Smart factory for production and quality management of thermoplastic and thermosetting compound
Provided is a smart factory for production and quality management of a thermoplastic and thermosetting compound capable of predicting and controlling quality and production schedule in the future as well as monitoring a current state of factory by acquiring various types of data generated during a manufacturing process such as a manufacturing schedule, a quality condition, or the like of a manufacturing process.
1. A smart factory for production and quality management of a thermoplastic and thermosetting compound, comprising:
a human & machine interface (HMI) controlling a production facility according to a state of the production facility;
a quality management system (QMS) performing a quality inspection on a workpiece for each step produced in the production facility and controlling the production facility according to a quality result;
a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) managing the production facility based on an operation time of the production facility;
a storage unit storing information on the state of the production facility, a production parameter, information on a facility operation, an operation condition, and information on a quality inspection of a product in real time; and
a manufacturing execution system (MES) transmitting the information stored in the storage unit in real time, continuously feeding back a predetermined item to a user, or controlling the production facility, wherein:
in at least one quality inspection, an appearance of a prototype is inspected to determine whether the appearance of the prototype is within a predetermined reference range, and when it is determined that the appearance of the prototype is within the predetermined reference range, the prototype is carried on to a next step produced in the production facility, wherein
the prototype is prepared by a process comprising the steps of:
mixing and extruding a thermoplastic and thermosetting compound via an extruder to form a semi-finished product, and producing the prototype from the semi-finished product; and
the QMS includes a second measuring unit which inspects the appearance of the prototype and measures quality on the workpiece for each step produced in the production facility.
2. The smart factory of claim 1 , wherein the HMI and CMMS include a first measuring unit which measures an operation state and an operation time of the production facility and transmits the measured operation state and operation time to the storage unit.
3. The smart factory of claim 1 , further comprising: an energy management system (EMS) controlling the production facility according to a power consumption amount of the production facility.
4. The smart factory of claim 1 , wherein when a total sum of the operation time of the production facility exceeds a predetermined reference time, the CMMS stops the operation of the production facility or stores in the storage unit a fact that the operation time of the production facility exceeds the predetermined reference time, and the MES notifies the user that the operation time of the production facility exceeds the predetermined reference time.
5. The smart factory of claim 1 , wherein the MES and the storage unit are connected to an Internet network,
stored state information in the storage unit is provided to the user if the user accesses the storage unit through the Internet network, and
control authority of the production facility is provided to the user if the user accesses the MES through the Internet network.
6. The smart factory of claim 1 , wherein the storage unit comprises first storage units which store information on a state of a production facility of a single factory and operation information on the MES and a second storage unit which is connected to at least one of the first storage units in parallel to store the information stored in the first storage units and store production planning information on a factory in which each of the first storage units is installed.
7. The smart factory of claim 1 , further comprising: enterprise resource planning (ERP) connected to the Internet to receive order information, determine operation of the production facility according to a production plan, and manage warehousing of raw materials and a delivery of a finished product.