1. A production facility for automatically manufacturing parts, in particular a pallet carousel facility for manufacturing reinforced concrete elements andor production facility for manufacturing reinforcement elements, having an electronic control computer, which is connected to sensors and control elements of the production facility and controls the production functional sequence, wherein at least one display device is provided for the schematic graphical representation of the production facility and the current status data thereof, characterized in that a mass data storage means is provided, in which the status data of the production facility can be stored in a time-indexed manner over a period that goes beyond the production time for a part, and in that, furthermore, an electronic computer unit and a display device are provided, by means of which the historical status data stored in the mass data storage device, together with a schematic graphical representation of the production facility, can be retrieved and displayed in graphical form.
2. A production facility according to claim 1, characterized by a multiplicity of cycle stations, at which, respectively, one work operation can be performed in production of the parts, such as concrete or reinforcement elements.
3. A production facility according to claim 1, characterized in that the electronic computer unit is part of the control computer.
4. A production facility according claim 1, characterized in that a current view of the production facility representation andor the historical status data stored in the mass data storage means, together with the schematic graphical representation of the production facility, areis displayed in graphical form in a historical view on the display device.
5. A production facility according to claim 4, characterized in that, for the representation on the display device, it is possible to select between the current view and the historical view.
6. A production facility according to claim 4, characterized in that, in the historical view, the schematic graphical representation of the production facility having historical status data corresponds substantially to the schematic graphical representation of the production facility having current status data.
7. A production facility according to claim 4, characterized in that, in the historical view, as compared with the current view, the remaining dwell time at the respective cycle station can additionally be displayed for each part in production.
8. A production facility according to claim 4, characterized in that, in the historical view, a field for displaying cycle-station-related andor parts-related data is displayed, in addition to the representation of the production facility.
9. A production facility according to claim 4, characterized in that, in the historical view, a field is represented for displaying a time-point that, in respect of time scale, corresponds to the representation of the production facility.
10. A production facility according to claim 9, characterized in that the time-point display field is part of a play-back field for selectively inputting or selecting a time-point andor for playing back, preferably in the manner of a film, a plurality of time-points that are preferably separated by equal time intervals.
11. A production facility according to claim 4, characterized in that, in the historical view, it is possible to display, for each cycle station or each part, a delay time that corresponds to the dwell time of the part at the cycle station after the enabling signal to proceed to the next cycle station.
12. A production facility according to claim 11, characterized in that the colour representation or highlighting of the cycle station under consideration alters with the display of the delay time.
13. A production facility according to claim 2, characterized in that a particular normal dwell time at a cycle station is assigned substantially to each part, wherein, in the case of a dwell time of a part exceeding this normal dwell time, a warning signal can be output, preferably through alteration of the representation of the cycle station.
14. A production facility according to claim 1, characterized in that the production facility has at least one buffer storage means for parts, wherein the degree of fill of the at least one buffer storage means can be displayed and, if the degree of fill is too low or too high, a warning signal in the historical view, preferably a graphical warning signal can be output or displayed.
15. A production facility according to claim 11, characterized in that, preferably only in the historical view, past faults such as delay time, dwell-time warning signal andor buffer storage means warning signal can be found via a fault search field and can be displayed in a corresponding graphical form.
16. A production facility according to claim 1, characterized in that the current status data can be represented on the same display device as the historical status data.
17. A production facility according to claim 4, characterized in that, in the historical view, a plurality of time-points of the historical view of the representation of the production facility, preferably separated by equal intervals, can be played back or displayed in the manner of a film.
18. A production facility according to claim 4, characterized in that the current view and the historical view can be displayed, either alternately or next to each other, on the same display device.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A vehicle AC generator comprising:
a case;
a shaft journaled in the case;
a rotor secured to the shaft so as to be disposed in the case;
a stator supported by the case so as to be disposed to cover the external periphery of the rotor;
ventilating means rotated together with the rotor; and
a rectifier unit cooled by the ventilating means, the rectifier unit comprising:
cooling plates for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides disposed at a predetermined interval and each having principal planes opposing each other; and
at least one diode package disposed between the cooling plates for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides, the at least one diode package consisting of:
an AC input terminal;
at least one unidirectionally conducting element for the positive-electrode side;
at least one unidirectionally conducting element for the negative-electrode side having a cathode face joined to an anode face of the at least one unidirectionally conducting element for the positive-electrode side by interposing the AC input terminal therebetween;
at least one base for the positive-electrode side formed of a metallic plate, wherein each of the at least one base for the positive electrode side is joined to a cathode face of one of the at least one unidirectionally conducting element for the positive-electrode side;
at least one base for the negative-electrode side formed of a metallic plate, wherein each of the at least one base for the negative electrode side is joined to an anode face of one of the at least one unidirectionally conducting element for the negative-electrode side; and
an insulating resin provided so that the at least one unidirectionally conducting elements for the positive-electrode side and the at least one unidirectionally conducting elements for the negative-electrode side are embedded therein, and the at least one base for the positive electrode side and the at least one base for the negative-electrode side are at least partially embedded therein, wherein at least end faces of the respective bases for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides are exposed therefrom on both sides in the depositing direction of the unidirectionally conducting elements for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides, and the top end of the AC input terminal extends from the resin;
wherein the end face of the at least one base for the positive-electrode side is joined to the principal plane of the cooling plate for the positive-electrode side, and the end face of the at least one base for the negative-electrode side is joined to the principal plane of the cooling plate for the negative-electrode side.
2. A vehicle AC generator according to claim 1, wherein the unidirectionally conducting elements for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides are respectively formed of a mesa-type diffusion element made by p-n junction of a p-semiconductor and an n-semiconductor using n silicon.
3. A vehicle AC generator according to claim 1, wherein the face of the at least one base for the positive-electrode side to be joined to the at least one unidirectionally conducting element for the positive-electrode side has the same area as or a large area than a cathode face area of the at least one undirectionally conducting electrode for the positive-electrode side while the face of the at least one base for the negative-electrode side to be joined to the at least one unidirectionally conducting element for the negative-electrode side has the same area as or a larger area than an anode face area of the at least one unidirectionally conducting element for the negative-electrode side, and wherein furthermore the faces of the AC input terminal to be interposed between the unidirectionally conducting elements for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides respectively have the same areas as or larger areas than the anode face area of the at least one unidirectionally conducting element for the positive-electrode side and the cathode face area of the at least one unidirectionally conducting element for the negative-electrode side.
4. A vehicle AC generator according to claim 1, wherein the junction area between the at least one base for the positive-electrode side and the cooling plate for the positive-electrode side is the same as or larger than the junction area between the at least one base for the positive-electrode side and the at least one unidirectionally conducting element for the positive-electrode side while the junction area between the at least one base for the negative-electrode side and the cooling plate for the negative-electrode side is the same as or larger than the junction area between the at least one base for the negative-electrode side and the at least one unidirectionally conducting element for the negative-electrode side.
5. A vehicle AC generator according to claim 1, wherein the AC input terminal has a joint structure.
6. A vehicle AC generator according to claim 1, wherein the portion of the AC input terminal extending from the insulating resin has a bent structure.
7. A vehicle AC generator according to claim 1, wherein the bases for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides are respectively soldered to the cooling plates for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides.
8. A vehicle AC generator according to claim 7, wherein the bases for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides are respectively made from a copper material while respective junction faces of the bases for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides to the cooling plates for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides are nickel-plated.
9. A vehicle AC generator according to claim 1, wherein the ventilating means is composed of a fan, and in the diode package, the central point of the unidirectionally conducting elements for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides which are deposited in one piece is arranged to be positioned in the outer diameter side further than the central point of fan blades with respect to the shaft.
10. A vehicle AC generator according to claim 9, wherein the cooling plates for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides extend inwardly in the radial direction with respect to the shaft, and a large number of ventilating holes are formed in the extending portions of the cooling plates so as to penetrate the extending portion in parallel with the shaft.
11. A vehicle AC generator according to claim 1, wherein the diode package, the AC input terminal is radially outwardly oriented with respect to the shaft, and an air intake opening is formed in a portion of the case opposing to the AC input terminal.
12. A vehicle AC generator according to claim 1, wherein the insulating resin contains particles of an inorganic calcined product.
13. A vehicle AC generator according to claim 1, wherein in the diode package, any one of 3n sets and 4n sets of the unidirectionally conducting elements for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides, each set of the unidirectionally conducting elements for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides being constructed by depositing the unidirectionally conducting elements for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides in one piece by interposing the AC input terminal therebetween, is aligned, cathode faces of the unidirectionally conducting elements for the positive-electrode side constituting any one of 3n sets and 4n sets of the unidirectionally conducting elements for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides are joined to the one base for the positive-electrode side extending in the aligning direction while anode faces of the unidirectionally conducting elements for the negative-electrode side constituting any one of 3n sets to 4n sets of the unidirectionally conducting elements for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides are joined to the one base for the negative-electrode side extending, in the aligning direction, and any of 3n sets and 4n sets of the unidirectionally conducting elements for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides are embedded in the insulating resin.
14. A vehicle AC generator according to claim 13, wherein heat-radiation fins are provided in an end face of either of the bases for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides.
15. A vehicle AC generator according to claim 13, wherein the ventilating means is composed of a fan, and in the diode package, the central point of the unidirectionally conducting elements for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides which are deposited in one piece is arranged to be positioned in the outer diameter side further than the central point of fan blades with respect to the shaft.
16. A vehicle AC generator according to claim 15, wherein the cooling plates for the positive-electrode and negative-electrode sides extend inwardly in the radial direction with respect to the shaft, and a large number of ventilating holes are formed in the extending portions of the cooling plates so as to penetrate the extending portion in parallel with the shaft.
17. A vehicle AC generator according to claim 13, wherein in the diode package, the AC input terminal is radially outwardly oriented with respect to the shaft, and an air intake opening is formed in a portion of the case opposing to the AC input terminal.