surface (S54).
Next, based on the command from the automatic installation general control section 120a, the push plate control section 120c controls the push plate drive section 111M2, and at the same time, the lifter control section 120d controls the lifter drive section 113M3, as shown in FIG. 28(a). In this way, in the winding film loading table 111, the pushing plate 111c rises, and at the same time, the lifter 111d rises until the center position of the new winding film MF2 and the center position of the shaft 11b2 coincide.
In this state, the movable stand control section 120b controls the movable stand drive section 111M1 based on the command from the automatic installation general control section 120a, and as shown in FIG. 28(b), the movable stand 111b (pushing plate 111c) Moving in the X direction, the pushing plate 111c pushes the end face of the new winding film MF2 in the X direction, moving the new winding film MF2 from the lifter 111d and attaching it to the shaft 11b2 (S55).
Finally, based on the command from the automatic installation general control section 120a, the moving stand control section 120b controls the moving stand driving section 111M1, the pushing plate controlling section 120c controls the pushing plate driving section 111M2, and the lifter controlling section 120d controls the moving stand driving section 111M1. The lifter drive unit 113M3 is controlled to return the movable stand 111b, push plate 111c, and lifter 111d to their original positions as shown in FIG. 28(c) (S56), and the process ends.

The automatic take-up film attaching devices 101' and 101'' have the same configuration as the take-up film automatic attaching device main body 110 and the take-up film automatic attaching control unit 120 of the take-up film automatic attaching device 101, and the take-up film automatic attaching device main body 101 and the take-up film automatic attaching device main body 101 and the take-up film automatic attaching device main body 110 and the take-up film automatic attaching device main body 110 and the take-up film automatic attaching device main body 110 and the take-up film automatic attaching device main body 101 and the take-up film automatic attaching device main body 110 and the take-up film automatic attaching device main body 110 and the take-up film automatic attaching device main body 101 and It is equipped with a take-up film automatic attachment control section and performs the same operation as the take-up film automatic attachment device 101.
In addition, the folding cardboard bundle automatic attaching devices 102, 102', 102'' are attached to the folding cardboard supply section of the box-making machines 50, 50', 50'' in the same way as the winding film automatic attaching devices 101, 101', 101''. It is equipped with a folding cardboard bundle automatic attachment device that automatically attaches the folding cardboard bundle FD and a folding cardboard bundle automatic attachment control unit that controls its operation, and a second automatic guided vehicle 6A is installed under the control of the folding cardboard bundle automatic attachment control unit. The folded cardboard bundle FD to be transported is automatically attached to the folded cardboard supply section of the box making machine 50, 50', 50''.
Furthermore, the winding sealing tape automatic attaching devices 103, 103', 103'' also supply the winding sealing tape to the sealing machines 70, 70', 70'' in the same way as the winding film automatic attaching devices 101, 101', 101''. The section is equipped with a take-up sealing tape automatic attaching device that automatically attaches the take-up sealing tape MT and a take-up sealing tape automatic attaching control section that controls its operation. 3. The sealing tape MT carried by the automatic guided vehicle 6B is automatically attached to the winding sealing tape supply section of the sealing machine 70, 70', 70''.

As described above, the consumable goods automatic conveyance system 1 includes vertical pillow packaging machines 2, 2', 2'', box making machines 50, 50', 50'', and sealing machines 70, 70', 70''. Applied to the production line 40, the consumable goods automatic conveyance system 1 includes roll-up film loading tables 3, 3', 3'', folding cardboard bundle loading tables 4, 4', 4'', and roll-up sealing tape loading tables 5, 5. ', 5'', 1st automated guided vehicle 6, 2nd automated guided vehicle 6A, 3rd automated guided vehicle 6B, roll-up film storage stand 7, folding cardboard bundle storage stand 8, roll-up sealing tape storage stand 9, overall supervision It is equipped with a management computer 80 and calculates the end time of the winding film or the remaining amount of each film predicted by each end time prediction section of the packaging machine operation panel 30, 30', 30'' of the vertical pillow packaging machine 2, 2', 2''. Based on the remaining amount of the roll film calculated by the department, under the control of the overall management computer 80, the first automatic guided vehicle 6 transports the roll film MF from the roll film storage table 7 to the roll film loading table 3, In order to automatically transport the film to 3' and 3", one automatic guided vehicle is used for each of the three vertical pillow packaging machines, allowing for timely and efficient transport of the wound film to each vertical pillow packaging machine. This can be done without stopping the production of each vertical pillow packaging machine, and the end time prediction section of each box making machine operation panel 53, 53', 53'' of the box making machines 50, 50', 50'' Under the control of the overall management computer 80, the second automatic guided vehicle 6A moves the folded cardboard bundle FD based on the predicted completion time of the folded cardboard or the remaining amount of folded cardboard calculated by each folded cardboard remaining amount calculation unit. In order to automatically transport the folded cardboard bundles from the folding cardboard bundle storage table 8 to the folded cardboard bundle loading tables 4, 4', and 4'', one automatic guided vehicle is used for each of the three box making machines to transport the folded cardboard bundles to each box making machine. It is possible to transport folded cardboard bundles in a timely manner and efficiently, and to avoid stopping the production of each box making machine.Furthermore, the sealing machine operation panels 73, 73' of the sealing machines 70, 70', 70'' can be transported efficiently and in a timely manner. , 73'', under the control of the overall management computer 80, based on the end time of the winding sealing tape predicted by each end time predicting unit or the remaining amount of winding sealing tape calculated by each sealing tape remaining amount calculation unit. , the third automatic guided vehicle 6B automatically transports the rolled sealing tape MT from the rolled sealing tape storage table 9 to the rolled sealing tape carrying table 5, 5', 5'', so that the three sealing machines By using one automatic guided vehicle, the wound sealing tape can be efficiently transported to each sealing machine in a timely manner, and production of each sealing machine can be prevented from being stopped.

In addition, the consumable goods automatic conveyance and installation system 100 replaces the winding film loading tables 3, 3', 3'' in the consumable goods automatic conveyance system 1 with winding film automatic mounting devices 101, 101', 101'', and folds cardboard. The bundle loading tables 4, 4', 4'' are replaced with folding cardboard bundle automatic attaching devices 102, 102', 102'', and the winding sealing tape loading tables 5, 5', 5'' are replaced with a winding sealing tape automatic attaching device 103, 103' and 103'', automatically transports the roll film to each vertical pillow packaging machine of the automatic consumer goods transport system 1, automatically transports the folded cardboard bundle to each box making machine, and rolls the sealing tape to each sealing machine. In addition to the automatic conveyance of In order to automatically attach the roll-up sealing tape to the sealing tape supply section of the sealing machine, the roll-up film is attached to the film supply section of each vertical pillow packaging machine, and the folding tape is folded to the folding cardboard supply section of each box making machine. The installation of cardboard bundles and the roll-up sealing tape to the sealing tape supply section of the sealing machine can be done in a timely and efficient manner, without stopping the production of each vertical pillow packaging machine, each box making machine, and each sealing machine. You can do it like this.

The automatic consumables conveyance system and the automatic consumables conveyance and installation system of the present invention automatically convey and attach consumables such as packaging materials to a plurality of packaging-related devices using a conveyance robot. transports and attaches consumables to each packaging-related equipment in a timely manner, ensuring that the production of each packaging-related equipment does not stop. It can be used in production lines for packaging-related equipment such as box machines, box filling machines, sealing machines, etc.

1 Automatic conveyance system for consumables 2, 2', 2", 2A Vertical pillow packaging machine 3, 3', 3" Winding film loading platform 3a, 4a, 5a Base 3b, 4b, 5b Moving stand 3c, 4c, 5c Pushing plate 3d Lifter 3e Roller 3M Winding film loading platform drive unit 4, 4', 4" Folding cardboard bundle loading platform 4M Folding cardboard bundle loading platform driving unit 5, 5', 5" Winding sealing tape loading platform 5M Winding Sealing tape loading platform drive unit 6 First automated guided vehicle 6A Second automated guided vehicle 6B Third automated guided vehicle 6a, 6Aa, 6Ba Transport vehicle body 6b Recessed portion 6c Roller 6M1 First automated guided vehicle drive unit 6M2 Second automated guided vehicle Car drive unit 6M3 Third automatic guided vehicle drive unit 7 Winding film storage stand 7M Winding film storage stand driving unit 8 Folding cardboard bundle storage stand 8M Folding cardboard bundle storage stand driving unit 9 Winding sealing tape storage stand 9M Winding sealer Tape storage stand drive unit 10, 10', 10'' Vertical pillow packaging machine main body 11 Film (packaging material) supply unit 11a Shaft support arm 11b1, 11b2 Shaft 11c Air chuck claw 11d Rotating shaft 11M Servo motor 12 Tension adjustment unit 12a times Moving arms 12b, 12c Dancer roller 12d Fixed roller 12e Rotating rod 12RE Rotary encoder 13 Date printing section 13a Date printing device 13b Elevating roller 14 Packaged product supply section 14a, 14a', 14a" Hopper 14b Filling tube 15 Cylinder making section 15a Cylinder making section vessel (former)
15b Holding member 15c Slide roller 16 Film feeding section 16a Pulley 16b Feeding belt 16c Length measuring device 16c1 Length measuring roller 16c2 Length measuring device rotary encoder 16M Servo motor 16Ma Rotating shaft 17 Vertical sealing portions 17a, 17b Vertical sealing block 18 Horizontal sealing/cutting Sections 18a, 18b Horizontal seal block 19 Package discharge section 19a Belt conveyor 20 Vertical pillow packaging machine control section 21 Arithmetic control section 21a Operation control section 21a1 Film feed amount detection section 21a2 Package number counting section 21b Film tension control section 21b1 Rotation Arm rotation angle detection section 21b2 Winding rotation speed detection section 22 Storage section,
22a Product parameter table 23 Transmission/reception section 30, 30', 30'' Packaging machine operation panel 31 Computer 31a Production capacity setting section 31b Production quantity acquisition section 31c Remaining film amount calculation section 31d Film consumption estimation section 31e End time prediction section 33 Transmission/reception section 34 Input display section 40 Packaging production line 41 Snack conveyor 42, 42', 42'' Sorting conveyor 43, 43', 43'' Weighing machine,
44, 44', 44" Packaging conveyor 45, 45', 45" Packing box conveyor 50, 50', 50" Box making machine 51 Box making machine main body 52 Box making machine control section 53, 53', 53" Box making Machine operation panel 531 Computer 531a Production capacity setting section 531b Production quantity acquisition section 531c Folding cardboard remaining amount calculation section 531d Folding cardboard consumption estimation section 531e End time prediction section 533 Transmission/reception section 534 Input display section 60, 60', 60'' Boxing device 70, 70', 70" Sealing machine 71 Sealing machine main body 72 Sealing machine control section 73, 73', 73" Sealing machine operation panel 731 Computer 731a Production capacity setting section 731b Production quantity acquisition section 731c Sealing tape remaining amount calculation section 731d Sealing Tape consumption estimation section 731e End time prediction section 733 Transmission/reception section 734 Input display section 80 General management computer 80a Conveying system general control section 80b Automatic guided vehicle control section 80c Winding film loading platform control section 80d Folding cardboard bundle loading platform control section 80e Winding sealing tape loading table control section 80f Rolling film storage table control section 80g Folding cardboard bundle storage table control section 80h Winding sealing tape storage table control section 90 Packaging machine operation panel 91 Computer 91a Production capacity setting section 91b Production quantity acquisition Section 91c Remaining film amount calculation section 91d Film consumption estimation section 91e End time prediction section 91f Speed change factor information acquisition section 93 Transmission/reception section 94 Input display section 100 Consumables automatic conveyance and installation system 101, 101', 101'' Automatic winding film Attachment devices 102, 102', 102'' Folding cardboard bundle automatic attachment device 103, 103', 103'' Automatic roll-up sealing tape attachment device 110 Automatic roll-up film attachment device body 111 Roll-up film loading stand 111a Base 111b Moving stand 111c Push plate 111d Lifter 111e Roller 111M1 Moving stand drive section 111M2 Push plate drive section 111M3 Lifter drive section 112 Paper tube removal device 112a Elevating block 112b Claw 112c Guide groove 112M Paper tube removal drive section 113 Paper tube recovery device 113a Rotating arm 113b Support Shaft 113c Paper tube holding rod 113M Paper tube collection drive section 120 Winding automatic attachment control section 120a Automatic attachment general control section 120b Moving stand control section 120c Push plate control section 120d Lifter control section 120e Paper tube removal control section 120f Paper tube recovery control Parts CL1, CL2, CL3, CL4, CL4', CL4", CL5, CL5', CL5", CL6, CL6', CL6", CL7, CL8 Communication line Fi Film (packaging material)
gr1 to gr4 Guide roller MF Winding film FD Folded cardboard bundle
MT Rolled sealing tape D1, D1', D1" Cardboard box D2, D2', D2" Cardboard box with packaging D3, D3', D3" Sealing cardboard box (packing box)
Pc, Pc', Pc" Packaging SK Paper tube Sn Snack food ts Vertical seal portion ys Horizontal seal portion Ta, Ta', Ta" Sealing tape

Claims (12)

An automatic consumable conveyance system comprising a conveyance robot that conveys consumable goods consumed by the packaging related apparatus to a plurality of packaging related apparatuses, and a conveyance robot control means that controls the operation of the conveyance robot, the system comprising:
The number of the transport robots is smaller than the number of packaging related devices,
Each of the plurality of packaging-related devices includes a consumable material end time prediction device that predicts the end time until the consumable material consumed by the packaging-related device runs out;
A consumable goods automatic conveyance system, wherein the conveyance robot control means controls the operation of the conveyance robot based on the end time predicted by the consumable goods end time prediction device of the plurality of packaging-related devices. The consumable goods end time prediction device includes:
a consumable material remaining amount calculation means for calculating the remaining amount of consumable material consumed by the packaging-related device;
A consumption material consumption estimation means for estimating a unit consumption amount that is a consumption amount of consumable materials consumed by the packaging-related device per unit time in accordance with the production status of the packaging-related device;
End time prediction means for predicting the end time until the consumables are exhausted based on the remaining amount of the consumables calculated by the consumables remaining amount calculating means and the unit consumption estimated by the consumables consumption estimation means. and,
2. The automatic consumable conveyance system according to claim 1, further comprising a finish time output means for outputting the finish time predicted by the finish time prediction means. The consumable goods end time prediction device includes a production quantity acquisition means for acquiring a production quantity that is the quantity of products produced by the packaging-related device,
The consumable goods automatic conveyance system according to claim 2, wherein the consumable goods consumption estimation means estimates the unit consumption amount based on the production quantity acquired by the production quantity acquisition means within a set time. . 4. The set time period is a period from a certain time before the calculation time when the consumable material remaining amount calculating means calculates the remaining amount of the consumable material to the calculation time. Automatic conveyance system for consumables. The consumable goods end time prediction device includes:
production capacity setting means for setting a production capacity for the packaging-related device to produce the product per unit time;
When the production speed of the packaging-related device changes from the time when the remaining amount of consumables calculating means calculates the remaining amount of the consumables, speed change that obtains speed change factor information that is a factor that causes the production speed to change. and factor information acquisition means,
The consumption material consumption estimation means estimates the unit consumption amount based on the production capacity set by the production capacity setting means and the speed change factor information acquired by the speed change factor information acquisition means. The automatic consumable conveyance system according to claim 2. The speed change factor information acquisition means acquires the speed change factor information based on a signal from a machine/device that works with the packaging-related device or a signal from a packaging-related device other than the packaging-related device. The automatic consumables conveyance system according to claim 5. 7. The consumable goods automation system according to claim 6, wherein the speed change factor information acquired by the speed change factor information acquisition means includes a speed change index indicating how much the production speed of the packaging-related device is changed. Conveyance system. An automatic consumable conveyance system comprising a conveyance robot that conveys consumable goods consumed by the packaging related devices to a plurality of packaging related devices, and a conveyance robot control means that controls the operation of the conveyance robot, the system comprising:
The number of the transport robots is smaller than the number of packaging related devices,
Each of the plurality of packaging-related devices includes a remaining amount of consumables calculation means for calculating the remaining amount of consumables consumed by the packaging-related device,
A consumable goods automatic conveyance system, wherein the conveyance robot control means controls the operation of the conveyance robot based on the remaining amount of consumable goods calculated by the consumable goods remaining amount calculation means of the plurality of packaging-related devices. . 9. The automatic consumable transport system according to claim 1, wherein the packaging-related device is a packaging machine, and the consumable product is a roll-up film. A transport robot that transports consumables consumed by the packaging-related devices to the consumables supply units of a plurality of packaging-related devices, and a consumables automatic mounting device that automatically attaches the consumables transported by the transfer robots to the consumables supply units. and a transport robot control means for controlling the operation of the transport robot, the system comprising:
The number of the transport robots is smaller than the number of packaging related devices,
Each of the plurality of packaging-related devices includes a consumable material end time prediction device that predicts the end time until the packaging-related device runs out of consumable materials;
A consumable goods automatic conveyance and installation system, wherein the conveyance robot control means controls the operation of the conveyance robot based on the end time predicted by the consumable goods end time prediction device of the plurality of packaging related devices. The consumable goods end time prediction device includes:
Consumable material remaining amount calculation means for calculating the remaining amount of consumable material consumed by the packaging-related device;
A consumption material consumption estimation means for estimating a unit consumption amount that is a consumption amount of consumable materials consumed by the packaging-related device per unit time in accordance with the production status of the packaging-related device;
End time prediction means for predicting the end time until the consumables are exhausted based on the remaining amount of the consumables calculated by the consumables remaining amount calculating means and the unit consumption estimated by the consumables consumption estimation means. and,
10. The automatic conveyance and installation system for consumable goods according to claim 9, further comprising an end time output means for outputting the end time predicted by the end time prediction means. 12. The automatic conveyance and mounting system for consumables according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the packaging-related device is a packaging machine, and the consumables are a roll-up film.