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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
May. 15, 2007
Daniel P. Dwyer, Corning, NY (US);
L. Urdenis Johnson, Tyrone, PA (US);
Nalin S. Nair, Lockwood, NY (US);
Dennis F. Rumsey, Lawrenceville, PA (US);
Daniel P. Dwyer, Corning, NY (US);
L. Urdenis Johnson, Tyrone, PA (US);
Nalin S. Nair, Lockwood, NY (US);
Dennis F. Rumsey, Lawrenceville, PA (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method is provided for tracking unfinished ceramic structures moved by a conveyor system through manufacturing loops which preserves both identification and manufacturing information during manufacture, and in particular during mark-obliterating steps. The method includes loading the marked, unfinished ceramic structure at a selected position on the conveyor system; relaying the identification mark and the selected position of the unfinished ceramic structure on the conveyor system; conveying the unfinished ceramic structure through a mark-obliterating manufacturing step, and then identifying the ceramic structure relaying and processing information relating to its position on the conveyor system. The ceramic structure is then re-marked with a second mark after completing all mark-obliterating steps of manufacturing, such as firing and contouring. Both the first and second marks include the combination of a machine-readable and human-readable component, such as the combination of a two-dimensional bar code and an alpha-numeric code.