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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:
Jun. 30, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
David R Jenista, Wyoming, MI (US);
Todd A Buiten, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Assignee:
Granco Clark, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364468 ; 72-8 ; 72274 ; 364472 ; 364476 ;
Abstract
A control system is provided for coordinating and monitoring material flow through a nonferrous extrusion facility. The system maintains first-in/first-out queues between stations within the facility to improve tracking of the material through the process. The extrusion equipment is controlled in response to the queues and to stored job information to move the material efficiently and automatically through each station within the facility.