公开(公告)号：US20080071411A1

公开(公告)日：2008-03-20

申请号：US11867875

申请日：2007-10-05

申请人： Thomas E. Anderson ,  Patrick M. Flaherty ,  Jeffrey P. Gifford ,  Nathaniel C. Lange ,  Ray A. Reyes

发明人： Thomas E. Anderson ,  Patrick M. Flaherty ,  Jeffrey P. Gifford ,  Nathaniel C. Lange ,  Ray A. Reyes

IPC分类号： G06F19/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/06

摘要： A computing system for monitoring activity in an automated fabrication facility includes a computer operably coupled to an MES database having data relating to manufacturing operation events; and the computer also being operably coupled to an AMHS database having data relating to movement of the work-in-process material lots between the manufacturing operations and the storage operations; and a solver product operatively installed on the computer for processing information regarding timing of the events and information regarding operation of the automated material handling system to generate a report regarding performance of the automated fabrication facility, wherein the report identifies information regarding a sequence of events having occurred in the manufacturing process.

摘要翻译： 用于监测自动化制造设施中的活动的计算系统包括可操作地耦合到具有与制造操作事件相关的数据的MES数据库的计算机; 并且计算机还可操作地耦合到AMHS数据库，其具有与制造操作和存储操作之间的在制品材料批次的移动有关的数据; 以及解算器产品，其可操作地安装在所述计算机上用于处理关于所述事件的定时的信息以及关于所述自动化材料处理系统的操作的信息，以生成关于所述自动化制造设施的性能的报告，其中所述报告识别关于具有 发生在制造过程中。

公开(公告)号：US07496425B2

公开(公告)日：2009-02-24

申请号：US11867875

申请日：2007-10-05

申请人： Thomas E. Anderson ,  Patrick M. Flaherty ,  Jeffrey P. Gifford ,  Nathaniel C. Lange ,  Ray A. Reyes

发明人： Thomas E. Anderson ,  Patrick M. Flaherty ,  Jeffrey P. Gifford ,  Nathaniel C. Lange ,  Ray A. Reyes

IPC分类号： G06F19/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/06

摘要： A computing system for monitoring activity in an automated fabrication facility includes a computer operably coupled to an MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) database having data relating to manufacturing operation events; and the computer also being operably coupled to an AMHS (Automated Material Handling Systems) database having data relating to movement of the work-in-process material lots between the manufacturing operations and the storage operations; and a solver product operatively installed on the computer for processing information regarding timing of the events and information regarding operation of the automated material handling system to generate a report regarding performance of the automated fabrication facility, wherein the report identifies information regarding a sequence of events having occurred in the manufacturing process.

摘要翻译： 用于监测自动化制造设施中的活动的计算系统包括可操作地耦合到具有与制造操作事件有关的数据的MES（制造执行系统）数据库的计算机; 并且所述计算机还可操作地耦合到AMHS（自动物料搬运系统）数据库，该数据库具有与制造操作和存储操作之间的在制品材料批次的移动有关的数据; 以及解算器产品，其可操作地安装在所述计算机上用于处理关于所述事件的定时的信息以及关于所述自动化材料处理系统的操作的信息，以生成关于所述自动化制造设施的性能的报告，其中所述报告识别关于具有 发生在制造过程中。

公开(公告)号：US07134372B2

公开(公告)日：2006-11-14

申请号：US10008936

申请日：2001-11-08

申请人： Patrick M. Flaherty ,  Rick L. Ahrns ,  Charles G. Rutschilling

发明人： Patrick M. Flaherty ,  Rick L. Ahrns ,  Charles G. Rutschilling

IPC分类号： B26D1/14

CPC分类号： B23D35/004 ,  B23D35/007 ,  B26D2007/2664 ,  Y10T83/04 ,  Y10T83/538 ,  Y10T83/659 ,  Y10T83/7826 ,  Y10T83/7847 ,  Y10T83/7859 ,  Y10T83/7876 ,  Y10T225/14

摘要： A machine for slitting a metal sheet has a number of knife holder assemblies each containing a rotary knife. The knife holder assemblies are mounted for movement along upper and lower rotating shafts which rotate the knives during a slitting operation. The position of the knife holder assemblies is programmably controlled for efficient and accurate positioning and adjustment of the knives along the rotating shafts for a variety of slitting configurations. Additionally, each of the upper and lower drive shafts contains a pair of drive shaft sections that are normally connected together during operation and can be disconnected for servicing of the knife holder assemblies on the shafts. The slitting machine includes upper and lower frames that are movable relative to each other by adjustment of a pair of jack screws to slit metal sheets of differing thicknesses without labor intensive adjustment or reconfiguration of the machine.

公开(公告)号：US07302307B1

公开(公告)日：2007-11-27

申请号：US11533385

申请日：2006-09-20

申请人： Thomas E. Anderson ,  Patrick M. Flaherty ,  Jeffrey P. Gifford ,  Nathaniel C. Lange ,  Ray A. Reyes

发明人： Thomas E. Anderson ,  Patrick M. Flaherty ,  Jeffrey P. Gifford ,  Nathaniel C. Lange ,  Ray A. Reyes

IPC分类号： G06F19/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/06

摘要： A method of monitoring activity in an automated fabrication facility in which work-in-process material lots undergo manufacturing operations and storage operations includes tracking processing load and unload times of the lots at each of the manufacturing operations; tracking processing start and stop times of each of the manufacturing operations performed on the lots; tracking movement of automatically guided vehicles and cassettes containing the lots for purposes of transferring the lots between the manufacturing and storage operations; tracking storage load and unload times of the lots stored in the intermediate storage operations; tracking requests for the automated transfer of lots and a time each automated transfer request is made; and combining the processing load and unload times, the processing start and stop times, the storage load and unload times, the times associated with the requests for automated transfer, and information regarding the movement of the guided vehicles to generate a report.

摘要翻译： 一种在自动化制造设备中监测活动的方法，其中在制品处理材料批次经过制造操作和存储操作包括在每个制造操作中跟踪批次的处理负载和卸载时间; 对批次执行的每个制造操作的跟踪处理开始和停止时间; 跟踪自动导向车辆和包含批次的盒子的运动，以便在制造和存储操作之间转移批次; 跟踪存储在中间存储操作中的批次的存储负载和卸载时间; 跟踪自动转让批次的请求和每次自动转移请求的时间; 并且结合处理负载和卸载次数，处理开始和停止时间，存储负载和卸载时间，与自动转移请求相关联的时间以及关于被引导车辆的移动以产生报告的信息。