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US 12,332,636 · App. 17/774,551 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Production facilities monitoring method, production facilities monitoring device, and operation method for production facilities

Inventors: Tomohiko Ito (Tokyo, JP); Kazuhira Ichikawa (Tokyo, JP); Tetsuya Yamamoto (Tokyo, JP); Shingo Sugioka (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Shimamoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
G05B19/4184C21B5/00C21B7/24G05B23/0237G05B23/0267
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,332,636
App. No.
17/774,551
Filed
May 5, 2022
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2116
USPC
700/108
Abstract

A production facilities monitoring method monitors an operation status of a plurality of production facilities of a same kind located at a plurality of production sites and includes: a data information preparation step of aggregating operational data of each of the production facilities for each of the production sites; a data accumulation step of accumulating the operational data aggregated at the data information preparation step into a computer located at a data accumulation site; a data analysis step of analyzing a current operation status at each of the production facilities, using current operational data and past operational data accumulated at the data accumulation step; and an operation status determination step of determining whether operation is abnormal at each of the production facilities, based on an analysis result of the data analysis step.

Claims (23)

1. A production facilities monitoring method for monitoring an operation status of a plurality of production facilities of a same kind located at a plurality of production sites, the production facilities monitoring method comprising:

a data information preparation step of aggregating operational data of each of the production facilities for each of the production sites;

a data accumulation step of accumulating the operational data aggregated at the data information preparation step into a computer located at a data accumulation site;

a data analysis step of analyzing a current operation status at each of the production facilities, using current operational data and past operational data accumulated at the data accumulation step; and

an operation status determination step of determining whether operation is abnormal at each of the production facilities, based on an analysis result of the data analysis step.

2. The production facilities monitoring method according to claim 1 , wherein number of items, item names and units of the operational data are common among the production facilities.

3. The production facilities monitoring method according to claim 1 , wherein the operation status determination step includes a step of determining whether the operation is abnormal in each of the production facilities, based on an index derived from the operational data at the data analysis step.

4. The production facilities monitoring method according to claim 1 , wherein

the data information preparation step includes a step of aggregating metadata including at least operating condition data of each of the production facilities at a time when the operational data is obtained,

the data accumulation step includes a step of accumulating metadata aggregated at the data information preparation step into the computer,

the data analysis step includes a step of extracting a period in which a past operating condition undergoes a change similar to a change for a predetermined period of time under a current operating condition by comparing metadata obtained from current operation with past metadata including metadata obtained at other production facilities, and

the operation status determination step includes a step of determining whether the operation at each of the production facilities is abnormal by comparing the current operational data in the period extracted at the data analysis step with the past operational data.

5. The production facilities monitoring method according to claim 1 , wherein the operation status determination step includes a step of determining whether the operation is abnormal, using an operation indicator, operational data and at least one pieces of metadata of operating conditions converted into a same scale.

6. The production facilities monitoring method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of displaying aggregated operational data and an analysis result of the operational data.

7. A production facilities monitoring device for monitoring an operation status of a plurality of production facilities of a same kind located at a plurality of production sites, the production facilities monitoring device comprising:

a data information preparation unit configured to aggregate operational data of each of the production facilities for each of the production sites;

a data accumulation unit configured to accumulate the operational data aggregated by the data information preparation unit;

a data analysis unit configured to analyze a current operation status at each of the production facilities, using current operational data and past operational data accumulated by the data accumulation unit; and

an operation status determination unit configured to determine whether the operation is abnormal at each of the production facilities, based on an analysis result by the data analysis unit.

8. An operation method for production facilities using the production facilities monitoring method according to claim 1 , the operation method comprising

a step of operating a production facility based on a determination result at the operation status determination step.

9. The production facilities monitoring method according to claim 1 , wherein the operation status determination step includes a step of determining whether the operation is abnormal in each of the production facilities, based on operation indicators derived from the operational data at the data analysis step, the operation indicators having been converted into a same scale to enable comparison of facility statuses of the plurality of production facilities of the same kind with different specifications.

10. The production facilities monitoring device according to claim 7 , wherein the operation status determination unit is configured to determine whether the operation is abnormal in each of the production facilities, based on operation indicators derived from the operational data by the data analysis unit, the operation indicators having been converted into a same scale to enable comparison of facility statuses of the plurality of production facilities of the same kind with different specifications.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2022
From: ITO, TOMOHIKO; ICHIKAWA, KAZUHIRA; YAMAMOTO, TETSUYA; SUGIOKA, SHINGO; SHIMAMOTO, HIROYUKI
To: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060991/0368 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-205340 · Nov 13, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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