Transport system and method for operating a transport system

US10787107B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Josef Schmidt · Graben-Neudorf, DE
• Maja Sliskovic · Ettlingen, DE
• Michael ANGST · Karlsruhe, DE
• Gero Bockelmann · Bruchsal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 16, 2016
• Grant date: Sep 29, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 16, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05D1/0295
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a transport system and method for operating a transport system the transport system includes a first mobile component and a second mobile component as well as a transport rack. Bearing rollers for moving the transport rack on a driving surface are disposed on the transport rack, in particular, the mobile component is drivable on the driving surface. Each mobile component has a linear axle and a control as well as wheels driven by an electric motor. The first mobile component is able to drive underneath the transport rack in a first region of the transport rack, and the second mobile component is able to drive underneath the transport rack in another, i.e. second, region of the transport rack. The transport rack is able to be raised by extending the linear axles of the mobile components, in particular is able to be raised in such a way that the bearing rollers of the transport rack lose physical contact with the driving surface. A communications channel is provided between the first and the second mobile components, the communications channel serving as a transmission channel for data of at least one master-slave control, the first mobile component acting as a master and the seco…