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5774364 |
Fastening device
A device for sequentially fastening elements of different types to a carrier material, preferably for fastening closing elements, such as, snap fastener elements, to articles of textile, leather or...
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5774688 |
Format adjustment apparatus and method for bookbinding
The set-up procedure for a bookbinding machine is accomplished through the use of a portable computer with an integral data transceiver. Adjustable machine element position information is entered...
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5768133 |
WIP/move management tool for semiconductor manufacturing plant and method of operation thereof
An interactive data processing system and/or method is a management tool for a manufacturing plant including a shop floor control system. A server contains a data engine for extracting data, a load...
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5764513 |
Check system for production process procedure
Disclosed is a check system for a production process procedure in a production line for a plurality of items with its varying quantity which has a plurality of production steps, which has the steps...
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5764518 |
Self reproducing fundamental fabricating machine system
A system of units for constructing or replicating a means (10,10,10p) including means of diverse materials consisting of a plurality of pieces (20,22,23, 156-165) having at least one indicia (18)...
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5757647 |
Computer assisted, manual workstation
A workstation for cutting glass into panes includes a personal computer having a board for receiving signals from a transmitter and a video board for controlling a second display in addition to and...
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5737581 |
Quality system implementation simulator
A process is disclosed for simulating on a computer system the implementation of a quality system on a business having a product flow. The process entails first inputting a selection of quality...
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5723517 |
System for controlling the color of compounded polymer(s) using in-process color measurements
A system for controlling the color of compounded polymer(s) comprises: a compounder for mixing the constituents of the compounded polymer(s) to produce a substantially homogeneous mixture; a sensor...
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5712985 |
System and method for estimating business demand based on business influences
A demand forecasting and production scheduling system and method creates production schedules for various business items describing a forecasted demand for the business items in a number of future...
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5684706 |
System having multiple user input stations and multiple mail preparation apparatus for preparing and franking a mail piece
A system for producing mail pieces. The system includes a plurality of apparatus each having a first printer for printing documents and a second printer for printing envelopes and a mail finishing...
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5664112 |
Integrated hazardous substances management unit
Apparatus that provides an integrated approach for all management activities for hazardous substances used or generated at a facility, including form generation and compliance with the reporting...
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5659477 |
Self reproducing fundamental fabricating machines (F-Units)
A system of units for constructing or replicating a structure (10,10,10 . . . ) including diverse materials consisting of a plurality of pieces (20, 22, 23, 156-165) having at least one indicia...
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5659478 |
Rapid product realization process
A process for designing and optimally fabricating a plastic object begins by creating a surface model (215) of the object on a digital computer. The surface model contains information about the...
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5655110 |
Method for setting and adjusting process parameters to maintain acceptable critical dimensions across each die of mass-produced semiconductor wafers
A method and system are disclosed for: (a) matching a machine-implemented process simulator with an actual fabrication line, (b) using the matched model to simulate the statistical results of mass...
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5654792 |
Projection exposure apparatus which determines the minimum number of shots to optimially expose the substrate surface
Disclosed is a projection exposure apparatus for projecting a pattern of an original onto different regions on a substrate sequentially, wherein, on the basis of information related to a chip...
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5646859 |
Method and apparatus for defining a template for assembling a structure
A method and apparatus for generating a template for use in assembling a structure such as a truss. One or more laser scanners mounted above a work surface are controlled by a computer to generate...
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5636144 |
Evaluation and ranking of manufacturing line non-numeric information
An apparatus and method for quantitatively ranking the performance of each attribute contributing to a manufacturing process. Various signals representing the measure (i.e., quality or yield) of a...
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5630072 |
Relia process: integrated relational object unit identification and location addressing processes
Automatic processes for relational identification and recording of object units and their locations, in conjunction with traditional Hierarchy Coded Location Addressing, to directly support...
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5616899 |
System for managing cases in dental laboratory
A system for managing the processing of dental appliances being fabricated in a dental laboratory. The fabrication of such appliances is achieved in a series of iterations, the first of the...
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5615122 |
Method and apparatus to construct building components
A table is provided to assist in the manufacture of building structures such as walls or the like where the building structure has a plurality of metallic studs extending between top and bottom...
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5602746 |
Method of drying printing material
It is the object of the invention to provide a printing method permitting a high printing quality and reducing the influences of the forces and fields acting on the printing material. The object is...
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5594980 |
Electric wire producing control device and electric wire measuring and cutting apparatus including the control device
In the present invention, wire producing data is recorded on a production label 60 using a bar code. Prior to operating an apparatus, an operator inputs bar codes on a plurality of production...
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5596502 |
Computer system including means for decision support scheduling
A demand driven pull-through computerized decision support scheduling system-- The Cube System-- employing a CUBEBOOKING Program operating in near real time to load Jobs (a sequence of predefined...
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5587914 |
Apparatus and method for computer-aided design of sheet metal fabricated parts
A CAD system and method for designing sheet metal parts. A proposed design is automatically tested against a set of design rules. Available tools are selected according to criteria computed with...
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5586039 |
Computer-aided manufacturing support method and system for specifying relationships and dependencies between process type components
The present invention provides a method and system, for use with a computer integrated management system, to classify and serve as the data and information repository for a process or product...
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5586038 |
Manufacturing history management system
Manufacturing history of a product is accumulated without burdening a host computer which manages a production line. Whenever a work or part to be assembled is fed to the production line, a...
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5581466 |
Tolerance analysis system and method
A method of providing tolerancing of an assembly of parts comprising the steps of querying and storing in a processor storage a mean dimension of the parts of the assembly, a sensitivity for each...
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5581486 |
Maintenance management system for managing maintenance of components of assembly apparatus
A maintenance management system includes a storage unit for storing maintenance items and maintenance intervals of the members of an assembly apparatus a time information generation unit which...
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5579231 |
Management system for manufacture
The present invention is to provide an equipment production management system, in which the electronic equipment is designed corresponding to an order from customers, which enables unified...
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5572430 |
Method and apparatus for cooperated design
In order to derive optimum design specifications based on total evaluation performed on a product as a whole instead of individual design items during a process of determining design specifications...
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5570291 |
Custom product estimating and order processing system
A system and method for generating estimates and orders for the manufacture of custom items such as business forms is provided which stores estimate data at a central location, e.g., a corporate...
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5559709 |
Pattern making and pattern drafting system
A pattern making and pattern drafting system is disclosed. The system has a pattern group, stored in memory, consisting of a plurality of patterns having prescribed base lines and base points....
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5555179 |
Control method and control apparatus of factory automation system
A computer-implemented control method and a control apparatus of factory automation system having a cell formed by a plurality of working machines including at least one automated machine to...
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5528510 |
Equipment performance apparatus and method
A process control system and method is described that yields improvement in product throughput through the use of tuned model process control using product and machine parametric data, process...
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5528503 |
Integrated automation development system and method
An integrated automation development system (10) for controlling and coordinating manufacturing equipment (24) employs a plurality of server processes (14, 16, 22, 28, 34, 36). Each server process...
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5521814 |
Process optimization and control system that plots inter-relationships between variables to meet an objective
A process control system uses a performance model, in conjunction with an economic model, to meet either performance or economic objectives. The system operates either automatically, on-line, in...
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5504688 |
Compact disc marking method and apparatus
A device and method for engraving a compact disc. The device accepts the compact disc from a person, and transports the compact disc to a work station. After the user makes payment, as by insertion...
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5504687 |
Apparatus for automated machinery component selection
A method and apparatus for automatically selecting components for a particular machinery application. The apparatus includes a computing device having a memory, a data input device, at least one...
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5493501 |
Production control system selecting optimum dispatching rule
A production control system for electron devices manufactured through many stages including plural apparatuses comprises dispatching rule storing means, a statistical analyzer and a simulator. The...
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5490097 |
System and method for modeling, analyzing and executing work process plans
A method of using a computer system to model work processes that allows access by multiple users and dynamic modification the work process model. The method defines a plurality of tasks that are...
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5479352 |
System for accurately positioning operations on conveyed products
A system for accurately controlling the start and stop positions for operations on conveyor-moved products, such as for applying glue lines, perforations or slits on sheets of paper, uses product...
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5469361 |
Generic cell controlling method and apparatus for computer integrated manufacturing system
A generic cell controlling method and apparatus for a computer integrated manufacturing system accepts manufacturing operation commands to perform a selected manufacturing operation on a selected...
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5467285 |
Method and system for optimizing material movement within a computer based manufacturing system
A method and system for determining an optimal material movement product path within a computer based manufacturing system is disclosed. A transport matrix is created having multiple rows and...
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5463568 |
Method and apparatus for measuring a distance of a route in a solid figure
An apparatus for measuring a figure distance between first and second points of a solid figure with a measuring device having first and second panels and an axis connecting the panels is provided...
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5461894 |
Control system for a hot and/or cold rolling process
A feedback control of a hot and/or cold rolling process by means of a process control system, which executes a predetermined rolling program containing the initial and final dimensions, material...
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5436843 |
Systems and methods for recycling resources and circulating products
A resource recycling system and a product circulation system, wherein a search is made for information regarding specifications and production methods for a recovered product and an original...
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5428547 |
Numerical control unit that pre-announces scheduled operations
A numerical control unit and method of operation therefor which pre-announces scheduled parts ordering, maintenance, loading, unloading and inspection times by display or audio notice to an...
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5299133 |
Method for determining and controlling fiber luster properties
A method of determining luster characteristics of fiber filaments utilizing a mathematical model of filament cross sectional shape and simulated impinging light to determine light distribution...
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5283943 |
Automated assembly apparatus
A method and apparatus for assembling multiple component products using automated assembly equipment having predetermined locations for loading of components or component compartments. The...
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5251122 |
System for automatically generating a sequential control program
A method and an apparatus for automatically composing a program for conducting sequential control of operations which are successively performed by various equipment units for a production line....
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