Patent ID: 11858749
Assignee: DEMATIC CORP.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. An assembly method for a conveying device using a modular system, wherein the conveying device comprises a conveyor that comprises a plurality of conveying zones with conveying surfaces, of which each conveying zone comprises at least one conveying drive for the conveying surface of the respective zone and is allocated to a control unit that actuates the associated conveying drive of the conveying zone, wherein the conveying device is designed with a support structure, said method comprising:
attaching the conveyor to the support structure so as to be elevated, wherein each conveying zone is formed from a single independent conveying module of the modular system, which is fixed to the support structure as a complete individual unit and, along with further adjacent conveying modules, forms the entirety of the conveyor, and wherein each conveying module is designed as a pre-manufactured unit together with the associated conveying surface, conveying drive, and control unit, and with an electrical system, a cabling and optionally sensors, wherein each conveying module of the modular system comprises a frame to receive the conveying surface, conveying drives, electrical system, cabling and optional sensors, and wherein each conveying module is attached to the support structure by the frame being snap-in connected to snap-in recesses disposed at an upper side of the support structure.