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

Claim 7:
8. A method for simultaneously manufacturing objects, the method comprising:
simultaneously cycling pallets through a conveyor system, 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 a plurality of manufacturing devices, the plurality of manufacturing devices each comprising a computing device, wherein simultaneously cycling the pallets comprises simultaneously cycling the pallets 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, 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; 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.