ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,263, issued on June 23, was assigned to HEXAGON INNOVATION HUB GMBH (Heerbrugg, Switzerland).
"Batch production system and batch production method" was invented by Silvan Meile (St. Gallen, Switzerland) and Maximillian Macha (Weingarten, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A batch production system comprising a machine tool for consecutively machining a batch of workpieces into machined pieces, the machine tool comprising a workpiece support configured for supporting the workpieces, a cutting tool, a movement system configured for providing a relative movement between the cutting tool and the workpiece support with at least two de...