摘要 |
<p>A quality control system is supervised by a system control computer. A bar code printer issues product identification information in bar code form, according to information received from the system control computer, which bar code is then attached to a product in a production line. A number of failure code books contain various failure codes in bar code form, each failure code corresponding to a particular type of failure which can occur in the production process. Bar code scanners are used to scan the product identification information from the bar code attached to a product and a failure code from a failure code book when a failure occurs and pass the scanned information to the system control computer. The system control computer analyzes the scanned information and generates a production line stop signal when the scanned information satisfies predetermined production line stop conditions. In response to that signal, an alarm is activated.</p> |