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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2018
B&r Industrial Automation Gmbh, Eggelsberg, AT;
Alois Holzleitner, Braunau am Inn, AT;
Martin Höck, Ostermiething, AT;
Michael Brucker, Weissenkirchen i.A., AT;
B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH, Eggelsberg, AT;
Abstract
For a long stator linear motor comprising a switch and secure guidance of the transport vehicles in the direction of movement along the transport track, it is provided that the transport vehicle (Tn) is force-guided, at least in sections, in the direction of movement (x) outside the switch (W), and at least one one-sided track section () is provided on the transport track (), along which a vehicle guide element () only on one side of the transport track () interacts with the track guide element () on the assigned side of the transport track () for the mechanical forced guidance in the direction of movement (x), and the forced guidance in the direction of movement (x) in the transverse direction (y) is canceled in the region of the switch (W).