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Conveyor system for conveying objects and control process for such a system

US9709977B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

EISENMANN SE · DE

Inventors

Herbert Schulze · Reno, US
Svenja Vetter · Neustetten, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 17, 2015
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 17, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05B2219/25385
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A control process for a conveyor system for conveying pallets or other objects comprises at least two mutually separate free-moving, i.e. not rail-mounted, conveyor units. Of the at least two conveyor units, a first conveyor unit is assigned a superordinate status and a second conveyor unit is assigned a subordinate status. The second conveyor unit therefore follows the first conveyor unit. To this end, the second conveyor unit detects a shift in the mutual relative position of the two conveyor units with the aid of a sensor and modifies its driving parameters depending on the shift in position detected by the sensor.

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