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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2016
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Alexander Pfaffinger, Munich, DE;
Christian Royer, Ottobrunn, DE;
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich, DE;
Abstract
Provided is a method for determining optimum batch sizes for the placing of components on circuit boards within an assembly line, wherein a set of circuit board types to be produced on the assembly line within a specified planning period is specified; a number of circuit boards to be produced is specified for each circuit board type; the number of circuit boards per circuit board type forms a set that is to be divided into equal-sized subsets, also referred to as batches, which are production orders that are produced at regular intervals during the planning period; the batch size of a circuit board type is equal to the number of circuit boards in a subset; the specified circuit board types are divided into a set of clusters, wherein a cluster and its associated set-up includes a set of circuit board types which can be produced with the associated set-up.