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US 2025/0034771 A1Published application
System and method for customized synthetic turf design, manufacturing and installation
OwnerReed J. Seatoninventor
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Abstract
A system for manufacturing synthetic turf is disclosed that includes an indexing system configured to affix an indexing device to a backing material, a tufting machine configured to receive the backing material and yarn and to fabricate the synthetic turf by tufting the yarn in the backing material and a controller configured to read the indexing device and to post-process the synthetic turf as a function of the indexing device.
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A system for manufacturing synthetic turf, comprising:
- an indexing system configured to affix an indexing device to a backing material;
- a tufting machine configured to receive the backing material and background yarn and to fabricate the synthetic turf by tufting the background yarn in the backing material;
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- a controller configured to read the indexing device and to post-process the synthetic turf as a function of the indexing device.
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A method for manufacturing synthetic turf comprising:
- affixing an indexing device to a backing material;
- fabricating the synthetic turf by tufting background yarn in the backing material;
- reading the indexing device on the synthetic turf using a machine vision device;
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- generating post-processing control data with a controller to post-process the synthetic turf as a function of the indexing device.
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