Patent ID: 8899403

Claim:
A method for operating a transport device ( 10 ) comprising: a plurality of identical transport means ( 15 ) arranged one after another in a transport direction, which transport means in each case are able to pick up at least one product to be transported, in particular a product in post press processing, and are able to transport it along an intrinsically closed transport path ( 33 ) between stations ( 28 ) arranged on the transport path ( 33 ), wherein, in order to identify an individual transport means ( 15 ), first sensors ( 24 ) detect a position of a selected transport means (RK), wherein the first sensors ( 24 ) are arranged on the transport path ( 33 ) as the transport means pass the first sensors ( 24 ), and which are arranged distributed over the transport path ( 33 ) and subdivide the transport path ( 33 ) into individual segments, wherein all the transport means ( 15 ) are assigned individually consecutive fixed serial numbers, which are counted from a single starting point ( 34 ), and in that a starting point ( 34 ) is defined by a specific arrangement of a plurality of detectable transport means (DRK).