US 2026/0062226 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING BUNDLES INTO A PATTERN AND SIMULATING A LAYER FORMING OPERATION

Abstract

A method includes defining a configuration of physical bundles on a physical support surface, providing a bundle computer model of at least one of the physical bundles and providing a conveyor computer model of a physical conveyor. The physical conveyor is a conveyor configured to carry the physical bundles from an upstream end of the physical conveyor to a downstream end and to deposit the physical bundles on the physical support surface. The physical conveyor includes a controller and at least one adjustment section configured to adjust a position and/or orientation of the physical bundles. Also using a processor running the conveyor computer model to automatically determine from the conveyor computer model and the bundle computer model a control data set including instructions for causing the controller to operate the physical conveyor to produce the configuration of the given number of the physical bundles on the physical support surface.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

defining a configuration of a given number of physical bundles on a physical support surface;
providing a bundle computer model of at least one of the given number of physical bundles;
providing a conveyor computer model of a physical conveyor, the physical conveyor being configured to carry the physical bundles one or more at a time from an upstream end of the physical conveyor to a downstream end of the physical conveyor and to deposit the physical bundles on the physical support surface, the physical conveyor including a controller and at least one adjustment section configured to adjust a position and/or orientation of the physical bundles;
and
using a processor running the conveyor computer model to automatically determine from the conveyor computer model and the bundle computer model a control data set including instructions for causing the controller to operate the physical conveyor to produce the configuration of the given number of the physical bundles on the physical support surface.

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A device including a computer processor configured to:

store a definition of a configuration of a given number of physical bundles on a physical support surface;
store a bundle computer model of each of the given number of physical bundles;
store a conveyor computer model of a physical conveyor, the physical conveyor being configured to carry the given number of physical bundles from an upstream end of the physical conveyor to a downstream end of the physical conveyor and to deposit the physical bundles on the physical support surface, the physical conveyor including a controller and at least one adjustment section configured to adjust a position and/or orientation of the physical bundles;
and
use the conveyor computer model to automatically determine from the conveyor computer model and the bundle computer model a control data set including instructions for causing the controller to operate the physical conveyor to produce the configuration of the given number of the physical bundles on the physical support surface.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for arranging bundles into a pattern and simulating a layer forming operation

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System and method for arranging bundles into a pattern and simulating a layer forming operation

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Abstract

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