发明名称 Method and system for mass production of customized engraved products
摘要 Systems and methods for mass producing customized engraved articles of manufacture based on orders from multiple different customers.
申请公布号 US9555662(B2) 申请公布日期 2017.01.31
申请号 US201012834859 申请日期 2010.07.12
申请人 Cimpress Schweiz GmbH 发明人 Marcos John C.;Kiy Michael;Gerber Marcel;Sanders Edwin;Hodak Mark;Frias Kristin R.
分类号 B23K26/00;B44C1/22;B44B3/00 主分类号 B23K26/00
代理机构 代理人 Costa Jessica
主权项 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.
地址 Winterthur CH