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    • 专利摘要:
    The present invention relates to a production system (1) for the realization of a product (P1, P2) (for example a table, panel, furnishing or similar object) comprising: at least one control center (2) responsible for data processing, So equipped with a computer or similar device; one or more terminals (7 ', 7 ", 7' '') connected to said control center (2) for the creation and forwarding to the control center (2) of the digital files (F1, P2) concerning the product to be manufactured (F1, P2) F2); one or more processing units (5 ', 5 ") each having a control terminal (51', 51") operatively connected to said control center (2) and at least one corresponding facility or work center (52 ', 52 ") for executing one or more operations for realizing said product (P1, P2), the plant or work center being controlled by the corresponding control terminal (51 ', 51") thereby equipped with software, which, after the product (P1, P2) file concerned (F1, F2) received from one of the single or multiple existing terminals (7 ', 7 ", 7' ''), a processing Pro zess for the realization of the product to be manufactured (P1, P2) and created, via an interface with the control terminals (51 ', 51 ") of each of the processing units (5', 5"), the plants or work centers (52 ', 52 ") perform the operations that are required by the processing process for the realization of the product to be manufactured (P1, P2). The present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing a product (P1, P2).
    公开号:AT516108A2
    申请号:T511/2015
    申请日:2015-07-30
    公开日:2016-02-15
    发明作者:
    申请人:Scm Group Spa；
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    专利说明:

    The present invention relates to a production system and the corresponding method.
    More particularly, the invention relates to a production system which has been developed and implemented in particular for the organization and management of production resources, including remote resources, for the processing and production of products.
    In the following, the invention will be described with reference to woodworking production, but it is obvious that this description should not be construed as being limited to this specific application.
    As is well known, various operations are currently required for the manufacture of a product, each of these operations requiring a particular machine or module of a larger work center.
    In general, production facilities have facilities equipped with work equipment suitable for the implementation of the most common work steps.
    As a result, many factories can not or will not be able to produce orders in the case of certain production processes that involve less common operations.
    In addition, in the case of a limited number of product-related operations - for example, architects, designers, etc. - or operations for the manufacture of bespoke design products (just think of the marine equipment sector), the cost and time to realize them would be Products disproportionately high and often uneconomical.
    In addition, there is the following problem: It could be that many establishments that have facilities for carrying out various operations, due to a sudden or temporary decrease in demand or in connection with a priority execution of work in progress, these facilities or parts thereof only for use certain work steps.
    It is obvious that this process is expensive in terms of cost and efficiency.
    Thus, in view of the foregoing, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a system for project planning and resource sharing, a system which does not require the user to complete one or more operations has the appropriate machinery or equipment, allows to access the information that makes sense for the discovery and use of the necessary resources. More specifically, the present invention has the purpose of providing a cloud access software or web services platform for bringing users and suppliers of production capabilities into machine tools and automated woodworking centers into contact.
    The special subject of the present. Thus, the invention consists in a production system for the realization of a
    Product (for example a table, panel, furnishing or similar object) comprising: at least one
    Control center, which is equipped for data processing, ie with a computer or similar device; one or more terminals connected to said control center for the creation and forwarding to the control center of digital files concerning the product to be manufactured; one or more processing units each comprising a control terminal operatively connected to said control center and at least one corresponding facility or work center for performing one or more operations to implement said product, the facility or work center being controlled by the corresponding control terminal become. The at least easily existing control center is equipped with software that, after the product file is received from one of the single or multiple existing terminals, a processing process for the realization of the product to be produced and created, via an interface with the control terminals of each of the processing units, where the facilities or work centers perform the operations required by the processing to produce the product to be manufactured.
    According to the present invention, this system may comprise a centralized or distributed database connected to the control center via the Internet, this database storing all data useful in connection with the organization of the production of the product (for example, program libraries of remote resources,
    Production cycles, technical characteristics, working-steps, part-program), where the manufacturing process is based on the production data of the product, and where the production data relates generally and / or specifically to the processing of the products.
    Also according to the present invention, the production data may be generated by program libraries of the single or multiple terminals or by program libraries within the database.
    The present invention has the following advantages: The system may comprise a plurality of specific databases, each connected to a corresponding remote processing unit and to the control center via the Internet, the specific databases containing data on the functioning of the plants or work centers of the respective remote processing unit. for example, specific production cycles, tooling and equipment data), and the processing process was built on the basis of this data on the functioning of the facilities or work centers.
    Also in the present invention, the control language equipment or work centers may be approved according to the STEP-NC standard and similar standards.
    Also according to the present invention, the control center can create this processing process by virtualizing, simulating and organizing the realization of the products described in the files, by accessing the information contained in the centralized database.
    Also according to the present invention, the control center can elaborate and create the processing process for the realization of the product with the aid of further auxiliary units.
    A further subject of the present invention is a method of manufacturing a product (for example a table, panel, furnishing or similar object) comprising the following phases: - providing a digital file relating to the product to be manufactured; - providing one or more processing units each comprising a control terminal and at least one corresponding facility or work center for carrying out one or more operations to implement the product; - Creation of a processing process for the realization of the product to be manufactured on the basis of the digital file, by interface with the control terminals of all the processing units; and - execution by the plants or work centers of the processing phases, each of which carries out the work steps for the realization of the product to be manufactured, which are required according to the processing process.
    Also according to the present invention, this method comprises the following phase: providing at least one control center connected to the terminals of the processing units, which control center receives the file relating to the product and prepares the processing process for the realization of the product.
    Also according to the present invention, this method may also include the following phases: provision of a centralized database connected to the control center and storing production data of the product (for example, remote resource program libraries, production cycles, technical features, working steps); ; - Provision of a large number of specific databases, each connected to a corresponding remote processing unit and to the control center, each containing data on the functioning of the facilities or work centers of each remote processing unit (for example, specific production cycles, tools and equipment data). contains; and - the production of the manufacturing process using the control center based on the production data of the product and the data on the functioning of the facilities or work centers.
    According to the present invention there is the following advantage:
    This method can implement a phase of virtualization and simulation of the production of the product, so that the later realization of the phases of this method can be controlled and compared with the simulated realization with remote devices such as sensors, RFID and / or comparable devices of the Type IoT (Internet of Things).
    The present invention will now be described by way of illustration, not limitation, in accordance with the preferred embodiments thereof; In particular, reference is made to the figure of the annexed drawing in which a scheme of the distributed production system according to the present invention is shown.
    The figure in the annex shows a production system 1 comprising: a data processing control center 2, a centralized general production cycle database 3 and its processing, a plurality of remote processing units 5 ', 5 " Internet I are connected to the control center 2, a plurality of specific databases 6 ', 6 ", which are each connected to a corresponding remote processing unit, and a plurality of terminals 1', Ί" r 1 "r, via the Internet I are connected to the control center 2.
    The control center 2 is a remote center with respect to the terminals 7 ', 7 ", 7"'.
    The specific databases 6 ', 6 " are also connected to the control center 2 via the Internet.
    The specific databases 6 ', 6 " contain data on the specific production cycles, tooling and equipment data of the corresponding facility or work center 52 ', 52 ".
    The control center 2 is able to create files Fl, F2 for products received from the terminals 7 ', 7 ", 7'", virtualizing, simulating and organizing the realization of the products described in the files F1, F2, via access to the information available in the centralized database 3.
    The remote processing units 5 ', 5 " each include a control terminal 51 'or 51 " which is connected to the control center and to a respective specific database 6' or 6 " connected.
    Each of the remote processing units 5 ', 5 " also includes at least one plant or work center 52 'or 52 "suitable for performing a specific operation, the corresponding modalities of implementation and operation in the specific databases 6', 6 " are included and described. The facilities or work centers 52 ', 52 " are preferably approved for the control language according to the standard STEP-NC and similar standards.
    The terminals 7 ', 7 ", 7' " allow their respective user U ', U " o U " 'To the product description and realization of the files Fl, F2 elaborate and forward to the control center 2. In general, these files Fl, F2 are created vectorially, for example.
    In other words, the architecture of the production system can be divided into three levels: level of interface with the user due to the interaction of the terminals 1 ', 7 ", 7"' with the control center 2; centralized level for the handling of the workflow system (process of processing the product) on which the requests for virtualization are processed; and
    A data layer comprising: the centralized database 3, which is equipped with program libraries of remote resources, general production cycles, technical features, working steps, etc., as well as the specific databases 6 ', 6 ", which respectively refer to the different remote resources, ie the remote processing units 5 ', 5 " are partitioned with specific data of the individual production resource stored in the plant or at the work center 52', 52 " the respective remote processing unit 5 ', 5 " consists.
    The production system 1 described above works as follows:
    If a user U ', U " or U '' 'realizes a project, for example a table, he creates a generally vectorial digital file Fl or F2, for example with a digital format such as CAD, CAE or similar formats, and this is done with the aid of the corresponding terminal 1'. , 7 " or 1 '" , As a result, the user derives u ', u " or U '" the file Fl, F2 to the control center 2 on.
    Control Center 2 is a platform that allows users U ', U " or U '' '(customers) enables them to locate the production technology appropriate for the realization of their products and subsequently to negotiate an offer of available production capacity provided by a group of suppliers involved in the service, this service being included in the Remote Processing Units 5 ', 5 " consists.
    In terms of demand, user U ', U " or U '' 'with query of the service virtually with the operational features of the various available machine tools 52', 52 " and may select those suitable for its production-related purposes; this is done on the basis of the amount of information obtained with the query and including all the data of a technological, economic and logistical nature that are relevant in deciding the allocation of the production order.
    With regard to the offer, the supplier, that is to say any remote processing unit 5 ', 5 ", on the platform, that is to say in the control center 2, can use the surplus and unused during the normal operation
    To provide production capacity; the physical technological processes are simulated at the control center 2 with virtualized requests from their own machine tools, also based on the specific databases 6 ', 6 " from accessible information.
    The control center 2 or platform also allows cooperations of various remote resources for the realization of the different parts of the product whose properties are described in the file Fl or F2.
    In other words, a user U ', U " or U '' 'interact with these virtualized queries to simulate the production process necessary for the realization of their product, and interactively acquire all relevant technological-production-related data.
    The addition of the virtualized request with an operating software 53 ', 53 " for each remote processing, 5A, 5 " makes it possible to carry out an economic and logistical assessment and to subsequently prepare a processing offer; the user can confirm this and thus initiate a processing order and receipt of the planned product PI, P2 (this may be purely for example a table, a panel, a piece of furniture and similar objects).
    The interaction between the user U ', U " or U '' 'and the virtualized request can be automatic or human-controlled, depending on the level of architecture of the ICT software of the remote processing units 5', 5 " be synchronous or asynchronous.
    The interaction between the user U ', U " or U '' 'and the supplier, so the remote processing units 5.5, on the platform or in the control center 2 is handled by a workflow system, which allows, starting with the digital file Fl, F2 of the product all for the definition of a
    Processing tasks necessary phases in a controlled manner; these are, for example, the following phases: - locating the machine tool which has the technology necessary for the realization of the product; Providing information on the product to be manufactured to this resource in electronic form (for example, as already mentioned, with CAD file); Checking whether the resource is capable of executing the desired work steps; - generating a processing cycle; - generating a list of necessary materials; Setting the inspection criteria;
    Determining the cost and time required for production;
    Determining a business offer;
    Examination of the credit and banking situation of the
    Customers;
    Determining the modalities for receiving and shipping material;
    Splitting the production capacity required in the production plan; - generating in electronic and paper form all documents necessary to start the process of processing the product, provided the user accepts the offer.
    Once the control center 2 has realized the workflow by generating the complete production cycle, the user U ', U " or U '' 'decide whether the
    Production of the product described in the digital file Fl, F2 is initiated.
    Should the user U ', U " or U '' 'decide to start production, the various remote processing units 5', 5 " the corresponding work steps. The platform, the control center 2, also allows the organization of the transfer of semi-finished products from one remote processing unit 5 'to another remote processing unit 5 ".
    As a result, the remote processing units 5 ', 5 " alone or together the product PI (or P2) according to the user U ', U " or U '' created file Fl or F2.
    The present invention has been described by way of illustration, not limitation, in accordance with the preferred embodiments thereof; it is understood that variations and / or alterations may be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the scope of the appended claims.
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    [1]
    Claims 1. A production system (1) for the realization of a product (PI / P2) (for example a table, panel, furnishing or similar object), comprising: - at least one control center (2) responsible for data processing, So equipped with a computer or similar device; - one or more terminals (7 ', 7 ", 1"') connected to said control center (2) for the creation and forwarding to the control center (2) of digital files concerning the product (Pi, P2) to be manufactured (Fl , F2); and one or more processing units (5 ', 5 "), each having a control terminal (51', 51") operatively connected to said control center (2) and at least one respective plant (52 ', 52 ") for the execution of one or more operations for the realization of the product (Pi, P2), the plant or the work center being controlled by the corresponding control terminal (51 ', 51 "). The at least easily present control center (2) is equipped with software, which, after the product (PI, P2) file concerned (Fl, F2) of one of the single or multiple existing terminals (7 ', 7', 1 ' ''), prepares and creates a processing process for the realization of the product (PI, P2), via an interface with the control terminals (51 ', 51 ") of each of the processing units (5', 5"), whereby the plants or work centers (52 ', 52 ") execute the work steps required according to the processing process for the realization of the product to be manufactured (PI, P2).
    [2]
    2. System (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a centralized or distributed database (3) connected to the control center (2) via the Internet (I), this database (3) all in connection with the organization of the production of the product (PI, P2) stores useful data (for example, program libraries of remote resources, production cycles, technical characteristics, working-steps, Part-program), the processing process based on the production data of the product (Pi, P2) created and where the production data relate generally and / or specifically to the processing of the products (Pi, P2).
    [3]
    3. System (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that the production data are generated by program libraries of the single or multiple terminals (7 ', 7 ", 7"') or by program libraries within the database (3).
    [4]
    4. System (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of specific databases (6 ', 6 "), which are each assigned to a corresponding remote processing unit (5', 5) and via the Internet (I). are connected to the control center (2), the specific databases (6 ', 6 ") having data on the functioning of the plants or work centers (52', 52") of the respective remote processing unit (5 ', 5 ") (for example specific Production cycles, data on tools and equipment), and the processing process was created on the basis of this data on the functioning of the facilities or work centers (52 ', 52 ").
    [5]
    System (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the installations or work centers (52 ', 52 ") are approved for the control language according to the STEP-NC standard and similar standards.
    [6]
    6. System (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the control center (2) creates the processing by virtualizing, simulating and organizing the realization of the products (Pi, P2) described in the files (Fl, F2) , through access to the information contained in the centralized database (3).
    [7]
    7. System (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the control center (2) elaborates and creates the processing process for the realization of the product (Pl, P2) with the aid of further auxiliary units.
    [8]
    8. A method of manufacturing a product (Pl, P2) (for example a table, panel, furnishing or similar object) comprising the following phases: - providing a digital file (Fl, P, P) concerning the product to be manufactured (P1, P2) F2); - Providing one or more processing units (5 ', 5 "), each having a control terminal (51', 51") and at least one corresponding plant or a corresponding work center (52 ', 52 ") for the execution of one or more steps for the realization of the product (PI, P2); - Creation of a processing process for the realization of the product to be manufactured (PI, P2) on the basis of the digital file (Fl, F2), by interface with the control terminals (51 ', 51 ") of all processing units (5', 5") ; and execution by the plants or work centers (52 ', 52 ") of the processing phases, wherein each of the operations for the realization of the product to be manufactured (P1, P2) are performed, which are required by the processing process.
    [9]
    Method according to claim 8, characterized in that it comprises the phase of providing at least one control center (2) connected to the terminals (51 ', 51 ") of the processing units (5', 5"), said control center (2) receives the file (Fl, F2) concerning the product (PI, P2) and prepares the processing process for the realization of the product (Pi, P2).
    [10]
    Method according to one of claims 8 or 9, characterized in that it also comprises the following phase: - providing a centralized database (3) connected to the control center (2) and in the production data of the product (Pi, P2) are stored (for example, program libraries of remote resources, production cycles, technical features, working steps); Providing a plurality of specific databases (6 ', 6 "), each connected to a corresponding remote processing unit (5', 5) and to the control center (2), each of which contains data on the functioning of the facilities or work centers (52 ', 52 ") of the respective remote processing unit (5', 5 ") (for example, specific production cycles, tooling and equipment data); and preparation of the processing process by means of the control center (2) on the basis of the production data of the product (PI, P2) and the data on the functioning of the facilities or work centers (52 ', 52 ").
    [11]
    11. Method according to claim 8-10, characterized in that it implements a phase of virtualization and simulation of the production of the product (Pi, P2), so that the later realization of the phases of this method can be controlled and compared with the simulated realization, with remote devices such as sensors, RFID and / or comparable devices of the type IoT (Internet of Things). Vienna, 30 July 2015 Applicants by:

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