Patent №
US 6,574,520
Granted
2003-06-03
Filed 2000
Owner
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE
Lab
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AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09496480
A flexible manufacturing system including at least one module, a operational unit mounted to said at least one module and a local controller operatively connected to the operational unit. The local controller is adapted to control the operational unit. The at least one module and the local controller together are capable of operating in a standalone operation or of integration into a flexible manufacturing system. The local controller is further adapted to receive a reference signal from the flexible manufacturing system and to synchronize the operational unit to the flexible manufacturing system when the at least one module is connected to the flexible manufacturing line.
AI classification
Ownership
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE
assignment · 107750428
Assignors
LIU, VINCENT B., WIRES, DONALD L., LAMPING, MICHAEL J., FISHCHER, ALBERT M., MILLER, GARY L.
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