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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Paul Weatherbee, Edmonton, CA;
Peter Sage, Albany, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/414 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/41865 (2013.01); Y02P 90/20 (2015.11);
Abstract
A production line is organized into one or more of zones. One or more production orders to produce products in a continuous sequence at a production line is accepted. A plurality of production factors associated with the production orders is analyzed to produce an operating schedule for the production line. The operating schedule, when followed at each zone of the production line, is effective to produce the plurality of products in the continuous sequence. Industrial machines in each of the zones are operated according to the schedule.