IP Library Granted Patent US 11,635,219
Granted Patent B2
US 11,635,219 · App. 17/649,881 · Granted Apr 25, 2023

In-factory environmental control system

Inventors: Yuuki Ootsuka (Yamanashi, JP); Shinichi Ogawa (Yamanashi, JP); Noboru Kurokami (Yamanashi, JP)
Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,635,219
App. No.
17/649,881
Granted
Apr 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a system that collects data from each sensor (airflow, temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, illuminance, and air pollution) that measures an environmental factor and can evaluate an environment in a factory in a complex manner. Environmental sensors that measure environmental elements including at least airflow from among the airflow, temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, illuminance, and a degree of air pollution, which are the environmental elements in a factory where a machining operation is performed, a display unit that visualizes and displays measurement results of a plurality of environmental elements measured by the environmental sensors, an evaluation and determination unit that evaluates and determines at least one of machine accuracy, work environment, and image accuracy based on the measurement results of the plurality of environmental elements, and a control unit that controls in-factory equipment so that an environment in the factory becomes a preset environment based on results of evaluation and determination by the evaluation and determination unit are included.

Claims (24)

1. An in-factory environmental control system, comprising:

environmental sensors that measure a plurality of environmental elements including at least airflow from among the airflow, temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, illuminance, and a degree of air pollution, which are the environmental elements in a factory where a machining operation is performed;

a display unit that visualizes and displays measurement results of the plurality of environmental elements measured by the environmental sensors;

an evaluation and determination unit that evaluates and determines at least one of a static accuracy of a machine, work environment, and image accuracy based on the measurement results of the plurality of environmental elements; and

a control unit that controls in-factory equipment so that an environment in the factory becomes a preset environment based on results of evaluation and determination by the evaluation and determination unit,

wherein the in-factory environmental control system has a mechanism that estimates a change in the static accuracy of the machine from the measurement results of the temperature and the airflow measured by the environmental sensors and machine information obtained in advance by another method and a compensation is applied to a machining program based on the estimated change in the static accuracy.

2. The in-factory environmental control system according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit displays the measured airflow in a form of a vector of an air direction and air volume.

3. An in-factory environmental control system, comprising:

environmental sensors that measure a plurality of environmental elements including at least airflow from among the airflow, temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, illuminance, and a degree of air pollution, which are the environmental elements in a factory where a machining operation is performed;

a display unit that visualizes and displays measurement results of the plurality of environmental elements measured by the environmental sensors;

an evaluation and determination unit that evaluates and determines at least one of machine accuracy, work environment, and image accuracy based on the measurement results of the plurality of environmental elements; and

a control unit that controls in-factory equipment so that an environment in the factory becomes a preset environment based on results of evaluation and determination by the evaluation and determination unit,

wherein the in-factory environmental control system has a mechanism that causes a factory monitor to provide a warning of a risk level of rust generation on an iron casting based on the measurement results of the temperature and the humidity measured by the environmental sensors and information of a cutting fluid obtained in advance by another method.

4. An in-factory environmental control system, comprising:

environmental sensors that measure a plurality of environmental elements including at least airflow from among the airflow, temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, illuminance, and a degree of air pollution, which are the environmental elements in a factory where a machining operation is performed;

a display unit that visualizes and displays measurement results of the plurality of environmental elements measured by the environmental sensors;

an evaluation and determination unit that evaluates and determines at least one of machine accuracy, work environment, and image accuracy based on the measurement results of the plurality of environmental elements; and

a control unit that controls in-factory equipment so that an environment in the factory becomes a preset environment based on results of evaluation and determination by the evaluation and determination unit,

wherein the in-factory environmental control system has a mechanism that divides a risk level of heatstroke into several stages based on the measurement results of the temperature and the humidity measured by the environmental sensors and displayed on a factory monitor, and optimum air conditioning and ventilating methods are indicated based on the risk level of the heatstroke.

5. The in-factory environment control system according to claim 4 , wherein the display unit displays the measured airflow in a form of a vector of an air direction and air volume.

6. The in-factory environment control system according to claim 3 , wherein the display unit displays the measured airflow in a form of a vector of an air direction and air volume.

7. The in-factory environment control system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the measurement sensors is installed at a different height around a machine tool or on a column of the factory.

8. The in-factory environment control system according to claim 4 , wherein each of the measurement sensors is installed at a different height around a machine tool or on a column of the factory.

9. The in-factory environment control system according to claim 3 , wherein each of the measurement sensors is installed at a different height around a machine tool or on a column of the factory.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2022
From: OOTSUKA, YUUKI; OGAWA, SHINICHI; KUROKAMI, NOBORU
To: FANUC CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-227340 · Dec 4, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 16700814 · Dec 2, 2019
Related Publication 20220154955A1 · May 19, 2022
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