家具制造业物料呼叫系统
Call for Parts at a Furniture Manufacturer
Challenge
A furniture manufacturer has four manufacturing lines: red, green, blue, and yellow. When a line is in need of parts, one of the operators flips a switch that turns on that line’s color on a light tower located centrally in the warehouse. One of the two forklift operators notices the signal light tower and retrieves parts for that line.
This is a large facility and the forklift trucks are mobile, making a wired solution impossible. The customer is also looking for a solution that is easy to install and maintain.
The customer needs a solution that can increase the forklift operator's response time by putting the indicators on the forklift's dashboard and can also allow the forklift operator to acknowledge the request, which eliminates redundant part deliveries by multiple operators.
Solution
The notification system for each line consists of a K50 Illuminated touch button, a K30 Illuminated touch button, a color position on a signal tower light, one PM8 Gateway, and two PM8L Nodes.
The operator requests parts by touching the K50. This turns on the K50, the K30 in the fork lift cab, and the signal tower light line’s color. The fork lift operator acknowledges the request by touching the K30 mounted in the fork lift, turning off all the lights.
The operators see their request has been received. The K30, K50, and tower light are all tied together with Banner’s Sure Cross PM series radios; there is no need for an external logic device. The logic, latch input with a reset line, is built into the K50 light.
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解决方案
每条生产线的通知系统由一个K50触摸按钮指示灯、一个K30触摸按钮指示灯，一个信号塔灯、一个PM8网关和两个PM8L节点组成。
操作员通过按下K50的触摸按钮来发出物料需求请求。此操作将亮起K50指示灯、叉车驾驶室中的K30以及灯塔灯同时点亮。叉车操作员则按下安装在叉车上的K30来确认请求，并关闭所有指示灯。
操作员由此获知对方已收到其请求。K30、K50和塔灯均与邦纳Sure Cross PM系列电台连接在一起；无需外部逻辑器件。带有复位线的逻辑锁存输入内置在K50指示灯中。