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US 9,555,662 B2Granted
Method and system for mass production of customized engraved products
AssigneeCimpress Schweiz GmbH
InventorsJohn C. Marcos, Michael Kiy, Marcel Gerber, Edwin Sanders, Mark Hodak, Kristin R. Frias
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Abstract
Systems and methods for mass producing customized engraved articles of manufacture based on orders from multiple different customers.
Claims10
A method for simultaneously engraving a plurality of articles, comprising:
- placing the plurality of articles in respective positions in a carrier, each article having a targeted engraving area;
- inserting the carrier holding the plurality of articles into an engraving station within an engraving machine;
- receiving a composite engraving job, the composite engraving job comprising a plurality of individual engraving designs respectively corresponding to different engraving orders associated with different customers, each individual engraving pattern design corresponding to a different article to be engraved and arranged in the composite engraving job to correspond to a position and dimensions of a targeted engraving area of a corresponding article held in the carrier;
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- sending the composite engraving job to the engraving machine such that the engraving machine processes the composite engraving job as a single engraving job and engraves the respective individual engraving designs on corresponding respective articles on the carrier;
- wherein at least two different respective individual engraving designs are associated with different respective associated customer orders;
- wherein the engraving machine engraves the plurality of articles on the carrier using a laser engraving process, a mechanical engraving process, a carbonization marking process, a pigment transformation marking process or a polymer expansion marking process.
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A method for aggregating a plurality of engraving jobs to an aggregate engraving job, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of individual engraving designs, each individual engraving design associated with a different individual article of manufacture to be engraved;
- generating a composite engraving job, the composite engraving job comprising a plurality of the individual engraving designs respectively corresponding to different individual orders, the composite engraving job configured as a single engraving job which, when submitted to an engraving machine along with a plurality of articles of manufacture to be engraved which are arranged in a pre-configured layout, allows the engraving machine to engrave the plurality of articles of manufacture as a single engraving job, wherein each individual engraving design in the composite engraving job is positioned in a layout of the composite engraving job to correspond to a targeted engraving area on a corresponding one of the plurality of articles of manufacture;
- wherein at least two different respective individual engraving designs are associated with different respective associated customer orders;
- wherein the engraving machine engraves the plurality of articles on the carrier using a laser engraving process, a mechanical engraving process, a carbonization marking process, a pigment transformation marking process or a polymer expansion marking process.
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Non-transitory computer readable storage tangibly embodying program instructions which, when executed by a computer, implement a method for aggregating a plurality of engraving jobs to an aggregate engraving job, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of individual engraving designs, each individual engraving design associated with a different individual item article of manufacture to be engraved;
- generating a composite engraving job, the composite engraving job comprising a plurality of the individual engraving designs respectively corresponding to different individual orders, the composite engraving job configured as a single engraving job which, when submitted to an engraving machine along with a plurality of articles of manufacture to be engraved which are arranged in a pre-configured layout, allows the engraving machine to engrave the plurality of articles of manufacture as a single engraving job, wherein each individual engraving design in the composite engraving job is positioned in a layout of the composite engraving job to correspond to a targeted engraving area on a corresponding one of the plurality of articles of manufacture;
- wherein at least two different respective individual engraving designs are associated with different respective associated customer orders;
- wherein the engraving machine engraves the plurality of articles on the carrier using a laser engraving process, a mechanical engraving process, a carbonization marking process, a pigment transformation marking process or a polymer expansion marking process.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.