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Control of manufacturing processes in metal processing industry

US11520314B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 2019
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 4, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P90/02
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is an interior tracking system for manufacturing control. The interior tracking system has multiple, fixedly installed transceivers for determining the position of multiple mobile units, the position being determined in particular by evaluating the propagation time of electromagnetic (radio) signals. The interior tracking system is used to assign one of the mobile units to one or more workpieces in an industrial manufacturing plant that processes steel and/or sheet metal, to determine the position of the assigned workpieces by localizing the assigned mobile unit using the interior tracking system and to integrate the interior tracking system into a manufacturing control system of the industrial manufacturing plant.

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