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Patent No.:

US 11958096 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2019

Transport system for transporting workpieces on a transport path between two production process stations

Applicant:

Strothmann Machines & Handling Gmbh, Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, DE;

Inventors:

Nihat Demir, Lehrte, DE;

Andreas Senge, Paderborn, DE;

Tim Büllesbach, Werther, DE;

Assignee:

Strothmann Machines & Handling GmbH, Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock NRW, DE;

Attorney:

Richard M. Goldberg

Primary Examiner:

Michael Collins

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 43/10 (2006.01); B21D 43/18 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01); B65G 35/00 (2006.01); B65G 59/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 43/105 (2013.01); B21D 43/18 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B65G 35/00 (2013.01); B65G 59/04 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01); B64U 2201/00 (2023.01);
Abstract

A transport system () for transporting workpieces () on a transport path between two production process stations, includes a set of drones (), each of which includes at least one gripper (), which is designed to releasably couple to a surface () of a workpiece, and a control device for the simultaneous coordinated control of the drones () of the set in such a way that the grippers () of the drones () couple to different coupling positions on the surface () of the workpiece () and the orientation of the workpiece () can be changed on a transport path between the production process stations by changing the relative positions of the drones () while maintaining the relative distances of the coupling positions from one another.

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