Patent ID: 11904538
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
pallets;
a plurality of manufacturing devices each comprising a computing device, wherein each of the manufacturing devices is configured for performing different aspects of manufacturing objects, wherein the plurality of manufacturing devices are each configured to lay material for the objects with an orientation relative to the pallets that is different from the other manufacturing devices of the plurality of manufacturing devices;
a conveyor system configured for moving each of the pallets to one or more manufacturing devices of the plurality of manufacturing devices, wherein the conveyor system is cyclical, and wherein the conveyor system comprises an entrance point for the pallets, an exit point, and manufacturing points corresponding to the plurality of manufacturing devices; and
an additional computing device comprising:
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause performance of functions comprising:
simultaneously cycling the pallets through the conveyor system and past the manufacturing points for two or more cycles, wherein each of the pallets is associated with a set of manufacturing instructions for each of the objects; and
while simultaneously cycling the pallets through the conveyor system, using a different combination of the plurality of manufacturing devices to manufacture each of the objects in accordance with the set of manufacturing instructions associated with each of the pallets, thereby manufacturing the objects for each of the pallets.