Transfer vehicle system
AssigneeMurata Machinery, Ltd.
InventorMakoto Kobayashi
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Abstract
A transfer vehicle system in which transfer vehicles travel on a track includes a measurement portion in a portion of a path continuing to the track to measure a measurement target portion included in the transfer vehicle on the path, an identifier to identify the transfer vehicle for which the measurement target portion has been measured by the measurement portion, a storage to store a measurement result measured by the measurement portion and an identification result identified by the identifier in association with each other, and a display to provide notification of information concerning a state of the measurement target portion determined based on the measurement result and a reference value.
Claims8
A transfer vehicle system in which a plurality of transfer vehicles travel on a predetermined transport path, the transfer vehicle system comprising:
- a measurement portion provided at a portion of a path continuing to the transport path to measure a measurement target portion included in the transfer vehicle located on the continuing path;
- an identifier to identify the transfer vehicle for which the measurement target portion has been measured by the measurement portion;
- a storage to store a measurement result measured by the measurement portion and an identification result identified by the identifier in association with each other;
- and
- a notifier to provide notification of information concerning a state of the measurement target portion determined based on the measurement result and a reference value;
- wherein
- the transport path includes a track on which a traveling portion of the transfer vehicle travels;
- the track includes an inspection plate to press the traveling portion in a width direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to an extending direction of the track;
- and
- the measurement portion measures the measurement target portion of the transfer vehicle in a state of being pressed by the inspection plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.