Conveyance apparatus including variable jig and driving method thereof

US9902568B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY · KR

Inventors

• Yong Kwi LEE · Daejeon, KR
• Hyun Jong Kim · Los Angeles, US
• Jun Hee Park · Jangan-dong, KR
• Young Ae JEON · Daejeon, KR

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 2016
• Grant date: Feb 27, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2207/08
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A conveyance apparatus including a variable jig and a driving method thereof. The conveyance apparatus includes a transport unit including a transfer belt extending from a loading position to an unloading position of works, the transport unit being a movement path for the works, a variable jig module disposed with respect to a position, where the works stop, in the movement path to support the works, the variable jig module being a variable jig that varies a supporting base, based on shapes of the works, a sensing unit disposed outside the transfer belt with respect to the variable jig module to measure a movement or position of the works, an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the works transported through the transfer belt, and a controller electrically connected to the variable jig module to control an operation of the variable jig module.