Resin transfer molding

US6856856B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. · US

Inventors

• Soumitri Kolavennu · Blaine, US
• Anoop Mathur · Shoreview, US
• Sanjay Parthasarathy · Edina, US
• Wendy Foslien Graber · Minneapolis, US
• Hai D. Pham · Eden Prairie, US
• Suresh G. Advani · Newark, US
• Karl Steiner · Herbrechtingen, DE
• Roderic Don · Newark, US
• Simon Bickerton · Maraetai, NZ
• Ercument Murat Sozer · İstanbul, TR

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 13, 2000
• Grant date: Feb 15, 2005
• Expiry date: Apr 13, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/45244
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A sensor placement algorithm uses process data to determine the optimal distribution of sensors in a distributed parameter manufacturing system. An automatic classification procedure maps any problems in the process to a predetermined set of process disturbances. A control procedure uses process data to determine the best control action that will ensure good system response. Methods for sensor placement, automatic decision tree classification, corrective action control and the apparatus to effectuate these respective methods are integrated into a design methodology.