US 12,346,103 B2
System and method for diagnosing a manufacturing line using tagged data
Stephen Fisher Aikens, Cambridge (CA); Ian Cameron, Cambridge (CA); Stanley Kleinikkink, Cambridge (CA); and Daniel Blair De Verteuil, Cambridge (CA)
Appl. No. 16/315,859
Filed by ATS Corporation, Cambridge (CA)
PCT Filed Jul. 7, 2017, PCT No. PCT/CA2017/050824
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 7, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/006177, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 11, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/359,427, filed on Jul. 7, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0302751 A1, Oct. 3, 2019
Int. Cl. G05B 23/02 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 23/0264 (2013.01) [G05B 19/0428 (2013.01); G05B 19/41825 (2013.01); G05B 19/4183 (2013.01); G05B 19/41875 (2013.01); G05B 23/0297 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A method for diagnosing a manufacturing line having a plurality of automation elements, the method comprising:
receiving, at a processor, operation data from the plurality of automation elements;
capturing and storing feed-back data based on the operation data at a data collection device associated with the plurality of automation elements;
tagging the feed-back data to include a part-tag associated with at least one part travelling through the manufacturing line when the at least one part is at or passing through each of the plurality of automation elements;
determining a trigger condition based on the operation data from at least one of the plurality of automation elements;
determining a time period based on the trigger condition comprising a predetermined amount of time before and after the trigger condition, wherein the time period is different for different trigger conditions;
tagging the feed-back data for the determined time period to include the trigger condition and the time period in addition to the at least one part associated with the operation data;
displaying, based on the tagging, the feed-back data relating to the at least one part, including feed-back data for each of the plurality of automation elements the at least one part has passed, regardless of the time period based on the trigger condition.