JPH0444954A - Transport box with electronic control - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a computer function on each transport box so as to prevent production from stopping even if an external computer has stopped by assembling process information and process control of a product in a transport box for carrying the products and controlling manufacture of the products. CONSTITUTION:An electronic substrate 2 having a computer control function is built into a transport box 1 of products, and it is connected to an external CRT 3 and a manufacturing apparatus 4 via connectors 5, 6, etc. A processing flow procedure processes the products in a connected state. Tasks and a procedure are instructed to the electronic substrate 2 according to a processing program of the products which has been written in a ROM. The manufacturing apparatus 4 automatically receives processing conditions stored in the ROM and manufactures the products according to the conditions. With respect to data control with the manufacturing apparatus and the CRT 3, instructions of a process, troubleshooting or the like, the program stored in a memory is controlled and processed by the CPU. Power sources for ICs such as the memory and the CPU are operated by a battery in the electronic substrate.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a transport box for transporting products or parts on a product manufacturing line.

[Prior art] As a conventional technology, the lot number of the product is displayed on the transport box using a bar code, etc., the bar code is read by an external computer, and the processing method of the process is displayed on the CRT, and the operator displays the information on the CRT. Processing was performed according to the specified processing method, and the processing results were inputted from a CRT and stored as data in an external computer. Furthermore, the destination of the primary process was also displayed on a CRT or the like by the external computer.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, in such a conventional transport box, when the external computer breaks down and stops, there is no way to know whether the product in the transport box can be processed in this way. There was a problem in that the process had to be interrupted until the process was completed, resulting in a halt to production.

Therefore, in order to solve this conventional problem, the present invention aims to equip each transport box with a computer function so that production does not stop even if the external computer stops.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, the electronically controlled transport box of the present invention is characterized in that product process information and process control are incorporated into the transport box for transporting the product to control the manufacturing of the product. do.

[Example] Examples of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings. In Figure 1, a computer control I is placed inside a product transport box 1.
It has a built-in electronic board 2 with functions, and is connected to an external CRT and manufacturing equipment via connectors 5, 6, etc. In the connected state, the products are processed according to the steps of the processing flow shown in FIG. The electronic board is configured as shown in Figure 2, and the RO
One work procedure is sequentially instructed for each process according to the product processing program already written in M. In addition, manufacturing equipment 4
automatically receives the processing conditions stored in the ROM shown in FIG. 2 and manufactures products accordingly. Data control with the manufacturing equipment and CRT, process instructions, abnormality handling, etc. are controlled and processed by the CPU using programs stored in the memory. The memory, CPtJ, and other TC power supplies are powered by the battery inside the electronic board.

An operator using this electronically controlled transport box (hereinafter abbreviated as electronic transport) first connects a CRT and manufacturing equipment to the electronic transport box, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. Then the CRT
The content to be worked on is displayed on the CRT, and one worker performs the work accordingly.

The processing conditions stored in the electronic transport box are automatically transferred to the manufacturing equipment. Therefore, the operator does not have to manually input the conditions of the manufacturing equipment as in the past.6 The status of the manufacturing equipment while the work is starting is automatically stored in the electronic transport box. Therefore, the worker does not have to take data by hand as in the past. When processing is completed, the next process is automatically instructed according to the program in the electronic transport box, so the worker can move the product to the next process according to the instructions. All you have to do is put it in this electronic transport box and send it.In this way, it is possible to manufacture products with less burden on the workers.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the electronic transport box of the present invention reduces the burden on workers by displaying the product processing procedure on the CRT and automatically transmitting the processing conditions of the manufacturing equipment. , which also has the effect of eliminating mistakes.

Furthermore, since the state of the manufacturing equipment is automatically memorized, data collection time can be shortened and mistakes can be prevented.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the electronic transport box of the present invention and its usage method, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the electronic board in the electronic transport box of the present invention, and Fig. 3 is the operation of the electronic transport box of the present invention. Flow diagram.・・Electronic transport box ・・Electronic board ・・CRT ・・Manufacturing equipment ・・Connector ・・Connector (1i slave board side) (CRT, manufacturing equipment side)

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) An electronically controlled transport box characterized in that the box for transporting products or parts during the process of manufacturing the product on a production line has an electronic control function.