ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,695, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS (Octeville-sur-Mer, France).
"Start-up method for multi-module machine" was invented by Franck Santais (Octeville-sur-Mer, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of starting a machine comprising a plurality of modules, each module having a standard run-up time until optimum operating conditions are obtained. The method includes acquiring for each module of an initial state at a time T0 and a run-up time to reach the optimum operating conditions from the time T0. The method also includes identifying a slow module having the longest run-up time and determining a time ...