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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2022
B&r Industrial Automation Gmbh, Eggelsberg, AT;
Andreas Weber, Eggelsberg, AT;
Alexander Almeder, Eggelsberg, AT;
Jesper Spanggaard Rasmussen, Eggelsberg, AT;
ABB SCHWEIZ AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
To enable a determination of the position of a transport unit in a transport device, having at least one transport segment along which at least one transport unit is moved at least one-dimensionally and on which a plurality of position sensors spaced apart from each other in the direction of movement are provided, independently of the input of heat during the operation of the transport device, a plurality of temperature sensors, spaced apart from each other in the direction of movement, are provided for detecting a local segment temperature of each transport segment and/or that a temperature model for calculating the local segment temperatures is stored in the control unit and that the control unit is configured to correct the position of the transport unit using a predefined correction model on the basis of the determined local segment temperatures to incorporate a thermal expansion of the transport segment.