BLANK LAYOUT METHOD FOR GLASS PLATE CUTTING MACHINE

摘要

A blank layout method for planning a product layout having a good yield for plate-glass cutters cutting a plurality of rectangular product plates from a rectangular glass blank is disclosed. When a product plate is laid out on a residual blank space of a glass blank, a plurality of candidate layout plans are prepared, and the same processing is recursively repeated for residual blank spaces in each of the candidate layout plans. The final yields of the candidate layout plans when no more products can be laid out are compared to select a candidate layout plan having the highest yield.