Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transport system for transporting workpieces on a transport path between two production process stations
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Application No.: US17268147Application Date: 2019-07-11
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Publication No.: US11958096B2Publication Date: 2024-04-16
- Inventor: Nihat Demir , Andreas Senge , Tim Büllesbach
- Applicant: Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock
- Assignee: Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH
- Current Assignee: Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock NRW
- Agent Richard M. Goldberg
- Priority: DE 2018119934.1 2018.08.16
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/068700 2019.07.11
- International Announcement: WO2020/035232A 2020.02.20
- Date entered country: 2021-03-01
- Main IPC: B21D43/10
- IPC: B21D43/10 ; B21D43/18 ; B64C39/02 ; B64U10/13 ; B64U101/60 ; B65G35/00 ; B65G59/04 ; G05D1/00

Abstract:
A transport system (10) for transporting workpieces (12) on a transport path between two production process stations, includes a set of drones (18, 20), each of which includes at least one gripper (26), which is designed to releasably couple to a surface (28) of a workpiece, and a control device for the simultaneous coordinated control of the drones (18, 20) of the set in such a way that the grippers (26) of the drones (18, 20) couple to different coupling positions on the surface (28) of the workpiece (12) and the orientation of the workpiece (12) can be changed on a transport path between the production process stations by changing the relative positions of the drones (18, 20) while maintaining the relative distances of the coupling positions from one another.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210205873A1 Transport System for Transporting Workpieces on a Transport Path between Two Production Process Stations Public/Granted day:2021-07-08
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