Product category: Electronics Manufacturing Machinery and Materials
News Release from: Cogiscan
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 23 August 2006
Manufacturing control system
gains US Patent
Cogiscan has been awarded a new patent relating to an 'Automated manufacturing control system' by the US Patent Office (7,069,100)
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This global patent was originally filed in 2000 to protect the innovative aspects of the Cogiscan material tracking platform. This became the foundation of the current suite of Cogiscan solutions that use a combination of barcode and RFID technologies to track, trace and control all materials on the production floor.
Over the past 7 years Cogiscan has developed a number of innovative materials tracking solutions.
The company is committed to share its unique technology and work with other equipment and software providers to establish an industry-specific RFID standard that will benefit everyone.
Over the past 2 years Cogiscan has announced strategic partnerships with industry leaders including Fuji, Juki and Siemens among others.
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Cogiscan, Fuji, Juki and Siemens are working on a project to integrate RFID tags in component reels for on-machine identification
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Panasonic Factory Solutions Company of America and Cogiscan have formed a new partnership
In these instances the Cogiscan RFID technology is integrated in the OEM equipment and machine software to provide additional functionality and make the machines more intelligent while eliminating the need for human intervention associated with traditional barcode-based systems.
Vincent Dubois who is responsible for IP protection at Cogiscan explains the significance of this patent: 'This represents a significant milestone in our company's history'.
'This patent covers the essence of the original vision of the cofounders of Cogiscan'.
'It is the story of three manufacturing engineers who took a different look at an old problem, leveraging emerging technologies such as RFID to enable complete automation on the factory floor'.
'At the time Cogiscan was the first company that looked at the big picture of material tracking in the electronics manufacturing industry and developed a concept that would solve all the different problems with one integrated system'.
'Reading the patent abstract still provides a very accurate description of our current product portfolio and future development roadmap'.
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