Transport device and method
AssigneeVon Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsChristoph Kaiser, Carsten Deus, Markus Berendt, Matthias Smolke, Knut Barthel, Michael Hentschel
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and devices for transporting substrates. A transport device may include a plurality of rotational bodies, where each rotational body is rotatably attached for transporting a rod-shaped workpiece. The transport device may include a rotational excitation element configured to excite rotation of the workpiece when it is supported on one of the plurality of rotational bodies.
Claims21
A transport device, comprising:
- a plurality of rotational bodies for transporting a rod-shaped workpiece, wherein each rotational body is rotatable;
- a rotational excitation element configured to excite rotation of the workpiece when the workpiece is supported on at least one rotational body of the plurality of rotational bodies;
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- a bearing device by means of which the rotational excitation element is movably mounted, wherein the bearing device comprises a translational bearing by means of which the rotational excitation element is moveably mounted.
A method of operating a transport device, the method comprising:
- controlling a first actuator by means of which kinetic energy is supplied to a plurality of rotational bodies of the transport device in such a way that the plurality of rotational bodies are set into a rotational motion about a rotational axis;
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- controlling a second actuator by means of which kinetic energy is supplied to a rotational excitation element of the transport device such that the rotational excitation element is set in a motion along a direction, the direction being along the rotational axis.
A transport device, comprising:
- a plurality of rotational bodies for transporting a rod-shaped workpiece, wherein each rotational body is rotatable;
- a rotational excitation element configured to excite rotation of the workpiece when the workpiece is supported on at least one rotational body of the plurality of rotational bodies;
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- a plurality of track limiters extending through a transport surface to which each of the plurality of rotational bodies is adjacent.
A transport device, comprising:
- a plurality of rotational bodies for transporting a rod-shaped workpiece, wherein each rotational body is rotatable;
- a rotational excitation element configured to excite rotation of the workpiece when the workpiece is supported on at least one rotational body of the plurality of rotational bodies;
- a guide device comprising a plurality of track limiters for receiving the workpiece between two of the plurality of track limiters, wherein the guide device:
- is arranged between two rotational bodies of the plurality of rotational bodies;
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- is moveably supported at least sectionally along a direction of transport of the rod-shaped workpiece such that each of the plurality of track limiters is extended through a transport surface to which each of the plurality of rotational bodies is adjacent when the guide device is moved in the direction of transport of the rod-shaped workpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.