Patent ID: 6018688
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: G05B,H01L,Y02P

Abstract:
A production control apparatus for controlling whether to load a workpiece into a working device depending on the work status of said workpiece, said production control apparatus comprising:storage means for storing status flags each indicating the work status of said workpiece, said storage means further storing either a post-work status flag indicating the work status in which said workpiece bearing said status flags will be after undergoing status-flag-designated processing by said working device, or a warning flag prohibiting the processing of said workpiece by said working device;computing means cooperating with said storage means for reading from said storage means said status flags of said workpiece before said workpiece is loaded into said working device, said computing means further determining whether said workpiece is suitable for being loaded into said working device in accordance with either said post-work status flag or said warning flag corresponding to said status flags of said workpiece in relation to said working device; andoutput means cooperating with said computing means for outputting the result of the determining function by said computing means.