Blank layout method for plate-glass cutters
US5341306A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 16, 1992 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P40/57
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A blank layout method for planning a product layout having a good yield for plate-glass cutters cutting a plurality of rectangular product plates from a rectangular glass blank is disclosed. When a product plate is laid out on a residual blank space of a glass blank, a plurality of candidate layout plans are prepared, and the same processing is recursively repeated for residual blank spaces in each of the candidate layout plans. The final yields of the candidate layout plans when no more products can be laid out are compared to select a candidate layout plan having the highest yield.
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