APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF ABNORMALITY NOTIFICATION IN PRODUCTION LINE

To provide an apparatus for and a method of abnormality notification in a production line which can promptly notify a production manager and so on who should take countermeasure when abnormality occurs in a production line, of effective warning information.SOLUTION: The prevent invention is directed to an abnormality notification apparatus equipped in a production line formed of an article production device and an article inspection device 12 as a line and connected through a network and used for a production line for detecting an abnormality based on collected information to provide notification thereof. The apparatus has a data collection and storage unit 51a for collecting plural kinds of information Ea, Pa, Pb including inspection information from the article inspection device 12 and production information relating to the production device, and an abnormality notification function unit 51e having both of an abnormality determination function for determining whether or not there is any abnormality in the production line according to a combination of collected information and a notification function for, if it is determined by the abnormality determination function that there is any abnormality in the production line, notifying any or all of plural destinations mutually different according to a combination of any of the plural kinds of information Ea, Pa, Pb, of abnormality occurrence.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】生産ラインの異常発生時に対策を講ずべき生産管理者等に対して有効な警告情報を迅速に通知できる生産ラインの異常通知装置および方法を提供する。【解決手段】物品の生産装置と物品検査装置１２とをライン編成およびネットワーク接続してなる生産ラインに装備され、収集情報を基に異常を検出して通知する生産ラインの異常通知装置であって、生産ラインＬからの収集データとして、物品検査装置１２からの検査系情報と生産装置に係る生産系情報とを含む複数種の情報Ｅａ，Ｐａ，Ｐｂを収集するデータ収集・収録部５１ａと、収集情報の組合せに応じて生産ライン中の異常の有無を判定する異常判定機能とその機能により生産ライン中に異常があると判定したとき、異常発生を複数種の情報Ｅａ、Ｐａ，Ｐｂのいずれかの組合せに応じて異なる複数の宛先のいずれかまたは全てに通知する通知機能を併有する異常通知機能部５１ｅとを備えている。【選択図】図２