Continuous flow manufacturing system and apparatus and method for controlling process data of a continuous flow manufacturing process
US12197193B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 10, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/50397
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A continuous flow manufacturing system includes a tool, configured to hold a part. The system also includes a machine-readable identifier, associated with the tool and encoded with a tool-identification. The system further includes a plurality of workstations. Each one of the plurality of workstations includes a production machine, configured to perform a manufacturing operation on a part, and a reader, configured to read the machine-readable identifier. The system also includes a computing device, configured to retrieve process-data, associated with the tool-identification and a corresponding one of the plurality of workstations, and configured to update the process-data, subsequent to performing the manufacturing operation associated with the corresponding one of the plurality of workstations.
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