# US 2023/0274239 A1 · Traceable transport of residual material > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0274239 A1 - Document ID: US20230274239A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/314,154 - Filed: 2023-05-09 - Published: 2023-08-31 - Earliest claimed: 2020-11-10 - Assignees: TRUMPF Schweiz AG - Applicants: TRUMPF Schweiz AG - Inventors: Tobias Meck - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230274239A1 ## CPC - G06Q 10/30: Administration of product recycling or disposal - G06Q 10/0833: Tracking - Y02W 90/00: Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions mitigation - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Y02W: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT ## Abstract A method recycles residual material. The method includes: C) filling unmixed residual material into a container having a tracker of a track and trace system; D) storing information about a type of material of the unmixed residual material in the tracker; and E) transporting the container to a recycler of the unmixed residual material. The method steps C) and D) are performable in any order or at the same time. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for recycling residual material, the method comprising: C) filling unmixed residual material into a container having a tracker of a track and trace system; D) storing information about a type of material of the unmixed residual material in the tracker; and E) transporting the container to a recycler of the unmixed residual material, wherein the method steps C) and D) are performable in any order or at the same time. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, the method further comprising: B) prior to method step C), crushing the unmixed residual material using a crusher, wherein in method step D, the storing of the information about the type of material of the unmixed residual material on the tracker is performed using the crusher. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the unmixed residual material comprises a skeleton remaining from a previous sheet-metal processing process. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the unmixed residual material comprising the skeleton is crushed by a crusher in the form of skeleton clippers. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, the method further comprising: A) prior to the method step B), cutting sheet-metal parts out of a sheet-metal plate using a machine tool so as to produce a skeleton. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein the information about the type of material is transmitted from the machine tool to the skeleton clippers, or wherein the information about the type of material is applied to the skeleton in the form of a code at the machine tool and is read by a camera of the skeleton clippers. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the tracker comprises information about a material number, a producer, or a weight of the unmixed residual material. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the information stored on the tracker is uploaded at least partially to a cloud-based server. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the information stored on the tracker is displayed at least partially in an online marketplace. ### Claim 10 A system for recycling residual material, the system comprising: a) a container and a track and trace system, a tracker of the track and trace system being arranged or formed on the container, the tracker being configured to store information about a type of material of residual material stored in the container; and b) a crusher configured to fill the container with unmixed residual material. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system according to claim 10, the system further comprising a machine tool configured to feed the crusher. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The system according to claim 10, wherein the crusher is designed to store the information about the type of material on the tracker. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The system according to one claim 10, wherein a machine tool is connected to the crusher in a wireless and/or wired manner in order to transmit the information about the type of material from the machine tool to the crusher; and/or wherein the crusher comprises a camera configured to scan a code on a skeleton and to read the information about the type of material therefrom. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The system according to claim 10, the system further comprising a cloud-based server configured to receive the information about the type of material from the tracker. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system according to claim 14, the system further comprising an online marketplace configured to display the information about the type of material.