Method and long stator linear motor for transferring a transport unit at a transfer position

A method for transferring a transport unit of a long stator linear motor at a transfer position from a first transport section, having a number of driving coils arranged on a guide structure one behind the other in a direction of movement of the transport unit in a region of the transfer position, to a second transport section, having a number of driving coils arranged on a guide stricture one behind the other in a direction of movement of the transport unit in a region of the transfer position, wherein, on each side of the transport unit, excitation magnets are arranged to interact with driving coils in a region of the transport unit, wherein on both sides of the transport unit excitation-magnetic lateral forces are acting on the transport unit by an interaction of the excitation magnets with ferromagnetic components of the guide structure, comprising:

• supplying on at least one side of the transport unit a stator current in at least one driving coil in the region of the transfer position that generates a lateral force-forming electromagnetic force that acts on the transport unit, so that a resulting lateral force, as a sum of the acting excitation-magnetic lateral force and of the lateral force-forming electromagnetic force, on each side of the transport unit is different to produce a steering effect on the transport unit at the transfer position