Process and device to convey bobbins or bobbin-like goods of the textile industry

A process for conveying textile goods from one or a plurality of receiving points to one or a plurality of deposit points wherein the goods are received at a predetermined receiving point by a transfer vehicle and are deposited at a predetermined deposit point by the transfer vehicle, said process comprising the steps of:

• determining with a central computer an appropriate route for the vehicle from a waiting position to the receiving point, from the receiving point to the deposit point, and from the deposit point to the same or another waiting position;
• forming a conveying command for the vehicle with the central computer, the conveying command including data on at least the receiving point, the deposit point, and the corresponding route therebetween;
• transmitting the conveying command from the central computer to a computing unit of the vehicle;
• autonomously executing the conveying command with the vehicle without further commands from the central computer, the vehicle traveling to the receiving point, receiving the goods to be conveyed at the receiving point, traveling to the deposit point and depositing the goods thereat, and traveling to the waiting position;
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• cyclically interrogating the receiving points with the central computer to determine the status of goods to be conveyed at the receiving points, the central computer selecting the predetermined receiving point from the interrogated receiving points.

A process for conveying bobbins of textile goods from any one of a plurality of receiving points to any one of a plurality of deposit points, whereby the goods are received by a vehicle of an electrically driven conveyor trolley at a receiving point, are conveyed to and deposited at a deposit point, said process comprising:

• cyclically interrogating the receiving points with a central computer to determined the status of readied goods to be conveyed thereon;
• forming a conveying command for the readied goods determined at a receiving point, the conveying command including information on the respective receiving point, a predetermined deposit point selected by the central computer, and a route for the vehicle to execute the conveyance of goods from the receiving point to the deposit point;
• transmitting the conveying command from the central computer to the vehicle;
• autonomously executing the receiving conveying command with the vehicle;
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• reporting a command executed signal from the vehicle to the central computer once the conveying command has been executed.

A conveying system for conveying textile goods from a predetermined receiving point to a predetermined deposit point, comprising:

• a rail system, said rail system connecting one or a plurality of receiving points to one or a plurality of deposit points;
• at least one propelled traveling vehicle configured to travel along said rail system, said vehicle comprising a handling device to receive the textile goods from a receiving point and to deposit the textile goods at a deposit point, said handling device being variably displaceable relative said vehicle and comprising a grasping device configured for grasping textile bobbins;
• a central computer remote from and in operative communication with said traveling vehicle, said central computer for forming a conveying command for said vehicle, said conveying command identifying to said vehicle said predetermined receiving point, deposit point, and a route along said rail system therebetween;
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• a computing unit operatively configured with said vehicle, said computing unit for receiving said conveying command and causing said vehicle to execute said conveying command autonomous from said central computer, said computing unit controlling said handling device.