Patent ID: 7043323
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: B65G,C03B,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A dynamic product control system in a glass work piece manufacturing plant for a product production line having a plurality of processed work piece holding positions, in which glass work piece product is processed into individual processed work pieces that are moved to individual holding positions, the control system comprising: an optimizer coupled to the product production line optimizing the work piece scheduling, wherein the optimizer includes a biasing for favoring individual work pieces assigned to at least one leading holding position, whereby the bias will tend to schedule and process the work pieces assigned to the at least one leading holding position to completely fill the at least one leading holding position in a minimum time; and a leading holding position removal accommodator coupled to the optimizer, wherein the at least one leading holding position is undesignated as the at least one leading holding position in the glass manufacturing plant product production line and the accommodator designates a new at least one leading holding position for the optimizer.