Title:
【発明の名称】緩衝材加工システム及び方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002503191
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A packaging system includes a cushioning conversion machine for converting stock material into relatively low density cushioning material or dunnage and a packaging system controller. The packaging system controller provides packaging instructions related to a part or parts to be packaged and instructs the cushioning conversion machine to produce the cushioning material. In one aspect of the present invention the packaging system controller provides packaging instructions by retrieving a predetermined set of packaging instructions associated with a particular part. In another aspect of the present invention the packaging system controller provides packaging instructions by determining an optimized packaging methodology using one or more characteristics of the part or parts to be packaged. The packaging system also provides for automated inventory control and productivity monitoring.
Inventors:
Armington, Stephen E.
Ratzel, Richard O.
Goose, Paul Jay.
Bose, McDonald Sea.
Ratzel, Richard O.
Goose, Paul Jay.
Bose, McDonald Sea.
Application Number:
JP50289699A
Publication Date:
January 29, 2002
Filing Date:
June 11, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Rampac Corporation
International Classes:
B31D5/00; B65B55/20; B65B61/22; G05B19/418; B65B57/00; (IPC1-7): B65B61/22
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shusaku Yamamoto