Patent ID: 11964685
Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. A system for controlling a mover in an independent cart system, the system comprising:
at least one track segment, wherein the at least one track segment includes:
a plurality of drive coils positioned along a length of the at least one track segment, and
a controller configured to selectively energize the plurality of drive coils; and

at least one mover including a drive member, wherein:
the drive member is configured to propel the at least one mover along the at least one track segment responsive to the controller selectively energizing the plurality of drive coils, and
the controller is further configured to:
operate in a first operating state to propel the at least one mover along the at least one track segment using a first set of controller gains,
generate a signal responsive to the at least one mover arriving at a station along the at least one track segment,
read an alternate set of controller gains from a non-transitory memory in the controller, wherein the alternate set of controller gains is different than the first set of controller gains,
control operation of the at least one mover using the alternate set of controller gains after the at least one mover remains at the station for a first predefined time duration, and
resume operation in an operating state other than the at-station operating state to propel the at least one mover along the at least one track segment after the at least one mover remains at the station for a second predefined time duration.