Method for controlling conveyor vehicles and conveying system
OwnerStefano Bell, Johannes Bayha +4inventors
InventorsStefano Bell, Johannes Bayha, Michael Lauer, Benny Frasch, Marcus Schneider, Lazaros Zachariadis
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Abstract
In order to provide a method for controlling conveyor vehicles of a conveying system which permits an energy-efficient and cost-efficient operation of said conveying system, it is proposed that the method comprises: Making available a plurality of conveyor vehicles of the conveying system; Specifying a conveying job for conveying one or more conveyed objects; Determining a conveying job data set for controlling a conveyor vehicle when performing the conveying job; Carrying out the conveying job.
Claims14
A method for controlling conveyor vehicles of a conveying system, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of conveyor vehicles of the conveying system;
- specifying a conveying job for conveying one or more conveyed objects;
- determining a conveying job data set for controlling a conveyor vehicle when performing the conveying job;
- and
- carrying out the conveying job, wherein the conveying job data set includes one or more of the following state data of the current and/or expected state of the conveying system and/or one or more stations, and/or one or more of these state data are taken into account when determining the conveying job data set:
- current and/or expected utilization of the conveyor vehicles;
- current and/or expected utilization of one or more conveying route sections;
- current and/or expected utilization of one or more stations;
- current disruption-related or maintenance-related route closures or station failures.
A conveying system for conveying conveyed objects, in particular vehicle bodies, the conveying system comprising:
- a plurality of self-propelled and/or driverless conveyor vehicles for receiving one or more conveyed objects;
- a conveying area within which the conveyor vehicles are movable along conveying routes;
- a control system for selecting and/or influencing the conveying routes and/or speeds of the conveyor vehicles,
- wherein the control system is configured to:
- provide a plurality of conveyor vehicles of the conveying system;
- specify a conveying job for conveying the one or more conveyed objects;
- determine a conveying job data set for controlling a conveyor vehicle when performing the conveying job;
- and
- carry out the conveying job, wherein the conveying job data set includes one or more of the following state data of the current and/or expected state of the conveying system and/or one or more stations, and/or one or more of these state data are taken into account when determining the conveying job data set:
- current and/or expected utilization of the conveyor vehicles;
- current and/or expected utilization of one or more conveying route sections;
- current and/or expected utilization of one or more stations;
- current disruption-related or maintenance-related route closures or station failures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.