Ats, Inc.

Chad William Colyer

Kenneth Wayne Nicholson

Philip David Munroe

James Mark McLean

Robert David Almas

Hang Tran

Connor Hugh Mcintosh Murray

Various systems and methods for maintaining a record for a workpiece processed by a CNC electronically synchronized cell of a manufacturing assembly line are disclosed herein. Example embodiments involve a cell controller and a part-processing control system. The cell controller can be configured to: initialize a cell controller record; initiate a part assembly task involving at least one electronically synchronized part-processing operation and upon completion of each operation, update an inspection identifier of the cell controller. The part-processing control system can be configured to initialize a part-processing control system record; during completion of the part assembly task, query the cell controller for the inspection identifier, and update the part-processing control system record, based on a result of the querying; and upon completion of the part assembly task, compare the cell controller record and the part-processing control system record; and determine a status for the workpiece based on the comparison.

Systems and methods for maintaining a record for a workpiece processed by a computer numerically controlled (CNC) electronically synchronized manufacturing assembly line cell

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Cambridge, Canada

Chad William Colyer