Linear motor system and operating method for the same
AssigneeSchneider Electric Industries SAS
InventorJuergen NICKEL
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Abstract
A linear motor system, in particular to a transport system, e.g. a multi-carrier, including: a guide track having a plurality of electromagnets arranged distributed along the guide track; at least one carrier that is guided by and movable along the guide track and that includes a drive magnet for cooperating with the electromagnets of the guide track to move the carrier; and a control device for controlling the movement of the carrier relative to the guide track by a corresponding control of the electromagnets, wherein the control device is configured to detect an inertial response of the moving mass of the carrier during a movement of the carrier and to determine mass information relating to the mass of the carrier on the basis of the inertial response.
Claims15
A linear motor system, comprising:
- a guide track having a plurality of electromagnets arranged distributed along the guide track;
- at least one carrier that is guided by and movable along the guide track and that comprises a drive magnet for cooperating with the electromagnets of the guide track to move the carrier;
- and
- a control device for controlling the movement of the carrier relative to the guide track by a corresponding control of the electromagnets,
- wherein
- the control device is configured to detect an inertial response of the moving mass of the carrier during a movement of the carrier and to determine mass information relating to the mass of the carrier on the basis of the inertial response.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.