摘要 |
PURPOSE:To automatically sort parts to respective part mounting devices when plural part mounting devices are arranged in a production line. CONSTITUTION:In sorting of parts for deciding which part to be mounted in each of part mounting devices 10A, 10B, 10C, a standard cycle time, in which each part mounting device carries out work, is found, while the part mounting device on the line upstream side is selected as a processing machine, and the parts are sorted from the highest priority one, and then, sorting of the parts to this part mounting device is stopped when the sum of standard process times of the sorted parts exceeds the standard cycle time. Subsequently, the next order part mounting device is selected as the processing machine, and sorting is carried out from the highest priority part until the sum of the standard process times exceeds the standard cycle time. This work is repeated until sorting of all the parts is finished. |