Communication between machines and feed-forward control in event-based product manufacturing

• Main Authors: WALTER, CASWELL READE, DOUGLAS GORDON BARRON BARBER, GREGORY, DUNCAN SHAFFER, MICHAEL, ROY POKORNY, FLYNN, MATTHEW TIFFANY, KURT, SIGURD NYGAARD, SHERYL, ANNETTE IHDE, JEFFREY, DEAN LINDSAY, PAUL D FULLER, CHARLES EARL MARKHAM, ROGER DALE YOSTEN, JOHN HARLAND HISE, JON, RAY MATHEUS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.03.2008
• Subjects: BORING; CALCULATING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSPORTING; TURNING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

Communication between machines in an event-based manufacturing system. In an event-based manufacturing system, material-specific data obtained for a material produced during a first manufacturing operation is used to govern a second manufacturing operation to decrease the likelihood of at least a delay event, a waste event, or poor quality of the product.