US 11,866,265 B2
Transport system and transport method
Yimin Gan, Rottenburg am Neckar (DE); Rolf Hofbauer, Gäufelden (DE); Jochen Beck, Horb (DE); Michael Thumm, Neustetten (DE); and Ludwig Albrecht, Dornstetten-Aach (DE)
Assigned to HOMAG GMBH, Schopfloch (DE)
Appl. No. 17/608,965
Filed by HOMAG GmbH, Schopfloch (DE)
PCT Filed May 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/063458
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/229598, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 112 868.4 (DE), filed on May 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0212877 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 23/44 (2006.01); B65G 43/00 (2006.01); B65G 43/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 23/44 (2013.01) [B65G 43/00 (2013.01); B65G 43/02 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0266 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transport system for transporting workpieces comprising:
at least one circulating transport means;
a guide arrangement for guiding the at least one circulating transport means;
at least one sensor for detecting at least one condition variable, in particular the preload force and/or instantaneous load on the at least one circulating transport means and the dynamic behavior of at least one section of the transport system;
at least one actuator for influencing at least one condition variable of the transport system, the at least one actuator comprising an adjustable damping element, the damping properties of which are adjustable;
a control module configured to control the at least one actuator; and
an interface that communicates with the control module and that is designed to send at least one condition variable of the transport system to a database or to receive data from a database in order to relay this to the control module, the interface being configured to communicate with the database via the internet or another remote data transmission link.