Patent ID: 11940198
Assignee: LINEAGE LOGISTICS, LLC
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 39:
40. A method for scheduling loading and unloading a cooling system, the method comprising:
providing an array of blast cells in a blast freezing system, the array of blast cells comprising m rows of blast cells with an outer row at each end, the blast freezing system including a plurality of rails with a rail positioned between each row of blast cells and at an outside edge of the outer rows, and a plurality of automated cranes, each crane of the plurality of automated cranes configured to move along a dedicated rail of the plurality of rails to access blast cells along the rail through at least one door of the blast cells opening to the rail;
determining a start time of a freezing cycle for each of the blast cells in the array;
determining an estimated end time of the freezing cycle for each of the blast cells in the array based on the determined start time;
scheduling at least one automated crane to unload each of the blast cells based on the estimated end time of the freezing cycle;
generating first instructions for transmission to at least one automated crane, the first instructions comprising at least one of a location of a blast cell along the dedicated rail associated with the at least one automated crane and a time; and
transmitting the first instructions to the at least one automated crane.