Patent ID: 11939198
Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method for operating a production installation having a transporting system, comprising:
autonomously driving a transport vehicle past a sensor of the production installation and into a transfer zone;
transmitting, with the aid of the sensor, an item of information about goods and/or transport goods held in a container to a central processor of the production installation;
autonomously driving the transport vehicle to an assembly cell;
removing, by a vehicle, at least one container from the transport vehicle;
transporting the container to a workstation of the assembly cell;
setting the container down at the workstation of the assembly cell; and
removing an item of goods and/or an item of transport goods from the container to manufacture a product at the workstation;
wherein the transport vehicle includes a frame and two wheel drives provided on the frame, the two wheel drives set apart from each other, each wheel drive including a wheel;
wherein the frame includes a first shoulder part and a second shoulder part set apart from each other, a space region being arranged between the wheel drives and between the shoulder parts, the vehicle driving on a floor surface into and out of the space region and carrying the container into and out of the space region, the vehicle including a lifting device and driving into the space region when the lifting device is lowered and also when the lifting device is raised; and
wherein the lifting device raises the container above the shoulder parts on the vehicle when the lifting device is raised and lowers the container to sit on the shoulder parts when the lifting device is lowered; and
wherein the two wheels touch the floor surface to generate a traction force for the transport vehicle.