Glass or plastic container manufacturing system
AssigneeEmhart Glass Machinery Investments Inc.
InventorsCan Nguyen, Timothy J. Liska
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Abstract
A system for manufacturing glass and plastic containers is disclosed which has at least two computers connected by a network or more than one network. Each computer has a local virtual network process which establishes a connection with the other node, notifies that other node when its database(s) are open or closed and establishes a connection of its own database(s) so that a node can transparently communicate with any other node on its network or on any connected network.
Claims3
A system for manufacturing glass or plastic containers such as an I.S. machine and an associated shear mechanism comprising:
- a plurality of nodes,
- network means for connecting said plurality of nodes,
- each of said nodes including a local virtual network process for
- a) notifying all of the other local virtual network processes when a database is opened or closed in its node,
- b) creating or destroying a local virtual database entry when notified that a database has been opened or closed in another of said nodes,
- c) establishing a connection with any other of said nodes, and
- d) maintaining communication between any database on its node and each of said local virtual database entries.
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