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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2018
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Mark R. Cooper, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
David D. Van Dorpe, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Patrick E. Ozimek, Mequon, WI (US);
Shankernarayan Ramanarayanan, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
A method and system for motion control of movers in an independent cart system is disclosed. In one implementation, the independent cart system includes a plurality of track segments, each section having a respective controller. One of the controllers receives a motion command for a plurality of carts, respectively. The controller generates a force command for each of the plurality of carts and transmits the respective commands to the track segments commutating the plurality of carts.