Patent ID: 6227351
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A transport system for feeding and/or discharging at least one workpiece carrier at at least one transfer point, comprising at least one conveyor means; at least one drive mechanism assigned to each of said conveyor means and driving the later; at least one electronic control unit provided for at least one drive mechanism and generating at least one speed profile which begins at a basic value other than zero, assumes at least one other value, and then resumes the basic value, so that said at least one conveyor means constantly convey workpiece carriers, said at least one conveyor means having at least one signal transducer whose signals act on said at least one control unit, so that the speed profile is tripped when a workpiece carrier reaches said signal transducer or a position at a machining unit, or when a machining unit reports an end of machining.