Abstract: A method for monitoring the manufacture of a component with a machine tool. A plurality of cameras cover different fields of view. An algorithm creates a ranking of the relevance of images from the cameras and features only the most relevant image(s) on a monitor. The algorithm can assign a higher relevance to images that: a) depict a known machine tool part that is mentioned in a status or error message; b) have a high optical flow; and/or c) depict an identified machine tool part that is moving. In the event of c), images can be successively assigned higher relevance if an identified machine tool part moves from one field of view to the next. Images assigned lower relevance may be deleted or reduced in size. The algorithm can take the form of artificial intelligence.

Abstract: A machine management method for performing planned activities on a machine is provided. Workpieces are manufactured by the machine according to a predetermined schedule during a respective planned activity of the machine. Manufactured workpieces are sorted from a removal area of the machine into a deposition area during a further respective planned activity of the machine according to the predetermined schedule. The method includes determining a manufacturing time for the workpieces by a machine management system based on manufacturing process data of the machine, determining a removal time for sorting the workpieces by the machine management system based on removal process data, changing the predetermined schedule to obtain a changed schedule for the planned activities by the machine management system based on a comparison of the manufacturing time with the removal time, and transferring the changed schedule to a controller of the machine.

Abstract: A method for assisting in distinguishing between sheet-metal workpieces includes selecting at least a first item of workpiece information of a first workpiece and a second item of workpiece information of a second workpiece, retrieving the first item and the second item of workpiece information by a computing unit from a memory and comparing the first item and the second item with each other, determining, by the computing unit, at least one difference between the first item and the second item of workpiece information, obtaining a respective drawing of the first workpiece or the second workpiece from each of the first item and the second item of workpiece information, and outputting the drawings of the first item and the second item of workpiece information graphically via an output unit. The at least one difference is highlighted in at least one of the drawings.

Abstract: A method for checking calibration of an image processing system of a sheet metal working machine includes arranging a calibration plate of a predefined shape in a removal region for processed workpieces, capturing, using at least one camera of the imaging processing system, an image of the calibration plate in the removal region, testing whether properties of the image in different test sections of the removal region correspond with stored properties of the calibration plate, and outputting a result of the testing.

Abstract: A method for assigning a workpiece to be processed to a mobile unit of an indoor location system used in a manufacturing hall in industrial processing of workpieces is provided.

Abstract: A method for assigning a workpiece to be processed to a mobile unit of an indoor location system used in a manufacturing hall in industrial processing of workpieces is provided.