Transporting device

US5211115A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gernot Maier · Stuttgart, DE
• Rainer Utz · Waiblingen, DE
• Han-Jochen Kollek · Mühlacker, DE
• Hans Erne · Waiblingen, DE
• Jochen Schramm · Heilbronn, DE
• Thomas Schmid · Zürich, CH
• Stefan Reitmeier · Waiblingen, DE
• Ulrich Muller · Aachen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 18, 1991
• Grant date: May 18, 1993
• Expiry date: Oct 18, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B61C13/00
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A transporting device has at least one autonomous workpiece carrier provided with an electric device and a drive control, and a path system provided with a plurality of stations. The workpiece carrier is provided with a unit for determining the operational parameter of the workpiece carrier and reacting to the deviation of the operational parameter from a predetermined value.