JP7104866B2 - Lending system - Google Patents

Description

This specification relates to a lending system.

In general, when mounting high-mix low-volume production or contract production of parts such as electronic parts on a board (including mounting and charging), the required device performance and the number of devices often differ depending on the type of production board. .. In such a case, the substrate producer may have a set of specifications and own it as its own equipment, but this would increase the burden of capital investment. Therefore, in order to reduce the investment burden, the board producer may have the leasing company lend the entire necessary equipment for a predetermined loan period. However, if the leased product is the entire equipment required as a board work machine, in high-mix low-volume production and contract production, equipment units that are rarely used due to fluctuations in the production type and are rarely used are also subject to leasing. It was sometimes unreasonable for the board producer in terms of leasing fees.

Therefore, in order to further reduce the investment burden on the board producer, the charge for the lease is not based on the period during which the leased product is lent, but based on the operating time when the leased product is actually in operation. (See, for example, Patent Document 1). According to this billing method, even if the entire required equipment is a leased product, the billing amount will be smaller when the leased product is used infrequently due to fluctuations in the production type, etc. Appropriate billing can be performed according to the frequency.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-28070

In general, a board-to-board working machine has a device configuration in which each unit such as a head for sucking parts, a parts feeder for supplying parts, and a unit for transporting boards can be flexibly replaced to change the device specifications. Therefore, it is convenient for the board producer in terms of investment burden if the board producer can own the equipment body and necessary units and have the leasing company lend only the units that are used infrequently. .. However, there is no mechanism for charging the rented unit while making it possible to rent each unit of the board-to-board work machine. Then, in order to perform this charge, it is necessary to supply the operation information of the loan parts feeder from the lender side to the lender side.

An object of the present specification is to provide a lending system having a mechanism for supplying operation information of a lending parts feeder used in a board-to-board working machine of a lender to a lender.

This specification is detachably used for a board-to-board work machine for mounting parts supplied from a parts feeder on a circuit board, and is used for a loan parts feeder lent by a lender, and the board-to-board work machine. The board including a recognition unit that recognizes the individual identification information of the rental parts feeder when the rental parts feeder is attached, and the operation information of the rental parts feeder corresponding to the individual identification information and the individual identification information. The log information acquisition unit that acquires the log information of the work machine, the management communication unit that transmits the log information acquired by the log information acquisition unit, and the log information transmitted by the management communication unit are received. Discloses a lending system including the lending source server that stores the individual identification information of the lending parts feeder and the operating information in association with each other based on the log information.

According to the present disclosure, it is possible to construct a mechanism for supplying the operation information of the rental parts feeder used in the board-to-board work machine of the lender to the lender side.

It is a block diagram of the billing system of the rental unit for board work machine including the rental system which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a top view of the board-to-board working machine used in the embodiment. It is a figure which showed the log information of an example which is uploaded from the board work machine to a management server when the power of the board work machine is turned on. It is a figure which showed the log information of an example which is uploaded from the board-to-board work machine to the management server when a unit is automatically exchanged during operation of a board-to-board work machine. It is a figure which showed the log information of an example which is uploaded from the board-to-board work machine to the management server when the production of one board is completed by the board-to-board work machine. It is an operation flowchart of an example executed in the billing system of embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the use control outside the lending condition of the lending unit in the board-to-board work machine including the lending system which concerns on one modification. It is a block diagram of the billing system of the rental unit for board work machine including the rental system which concerns on one variant.

1. 1. Configuration of the Billing System for the Rental Unit for Board Working Machines Including the Lending System The configuration of the billing system 1 for the rental unit for board working machines according to one embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6. The billing system 1 is a system for leasing billing when at least one of the units detachably attached to the main body 11 of the board working machine 10 is a rented unit.

The board working machine 10 is a device that performs work of mounting components on a board 2 such as a circuit board. The board-to-board working machine 10 includes a non-removable main body 11, and as shown in FIG. 2, includes a board transfer device 20, a component supply device 30, and a component transfer device 40. The board transfer device 20, the component supply device 30, and the component transfer device 40 are attached to and mounted on the main body 11, respectively.

The board transfer device 20 is a device that conveys the substrate 2. As shown in FIG. 2, the substrate transfer device 20 includes a pair of guide rails 21 and 22, a conveyor belt 23, and a clamp device (not shown). The pair of guide rails 21 and 22 are arranged parallel to each other at intervals. The guide rails 21 and 22 guide the substrate 2 in the transport direction X. The conveyor belt 23 is a belt member on which the substrate 2 can be placed, and is provided so as to be rotatable by an electric motor or the like. The substrate 2 is conveyed by the conveyor belt 23 in the conveying direction X while being guided by the pair of guide rails 21 and 22. The clamp device is arranged on the conveyor belt 23. The clamping device can clamp the substrate 2 at a predetermined component mounting position in the transport direction X. When the substrate 2 is conveyed to a predetermined component mounting position by the conveyor belt 23, the substrate 2 is positioned by the clamp device. The conveyor belt 23 and the guide rails 21, 22, and the clamp device of the substrate transfer device 20 can be appropriately replaced according to the type, size, shape, and the like of the substrate 2.

The component supply device 30 is a device that supplies components 3 to be mounted on the substrate 2 to a predetermined supply position L. The main body 11 has a holding portion 12 for holding the parts feeder 31. The holding portion 12 has a plurality of slots 13 provided side by side in the transport direction X. Each slot 13 is assigned a slot number different from each other, and one part feeder 31 is detachably and interchangeably held. The plurality of slots 13 can hold parts feeders 31 of different types from each other. The main body 11 may be capable of holding a tray on which parts larger than the parts held by the parts feeder 31 are placed, and may be used by exchanging the parts feeder 31 and its tray. good.

The parts feeder 31 has a reel holding shaft 33 that holds the reel 32 detachably and rotatably. The reel 32 is a rotating body around which a carrier tape containing a plurality of parts 3 is wound. The reel 32 is provided for each type of the component 3. Each reel 32 can accommodate a number of parts 3 according to the type of the accommodating parts.

The parts feeder 31 is a device for running a carrier tape wound around a reel 32 held on a reel holding shaft 33. The traveling by the parts feeder 31 is realized by feeding the carrier tape in a predetermined supply direction (specifically, a direction from the tape insertion port side described later to a predetermined supply position L side). The parts feeder 31 has a sprocket having teeth that engage with a sprocket hole provided in the carrier tape, and an electric motor that rotates the sprocket. When the electric motor operates in the parts feeder 31, the sprocket rotates and the carrier tape travels in a predetermined supply direction, so that the parts 3 are supplied to a predetermined supply position L.

The component transfer device 40 is a device that transfers the component 3 supplied to the predetermined supply position L toward the substrate 2 positioned at the predetermined component mounting position. The component transfer device 40 includes a Y-axis slider 41, an X-axis slider 42, and a mounting head 43.

The Y-axis slider 41 is supported by the guide rail 44. The guide rail 44 extends in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction X of the substrate 2 by the substrate transport device 20 (hereinafter, referred to as an orthogonal direction Y), and is arranged vertically above the substrate transport device 20. The Y-axis slider 41 can move along the guide rail 44 in the orthogonal direction Y. A Y-axis servomotor (not shown) is mechanically connected to the Y-axis slider 41. The Y-axis slider 41 is moved in the orthogonal direction Y along the guide rail 44 by the Y-axis servomotor.

The X-axis slider 42 is movably attached to the Y-axis slider 41 in the transport direction X. An X-axis servomotor (not shown) fixed to the Y-axis slider 41 is mechanically connected to the X-axis slider 42. The X-axis slider 42 is moved in the transport direction X by the X-axis servomotor.

A mounting head 43 is attached to the X-axis slider 42. The mounting head 43 holds a suction nozzle capable of sucking the component 3. The mounting head 43 may be capable of holding a plurality of suction nozzles at the same time. The mounting head 43 or suction nozzle is removable and replaceable with respect to the X-axis slider 42 or with respect to the mounting head 43. The mounting head 43 or the suction nozzle held by the mounting head 43 can be appropriately changed according to the type, size, shape, and the like of the component 3. The mounting head 43 can move its position with respect to the X-axis slider 42 in the vertical direction Z orthogonal to both the transport direction X and the orthogonal direction Y. The suction nozzle of the mounting head 43 sucks the component 3 that has reached the predetermined supply position L of the component supply device 30 by using negative pressure or the like, and the sucked component 3 is brought to the predetermined component mounting position by releasing the suction. It is placed on the positioned substrate 2.

A board camera 46 is attached to the X-axis slider 42. The board camera 46 captures the reference mark of the board 2 positioned at the predetermined component mounting position from above to acquire the board position reference information, or captures the component 3 that has arrived at the predetermined supply position L from above. Image is taken to acquire component position information. The component position information is used for position control and attitude control of the suction nozzle when the component 3 is sucked onto the suction nozzle of the mounting head 43. Further, the substrate position reference information is used for position control and attitude control of the suction nozzle when the component 3 sucked on the suction nozzle of the mounting head 43 is mounted on the board 2.

A component camera 47 is attached to the base of the component transfer device 40. The component camera 47 takes an image of the component 3 sucked by the suction nozzle of the mounting head 43 from below, and acquires posture information and the like of the component 3. This attitude information is used for position control and attitude control of the suction nozzle when the component 3 sucked on the suction nozzle of the mounting head 43 is mounted on the substrate 2.

Further, the board-to-board working machine 10 includes a control device 50 attached to the main body 11. The control device 50 has a machine controller 51 mainly composed of a computer provided with a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like. An image processing device that processes image data obtained by the board camera 46 and the component camera 47 is connected to the machine controller 51. The machine controller 51 can control the operation of each of the devices 20, 30, and 40 of the board working machine 10 based on the input information.

Further, the machine controller 51 has a recognition unit 51a. The recognition unit 51a recognizes the unit individual identification information assigned to various units mounted on the main body 11 of the corresponding anti-board working machine 10. This unit individual identification information is an identification code assigned to each unit that can be mounted on the board working machine 10, and is identification information for distinguishing the own unit from other units. The unit to which the unit individual identification information is assigned is a parts feeder 31 or a mounting head 43 that is replaceably attached to the devices 20, 30 and 40, a suction nozzle held by the mounting head 43, a gripping chuck, or a parts supply device 30. Various processing devices (for example, a supply device that supplies flux to be transferred to parts, a collection device that collects waste parts, and a cleaning device that cleans the nozzle of the mounting head 43) are mounted in place of the parts feeder 31.

The unit individual identification information may be recognized by the recognition unit 51a by the following method. For example, in one recognition method, a computer or the like mounted on each of the devices 20, 30, 40 mounted on the board working machine 10 detects the unit individual identification information of the unit possessed by the devices 20, 30, 40, respectively. Then, the information is transmitted to the machine controller 51, and the machine controller 51 receives and recognizes the unit individual identification information transmitted from the devices 20, 30, and 40. Further, in another recognition method, the unit individual identification information is attached to a predetermined position on the outer surface of the unit of the devices 20, 30, 40, and a camera for capturing the unit individual identification information, a reader for reading the unit, or the like is provided. The machine controller 51 recognizes the unit individual identification information of the units mounted on the devices 20, 30 and 40 based on the information from the camera, the reader and the like.

The machine controller 51 uses the unit identification information of the unit mounted on the main body 11 of the anti-board working machine 10 recognized by the recognition unit 51a as described above to be the mounting position (for example, a part) of the main body 11 on which the unit is mounted. In the feeder 31, it is stored in the storage unit 52 in association with the installed slot number and the like). The storage unit 52 stores the relationship between the mounting position of the main body 11 on which the unit mounted on the self-pairing board working machine 10 is mounted and the unit individual identification information of the unit.

The machine controller 51 of each board-to-board work machine 10 is connected to a management server 60 provided in a factory or the like where the board-to-board work machine 10 is installed. The management server 60 manages a production plan using the board working machine 10 (there may be a plurality of them in the factory), the operating status of the board working machine 10, the production of the board 2, and the supply of the parts 3. The host computer. The production plan includes a production plan of a plurality of types of substrates 2 over a predetermined period (for example, one week or one month), and the types and numbers of parts 3 used according to the production plan of the substrate 2. Includes the usage plan shown. It should be noted that these production plans may be updated sequentially. The management server 60 stores the production plan of the board 2 and the usage plan of the component 3.

The management server 60 is a unit (for example, guide rails 21 and 22 of the board transfer device 20, conveyor belt 23, parts feeder 31 of the parts supply device 30, and its parts) mounted on each of the board-to-board work machines 10 to be managed. The unit individual identification information of the reel 32 held in the feeder 31, the mounting head 43 of the component transfer device 40, the suction nozzle held in the mounting head 43, and the like) is stored in association with each other. The management server 60 issues a production command to the machine controller 51 of the board working machine 10 according to a production plan or the like.

The machine controller 51 stores the relationship between the production command and the equipment used and the parts used. Upon receiving the production command from the management server 60, the machine controller 51 produces the substrate 2 according to the following procedure. That is, the machine controller 51 should be used according to the production command from the management server 60, that is, the units of the devices 20, 30, and 40 to be operated (for example, the parts feeder 31 held in the plurality of slots 13) should be used. The parts feeder 31) is selected, the mounting position of the main body 11 to which the unit is mounted is specified, and an operation command is given to the unit.

Further, the machine controller 51 generates log information of a unit mounted on the board working machine 10 at a predetermined timing during operation during production of the board 2 or during various processes. The generated log information is uploaded to the management server 60. The update timing of this log information is when the unit is recognized by turning on the power of the board working machine 10, or when the units of the devices 20, 30 and 40 are automatically replaced while the board working machine 10 is in operation. When the anti-board working machine 10 starts automatic operation, when the anti-board working machine 10 finishes the automatic operation, when the anti-board working machine 10 completes the production of one substrate 2, and so on.

The above log information is associated with the acquisition time or the up time, and includes the model name of the board-to-board work machine 10, the work machine individual identification information, and its state, and the device 20 mounted on the board-to-board work machine 10. It is a collection of unit types of units such as 30 and 40, unit individual identification information, and unit operation information. The log information uploaded from the machine controller 51 to the management server 60 may differ depending on the generation timing.

For example, at the time of unit recognition, the log information includes the time, the model name of the board working machine 10, the working machine individual identification information, its state, the unit type, and the unit individual identification information, as shown in FIG. At the time of automatic unit replacement, as shown in FIG. 4, the time, the model name of the board working machine 10, the working machine individual identification information, its state, the unit type, the unit individual identification information before replacement, and the unit individual identification information after replacement. And. When the production of one board 2 is completed, as shown in FIG. 5, the time, the model name of the board working machine 10, the working machine individual identification information, its state, the unit type, the unit individual identification information, the operating speed, and the number of operations And the number of operation mistakes.

As described above, the machine controller 51 may generate log information including unit operation information of the units of each of the devices 20, 30 and 40 (specifically, when the production of one substrate 2 is completed). The machine controller 51 has an acquisition unit 51b for acquiring unit operation information. This unit operation information is information on the operation of each unit, and is a concept including an operation amount that quantitatively expresses the operation. The operating amount is an operating load, an operating time, an operating number of times, an operating error number, and the like. The operating load indicates the degree of exhaustion of the device itself due to the operation of the unit mounted on the main body 11 of the board working machine 10, and is, for example, the operating speed (%). The operating time may be the time during which the operation continues from the power-on, or may be the total operating time obtained by adding the operating time from the power-on to the power-off. Further, the number of operations is, for example, the number of times the substrate 2 and the like are conveyed by the conveyor belt 23 in the case of the substrate transfer device 20, the number of times the feed is made by the parts feeder 31 in the case of the parts supply device 30, and the number of times of feeding by the parts transfer device 40. The time is the number of mounting points by the mounting head 43, the number of pickups, and the like.

The management server 60 can acquire the log information uploaded from the machine controller 51 of the board working machine 10. The management server 60 has a first storage unit 61. The computer of the management server 60 stores the log information acquired for each board working machine 10 in the first storage unit 61.

The management server 60 also has a second storage unit 62. The second storage unit 62 is a unit (hereinafter, referred to as a lending unit 4) in which the mounted unit is lent by the lender in association with the unit individual identification information of the unit mounted on each board working machine 10. It stores loan presence / absence information indicating whether or not there is a loan, and further stores information including the loan conditions for the loan unit 4. The loan conditions include, for example, information indicating the start of the loan, information indicating the end of the loan, information indicating the loan period, information indicating the upper and lower limits of the allowable range of operation speed, information indicating the charge unit price, and the charge unit price. It includes information indicating the conditions to be changed, the type of the target mountable anti-board working machine 10, and the like. Note that FIG. 2 shows that two of the parts feeders 31 of the parts supply device 30 mounted in the nine slots 13 are rental units 4.

The management server 60 forms a part of the billing system 1. The management server 60 refers to the log information of the board-to-board work machine 10 in the first storage unit 61 and the loan presence / absence information of the board-to-board work machine 10 in the second storage unit 62, and the mounted unit is the loan unit 4. It is possible to determine whether or not the information is provided, and to extract the log information for each unit individual identification information of the loan unit 4. The management server 60 has a third storage unit 63. The third storage unit 63 stores log information for each unit individual identification information of the loan unit 4.

The management server 60 stores information (for example, a name, a telephone number, a data transmission destination, etc.) of the lender who lent the lending unit 4. The management server 60 has a communication unit 65 capable of communicating with the network 70. The management server 60 can transmit information from the communication unit 65 to the server 80 on the lender side (hereinafter, referred to as the lender server 80) via the network 70. The network 70 may use an existing line or may use a dedicated line.

The information transmitted from the management server 60 to the lending source server 80 is data necessary for charging the lending of the lending unit 4, and is stored in the third storage unit 63 of the lending unit 4. This is the log information associated with the unit individual identification information. It should be noted that this transmission information may include at least operation information necessary for billing among the log information. Further, the timing of information transmission from the management server 60 to the lender server 80 is periodic, that is, every predetermined period such as one day or one week. The timing of this information transmission may be changed periodically and may be every time the amount of operation as the operation information in the above-mentioned log information reaches a predetermined amount.

When the above information transmission is performed periodically, the operation information to be transmitted is a summary of the information acquired from the previous transmission to the current transmission. For example, even if the log information is acquired a plurality of times, the information is not transmitted each time the log information is acquired, and the operation information of the plurality of times is collected and transmitted at one time. It should be noted that the multiple operation information may be summarized as a bundle of the multiple operation information as it is, or the multiple operation information may be combined into one as a whole and combined with one operation information. It may be the one that has been used.

The lender server 80 is a part of the billing system 1. The lender server 80 is a host computer that manages the lending unit 4 lent from its own lender to the lender. The lending source server 80 holds the lending list 81. The lending list 81 is a list of lending units 4, and for each lending unit 4, a lending condition including a management number of the lending unit 4 (that is, unit individual identification information), a lending period, a billing unit price, and the like. Is associated with information indicating the billing address of the lender, the department in charge, and the like.

The lender server 80 has a communication unit 82 capable of communicating with the network 70. The lender server 80 receives log information, which is transmitted from the management server 60 on the lender side via the network 70, and includes operation information necessary for billing associated with the unit individual identification information in the communication unit 82. Is possible. The lender server 80 has a billing unit 83. The billing unit 83 extracts the operation information necessary for billing from the log information from the management server 60 on the lender side received by the communication unit 82, and based on the operation information, the billing amount to the lender (that is, that is). Calculate the total billing amount). Then, based on the calculated billing amount, the lender makes a billing request to the lender.

The total amount charged to the lender mentioned above varies depending on the content of the operation information, and the larger the amount of operation, the higher the amount. For example, if the charge amount per operation number (that is, the charge unit price) is determined in advance by the contract between the lender and the lender, the total charge amount is determined by multiplying the operation number and the charge unit price. In addition, the total charge may be an amount obtained by adding an amount corresponding to the above operating amount to the basic loan fee determined in advance by the contract between the lender and the lender. The above basic loan fee may be increased or decreased according to the loan period.

2. Operation from lending to billing of the lending unit The lender who is the unit owner is one of the mounting units constituting the board transfer device 20, the parts supply device 30, the parts transfer device 40, etc. that can be mounted on the board work machine 10. The above can be individually lent to the lender who is the customer and the user of the board working machine 10 as the lending unit 4. The lender sets the equipment specifications for the board work machine 10 in consideration of all the types of boards 2 that can be produced, and also uses the planned production quantity of the boards 2 to be produced, the production period thereof, and the boards 2. Considering the cycle period of the product to be manufactured, the maintainability of the unit, and the like, one or more lending units 4 to be lent from the lender are determined within the device specifications. The lender purchases a unit other than the lending unit 4 and the main body 11 of the board working machine 10. The lender concludes a contract regarding the lending of the lending unit with the lender and receives the lending of the lending unit 4. When the lender and the lender conclude a contract regarding the lending of the lending unit 4, the lender server 80 and the lender's management server 60 receive information including the lending conditions associated with the unit individual identification information of the lending unit 4. Stored.

When the lending unit 4 is mounted on the board-to-board work machine 10 at the lender, the recognition unit 51a of the machine controller 51 of the board-to-board work machine 10 is mounted on the main body 11 of the board-to-board work machine 10. Recognize the unit individual identification information of all the units including 4 (step S100 in the routine shown in FIG. 6). Then, the machine controller 51 stores the relationship between the mounting position of the main body 11 on which the unit including the rental unit 4 is mounted and the unit individual identification information of the unit in the storage unit 52 (step S110). Further, the management server 60 stores the unit individual identification information, the loan presence / absence information, and the loan condition information of the unit for each board working machine 10 in the second storage unit 62.

After the above-mentioned rental unit 4 is attached, the unit individual identification information is recognized, and the above-mentioned relationship is stored, the production of the substrate 2 is started using the substrate working machine 10. The management server 60 of the lender issues a production command to the machine controller 51 of the board working machine 10 according to the production plan of the board 2. The machine controller 51 of the board working machine 10 operates the appropriate units of the devices 20, 30 and 40 in accordance with the production command from the management server 60 to produce the board.

The acquisition unit 51b of the machine controller 51 acquires operation information for each unit including the rental unit during operation during board production (step S120), and acquires log information including the operation information in the management server 60. Up to. The log information may be uploaded from the machine controller 51 to the management server 60 for all units without distinguishing whether or not the unit is a rental unit 4. Further, this log information is uploaded automatically when the power of the board-to-board work machine 10 is turned on, when the units of the devices 20, 30 and 40 are automatically replaced while the board-to-board work machine 10 is in operation, and the board-to-board work machine 10 is automatically updated. This is performed when the operation is started, when the anti-board working machine 10 finishes the automatic operation, when the anti-board working machine 10 completes the production of one substrate 2, and the like.

The management server 60 stores the log information sent for each board working machine 10 in the first storage unit 61. The management server 60 extracts from the log information stored in the first storage unit 61 the log information of the unit of the unit individual identification information indicating that the loan is available as the loan presence / absence information stored in the second storage unit 62, and the log information thereof. The log information associated with the unit individual identification information of the loan unit 4 is stored in the third storage unit 63 (step S130).

The management server 60 transmits the log information of the lending unit 4 stored in the third storage unit 63 to the lending source server 80 at a predetermined timing. When the lending source server 80 receives the log information of the lending unit 4 from the lending destination management server 60 by the communication unit 82 via the network 70, the lending source server 80 extracts the operation information necessary for billing from the log information and rents out the log information. With reference to Listing 81, the loan conditions associated with the unit individual identification information of the loan unit 4 are read out. The billing unit 83 calculates the total billing amount by multiplying the operating amount of the extracted operation information and the billing unit price extracted from the read loan conditions (step S140). For example, if the billing unit price per unit operating time is defined, the product of the operating time and the billing unit price is calculated as the total billing amount. Further, if the billing unit price per operation count is determined, the product of the operation count and the billing unit price is calculated as the total billing amount. The lender charges the lender for the calculated total charge.

3. 3. Effect As described above, in the present embodiment, at least one of all the units mounted on the main body 11 of the board working machine 10 is designated as the lending unit 4, and the lender who is the unit owner to the lender who is the user. Can be lent to. Then, the lender can charge the lender for the loan of the lending unit 4.

More specifically, the lender server 80 on the lender side and the management server 60 on the lender side each store the lending conditions for the lending of the lending unit 4, and the management server 60 on the lender side manages the pair. In association with the unit individual identification information of the unit mounted on the board work machine 10, the loan presence / absence information for distinguishing the loan unit 4 and the units other than the loan unit 4 is attached. Then, the board-to-board work machine 10 on the lender side recognizes the unit individual identification information of the mounted unit and acquires the operation information of each unit. Then, the management server 60 extracts the log information of the rental unit 4 from the log information of all the units mounted on the board work machine 10 acquired at a predetermined timing, and uses the log information of the rental unit 4 as a unit. The lending unit 4 is transmitted to the lending source server 80 on the lending source side in association with the individual identification information. Then, the lending source server 80 calculates the billing amount based on the operation information required for billing included in the log information from the management server 60 and bills.

According to this billing system 1, when at least one of all the units mounted on the board work machine 10 is a rental unit 4, a mechanism for charging according to the operation of the rental unit 4 is constructed. Can be done. Therefore, among all the units mounted on the board-to-board work machine 10, for example, the unit that is rarely used is designated as the rental unit 4, which is compared with the case where all the units mounted on the board-to-board work machine 10 are purchased. Therefore, the investment burden on the user of the substrate working machine 10 can be reduced.

Further, in this billing system 1, the information transmitted from the management server 60 of the lender to the lender server 80 of the lender is not the log information of all the units acquired by the management server 60 from the board work machine 10. Only the log information of the loan unit 4 to be lent is extracted from the log information of all the units. In this case, the owner of the lender does not acquire the log information of all the units mounted on the board work machine 10 of the user who is the lender, but acquires only the log information of the lending unit 4 to be lent. do. Therefore, the owner side does not know the entire board production by the board-to-board working machine 10 on the user side, and the information to be notified to the owner side can be limited to the information related to the rental unit 4. The confidentiality of the substrate production by the substrate working machine 10 can be ensured.

As is clear from the above description, in the billing system 1 of the present embodiment, at least one of the units mounted on the main body 11 in the board-to-board working machine 10 in which a plurality of units are detachably mounted on the main body 11 is This is a billing system in the case of a loaned unit 4. The billing system 1 is provided in the control device 50 attached to the main body 11, and is attached to the recognition unit 51a of the machine controller 51 that recognizes the unit individual identification information of the rental unit 4 attached to the main body 11 and the rental unit 4. A storage unit 52 that stores the relationship between the mounting position of the main body 11 and the unit individual identification information of the rental unit 4 mounted on the main body 11, and a rental unit 4 provided on the control device 50 and mounted on the main body 11. Based on the acquisition unit 51b of the machine controller 51 that acquires the operation information, the third storage unit 63 that stores the operation information of the rental unit 4 for each unit individual identification information, and the operation information stored in the third storage unit 63. It includes a billing unit 83 of the lender server 80 that calculates the billing amount.

The billing method by the billing system 1 is a billing method in the case where at least one of the units mounted on the main body 11 is the loaned unit 4 in the board working machine 10 in which a plurality of units are detachably mounted on the main body 11. Is. This charging method includes a first step in which the recognition unit 51a of the machine controller 51 recognizes the unit individual identification information of the rental unit 4 mounted on the main body 11, the mounting position of the main body 11 on which the rental unit 4 is mounted, and the main body 11. The second step in which the storage unit 52 stores the relationship with the unit individual identification information of the rental unit 4 mounted on the main body 11, and the acquisition unit 51b of the machine controller 51 acquires the operation information of the rental unit 4 mounted on the main body 11. The billing amount is lent based on the third step, the fourth step in which the third storage unit 63 stores the operation information of the lending unit 4 for each unit individual identification information, and the operation information stored in the third storage unit 63. It includes a fifth step in which the billing unit 83 of the original server 80 calculates.

According to this configuration, when at least one of all the units mounted on the board working machine 10 is a rental unit 4, it is possible to construct a mechanism for charging according to the operation of the rental unit 4. ..

Further, in the billing system 1, the billing unit 83 is provided on the lender server 80 of the lender that lends the lending unit 4 to the lender, and the operation information acquired by the acquisition unit 51b is the lending attached to the main body 11. It is associated with the unit individual identification information of the unit 4 and transmitted to the lender server 80 via the network 70. According to this configuration, the lending source server 80 of the lending source can perform the billing operation.

Further, in the billing system 1, the operation information stored in the third storage unit 63 is collectively transmitted to the lending source server 80 via the network 70 at predetermined period intervals. According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent frequent communication between the lender side and the lender side, and it is possible to reduce the communication load.

Further, in the billing system 1, the operation information of the lending unit 4 includes the number of operations or the operating time of the lending unit 4. According to this configuration, it is possible to charge according to the number of operations or the operation time of the rental unit 4 mounted on the main body 11 of the board working machine 10.

4. By the way, in the above-described embodiment, the management server 60 indicates whether or not the unit constituting the devices 20, 30, 40 and the like mounted on the main body 11 of the board working machine 10 is the rental unit 4. It stores loan availability information. Further, the machine controller 51 of the control device 50 mounted on the board working machine 10 acquires the unit operation information of all the units including the loan unit 4 to the acquisition unit 51b regardless of whether the unit is the loan unit 4 or not. The storage unit 52 stores the relationship between the unit individual identification information of all the units including the rental unit 4 and the mounting position of the main body 11 to which the unit is mounted. Then, the management server 60 extracts the unit operation information of the rental unit 4 from the unit operation information of all the units.

However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is assumed that the machine controller 51 on the board working machine 10 side stores the above loan presence / absence information, and the machine controller 51 determines whether or not the unit is the loan unit 4 according to the loan presence / absence information, and the loan unit 4 It is assumed that only the unit individual identification information of the above is acquired by the acquisition unit 51b, and the relationship between the unit individual identification information of the rental unit 4 and the mounting position of the main body 11 to which the rental unit 4 is mounted is stored in the storage unit 52. It may be the one to do.

Further, in the above embodiment, the calculation of the charge amount of the loan unit 4 is performed so that the larger the operating amount of the loan unit 4, the higher the amount, and the charge unit price is multiplied by the operating amount. However, since the degree of exhaustion and the degree of severity differ depending on the operating load of the rental unit 4, it may be appropriate to change the billing unit price per operating amount. For example, it is appropriate to raise the billing unit price for an operating load with a high degree of exhaustion and lower the billing unit price for an operating load with a low degree of exhaustion in consideration of maintainability of the rental unit 4.

Therefore, the operating load of the lending unit 4 is added to the information sent from the management server 60 on the lender side to the lending source server 80 on the lending source side in association with the unit individual identification information of the lending unit 4 together with the operating amount of the lending unit 4. The information shown may also be included, and the calculation of the billing amount of the lending unit 4 may be performed while changing the billing unit price per operating amount according to the operating load of the lending unit 4, that is, the operating speed. For example, the management server 60 on the lender side transmits information including the operating time and the number of operating times calculated for each operating speed as shown in FIG. 5 to the lending source server 80. The lender server 80 stores in advance the billing unit price for each operating speed determined between the lender and the lender. The billing unit 83 has a unit price changing unit, and the unit price changing unit changes the billing unit price for each operation speed in the information sent from the management server 60 on the lender side. Then, the billing unit 83 calculates the billing amount based on the operating time and the number of operating times for each operating speed.

For example, when the total number of operations N is (N1 + N2 + N3), the charge unit price when the operation speed is 100% is A1, the number of operations is N1, and the charge unit price when the operation speed is 70% is A2. If the number of operations is N2, the charge unit price when the operation speed is 50% is A3, and the number of operations is N3, the charge amount B is calculated according to the following equation (1).

B = A1 x N1 + A2 x N2 + A3 x N3 ... (1)
The billing unit price may increase linearly as the operating load increases, may increase quadratically, or may increase logarithmically or exponentially. There may be. Further, the billing unit price may be set for each range by dividing the operating speed into a plurality of ranges.

According to the configuration of this modified form, the billing unit 83 changes the billing unit price per operating amount according to the operating load of the lending unit 4 when performing the billing calculation of the lending unit 4, so that the lending unit 4 is exhausted. You can charge according to the degree.

Further, in the above embodiment, the management server 60 on the lender side is stored including the information indicating the lending conditions of the lending unit 4. Therefore, when the loan unit 4 is mounted on the main body 11 of the board working machine 10 and used, the use outside the loan conditions may be restricted or a warning may be given. As described above, the loan conditions include the loan period, the type and function of the target substrate working machine 10.

In this modified form, the management server 60 includes an unconditional use control unit 66 and a warning unit 67, as shown in FIG. The non-conditional use control unit 66 determines whether or not the loan unit 4 is not used outside the loan conditions according to the loan conditions of the loan unit 4 stored in the second storage unit 62. Then, when it is determined that the lending unit 4 is not used outside the lending conditions, the lending unit 4 is permitted to be used as usual and the lending unit 4 is operated. On the other hand, when it is determined that the lending unit 4 is used outside the lending conditions, as shown in FIG. 7, the normal use of the lending unit 4 is restricted and the operation of the lending unit 4 is stopped. Alternatively, the warning unit 67 is used to warn the use of the loan unit 4 without limiting the normal use of the loan unit 4. The warning unit 67 gives a warning to stop the use of the lending unit 4 outside the lending conditions, and is, for example, a warning display or a warning buzzer provided on the management server 60.

According to the configuration of this modified form, since restrictions and warnings are given to the lending unit 4 for use that does not meet the predetermined lending conditions, it is possible to encourage the lending unit 4 to be used within the lending conditions.

Further, in the above embodiment, information can be directly exchanged between the lender server 80 on the lender side that lends the lending unit 4 and the management server 60 on the lender side that lends the lending unit 4. Will be done. However, the present invention is not limited to this. If the lender side that lends the lending unit 4 and the supply source side that supplies (manufactures) the lending unit 4 are different from each other, information is exchanged between the lender side and the lender side. It may be performed via the supply source side. Further, in this modified form, if the lender side transmits the log information of all the units in association with the unit individual identification information to the supply source side without distinguishing between the lending unit 4 and the other units. good.

In this modified form, as shown in FIG. 8, the billing system 1 includes a management server 60 on the lender side, a lender server 80 on the lender side, and a supply source server 90 on the supply source side. The supply source server 90 is a host computer that manages the units supplied by itself (however, at least the lending unit 4 lent from the lender to the lender among the units supplied by itself may be included). .. The supply source server 90 has a supply list 91. The supply list 91 is a list of the supplied units, and associates the unit management number (that is, unit individual identification information) with information indicating the supply destination, the department in charge of the lender, and the like for each unit. It is a thing. The supply source server 90 has a communication unit 92 capable of communicating with the network 70. The supply source server 90 receives the log information including the operation information associated with the unit individual identification information of all the units from the management server 60 on the lender side in the communication unit 92, and the log information of all the units. Of these, only the log information including the operation information associated with the unit individual identification information of the lending unit 4 can be transmitted to the lending source server 80 that lent the lending unit 4.

In this modified form, the supply source server 90 of the supply source is the information collection unit 93 of all the units including the lending unit 4 lent from the lender side mounted on the board working machine 10 to the lender side. Collect log information. Then, the log information of the lending unit 4 is extracted, and only the log information of the lending unit 4 is transmitted from the communication unit 92 to the lending source server 80 that lent the lending unit. The billing unit 83 of the lending source server 80 calculates the billing amount for the lending of the lending unit 4 based on the log information including the operation information from the lending source server 90.

According to the configuration of this modified form, as in the above-described embodiment, when at least one of all the units mounted on the board-to-board working machine 10 is a rental unit 4, the rental unit 4 is operated according to the operation of the rental unit 4. It is possible to build a mechanism for charging. Further, according to this configuration, log information including operation information of all the units mounted on the board working machine 10 is collected on the supply source side, so the collected log information can be statistically analyzed to further It will be possible to make customer proposals regarding product development and use.

In the above example, the parts feeder 31, the mounting head 43, the suction nozzle held by the mounting head 43, the gripping chuck, and the like are shown as the rental unit 4, but the rental unit 4 is not limited to these, and is mounted on the main body 11, for example. It may be the substrate transfer device 20, the component supply device 30, and the component transfer device 40 itself.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and modifications, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

1: Billing system, 2: Board, 3: Parts, 4: Rental unit, 10: Board work machine, 11: Main body, 20: Board transfer device, 30: Parts supply device, 40: Parts transfer device, 50: Control device, 51: Machine controller, 51a: Recognition unit, 51b: Acquisition unit, 52: Storage unit, 60: Management server, 61: First storage unit, 62: Second storage unit, 63: Third storage unit, 70 : Network, 80: Lending source server, 81: Lending list, 83: Billing unit, 90: Supply source server.

Claims (5)

A rental parts feeder that is detachably used for a board-to-board work machine that mounts parts supplied from a parts feeder on a circuit board and is lent by a lender.
A recognition unit that recognizes individual identification information of the rental parts feeder when the rental parts feeder is mounted on the board-to-board work machine.
A log information acquisition unit that acquires log information of the board working machine including the individual identification information and the operation information of the rental parts feeder corresponding to the individual identification information, and a log information acquisition unit.
A management communication unit that transmits the log information acquired by the log information acquisition unit, and
The server of the lender that receives the log information transmitted by the management communication unit and stores the individual identification information of the lending parts feeder and the operation information in association with each other based on the log information.
Lending system with. The rental system according to claim 1, wherein the operation information includes the number of times the rental parts feeder has been operated. The lending system according to claim 1, wherein the operation information includes the number of operation errors of the lending parts feeder. The lending system according to claim 1, wherein the operating information includes an operating load of the lending parts feeder. Further, a management server provided in the factory where the plurality of the anti-board working machines are installed and managing the production of the plurality of the anti-board working machines,
A control device for the board-to-board work machine that transmits the log information acquired by the log information acquisition unit provided in the board-to-board work machine to the management server.
With
The lending system according to claim 1, wherein the management communication unit is provided in the management server.

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