Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Tetsuo Sugizono

Katsumune Inaki

Kazutoshi Takada

Koji Saito

Hiroki Tahira

Katsuyuki Nakajima

Takaji Mukumoto

Hideshi Sato

Osamu Takenaka

Masao Nitta

Yoshihiko Suzuki

A production system capable of further improving production efficiency and quality. The ring management system includes size measurement unit for measuring size of the ring, first convey unit for moving the ring w whose size has been measured, a first stocker having a plurality of storage positions for storing rings conveyed by the first convey unit, a second convey unit for conveying out the rings from the first stocker means for stacking, and a control unit. The control unit includes memory means for storing the rings size measured by the size measurement means in association with the storage position in the first stocker, first selection means for selecting a ring constituting a stacked ring according to the ring size stored in the memory means, and first instruction means to instruct the second convey unit to convey out the ring selected by the first selection means from the storage position pj in the first stocker.

Ring management system

The present invention provides a production system capable of further improving production efficiency and quality. The ring management system comprises size measurement unitfor measuring size (l, t) of the ring w, first convey unitfor moving the ring w whose size has been measured, a first stockerhaving a plurality of storage positions for storing rings conveyed in by the first convey unit, a second convey unitfor conveying out the rings from the first stockermeans for stacking, and a control unit. The control unitincludes memory meansfor storing for each of the rings wi, size (li, ti) measured by the size measurement means in association with the storage position pi in the first stocker, first selection meansfor selecting a ring wj constituting a stacked ring according to the ring size stored in the memory means, and first instruction meansto instruct the second convey unitso as to convey out the ring selected by the first selection meansfrom the storage position pj in the first stocker

A part housing or extracting apparatus is here disclosed which comprises a housing shelf which has a plurality of cylindrical bodies coaxially laminated in a vertical direction and equipped with at least one stage of a part housing unit the peripheral edge of which is partitioned into many columns so that the outer peripheral edge surface of the part housing unit may be opened, the respective cylindrical bodies being independently rotatable; at least one part housing or conveying means which has first part holding means disposed opposite to the outer peripheral surface of the housing shelf so that the part held by the first part holding means may be conveyed to a predetermined part housing unit and then housed therein; and at least one part extracting or conveying means which has second part holding means disposed opposite to the outer peripheral surface of the housing shelf so that the part housed in the predetermined part housing unit may be held and extracted by the second part housing means and then conveyed to a predetermined position; the respective cylindrical bodies and the respective part holding means being relatively movable along the outer peripheral surface of the housing shelf.

Device for stocking/extracting part

When ring components of layers to assemble a laminated ring are unloaded from a component storage facility , a computer generates lamination combinatorial data representing a combination of ring components of layers. A target frequency distribution of circumferential length values of ring components of each layer is established, and lamination combinatorial data including ring components of a class where an error of an actual inventory frequency with respect to a target frequency is large are selected in a layer where an error between the target frequency distribution and an actual inventory frequency distribution is maximum. Ring components of all layers corresponding to the selected lamination combinatorial data are unloaded from the component storage facility . A distribution of size data of the ring components of each layer in the component storage facility is thus continuously maintained in a state capable of assembling more laminated rings , and the stable mass-productivity of laminated rings is continuously achieved.

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Sayama, Japan

Tetsuo Sugizono