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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2018
Fives Intralogistics S.p.a. Con Socio Unico, Lonate Pozzolo, IT;
FIVES INTRALOGISTICS S.P.A. CON SOCIO UNICO, Lonate Pozzolo, IT;
Abstract
A control method for sorting machines including carriages (), each carriage including a loading-unloading device () which can be selectively activated for loading-unloading an object (O) from the carriage and an electronic unit () configured to receive and analyse a digital signal (), includes the steps of: moving the carriage along a sorting direction having a plurality of loading stations () and unloading stations () each including respective inductors (); generating by means of the inductors a magnetic field with a variable frequency modulating the digital signal uniquely associated with an operating mode selected from a plurality of operating modes, the digital signal including a bit string; transmitting, by electromagnetic induction, the digital signal to the electronic unit of the carriage; and activating the loading-unloading device according to operating mode uniquely associated with the received digital signal.