26522 results about "Production line" patented technology

A virtual speaker demonstration system is disclosed that permits a retail outlet to use a reference speaker to demonstrate the performance of multiple different demonstration speakers. A user interface permits a user to select a demonstration speaker and signal processing is performed so that the output from the reference speaker simulates the output of the selected demonstration speaker. The invention provides benefits to all three of the consumer, the retailer, and the manufacturer. The consumer can listen to and compare multiple demonstration speakers easily and conveniently from the same reference speaker. The retailer to use a single (or few) reference speaker to demonstrate the performance of multiple demonstration speakers, saving costs and space. The manufacturer to be able to display and demonstrate to consumers a broader range of the manufacturer's product line.

A system and method suitable for storing multiple product lines in an automated warehouse environment are disclosed. The storage system includes a frame containing a plurality of stacks of containers, a first handling device capable of lifting a plurality of containers from a stack in a single operation, and a second independently moveable handling device capable of lifting a single container and moving the container laterally. The first and second handling devices can work together to remove a target container quickly and with minimum use of resources.

A new machine control method and system for registering pro-produced webs into a converting line producing disposable absorbent articles such as diapers, pants, feminine hygiene articles or a component thereof. The pre-produced web can include a multiplicity of pre-produced objects spaced on the web at a pitch interval in the web direction. The pre-produced web being manipulated in order for the pre-produced object of the web to be registered in relation to a target position constant. The present invention includes three embodiments, where the first embodiment is expressed as a generic claim. The first embodiment includes a closed-loop feedback registration system; the second and third embodiments, in addition, include an open-loop feedforward phasing system. In addition, the third embodiment uses a machine vision system to recognize any element of a complex pre-produced object (e.g., colorful graphics).

This invention relates to polyolefin compositions. In particular, the invention pertains to elastic polymer compositions that can be more easily processed on cast film lines, extrusion lamination or coating lines due to improved resistance to draw resonance. The compositions of the present invention preferably comprise an elastomeric polyolefin resin and a high pressure low density type resin.

There is disclosed a process for continuous production of a water-absorbent resin product by which the water-absorbent resin product having high properties can continuously be produced easily and inexpensively with stable constant quality. In addition, there is disclosed a water-absorbent resin product having high properties and being stable in quality. The process comprises the following steps of: (A) measuring a water-absorbent resin by its predetermined property and/or its predetermined component content, wherein the water-absorbent resin comes being continuously produced via a classification step and/or a surface-modifying step; (B) separating a predetermined amount of water-absorbent resin (a) from the water-absorbent resin that comes being continuously produced, wherein the water-absorbent resin (a) is a water-absorbent resin which displays not less than a definite value and/or a water-absorbent resin which displays not more than a definite value as to the predetermined property and/or the predetermined component content in accordance with results of the aforementioned measurement; and (C) mixing at least a portion of the aforementioned separated predetermined amount of water-absorbent resin (a) into a water-absorbent resin that comes being continuously produced via a classification step and/or a surface-modifying step on the same or another production line.

The invention relates to an automatic loading machine hand of car glass pre-treatment production lines, comprising a driving mechanism platform, a grabbing arm and a sense touch mechanism, an arm rotary mechanism and a rising and falling buffering mechanism; wherein, the driving mechanism platform is arranged on the rising and falling buffering mechanism which consists of 3 three-foot single-leg frames; the grabbing arm and the sense touch mechanism are connected with a rotation axis of the arm rotary mechanism. The invention has the advantages that the rising and falling movements along a Z shaft direction are carried out by using a dual action cylinder to drive the driving mechanism platform to move from left to right along an X shaft direction, when rising, the grabbing glass is lifted by 300mm so as to separate glass on a stacking frame and avoid a ledge on the stacking frame; when falling, the grabbing glass is led to fall by 300mm to put the glass on a conveyer moving in a Y shaft direction; the device is delicate and aesthetic in shape, and small in occupation space; the design concept is innovative, novel, practical and prospective; the structure is simple; therefore, the machine hand can be easily made, assembled, and programmed and the manufacturing price is low.

The present invention generally relates to a system that can be used to form a photovoltaic device, or solar cell, using processing modules that are adapted to perform one or more steps in the solar cell formation process. The automated solar cell fab is generally an arrangement of automated processing modules and automation equipment that is used to form solar cell devices. The automated solar fab will thus generally comprise a substrate receiving module that is adapted to receive a substrate, one or more absorbing layer deposition cluster tools having at least one processing chamber that is adapted to deposit a silicon-containing layer on a surface of the substrate, one or more back contact deposition chambers, one or more material removal chambers, a solar cell encapsulation device, an autoclave module, an automated junction box attaching module, and one or more quality assurance modules that are adapted to test and qualify the completely formed solar cell device.

Aspects of the present invention include automating the process of determining the optimal channels for syndicating content. The automation process can be based on a plurality of factors weighted in accordance with a user's preferences. A further aspect of the present invention calls for dynamically updating the process of channel selection by continually updating the data used in the decision making process. Aspects of the present invention allow a user to apply their chosen factors at various levels of granularity such as for individual products, product lines, category of products, or company-by-company.

The invention discloses a digital multimedia information transmission platform, which comprises an acquisition system, a manufacturing system, a media resource system, a management system and a release system, wherein the acquisition system consists of control equipment, outside network material receiving server and an foreign signal, studio signal and magnet tape material acquisition and collection subsystem; the manufacturing system consists of a program editing system, a program examination system, a background packing and synthesizing system and a resource manager; the media resource system consists of a media resource cataloging and searching work station, a transcoding server, a database server, a storage management and migration server and a system management working station; the management system consists of a uniform user identification system and a network management system; the release system serving as an external interface module of a multimedia center encrypts finished products in multiple formats and executes related release according to outside service demands; and the platform is an integrated production line of digital media contents and also a digital media resource comprehensive service system platform and can realize overall media resource sharing.

This invention relates to polyolefin compositions. In particular, the invention pertains to elastic polymer compositions that can be more easily processed on cast film lines, extrusion lamination or coating lines. The compositions of the present invention preferably comprise an elastomeric polyolefin resin and a high pressure low density type resin.

A promotional marketing method for an electronic marketplace, wherein a user gains exclusive, limited access to the marketplace upon purchase of a membership item. Systems and methods for assigning a virtual prize to a buyer within an electronic marketplace. Systems and methods for creating a product line of collectibles and shipping materials based on a theme established from an image of a graphic.

The invention provides a single docking station structure which is usable for a set of different pieces of equipment having essentially similar interfaces, such as a manufacturer's line of portable ("notebook" or "laptop") computer product models. A common first module supports interfaces with peripheral devices or the like. A model-specific second module, second from a set of second modules that correspond with various models from the line of portable computers, is coupled with the first module to support the portable computer. The second module supports the portable computer, so as to interface it directly with the interface on the first module. The second modules, preferably configured as trays for holding the portable computers, are very simple and inexpensive to manufacture. The trays can be stored next to the docking station (like magazines on a bookshelf). An identification system, which labels the different trays and cross-references them to the corresponding portable computers, allows for future changes in the manufacturer's product line, in which a new model of portable computer requires either a new tray or one of the previously existing trays. The invention is advantageous to manufacturers because it reduces the number and variety of docking station products required for use with the manufacturer's portable computers.

The present invention provides a computationally efficient system for developing configurable, extensible business application product lines using model-driven techniques. The invention enables to create a common business application with a set of pre-defined variants, selection of a suitable variant from the pre-defined set, and composition of the common application with the selected variant into a purpose-specific business application and also provides for modeling of commonality and variability thus leading to a single specification. The invention provides model-based solution to address extensibility and configurability of both structural and behavioral aspects in a functionality dimension of database intensive business application and it supports configuration process at three different stages of application development (i.e. design time, installation time and run time) of database intensive business application. The invention reduces the cost as well as computational time for creating new business applications, and leads to effective maintenance and smooth evolution.

The invention provides an industrial character identification method based on a convolution neural network. The method comprises the steps of establishing character data sets, carrying out data enhancement and preprocessing on the character data sets and establishing a CNN (Convolution Neural Network) integrated model, wherein the model comprises three different individual classifiers, training is carried out through utilization of the model, the training is finished by two steps, a first step is offline training, an offline training model is obtained, a second step is online training, the offline training model is used for initialization, a special production line character data set is trained, and an online training model is obtained; carrying out preprocessing, character positioning and single character image segmentation on a target image; sending the segmented character images to the trained online training model, and probability values of classifying the single target images into classes by the three classifiers in the CNN integrated model is obtained; final decision is carried out in a voting mode, thereby obtaining a classification result of test data. According to the method, characters on different production lines can be identified rapidly and efficiently.

A panel-securing system for various vehicle types is provided, in which various clamps and fingers for different panel shapes may be selected for operation by a single cylinder, the amount of space utilized to install the system is minimized, and parts used in the system are simplified. The panel-securing system for use in a production line for various vehicle types comprises a controller having stored therein panel information for various vehicle types, the controller generating and outputting a locator-selection control signal and a panel-securing control signal corresponding to panel information of the correct vehicle type; a first actuator for selecting a locator corresponding to the locator-selection control signal output by the controller; a second actuator for driving a locator corresponding to the panel-securing control signal output by the controller; and a panel-securing assembly including a plurality of locators, which correspond to panels of the various vehicle types.

A system for the representation, editing, evaluation, and inference of graphical models is disclosed which can be used to construct and evaluate a graphical model or graphical network and to calculate inference values. An efficient method of updating graphical models is demonstrated, and provides the basis for an improved system for manipulation and evaluation of probabilistic models. The graphical network editor is useful in the construction of graphical modes such as Bayesian Networks. The graphical network and network graphical user interface (GUI) are used in conjunction with each other to model a system wherein failure probabilities and the current state of components are taken into account to monitor the health and progress of a system for an engineer or engineering software to evaluate and monitor. The evaluation is useful in the monitoring of assets and other real systems having multiple, dependent, and independently operating components such as a pump, a manufacturing plant, a production line, an assembly line, where asset health and quality control is a concern. The asset components each influencing some overall outcome of a system or situation. Success or failure or probability of success, probability of failure and health of the system can be monitored and manipulated by altering the values of prior probability and posterior probability values. Failure correlation between components can be evaluated wherein failure rates of asset is unknown. Production and quality can be monitored and altered.

The invention provides a polyurethane compound heated board and a manufacturing method and application, which relates to a heated board and supplies a polyurethane compound heated board that has good heat-insulating effect, high fire-fighting and flame-retardant performance, convenient using performance and high constructing efficiency and the manufacturing method and the application. The invention includes a polyurethane rigid foam insulating layer, a bonding layer and an inorganic material composite board; the bonding layer is arranged between the polyurethane rigid foam insulating layer and the inorganic material composite board; the thickness of the polyurethane rigid foam insulating layer is 20-80mm and the thickness of the inorganic material composite plate is 3-10mm. The inorganic material composite board can be continuously produced for further use; an adhesive treatment agent is coated on the inorganic material composite board; polyhydric alcohol combination material and isocyanate combination material are added into the continuous production line for mixed foaming and curing to obtain the polyurethane compound heated board; the mass ratio of the polyhydric alcohol combination material and the isocyanate is 100:95-160.

The invention relates to a visual inspection technology. In order to meet the requirements of fast and high-accurate surface three-dimensional (3D) topography online measurement and the detection requirements of a production line on intelligence, fastness, high accuracy and low cost, the invention adopts the technical scheme that: a high-speed scanning and overall imaging 3D measurement method comprises the following steps of: carrying out external modulation on a driving power supply by using a laser so as to control the output of a word line laser; rotating a multifaceted prism under the drive of a high-speed motor, wherein line-structured light outputted by the laser is reflected and projected to the surface of a measured object by the multifaceted prism; and placing a photoelectric detector at a position which is the limit position projected by the line-structured light during the rotating process of the multifaceted prism, carrying out exposure on an area-array CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) camera during the process that the line-structured light scans the whole area, and establishing a measurement model, wherein the 3D coordinate (xp, yp, zp) of the surface feature point of the measured object is obtained according to a formula by using an image coordinate (u[theta]p, v[theta]p) formed by the area-array CCD camera and [theta]p. The high-speed scanning and overall imaging 3D measurement method is mainly applied to the fast and high-accurate surface 3D topography online measurement.

A method of disinfection of a dead-ended fluid line in a medical instrument such as a dialysis machine is described. The method comprises introducing a heated fluid into the fluid line, allowing the fluid to remain in the line for an experimentally determined optimal dwell period, removing the fluid from the fluid line, and then repeating the cycle for a time period sufficient to achieve a disinfection of the fluid line. The optimum dwell period and frequency for exchanging the heated fluid is determined so that the heated fluid is left resident in the line to exert a cidal effect but not so long that the it cools to the point of being ineffective, nor changed so frequently that that the time spent with no hot water resident in the line begins to detract (e.g., unduly prolong) the disinfection process. A representative cycle is introducing water at a temperature of about 85 degrees C, allowing it to reside in the fluid line for about 10 seconds, withdrawing the water, and then reintroducing water at 85 degrees C. The process continues for 1-2 hours. Variation from the representative cycle will be expected based on parameters such as the degree to which disinfection is to be achieved, the length and diameter of the fluid line, the temperature of the fluid, the ambient temperature, the presence of elements in the fluid line that contribute to heat loss, the material used for fluid line tubing, and whether the fluid comprises water or a disinfection solution such as a dilute citric acid solution. The optimum dwell period and frequency of the cycles can be determined experimentally from the teachings described herein.

A process for efficiently conveying containers along a table-top conveying system includes the steps of temporarily securing a transfer stabilizing support (1a, 1b) to a bottom end of a formed container (14) so that the container can freely move along a production line using the table-top conveying system where the transfer stabilizing support has a bottom surface (2a, 2b) with an opening (4a, 4b), a sidewall (6a, 6b) extending substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface, and a ridge area (10b) surrounding the opening and inside the sidewall of the support; and after the container has gone through operations of the production line, the transfer stabilizing support is removed so that aesthetic qualities of the formed container shape are revealed.

The present invention is directed to a method and system for identifying, quantifying and presenting to a user constraints in an automated manufacturing or processing facility. A data processing system continuously receives basic status signals and state signals from automation equipment in the facility and evaluates and processes these signals to derive a throughput capability measure (a measure of constraint) of each given manufacturing workstation in the process. The throughput capability measure is expressed as a ratio of an ideal cycle time to an accumulated overcycled time. The accumulated overcycled time includes only delays and excludes any speed-up of a workstation. A constraint is identified as the workstation that has the lowest throughput capability measure as compared with all other workstations in a production line. Preferably, throughput capability measures for all workstations are presented to users graphically. Further drill-down can be provided for obtaining more detailed information about the constraint and capacity loss as well as entering information relevant to the constraint, such as a stoppage or slow-down.

The invention discloses a production line for automatically coating a profile steel and a coating method thereof, wherein a suspension conveying line (2) runs through the central axis of a coating chamber (4). A loading mechanism (3) is installed on the front end of the coating chamber (4); and the suspension conveying line (2) on the back end of the coating chamber (4) is provided with a drying channel (5). A back output end of the drying channel (5) is connected with a cooling area (7); and an unloading mechanism (8) is installed behind the cooling area (7). By utilizing the head-to-tail closed loop suspension conveying line and the tandem type hanging manner of hanging multiple workpieces on one hanger, procedures such as loading, finishing coat spraying, priming paint spraying, drying, cooling, unloading and storing are all finished automatically, accordingly achieving the automatic spraying of the profile steel having a long length, and optimizing the conventional profile steel coating technology. By utilizing electrostatic spraying in association with the position and the angle of the spraying gun, the coating problem of coating dead angle at inside corners of the profile steel is solved better, accordingly improving the coating quality of the entire profile steel.

The invention relates the auto sorting faulty goods method on the high-speed automatic production line and unit. The method comprises the following steps: sorting faulty goods system receiving the sorting signal, starting the freedom degree linked conveying device 3, then positioning the mechanical arm connected with 3 on the faulty goods, the mechanical arm keeping the same speed with conveyer belt, gripping the faulty goods, lifting it and releasing it to appointed position. The unit comprises electrical control and mechanical part. The mechanical part comprises 3 and mechanical arm which comprises arm and hand. In the center of the mechanical hand there is camera, and the electrical control is connected with 3 and mechanical arm. The invention possesses high accuracy, low cost, good versatility, and no environmental pollution.

The present invention is a novel aqueous cleaning solution for use in semiconductor front end of the line (FEOL) manufacturing process wherein the cleaning solution comprises at least one amidoxime compound.

The invention relates to a light-weight calcium silicate plate and a preparation method thereof. The light-weight calcium silicate plate comprises the following components in percentage by mass: 11-44.4% of siliceous filler, 30-40% of cement, 4.4% of calcific filler, 6-10% of fiber material, 3-5% of inorganic filler and 3-10% of reaction assistant, wherein the siliceous filler contains a light-weight siliceous material accounting for 22.2-44.4% of the total mass of the light-weight calcium silicate plate; and the sum of the mass percents of the components is 100%. According to the invention, the light-weight calcium silicate plate having low density and high strength is prepared through a slurry flow process by completely using high-activity amorphous kieselguhr instead of the traditional quartz sand as the siliceous material; and the process is simple and can be completed according to the existing technical process without changing the original calcium silicate plate production line and production conditions, and the production process does not increase the cost and can still achieve favorable effect.

The invention discloses a digital twinning system applied to industrial production and a forming method thereof. The digital twinning system applied to industrial production is arranged on the basis of an industrialized intelligent production system, and includes a physical entity layer, a data collection layer, a layer of digital twinning and an information model thereof and a process optimization layer which are sequentially connected. The process optimization layer is also connected with the physical entity layer through feedback control to form a closed loop. The digital twinning system can more intelligently control production, and is suitable for all production and factory affair systems (production equipment and production lines) and monitoring and prediction management systems in use and maintenance.

Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a system used to form solar cell devices using processing modules adapted to perform one or more processes in the formation of the solar cell devices. In one embodiment, the system is adapted to form thin film solar cell devices by accepting a large unprocessed substrate and performing multiple deposition, material removal, cleaning, sectioning, bonding, and various inspection and testing processes to form multiple complete, functional, and tested solar cell devices that can then be shipped to an end user for installation in a desired location to generate electricity. In one embodiment, the system provides inspection of solar cell devices at various levels of formation, while collecting and using metrology data to diagnose, tune, or improve production line processes during the manufacture of solar cell devices.

The invention provides a refinement production system and a production method based on RFID and bar code fusion, wherein an RFID electronic tag is bound on the goods in process, the RFID electronic tag or a bar code can be selected randomly to be bound on the components and parts, thus being capable of effectively controlling production cost, being beneficial to carry out real time and effective collection on the information of goods in process and components and parts simultaneously, realizing accurate synchronization of material flow and information flow, and providing a possibility for therealization of refinement production for enterprises. The production method in the invention comprises the following steps: 1) binding the RFID electronic tags on the goods in process which enter a production line, and binding the bar codes or the RFID electronic tags on the components and parts; 2) when the components and parts which are pasted with bar codes or bound with the RFID electronic tags are on the production line, collecting the information of the components and parts to match with the information of the goods in process, and binding the information of components and parts with theinformation of the goods in process after matching successively; and 3) when the products are finally off the line, collecting the RFID electronic tag information which is bound on the goods in process and printing manufacturer certificates and bar codes.

The present invention generally provides a batch substrate processing system for in-situ processing of a film stack used to form regions of a solar cell device. The batch processing system is configured to process an array of substrates positioned on a substrate carrier. The batch processing system includes a substrate transport interface that provides loading an unloading of the array of substrates in a production line environment. The substrate transport interface may include one or more of a substrate carrier cleaning module, a substrate carrier cooling module, and a substrate carrier buffer module.

A method of manufacturing monolithic glass reflectors for concentrating sunlight in a solar energy system is disclosed. The method of manufacturing allows large monolithic glass reflectors to be made from float glass in order to realize significant cost savings on the total system cost for a solar energy system. The method of manufacture includes steps of heating a sheet of float glass positioned over a concave mold until the sheet of glass sags and stretches to conform to the shape of the mold. The edges of the dish-shaped glass are rolled for structural stiffening around the periphery. The dish-shaped glass is then silvered to create a dish-shaped mirror that reflects solar radiation to a focus. The surface of the mold that contacts the float glass preferably has a grooved surface profile comprising a plurality of cusps and concave valleys. This grooved profile minimizes the contact area and marring of the specular glass surface, reduces parasitic heat transfer into the mold and increases mold lifetime. The disclosed method of manufacture is capable of high production rates sufficiently fast to accommodate the output of a conventional float glass production line so that monolithic glass reflectors can be produced as quickly as a float glass production can make sheets of float glass to be used in the process.