Method of configuring a production line to mass customize shaped vessels

A method of configuring a production line to mass customize shaped vessels, said method comprising:

• receiving, by a processor, consumer or event data;
• determining whether at least one of a decoration and shape of a vessel needs to be customized based in part on said consumer or event data;
• responsive to determining that said decoration of said vessel needs to be customized, configuring a decoration station based in part on said consumer or event data;
• responsive to determining that said shape of said vessel needs to be customized, changing, by a controller, a configuration of at least one of a plurality of vessel forming stations each being inclusive of a plurality of work zones from an initial configuration to another configuration that causes indexing of the vessel through the plurality of work zones within the at least one of the plurality of vessel forming stations to be altered based in part on said consumer or event data;
• and
• shaping and decorating a plurality of vessels by indexing said plurality of vessels through selected work zones of said decoration station and selected work zones of said plurality of vessel forming stations.

A method of configuring a production line to mass customize shaped vessels, said method comprising:

• receiving, by a processor, consumer or event data;
• determining whether at least one of a decoration and shape of a vessel needs to be customized based in part on said consumer or event data;
• responsive to determining that said decoration of said vessel needs to be customized, configuring, by a controller, a decoration station based in part on said consumer or event data;
• responsive to determining that at least one of said decoration and shape of said vessel needs to be customized, changing, by the controller, a configuration of at least one of a plurality of vessel forming stations each being inclusive of a plurality of work zones from an initial configuration to another configuration that causes indexing of the vessel through the plurality of work zones within the at least one of the plurality of vessel forming stations to be altered based in part on said consumer or event data, each of said plurality of vessel forming stations comprising at least one operation wheel;
• selecting, by the controller, a pathway through said plurality of vessel forming stations;
• controlling, by the controller, a rotational indexing direction of at least one operation wheel of said plurality of vessel forming stations according to said pathway;
• and
• shaping and decorating a plurality of vessels by indexing said plurality of vessels through selected work zones of said decoration station and selected work zones of said plurality of vessel forming stations.