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Hide customization systems and methods

  • US 10,480,040 B2
  • Filed: 05/28/2015
  • Issued: 11/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of customizing hides comprising:

  • accessing, from customer data storage of a tanning control system, electronic customer order information associated with a first customer order;

    identifying, using a customer order manager of the tanning control system, one or more hide characteristics within the electronic customer order information;

    selecting, using a hide manager of the tanning control system, a group of hides that corresponds to the one or more hide characteristics, the group of hides located at one or more hide inventory sources;

    identifying, using the customer order manager of the tanning control system, a specification within the electronic customer order information that indicates one or more customizations to perform with respect to one or more hides of the group of hides; and

    performing, based on the identified specification and using a customization manager of the tanning control system, the one or more customizations to transform the one or more hides of the group of hides by providing a specification communication to a customization controller of a customized processing system, wherein the customized processing system further comprises at least one of a wetting drum, a wringing device, a splitting device, a trimming device, or a folding device.

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