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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Fanuc Corporation, Yamanashi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/418 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/41865 (2013.01); G05B 2219/32266 (2013.01); G05B 2219/32268 (2013.01); G05B 2219/32365 (2013.01); Y02P 90/18 (2015.11); Y02P 90/20 (2015.11); Y02P 90/26 (2015.11);
Abstract
A cell controller in each manufacturing cell includes a manufacturing instruction determination part that determines the types of manufacturable parts to be preferentially manufactured and the number of parts to be manufactured, based on order information and inventory information that are stored in the storage part of an administrative server, the manufacturing instruction determination part indicating the determination to a drive controller. In a cell production system configured thus, each manufacturing cell can timely manufacture multiple types of parts according to a status change of, for example, a part order or the inventory of materials.