Conveying device and method for conveying metal strip coils

A transport device for transporting metal strip coils, comprising:

• at least one coil carrier configured to carry a metal strip coil;
• two conveying stations arranged at mutually different heights and each configured to receive a coil carrier;
• a conveying track running between the two conveying stations;
• and
• a conveying drive configured to convey the at least one coil carrier on the conveying track between the conveying stations;
• wherein each conveying station can be tilted between a first end position, wherein the conveying station is oriented horizontally, and a second end position, wherein the conveying station has an inclination corresponding to a gradient of the conveying track and adjoins the conveying track such that the coil carrier can be conveyed by the conveying drive from the conveying track into the conveying station and out of the conveying station onto the conveying track;
• and
• wherein the conveying drive has a traction mechanism drive having a traction mechanism that runs along the conveying track, and each coil carrier can be coupled to the traction mechanism.

A method for operating a transport device for transporting metal strip coils, the transport device comprising:

• at least one coil carrier configured to carry a metal strip coil;
• a first conveying station and a second conveying station arranged at mutually different heights and each configured to receive a coil carrier;
• a conveying track running between the first and second conveying stations;
• and
• a conveying drive configured to convey the at least one coil carrier on the conveying track between the first and second conveying stations;
• wherein each conveying station can be tilted between a first end position, wherein the conveying station is oriented horizontally, and a second end position, wherein the conveying station has an inclination substantially co-linear to a gradient of the conveying track and adjoins the conveying track such that the coil carrier can be conveyed by the conveying drive from the conveying track into the conveying station and out of the conveying station onto the conveying track;
• the method comprising:
• loading the coil carrier with the metal strip coil;
• subsequently moving the loaded coil carrier to a first conveying station and receiving the loaded coil carrier by the first conveying station in the first end position of the first conveying station;
• subsequently tilting the first conveying station into the second end position;
• subsequently coupling the loaded coil carrier to the conveying drive and conveying the loaded coil carrier by the conveying drive out of the first conveying station onto the conveying track and, on the conveying track, to the second conveying station;
• subsequently conveying the loaded coil carrier by the conveying drive into the second conveying station, and receiving the loaded coil carrier in the second conveying station, in the second end position of the second conveying station;
• subsequently tilting the second conveying station with the loaded coil carrier into the first end position;
• and
• subsequently moving the loaded coil carrier out of the second conveying station.