Joint railing adjustment of several transport devices
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorHeinz HENNEK
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Abstract
The invention relates, inter alia, to an installation comprising several transport devices for transporting objects through the installation, wherein the several transport devices are arranged distributed in the installation and each have at least one adjustable railing for setting the transport width. A sensor system is designed to monitor several monitoring regions that each extend along one of the several adjustable railings for person detection. A processing device is configured to operate the several transport devices for jointly adjusting the adjustable railings depending on the monitoring of the several monitoring regions via the sensor system. Advantageously, the installation can enable a safe and automated central adjustment of all rails of the installation.
Claims20
An installation, comprising:
- a plurality of transport devices for transporting objects through the installation, wherein the plurality of transport devices are arranged distributed in the installation and each have at least one adjustable railing for setting the transport width;
- a sensor system that is configured to monitor a plurality of monitoring regions that each extend along one of the several adjustable railings for person detection;
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- a processing device that is configured to operate the several transport devices for jointly adjusting the adjustable railings depending on the monitoring of the several monitoring regions via the sensor system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.