Patent ID: 11861446
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. A materials preparation and analysis equipment, comprising:
a tag reader configured to read indicia from at least one of a plurality of tags, wherein the plurality of tags comprises a first tag that is associated with a consumable used by the materials preparation and analysis equipment and a second tag that is associated with a workpiece or a test sample of the materials preparation and analysis equipment, wherein the first tag reflects at least one of a size, a shape, or a material type of the consumable and the second tag reflects at least one of a size, a shape, or a material type of the workpiece or the test sample; and
processing circuitry operatively coupled with a memory and the tag reader,
wherein the memory comprises equipment parameters for the materials preparation and analysis equipment,
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to identify one or more equipment parameters based on the indicia received from the at least one of a plurality of tags and to control the materials preparation and analysis equipment based on the one or more equipment parameters, and
wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine whether the consumable has reached its end of life based at least in part on the one or more parameters and a monitored parameter of the consumable that reflects an amount of time that the consumable has been used.