Production management device, production management system, and combination weighing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12397956-B2
Application number	US-202318182858-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2023
Priority date	Mar 15, 2022
Publication date	Aug 26, 2025
Grant date	Aug 26, 2025

Abstract

A production management device includes: a communication section provided to enable communication with a combination weighing apparatus and a bag-making and packaging apparatus; a management device provided to enable communication with the combination weighing apparatus and the bag-making and packaging apparatus via the communication section; and a storage device configured to store therein various information. The management device generates and stores production information in the storage device. In the production information, a weighing value of articles weighed by the combination weighing apparatus, the weighing value being output at discharge timing at which the combination weighing apparatus discharged the articles to the bag-making and packaging apparatus, is associated with identification information given to a packaging film of the articles, the identification information being output at packaging timing at which the articles discharged at the discharge timing were packaged by the bag-making and packaging apparatus.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A production management device comprising:
a communication section provided to enable communication with a combination weighing apparatus and a packaging apparatus, the combination weighing apparatus being configured to perform combination calculation of articles and the packaging apparatus being configured to package the articles discharged from the combination weighing apparatus with a packaging material;
a management section provided to enable communication with the combination weighing apparatus and the packaging apparatus via the communication section; and
a storage section configured to store therein various information,
wherein the management section generates production information associating a weighing value of the articles weighed by the combination weighing apparatus with identification information given to the packaging material of the articles, the weighing value being output at a discharge timing at which the combination weighing apparatus discharged the articles to the packaging apparatus and the identification information being output at a packaging timing at which the articles discharged at the discharge timing were packaged by the packaging apparatus, and the management section stores the production information in the storage section,
wherein the identification information includes a unique identification number for each package that is packaged by the packaging apparatus,
wherein the management section receives weighing information from the combination weighing apparatus and receives packaging information from the packaging apparatus, the weighing information associating the weighing value and information for identifying a number of heads of weighing hoppers used in the combination calculation, information for identifying the weighing hoppers used in the combination weighing with a calculation number associated with the combination calculation and the packaging information associating the calculation number with the identification information output at the packaging timing, and generates the production information based on the weighing information and the packaging information.

2. The production management device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the packaging information includes information about the packaging apparatus when the articles were packaged as information to be associated with the calculation number in addition to the identification information.

3. The production management device according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the combination weighing apparatus includes the identification of the number of weighing hoppers used in the combination calculation and the identification of which weighing hoppers were used in the combination calculation.

4. A production management system comprising:
a combination weighing apparatus configured to perform combination calculation of articles;
a packaging apparatus provided to communicate with a communication section, and configured to package articles discharged from the combination weighing apparatus with a packaging material;
a management device provided to communicate with the combination weighing apparatus and the packaging apparatus; and
a storage device configured to store therein various information,
wherein the management device generates production information associating a weighing value of the articles weighed by the combination weighing apparatus with identification information given to the packaging material of the articles, the weighing value being output at a discharge timing at which the combination weighing apparatus discharged the articles to the packaging apparatus and the identification information being output at a packaging timing at which the articles corresponding to the weighing value were packaged by the packaging apparatus, and the management device stores the production information in the storage device,
wherein the identification information includes a unique identification number for each package that is packaged by the packaging apparatus,
wherein the combination weighing apparatus outputs a calculation number generated every time the combination calculation is performed, to the packaging apparatus at the discharge timing, and outputs weighing information associating the weighing value with the calculation number to the management device,
the packaging apparatus receives the calculation number output from the combination weighing apparatus and outputs packaging information associating the received calculation number with the identification information output to the management device at the packaging timing,
the management device generates the production information based on the weighing information received from the combination weighing apparatus and the packaging information received from the packaging apparatus, the weighing information associating the weighing value and information for identifying a number of heads of weighing hoppers used in the combination calculation, information for identifying the weighing hoppers used in the combination weighing with the calculation number associated with the combination calculation and the packaging information associating the calculation number with the identification information output at the packaging timing.

5. The production management system according to claim 4 ,
wherein the packaging information includes information about the packaging apparatus when the articles were packaged as information to be associated with the calculation number in addition to the identification information.

6. The production management system according to claim 4 ,
wherein a first timing for sending the weighing information to the management device and a second timing for sending the calculation number to the packaging apparatus, wherein the first timing and the second timing differ from each other in the combination weighing apparatus.

7. The production management system according to claim 5 ,
wherein a first timing for sending the weighing information to the management device and a second timing for sending the calculation number to the packaging apparatus, wherein the first timing and the second timing differ from each other in the combination weighing apparatus.

8. The production management system according to claim 4 , wherein the information about the combination weighing apparatus includes the identification of the number of weighing hoppers used in the combination calculation and the identification of which weighing hoppers were used in the combination calculation.

Assignees

• Ishida Seisakusho

Inventors

• Tsugawa Tono
• Ito Tatsuo
• Koike Shinji
• Miyamoto Hideshi

Classifications

• B65B61/025

  for applying, e.g. printing, code or date marks on material prior to packaging · CPC title

• B65B9/08

  in a web folded and sealed transversely to form pockets which are subsequently filled and then closed by sealing · CPC title

• B65B57/00

  Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices (registering wrapping or container-forming material fed from rolls B65B41/18) · CPC title

• B65B65/08

  Devices for counting or registering the number of articles handled, or the number of packages produced by the machine · CPC title

• B65B37/18

  by weighing {(devices or methods for controlling the quantity of material or liquid fed or filled into a container by weighing B65B1/32, B65B3/28)} · CPC title