ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,745, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA (Imola, Italy).
"Method and system to manufacture ceramic articles" was invented by Paolo Testi (Imola, Italy) and Angelantonio Onorato (Imola, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System for manufacturing ceramic articles, in particular ceramic slabs or tiles, comprising: a compaction device; a conveyor assembly to transport powder material along a given path from an input station to an output station; a digital feeding assembly to feed powder material to the conveyor assembly at the input station so as to generate a layer of powder materi...