Patent ID: 11922369
Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 8:
9. An automated flow management process carried out by the automated flow management system according to claim 1 in a compounding facility that manufactures rubber compounds, the process comprising the following steps:
identifying a category for each of a plurality of raw materials to be used in the compounding facility, in which the identified category is determined from a plurality of different categories depending on properties of a selected rubber compound recipe;
identifying a destination in the automated flow management system to which the raw materials need to be transported for each identified category; and
generating one or more flows of raw materials between the raw material storage system and the rubber compounding station, the generating comprising transporting the raw materials to the identified destination.