Automated parts labeling system
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1. A system for marking manufacturing assembly parts with identification information, said system comprising:
- a processor;
an automated parts labeling (APL) module executed by said processor for generating at least one interactive panel;
a processor-user interface for displaying the interactive panel; and
at least two dissimilar part marking devices simultaneously communicatively connected to said processor, each dissimilar part marking device configured to;
mark a different type of manufacturing assembly part; and
mark a surface of duplicated manufacturing assembly parts with same identification data identifying the duplicated manufacturing assembly parts;
wherein said at least two dissimilar part marking devices comprise at least two different ones of an ink jet printer, a metal tag marking device, a synthetic tag marking device and a stencil tag generating device.
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Abstract
A system for marking parts including an automated parts labeling (APL) software module for producing information labels for marking parts, a processor for executing the APL software module, and at least one of peripheral label device communicatively connected to the processor for receiving part identification information from the processor and marking said information labels.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for marking manufacturing assembly parts with identification information, said system comprising:
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a processor;
an automated parts labeling (APL) module executed by said processor for generating at least one interactive panel;
a processor-user interface for displaying the interactive panel; and
at least two dissimilar part marking devices simultaneously communicatively connected to said processor, each dissimilar part marking device configured to;
mark a different type of manufacturing assembly part; and
mark a surface of duplicated manufacturing assembly parts with same identification data identifying the duplicated manufacturing assembly parts;
wherein said at least two dissimilar part marking devices comprise at least two different ones of an ink jet printer, a metal tag marking device, a synthetic tag marking device and a stencil tag generating device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for marking manufacturing assembly parts with identification information, wherein said method comprises:
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generating at least one interactive panel utilizing a processor, wherein the interactive panel allows a user to automate marking at least two dissimilar manufacturing assembly parts with identification data specific to each manufacturing assembly part, the identification data used to identify the respective part;
entering the identification data, utilizing a processor-user interface, in the interactive panel; and
marking each manufacturing assembly part with the identification data specific to the respective manufacturing assembly part utilizing at least two dissimilar peripheral part marking devices simultaneously communicatively connected to the processor, each dissimilar manufacturing assembly part being marked using a different one of the dissimilar part marking devices, wherein the dissimilar part marking devices comprise at least two different ones of an ink jet printer, a metal tag marking device, a synthetic tag marking device and a stencil tag generating device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for using a computer to mark manufacturing assembly parts with identification information, the method comprising:
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displaying at least one interactive panel on a processor-user interface, said interactive panel having a plurality data entry fields, wherein each data entry field is related to a specific one of a plurality of dissimilar peripheral part marking devices simultaneously communicatively connected to the computer and each dissimilar peripheral part marking device configured to mark a surface of a different type of manufacturing assembly part;
receiving identification data entered in said data entry fields using said processor-user interface, wherein the identification data is used to identify a plurality of duplicated manufacturing assembly parts; and
communicating with the dissimilar peripheral part marking devices, thereby instructing one of said dissimilar peripheral part marking devices to mark the like manufacturing assembly parts with said identification data, wherein the dissimilar part marking devices comprise at least two different ones of an ink jet printer, a metal tag marking device, a synthetic tag marking device and a stencil tag generating device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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