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Manufacturing control in the metal processing industry

US11361391B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Jens Ottnad · Karlsruhe, DE
Korbinian Weiss · Ditzingen, DE
Benjamin Schwarz · Strohberg, DE
Ulrich Schneider · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 2019
Grant date	Jun 14, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 1, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P90/30
WIPO fieldIT methods for management
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An interior localization system for manufacturing control, with multiple, fixedly installed transceivers for determining the position of multiple mobile units, the position being determined in particular by evaluating the runtime of electromagnetic (radio) signals. The interior localization system is used to associate one of the mobile units to a person in an industrial manufacturing plant that processes steel and/or sheet metal, to determine the position of the associated person by localizing the associated mobile unit using the interior localization system and to integrate the interior localization system into a manufacturing control system of the industrial manufacturing plant.

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