Manufacturing station with improved controller
OwnerSamir K. Taylorinventor
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Abstract
A manufacturing station comprises a tool which performs a manufacturing operation on a part, a controller programmed by a product line which controls the tool to determine that the operation is carried out, which receives information about the manufacturing operation and communicates information about the operation, and an interface between the tool and the controller, wherein the controller is configurable to one of a multiple of manufacturing operations which correspond to the product line of the controller.
Claims18
A manufacturing station comprising, in combination:
- a tool which performs a manufacturing operation on a part;
- a controller programmed by a product line which controls the tool to determine that the operation is carried out, which receives information about the manufacturing operation and communicates information about the operation;
- and
- an interface between the tool and the controller;
- wherein the controller is configurable to one of a multiple of manufacturing operations which correspond to the product line of the controller.
The manufacturing station wherein the controller backups information about the manufacturing operation so that the information can be recovered later.
A manufacturing station comprising, in combination:
- a tool which performs a manufacturing operation on a part, wherein the manufacturing operation is a fastening operation for fastening components together to form a part;
- a controller which controls the tool to determine that the fastening operation is carried out and which communicates information about a status of the operation;
- and
- an interface between the tool and the controller, comprising a sensor mounted directly on the tool which provides information about the position of the tool to the controller;
- wherein the tool is free to move in any direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.