US 7,321,803 B2
System and processes for performing quick changeovers on assembly lines
Scott Slechta, Duluth, Ga. (US); Juan Vasquez, Guadalajara (Mexico); and Mari Merwin, Lawrenceville, Ga. (US)
Assigned to Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems, Inc., Norcross, Ga. (US)
Filed on May 10, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/842,370.
Application 10/842370 is a division of application No. 09/915157, filed on Jul. 25, 2001, granted, now 6,788,987.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/274304, filed on Mar. 07, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2004/0210332 A1, Oct. 21, 2004
Int. Cl. G06F 19/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 700—106  [700/97] 1 Claim
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1. A method of predicting a changeover time between the manufacture of two distinct products on an assembly line comprising the steps of:
1) preparing a chart associating a number of components to be changed in an assembly line between two products with a required changeover time;
2) identifying the number of components which must be changed between the two products; and
3) predicting the required changeover time based upon the chart, wherein the preparation of the chart includes associating a number of feeder tables that need to be replaced, and a number of feeders to be replaced with a required changeover time.