Patent ID: 11962214
Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 9:
10. A method for operating a transport device comprising at least two planar motors with transport planes that are adjacent to one another and are inclined at a contact angle of 90° relative to one another, wherein drive coils provided on the planar motors are controlled by at least one planar motor control unit, wherein at least one multiple-action transport unit is provided on the transport device, wherein on the multiple-action transport unit at least first drive magnets are provided in order to interact electromagnetically with the drive coils of a first planar motor, and at least second drive magnets are provided in order to interact electromagnetically with the drive coils of a second planar motor, wherein in the transport device at least one further planar motor is provided which forms a transport plane which is directly adjacent to the transport plane of the first planar motor and is normal with respect thereto, wherein drive coils provided on the at least one further planar motor can be controlled by a planar motor control unit, and that the at least one multiple-action transport unit is moved two-dimensionally in the transport plane of one of the planar motors or is moved one-dimensionally in the adjacent transport planes of the at least two planar motors at the same time, by controlling the drive coils of at least one of the planar motors by the corresponding planar motor control unit in order to interact with the first or second drive magnet of the multiple-action transport unit to generate a propulsive force.