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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2019
Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Jean-Marie Dettorre, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Herve Queraud, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Stephane Ravat, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Nicolas Jaunet, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
A method for transferring unwinders () using a transfer facility () comprising a control unit () for controlling the unwinders, and at least one autonomous mobile platform () is disclosed. The facility comprises measurement means for measuring the quantity of product wound on reels () supported by the unwinders and communication means. The method comprises the following successive operations: measuring the quantity of product wound on the reels and communicating the measured data to the control unit; on the basis of the measured data, determining the moment at which to transmit a removal or supply mission instruction to a mobile platform; transmitting to a mobile platform at the previously-determined moment, a mission instruction to remove or to supply a unwinder; and moving the mobile platform in such a way that it becomes positioned under a unwinder.