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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2016
Applicant:
Rexnord Flattop Europe B.v., s-Gravenzande, NL;
Inventor:
Cornelis Hendrik Mijndert Menke, 's-Gravenzande, NL;
Assignee:
REXNORD FLATTOP EUROPE B.V., 'S-Gravenzande, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 65/18 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); B65G 35/02 (2006.01); B65G 15/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/41865 (2013.01); B62D 65/18 (2013.01); B65G 35/02 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0294 (2013.01); Y02P 90/02 (2015.11);
Abstract
An automobile factory planning system and method for controlling a cycle time. The system comprises a conveyor belt configured to transport a plurality of automobiles at a controlled displacement velocity along a manufacturing path through the automobile factory. A feedback device is configured to provide a visual indicator of a designated position at which a next automobile is to be placed on the conveyor belt relative to the position of a previous automobile. The designated position is calculated as a function of the cycle time and the displacement velocity of the conveyor belt.