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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
  • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • G06Q10/00—Administration; Management
  • G06Q10/06—Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
  • G07C3/00—Registering or indicating the condition or the working of machines or other apparatus, other than vehicles
  • G07C3/08—Registering or indicating the production of the machine either with or without registering working or idle time

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• the present invention relates to equipment for planning superivision.
• a supervisor or foreman is normally responsible for a certain number of machines in a factory, each machine performing its own type of machining. It may, however, be possible to use the machines for a rather large number of different products which, depending on their specific nature, require the use of only some of the various machines available. Considering the number of machines and the number of different products, the foreman or supervisor must have a planning chart which is as simple and clear as possible. However, planning charts can be used where small cards are inserted in compartments, or charts based on the item principle where each product has its own colour or number on the unit to be placed on the planning chart.
• the object of the present invention is to develop equipment for planning supervision which will more quickly and simply provide the foreman or supervisor with information as to the work load on his various machines and the products waiting to use the machines when they become free. This is achieved purely practically by means of an arrangement which can easily be hung on a wall and which has a display unit comprising individual units, each of which can show various numbers. The number of units corresponds to the number of machines the foreman is to supervise.
• the display unit is connected to a computer containing all the information containing by the planning chart mentioned above.
• the stored data is transferred to the display unit by means of a switching member.
• the foreman instead programs the computer and then, with the aid of the switching member and display unit, reads off the programmed computer.
• the present invention therefore, it is possible to see the work load and load times for a product on various machines solely by means of a setting procedure, as well as the number of awaited units for said product, and their handling time.
• the total load of various products with total load time at the various machines can also be determined by means of setting.
• the setting member 1 shows a setting or switching member, preferably in the form of a set of buttons.
• the setting member 1 is in communication with a processor which in known manner helps to program the computer by supplying its unit 3 with a program.
• the processor 2 also communicates with a memory 4.
• the unit 3 and memory 4 may consist of a single memory, the first part designed for programming.
• the processor 2 communicates with a coupling member 5 which, via the processor 2, can transmit data concerning various machines which the planning equipment is to supervise, from the work member 4 to a display unit 8.
• the display means has 14 different windows arranged one beneath the other, each window being capable of showing four different digits. Of course, the display unit may comprise any nunber of windows, depending on how many machines the planning equipment is to supervise.
• the planning supervising equipment is provided with two more display units 6, 7 which are separate from the display unit 8.
• the display unit 6 is intended to indicate the code for the product to be handled by the factory equipment to be supervised by the planning supervision equipment.
• the latter display unit can reveal ten digits. It can, of course, show more or fewer digits.
• the planning supervision equipment includes yet another display unit 7, used to indicate the designation of the machine to be used, number of a certain product and total load time of the total number of products to be handled by the factory machinery.
• the function of the equipment described above will now be explained in more detail.
• the upper window is intended for machine number 1, the window below for machine number 2 and so on.
• the various products to be handled by the machines to be supervised are programmed in.
• the code for each product and the designation of the various machines to handle the products are programmed into the memory by means of the setting member 1.
• the various machines are entered in such a way as to enable the sequence to be indicated in which available machines should be used for a product.
• the time required by each product at each machine is also inserted into the program memory by means of the setting member 1.
• the display unit 6 always displays the product code and the display unit 7 indicates each machine to be used for a specific product and also the time required by each machine for said specific product.
• the computer is now ready to accept the planning of various products.
• the setting member 1 is used to plan the various products, first to indicate the product code and then the number of products to be machined.
• the number of products is shown on display unit 7.
• Each product has a specific position in the member 4, these positions referring to the machines to be used. Said positions in the member are added to said number.
• a number of positions for each machine are also provided in the memory, which states the total machining time at each machine for the programmed number of products of said type.
• the planned number is multiplied by the programmed time required at each machine programmed in the memory 3, prior to insertion in the work memory 4. The same procedure is then followed for the other products to be machined in the group of machines to be supervised by the planning supervision equipment.
• the various windows in the display member 8 can be connected to three memory cells for a predetermined product, indicating the number of units of said product to be machined at the various machines.
• the coupling member may be connected to the memory cells indicating total time required.
• the display unit 8 may also show the total number of units of different product types to be machined in the various machines, as well as the total work time required for all the products. The total work time for one product can also have been stored in the work member, as well as the total work time for all products. These times can be shown in display unit 7.
• the planning supervision unit functions exactly as a planning chart in a normal factory, with the difference that the supervisor or foreman can easily obtain the necessary information compiled in the display unit 8.
• the time necessary for input to the planning supervision equipment is shorter than for a conventional planning chart and the supervisor or foreman quickly obtains information as to the work load, which was not possible earlier.
• the work memory 4 may also be provided with positions indicating the number of products currently being machined at the various machines.
• the program memory 3 may then be designed so that the number of units planned is reduced by the number currently being machined.

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