Overhead travelling carriage system
AssigneeMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKenji Hoshino
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Abstract
An article is conveyed from a load port 26a for a processing device 16 to a load port 26b for a processing device 20. An overhead buffer 28 is provided for each load port 26. An overhead travelling carriage 14 can freely deliver the article to the load port 26 or to the overhead buffer 28. The article can be conveyed directly between processing devices for different processes via inter-bay routes 6, 7. Only a short time is required for conveyance. It is unnecessary to provide stockers between the intra-bay routes 6, 7 and the inter-bay route 8.
Claims3
An overhead travelling carriage system in which an overhead travelling carriage runs from a first intra-bay route through inter-bay route to a second intra-bay route to convey an article between load ports for processing devices provided below an intra-bay running rail, the intra-bay routes and inter-bay route each including a running rail, the overhead travelling carriage system being characterized in that overhead buffers are provided on one side of the running rail and the overhead travelling carriage is provided with delivery means for delivering the article to the overhead buffer.
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