The invention provides methods, equipment and apparatuses for a highly agile manufacturing system. The system may include at least one item of mobile equipment, at least one mobile container and at least one manufacturing management system (MMS). Because of its high agility, the system may allow for efficient concurrent manufacturing of multiple dissimilar products. The system may also accommodate manufacturing processes requiring hybrid methods.

The invention provides methods, equipment and apparatuses for a highly agile manufacturing system. The system may include at least one item of mobile equipment, at least one mobile container and at least one manufacturing management system (MMS). Because of its high agility, the system may allow for efficient concurrent manufacturing of multiple dissimilar products. The system may also accommodate manufacturing processes requiring hybrid methods.

A sewing management system includes a sewing device that transmits a production management information including an identification information of an operator and an operation information of a device main body; and a management device that manages the production management information by a process unit of a product sewn in a sewing line or a component forming the product.

A straight guide rail extending in an X direction is provided in a sewing platform portion for installing in a fixed state a pallet holding an object to be sewn, and first and second sewing machines are provided at left and right sides of the straight guide rail as viewed in the X direction. The first and second sewing machines are both provided with a movement support platform which allow the straight guide rail to reciprocate in the X direction, and the movement support platform is provided with a sewing machine body which is capable of reciprocating in a Y direction. The first and second sewing machines are program controlled in such a manner that any one thereof is capable of moving from one side of the straight guide rail toward the other side beyond a middle section thereof during the sewing operation of the first and second sewing machines.

A straight guide rail extending in an X direction is provided in a sewing platform portion for installing in a fixed state a pallet holding an object to be sewn, and first and second sewing machines are provided at left and right sides of the straight guide rail as viewed in the X direction. The first and second sewing machines are both provided with a movement support platform which allow the straight guide rail to reciprocate in the X direction, and the movement support platform is provided with a sewing machine body which is capable of reciprocating in a Y direction. The first and second sewing machines are program controlled in such a manner that any one thereof is capable of moving from one side of the straight guide rail toward the other side beyond a middle section thereof during the sewing operation of the first and second sewing machines.

Disclosed are modularized garment manufacturing method and system for small quantity batch production of garments. Basic components constituting an ordered garment are generated by analyzing shape graphic data of the ordered garment. For each basic component, basic patterns are generated for each dimension of the ordered garment. The basic patterns are compared with reference garment patterns stored in a garment pattern database to determine a pattern category of each basic pattern. Based on the pattern category of the basic patterns and information on garment production lines currently in operation, subdivided work modules are determined for each basic pattern. A configuration of modular sewing process lines, which include module processing lines for manufacturing the working modules and component-joining process lines for completing production of the ordered garment by joining the basic pattern products produced in each module processing line, is designed based on operation information of a garment production line.

The sewing management system includes a sewing machine that performs sewing on a sewing line, a management server that manages various information on the sewing line, and a wearable terminal that detects physical condition management information of an operator on the sewing line. The sewing machine transmits production management information, including identification information of the operator who perform sewing operations on the sewing line and operation information of the main unit of the device, to the management server. The management server estimates a sewing skill of the operator based on the production management information and estimates the production capacity of the operator based on the physical condition management information.

The operation information acquisition device includes the external detection device which is provided on the outer side of the main body frame of the sewing machine and detects the state change of the operating member that performs the periodic operation at the same cycle as the up-down movement operation of the sewing needle, the operation information acquisition device acquires operation information based on detection result of the external detection device. The operation information acquisition device can acquire the operation information such as the “number of stitches”, the “operating hours”, the “sewing speed”, and the “number of times of thread cutting”.

The invention provides methods, equipment and apparatuses for a highly flexible assembly system. The system may include at least one item of mobile equipment, at least one mobile container and at least one manufacturing management system (MMS). Because it is so flexible, the system may allow for efficient simultaneous processing of multiple dissimilar products. The system may also accommodate manufacturing processes requiring hybrid methods.

The invention provides methods, equipment and apparatuses for a highly flexible assembly system. The system may include at least one item of mobile equipment, at least one mobile container and at least one manufacturing management system (MMS). Because it is so flexible, the system may allow for efficient simultaneous processing of multiple dissimilar products. The system may also accommodate manufacturing processes requiring hybrid methods.