Material control system

A material control system (MCS) to select an optimum transport route by calculating a prospective transport time between a source node and a destination node includes a transport order manager to receive and manage layout information, and real-time job information of a load and a waiting job number...

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Main Author IM KWANG-YOUNG
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 12.08.2004
Edition7
Subjects
CONVEYING
GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
MEASURING
MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS
NAVIGATION
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
PHYSICS
PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS
SIGNALLING
STORING
SURVEYING
TESTING
TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A material control system (MCS) to select an optimum transport route by calculating a prospective transport time between a source node and a destination node includes a transport order manager to receive and manage layout information, and real-time job information of a load and a waiting job number of a storehouse according to respective unit links. The MCS also includes an optimum route generating part to calculate the prospective transport time by receiving the layout information and the real-time job information in a predetermined period of time from the transport order manager and by modeling the information. The optimum route generating part also selects a transport route having a minimum prospective transport time as the optimum transport route. Thus, a transport flow of production lines may be balanced, and interruption between transport vehicles may be minimized, thereby enabling overall transport efficiency to be maximized.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20030680222