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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2017
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ryan Andrew Burkhard, West Chester, OH (US);
Nathan E Moore, Montgomery, OH (US);
Elizabeth Marie Fikes, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel Richard Royce, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Kyle Christopher Ballman, West Chester, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Methods for simultaneously producing different products on a single production line are disclosed. The method may be used to produce different fluent products and other types of products including assembled products. In some cases, the method includes providing a plurality of articles which are components of the products to be produced. The method further involves providing a track system and a plurality of vehicles for the articles. At least some of the vehicles may be independently routable around the track system. The method further includes simultaneously sending one article-loaded vehicle to a unit operation station where a step in the production of a product is performed and another article-loaded vehicle to a unit operation station where a step in the production of a different product is performed.