Patent ID: 11958096
Assignee: STROTHMANN MACHINES & HANDLING GMBH
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 7:
8. A method for transport of workpieces on a transport path between two process stations by a transport system according to claim 1, comprising the following steps:
providing a quantity of workpieces in a first process station,
controlling one single plate-shaped curved workpiece provided in the first process station by a set of drones in such a way that grippers of the drones of the set couple to different coupling positions on a surface of the controlled workpiece, and
transporting the workpiece by the set of drones on a transport path into a second process station by changing the spatial orientation of the workpiece by coordinated control of the drones in individual flight paths, wherein the relative distances between the coupling positions and the spatial orientation of the drone bodies are maintained.