The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2022
Trumpf SE + Co. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen SE + Co. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Philipp Sauter, Stuttgart, DE;
Florian Guentner, Ottenbach, DE;
Carina Mieth, Gerlingen, DE;
Maximilian Rolle, Gerlingen, DE;
TRUMPF WERKZEUGMASCHINEN SE + CO. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
TRUMPF SE + CO. KG, Ditzingen, DE;
Abstract
A method controls sheet metal processing of a sheet metal component to be manufactured with a plurality of processing steps. The method includes: A) reading in machine tool data and data of the sheet metal component to be manufactured, which includes (in any order): a) reading in the processing steps of the sheet metal component to be manufactured; b) reading in property parameters of the sheet metal component to be manufactured; c) reading in at least one basic processing capability of the machine tools; and d) reading in capability parameters of the machine tools. The method also includes B) creating a machine tool matrix made from machine tools suitable for manufacturing the sheet metal component; C) determining an optimized processing sequence in a form of a sequence of machine tools from the machine tool matrix; and D) outputting the optimized processing sequence.