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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2007
Kazutoshi Takada, Sayama, JP;
Takaji Mukumoto, Sayama, JP;
Hideshi Sato, Sayama, JP;
Osamu Takenaka, Sayama, JP;
Tetsuo Sugizono, Sayama, JP;
Katsumune Inaki, Sayama, JP;
Hiroki Tahira, Sayama, JP;
Koji Saito, Sayama, JP;
Katsuyuki Nakajima, Sayama, JP;
Kazutoshi Takada, Sayama, JP;
Takaji Mukumoto, Sayama, JP;
Hideshi Sato, Sayama, JP;
Osamu Takenaka, Sayama, JP;
Tetsuo Sugizono, Sayama, JP;
Katsumune Inaki, Sayama, JP;
Hiroki Tahira, Sayama, JP;
Koji Saito, Sayama, JP;
Katsuyuki Nakajima, Sayama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.