Method for operating a long stator linear motor
AssigneeB&R Industrial Automation GmbH
InventorStefan Huber
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Abstract
To make it possible to operate a conveyor installation (1) in the form of a long stator linear motor in a simple manner, a first trigger point (Tx) is defined in at least one first position (Px) on the conveying track (2) and a first program code (Fx) which can be executed in the system controller (6) and with which a transport unit (TEn) is moved along a track section of the conveying track (2) in accordance with a defined movement profile is assigned to the first trigger point (Tx), and this program code (Fx) is executed for each transport unit (TEn) that reaches the first trigger point (Tx).
Claims7
A method for operating a conveyor installation in the form of a long stator linear motor, comprising:
- moving, via a system controller, a plurality of transport units along a conveying track of the conveyor installation,
- defining a first trigger point in at least one first position on the conveying track;
- and
- assigning a first program code, which is executable in the system controller and with which a transport unit is moved along a track section of the conveying track in accordance with a defined movement profile, to the first trigger point;
- executing the first program code for each transport unit that reaches the first trigger point,
- wherein a memory region allocated to each of the plurality of transport units stores specific data relating to each of the plurality of transport units,
- reading out the specific data for a transport unit located at the first trigger point;
- and
- checking a condition defined in the first program code;
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- based on the checked condition, defining further movement of the transport unit along the conveying track.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.