Systems and methods to facilitate permanently marking a housing component for a fluid control system product
AssigneeEngineered Controls International, LLC
InventorsTony York, John Cooke
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Abstract
Systems and methods to facilitate permanently marking a housing component for a fluid control system product is disclosed. The system comprises a first processor, a second processor, and a printer. The first processor is configured to receive fixed information. The second processor is configured to receive the fixed information from the first processor, generate variable information, control a laser engraver to engrave the fixed and variable information into a workpiece, generate an information packet including the fixed information and the variable information, and transmit the information packet to the first processor.
Claims20
A system for use in marking a plurality of regulators used for controlling a flow of liquid propane gas, the system comprising:
- a first processor configured to receive fixed information;
- and
- a second processor configured to:
- receive the fixed information from the first processor,
- generate a plurality of sets of variable information,
- control a laser engraver to engrave the fixed information and one of the plurality of sets of variable information on a first regulator of the plurality of regulators,
- generate an information packet including the fixed information and the one of the plurality of sets of variable information,
- transmit the information packet to the first processor for later use by the system, and
- update the variable information for a subsequent regulator of the plurality of regulators.
A system for use in marking a plurality of regulators used for controlling a flow of liquid propane gas, the system comprising:
- a programmable logic controller configured to receive fixed information;
- a laser engraver controller in communication with the programmable logic controller and configured to:
- receive the fixed information from the programmable logic controller,
- generate different sets of variable information, wherein each set of variable information corresponds to one regulator in the plurality of regulators,
- generate a plurality of information packets, each information packet including the fixed information and one of the sets of variable information, and
- send the information packet to the programmable logic controller;
- and
- a laser engraver controlled by the laser engraver controller and configured to engrave each regulator of the plurality of regulators with the fixed information and one of the sets of variable information.
A set of regulators, wherein each regulator is used to control a flow of liquid propane gas, and each regulator of the set of regulators is engraved by a process comprising the steps of:
- receiving, with a first processor, fixed information;
- receiving, with a second processor, the fixed information from the first processor;
- generating, with the second processor, variable information;
- controlling, with the second processor, a laser engraver to engrave the fixed and variable information into a first regulator of the set of regulators;
- generating, with the second processor, an information packet including the fixed information and the variable information;
- transmitting, with the second processor, the information packet to the first processor;
- and
- updating, with the second processor, the variable information for one or more subsequent regulators of the set of regulators.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.