Tooling system
AssigneeDifr-Tek Digital, LLC
InventorsGeoffrey C. O'Brien, Sean M. Brolley
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Abstract
A tooling system may comprise a device configured to communicate with an identifier of a machine tool and a tool database having tool information including a predefined proximity associated with the identifier. The device may be configured to automatically activate, without a user-initiated scan, communication with at least one of the machine tool and the tool database in response to the identifier being within the predefined proximity. The device may also be configured to transfer tool information of the machine tool with respect to the tool database.
Claims14
A method of a tooling system, comprising:
- connecting an identifier tag to a tool, wherein the tool includes a mold;
- storing, in a tool database, information about the tool including tool design and an image of the tool;
- scanning the identifier tag and providing a location of the tool via a portable communication device;
- communicating with the tool database via the device;
- displaying, on the device, information about the tool that is stored in the tool database;
- transferring, via the device, the location of the tool to the tool database;
- and
- storing, via the tool database, the location of the tool.
A method of operating a tooling system, comprising:
- connecting an identifier tag to a tool, wherein the tool includes a die and the identifier tag is located on a surface of the die;
- storing, in a tool database, information about the tool including history of a tool, tool design, and an image of a tool;
- scanning the identifier tag, via a portable communication device;
- communicating with the tool database via the device;
- displaying, on the device, information about the tool that is stored in the tool database;
- and
- providing additional information to the tool database via the device.
A method of a tooling system, comprising:
- connecting a QR tag to a tool, the tool is one of an injection molding tool, a mold, a fixture, and a die;
- storing, via a tool database, information about the tool;
- scanning the QR tag on the tool, via a handheld digital device;
- communicating with the tool database via the handheld digital device;
- and
- displaying, on the handheld digital device, the information about the tool that is stored in the tool database;
- wherein the information that can be displayed on the handheld digital device includes tool design, cycle count, lifecycle count, run cycles, count data, and/or a location of the tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.