Electromagnetic transport system

An electromagnetic transport system comprising a number of transport units which are movably arranged along a transport route, wherein drive coils are arranged along the transport route and drive magnets are arranged on the transport units,

• wherein the transport route is divided into transport sections and the transport sections each comprise at least one transport segment, with each of the transport sections being assigned a section control unit and with each transport segment being assigned a segment controller,
• wherein a logistics unit is provided, which is connected to the section control units via a logistics network, and is designed to specify a destination of the number of transport units to the section control units via the logistics network,
• wherein the section control units of the transport sections are connected to the segment controllers of the associated transport segments via a segment network and are designed to:
• determine a track section for the transport units located in the associated transport section from the destination for the associated transport section, wherein the track section describes a general route from a current location of the transport units to a transfer position between adjacent transport sections, if the destination is outside the transport section, or describes the destination, if the destination is inside the transport section,
• to determine target values for the transport units located in the associated transport section using the track section, and
• transmit said the target values to the associated segment controllers via the segment network, and
• wherein the segment controllers are designed to supply current to the drive coils using the target values and occurring actual values in order to generate a magnetic field which interacts with drive magnets of the transport units in order to move the number of transport units.