Patent ID: 9555662
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B44B,B44C,G05B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for simultaneously engraving a plurality of articles, comprising: placing the plurality of articles in respective positions in a carrier, each article having a targeted engraving area; inserting the carrier holding the plurality of articles into an engraving station within an engraving machine; receiving a composite engraving job, the composite engraving job comprising a plurality of individual engraving designs respectively corresponding to different engraving orders associated with different customers, each individual engraving pattern design corresponding to a different article to be engraved and arranged in the composite engraving job to correspond to a position and dimensions of a targeted engraving area of a corresponding article held in the carrier; and sending the composite engraving job to the engraving machine such that the engraving machine processes the composite engraving job as a single engraving job and engraves the respective individual engraving designs on corresponding respective articles on the carrier; wherein at least two different respective individual engraving designs are associated with different respective associated customer orders; wherein the engraving machine engraves the plurality of articles on the carrier using a laser engraving process, a mechanical engraving process, a carbonization marking process, a pigment transformation marking process or a polymer expansion marking process.