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

Claim 0:
1. A method for controlling a mover in an independent cart system, wherein the independent cart system includes at least one track segment and the mover configured to travel along the at least one track segment, the method comprising the steps of:
propelling the mover along the at least one track segment with a controller in the at least one track segment using a first set of controller gains;
generating a signal with the controller responsive to the mover arriving at a station located along the at least one track segment;
reading 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;
using the alternate set of controller gains to control operation of the mover at the station at a first predefined time duration after generating the signal responsive to the mover arriving at the station; and
propelling the mover along the at least one track segment with the controller after remaining in the at-station operating state for a second predefined time duration.