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Planar transport system for a plant for processing pharmaceutical containers and plant for processing pharmaceutical containers

The present invention relates to a planar transport system (128) for a plant (100) for processing pharmaceutical containers (102), comprising a frame (106) that can be erected on a mounting surface (104), the planar transport system comprising drive units (134) configured to interact electromagnetically with transport movers (130) for picking up the containers (102), and a support device (142) comprising or forming a housing (148) in which the drive units (134) are received, wherein the transport movers (130) are arranged outside the housing (148) for contactless movement relative to the housing (148) in a transport plane, wherein the support device (142) comprises at least one support area (150) for support on and, in particular, on the frame (106) and at least one cantilevered area (152).which adjoins at least one support area (150) and on which the housing (148) is positioned at a distance from the frame (106), forming a gap (158). The invention also relates to a system (100) for processing containers (102).
Owner:BAUSCH STROEBEL MASCHINENFABRIK ILSHOFEN GMBH CO KG

Inspection apparatus for a packaging machine and packaging machine having an inspection apparatus

There is described an inspection apparatus for a packaging machine producing packages and comprising a control unit for controlling the inspection apparatus, a conveying device and an inspection unit configured to inspect packages. The conveying device comprises a planar motor having a plurality of carriers configured to receive respective packages at an inlet station and to deliver the respective packages to an outlet station. The inspection unit is arranged adjacent to the planar motor at an inspection station. The control unit is configured to selectively control movement of the carriers so as to selectively direct one or more carriers to the inspection station and afterwards to the outlet station and the inspection unit is configured to inspect the packages moved, in use, to the inspection station.
Owner:TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE SA

Receiving device for pharmaceutical containers, planar transport system and plant for processing pharmaceutical containers

The present invention relates to a receiving device (140) for pharmaceutical containers (102) as a component of a planar transport system (130), in particular for use in a plant (100) for processing pharmaceutical containers (102), comprising a base body (150) on which a transport mover (142) movable in a plane by the transport system (130) is arranged or which is formed by the transport mover (142), a support device (158) held on the base body (150), at least one adjustment device (160) and at least one gripping device (162), wherein the at least one adjustment device (160) comprises a first adjustment element (176) and a second adjustment element (178) which are held on the support device (158), wherein at least one adjustment element (176, 178) is designed to be movable relative to the support device (158), and wherein the gripping device (162) comprises a first gripping element (222) includes,The invention relates to a first adjusting element (176) and a second gripping element (224) which is detachably connected to the second adjusting element (178), wherein the gripping elements (222, 224) form a container receptacle (228) between them and can be moved by movement of the at least one movable adjusting element (176, 178) relative to the support device (158) from a gripping position, in which the container (102) is held in the container receptacle (228), to a release position and vice versa, in which the container (102) can be inserted into the container receptacle (228) or removed from it or released. The invention also relates to a planar transport system (130) and a system (100) for processing pharmaceutical containers (102).
Owner:BAUSCH STROEBEL MASCHINENFABRIK ILSHOFEN GMBH CO KG

Rotor control method and device of magnetic drive system, electronic equipment and storage medium

The embodiment of the invention provides a rotor control method and device of a magnetic drive system, electronic equipment and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of control, the magnetic drive system comprises a plurality of rotors, and the method comprises the steps that workpiece parameters of a target carrying workpiece are acquired; determining the number of combined rotors corresponding to the target carrying workpiece according to the workpiece parameters; according to the number of the combined movers, controlling the movers with the corresponding number to move to a preset combination area for combination to form a combined mover unit; acquiring combined mover position information of the combined mover unit in real time; and based on the combined rotor position information, the combined rotor unit is controlled to carry the target carrying workpiece to a preset workpiece machining area for machining. The rotor can be subjected to combined control according to workpieces of different specifications, dynamic adjustment of the load capacity of the rotor is completed on the premise that shutdown transformation is not needed, and then the production efficiency is improved.
Owner:SUZHOU ZONGWEI AUTOMATION CO LTD

Magnetic drive conveying system and magnetic drive conveying device

The utility model provides a magnetic drive conveying system and a magnetic drive conveying device.The magnetic drive conveying system comprises a stator conveying line which comprises a plurality of linear stator modules, and each linear stator module comprises a linear armature winding and a limiting track; the first reversing stator module comprises a first conveying path and a second conveying path, and the first conveying path and / or the second conveying path are / is connected with the linear stator module; the second reversing stator module comprises a converging end, a first shunting end and a second shunting end, a third conveying path is formed between the converging end and the first shunting end, a fourth conveying path is formed between the converging end and the second shunting end, and at least one of the converging end, the first shunting end and the second shunting end is connected with the linear stator module; and the bridging stator module is connected with the first commutation stator module and / or the second commutation stator module. In this way, the conveying direction is changed without occupying extra space, and the conveying efficiency is high.
Owner:SHANGHAI GOLYTEC AUTOMATION CO LTD

Servo-driven intelligent suspension conveying system

The invention relates to the technical field of suspension conveying systems, in particular to a servo-driven intelligent suspension conveying system, and solves the problems that when a servo motor suspension conveying system accelerates or decelerates, due to inertia of goods at the bottom, the power output power of a suspension system of a servo motor and the burden of a brake system are heavy, and the service life is short. And the service life of a servo motor and a brake system is shortened after long-time work. A servo-driven intelligent suspension conveying system comprises a conveying guide rail module, a guide rail sliding block, a sliding block driving module, a conveying suspension module and a control module, and the sliding block driving module is located on the outer side of the guide rail sliding block. When the guide rail sliding block is started, magnetic repulsion of the electromagnet to the guide rail sliding block is adjusted, the output torque of the double-shaft servo motor and the rotating load of the driving shaft are reduced, the situation that the double-shaft servo motor is damaged or breaks down due to high torque and high load when the double-shaft servo motor is started is avoided, and the service life of the double-shaft servo motor is prolonged.
Owner:YANGZHOU POLYTECHNIC INST

Linear motor with capacitive power transfer

Disclosed is a linear motor with improved capacitive power transfer from the stator to the shuttle of the motor. The linear motor comprises a capacitive power transfer arrangement with a power transfer capacitor with a power transfer air gap as dielectric in between a primary electrode and a secondary electrode, wherein the motor air gap of the linear motor and the power transfer air gap are parallel and are arranged in transverse direction next to each other.
Owner:ABB (SCHWEIZ) AG

System for performing work processes on workpieces or the like

A system for performing work processes on workpieces or the like. The system includes at least two first process stations for performing, in each case, a first work process on the workpiece or the like with a first process duration and at least one second process station for performing a second work process on the workpiece or the like with a second process duration, wherein the first process duration and the second process duration are of different lengths, and including a transport surface on which the workpieces or the like are movable individually on transport units by means of electromagnetic drives.
Owner:ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

Magnetic conveyor system

A magnetic conveyor (30) comprising article-supporting movers (80) propelled by an array of stator elements (72) arranged in rows and columns. The movers include permanent magnets (82) whose magnetic fields interact with electromagnetic waves produced by the stator elements. Some of the stator elements produce electromagnetic waves that travel parallel to a conveying direction and others produce electromagnetic waves that can be controlled to travel in any direction. Movers are arranged in a formation of rows and columns in a staging area. An article (34) is transferred onto a group of movers in forward rows of the formation in the staging area. The group separates from the staging area as it conveys the article in the conveying direction. Stator elements are energized to replenish the staging area with movers to fill the gaps left by the article-conveying group of movers.
Owner:LAITRAM LLC

Pairing rubberizing pre-welding equipment

The utility model provides paired rubberizing pre-welding equipment which comprises a magnetic drive circulation line used for conveying a battery cell jig, and a feeding mechanism, a binding rubber pasting mechanism, an ultrasonic pre-welding mechanism and a discharging mechanism which are sequentially arranged in the conveying direction of the magnetic drive circulation line, and the magnetic drive circulation line is connected with a fixing jig used for placing a battery cell in a sliding mode. Thus, the battery cell is carried into the fixing jig on the magnetic drive circulation line through the feeding mechanism, and then the fixing jig drives the battery cell to move along the magnetic drive circulation line, so that the battery cell sequentially passes through the binding glue pasting mechanism and the ultrasonic pre-welding mechanism, and production and processing of the battery cell are completed step by step; and the carrying frequency of the battery cell can be effectively reduced, and the appearance damage caused by excessive carrying frequency of the battery cell is avoided as much as possible.
Owner:ENVISION DYNAMICS TECH (JIANGSU) CO LTD +1

Sustainable movement planning for electromagnetic transport systems

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to sustainable movement planning for electromagnetic transport systems. In order to provide a method for continuously operating an electromagnetic transport system (1) for moving at least one mover (3), a first maximum (amax1, vmax1) of a first trajectory (t1) of at least one amount of movement (x, v, a) of the mover (3) is determined, and a second maximum (amax2, vmax2) of a second trajectory (t2) of the at least one amount of movement (x, v, a) of the mover (3) is determined. If the first maximum value (amax1, vmax1) is less than or equal to the second maximum value (amax2, vmax2), the first trajectory (t1) is selected as a target trajectory (t *), and if the second maximum value (amax2, vmax2) is less than the first maximum value (amax1, vmax1), the second trajectory (t2) is selected as the target trajectory (t *), and then the mover (3) is moved according to the target trajectory (t *).
Owner:ABB (SCHWEIZ) AG

Interactive delivery system

The invention discloses an interactive conveying system which comprises a stator conveying line, and the stator conveying line is provided with a connection station. The rotor carrier is in magnetic coupling connection with the stator conveying line and is used for bearing a to-be-conveyed workpiece at a first height. The connection module comprises a driving assembly and an objective table which are connected, the objective table is used for bearing a to-be-transported workpiece, and the driving assembly is used for driving the objective table to do translational motion and lifting motion. Wherein an included angle is formed between the direction of the translational motion and the conveying direction of the stator conveying line, the lifting motion is used for driving the objective table to be switched between the first height and the second height, the second height is higher than the first height, and the lifting motion enables the workpiece to be conveyed to be transferred between the objective table and the rotor carrier of the connection station. According to the technical scheme, flexible connection of workpiece conveying, midway machining and backflow can be achieved.
Owner:SHANGHAI GOLYTEC AUTOMATION CO LTD

Handling device for a transfer of products, production machine with such a handling device and method for a transfer of products

A handling device for a transfer of products, in particular food products, includes at least one transport unit, in particular a conveyor belt unit, with at least one electrodynamic conveying unit comprising at least one electrodynamically movable mover and at least one product receiving unit, which is arranged at the mover and has at least one sidewall extending transversally to a support surface of the product receiving unit and at least partially delimiting a product receiving space of the product receiving unit, and including at least one transfer unit for a product transfer of products between the transport unit and the mover, wherein viewed in a plane extending at least substantially perpendicularly to a main extension plane of the product receiving unit, the product receiving unit has at least one front face that is at least partially open.
Owner:SYNTEGON PACKAGING TECH GMBH

Mover and mixed conveyor line with mover

The disclosure provides a mover and a mixed conveyor line having the mover. The mover is movable mounted on the magnetic power conveyor line or the mixed conveyor line. The magnetic power conveyor line includes a first armature winding; and the mixed conveyor line includes a first driving mechanism. The mover includes: a mover body, including a first permanent magnet array, the first permanent magnet array including two first permanent magnets which are oppositely spaced apart from each other, and the two first permanent magnets and the first armature winding driving, by means of current excitation, the mover body to move along the magnetic power conveyor line; and a driven assembly, connected with the mover body, and configured to be in transport connection with the first driving mechanism and drive the mover body to move along the magnetic power conveyor line or the mixed conveyor line.
Owner:SHANGHAI GOLYTEC AUTOMATION CO LTD

Method of transferring a vehicle module over an infrastructure, infrastructure, vehicle module and use thereof

The present invention is in the field of a National Individual Floating Transportation Infrastructure (NIfTI) wherein floating vehicles can travel by magnetic levitation and propagation. The vehicles can travel at a controllable height above the existing, albeit modified, road infrastructure and at relatively high speeds.
Owner:STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT

Packaging movement assembly for an automatic packaging machine and method thereof

A package movement assembly for an automatic packaging machine comprises a first trolley and a second trolley placed side by side and slidably movable along a packaging direction; a first gripping device and a second gripping device facing each other and between which a package to be moved can be positioned. The first gripping device and the second gripping device are mechanically mounted respectively on the first trolley and on the second trolley, and are movable along a direction substantially parallel to the packaging direction. Furthermore, the first trolley and the second trolley respectively comprise a vacuum pump, associated with the respective gripping device, in fluid connection with said plurality of gripping elements, and an electric motor mechanically connected to the vacuum pump and configured to actuate it.
Owner:PFM

Printing device using magnetic movement

A system for direct printing on a three dimensional article includes a plurality of print stations, each print station comprising a print head for delivering ink; a mover having a holder for securing a three dimensional article and at least one magnet; and a plurality of tiles each comprising energizable coils for producing an electrical field for effecting the at least one magnet in the mover to controllably float the mover about the plurality of tiles; where the plurality of print stations are proximal to at least some of the tiles in the plurality of tiles; and where the mover is configured to have six degrees of motion relative to the plurality of tiles to position a portion of the surface of the three dimensional article proximally normal to the print head. The system may further include curing stations, vision or inspection stations, and / or pre-treatment stations.
Owner:NORWALT DESIGN INC

Substrate transport device, substrate transport system, and substrate transport method

ObjectTo reduce an installation area and improve the efficiency of transporting a substrate.Solution to ProblemA substrate transport device 28 includes a stator 11 including a plurality of coil units 17, a first mover 35 including first magnet units 41A and 41B and configured to float and move above the stator 11, a second mover 37 including second magnet units 43A and 43B and configured to float and move above the stator 11, a bearing 39 configured to guide the first mover 35 and the second mover 37 to be operable relative to each other, and a substrate support 21A connected to the first mover 35 and the second mover 37 and configured to support a substrate W.
Owner:YASKAWA DENKI KK

Substrate processing apparatus and transfer method

A substrate processing apparatus that performs processing on a substrate which is accommodated in a cassette and is to be transferred, includes: at least one transfer block configured to transfer the substrate in an interior of the at least one transfer block; at least one substrate processing module configured to perform the processing on the substrate; and a cassette transfer mechanism configured to transfer the cassette between a delivery position set on an outer surface of the substrate processing apparatus and a loading / unloading position at which the cassette is loaded into and unloaded from an interior of the substrate processing apparatus. The cassette transfer mechanism includes a stage on which the cassette is placed, and a moving mechanism configured to move the cassette placed on the stage.
Owner:TOKYO ELECTRON LTD

Coordinated motion of a robot and vehicle in an independent cart system

Motion is coordinated between a robot and a mover in an independent cart system. Positions for a mover along a track for the independent cart system and for each axis of motion of the robot mounted on the mover are received at the motion controller. The axis position corresponds to either an angular position of the motor or a mechanical position of a corresponding axis on which the motor is mounted. The motion controller receives a robot motion command corresponding to a desired operation of the robot and generates a mover motion command for the mover and an axis motion command for each axis of the robot. The mover motion command and the axis motion commands are generated as a function of the robot motion command, the position of the mover along the track, and the position of the motor or of the axis for each axis of the robot.
Owner:ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECH INC

Semiconductor process equipment

A station for a substrate processing system that includes a magnetic levitation actuator assembly disposed in a first region of the station that is separated from a second region of the station by a membrane. The magnetic levitation actuator assembly is configured to contactlessly convey a carrier disposed in the second region to one or more positions within the second region.
Owner:APPLIED MATERIALS INC

Hybridized control architecture for vessel mover movement control

A system and method for a hybridized control architecture for a liquid handler system. The hybridized control system can control the movement of the vessel movers of the liquid handler system using a hybridized movement control approach that incorporates both position, velocity and current-based control outputs. The control system can further dynamically control the relative degree to which velocity or position-based control is applied to the vessel movers based on the vessel movers' relative positions along the track system.
Owner:SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC

Distributed magnetic suspension discontinuous precision conveying device

The invention relates to the technical field of magnetic suspension conveying, and discloses a distributed magnetic suspension discontinuous precision conveying device which comprises a case, a plurality of anti-falling mechanisms and a lifting mechanism and further comprises a driving mechanism fixedly installed on one side in the case, and the driving mechanism is in transmission connection with the lifting mechanism. A linear mechanism is fixedly mounted at the top of the lifting mechanism, and an adjustable guide rail is fixedly mounted at the top of the linear mechanism; according to the technical scheme, through cooperative work of the driving mechanism, the lifting mechanism and the linear mechanism, high-precision vertical position adjustment can be achieved, horizontal movement and precise adjustment in the rotating direction can be achieved through combination of different driving assemblies, highly-precise horizontal, vertical and multi-angle rail switching is achieved, and the working efficiency is improved. And the working efficiency of equipment is improved, so that the device adapts to different guide rail connection requirements, and the high requirements of a precise conveying system on multi-direction and high-precision position adjustment are met.
Owner:SHENZHEN DONGFANG DINGSHENG TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

State estimation using sparse hall sensor-based sensing

A system and method of tracking vessel movers within a liquid handler system using sparse sensor assemblies. The method includes mapping received sensor signals to pre-characterized functions and determining the positions of the vessel movers with respect to a single sensor from the sensor assembly accordingly. The sensors in the sparse sensor assembly can be positioned to have no or minimal overlap between their sensing ranges.
Owner:SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC

Planar driving system, rotor for planar driving system and energy transmission method

The invention relates to a planar drive system (200), the planar drive system (200) comprising a stator unit (300) having a plurality of coil assemblies (321) for generating a stator magnetic field and at least one rotor (400) having a plurality of magnet units (410) for generating a rotor magnetic field, the stator magnetic field and the rotor magnetic field being magnetically coupled to each other via a magnetic coupling between the stator magnetic field and the rotor magnetic field. The rotor (400) can be driven on the stator unit (300), the rotor (400) having an energy storage device (419), an energy transmission structure (313) having a transmission unit (317) being formed on the stator unit (300), the rotor (400) comprising a mating transmission unit (429) which can be coupled to the transmission unit (317), and the rotor (400) being driven by the energy storage device (419) when the transmission element is coupled to the mating transmission element. Energy can be transmitted from the energy transmission structure (313) to the mover (400). The invention also relates to a method (100) for transmitting energy to a rotor (400, 423) in a planar drive system (200).
Owner:BECKHOFF AUTOMATION GMBH

Transport system

A transport system 10C has a configuration to move a transport body 500 in conjunction with movement of a moving body 200 by using repulsion based on a magnetic force applied between moving body magnets 213 and a transport body magnet 523 when there is a proximal positional relation between these magnets. The transport system 10C includes a control coil 903 that controls a traveling state of the moving body 200, and a coil drive control unit that drives and controls the control coil. The control coil 903 is configured to apply a magnetic force to the moving body magnets 213. The coil drive control unit supplies the control coil 903 with power to cause the control coil 903 to attract the moving body magnets 213 against an air flow flowing within an air blowing tube 100 in order to control and prevent the moving body 200 from traveling.
Owner:JAPAN CASH MASCH CO LTD

Device for processing pharmaceutical containers

PendingDE102024121673A1Solid materialNon-mechanical conveyorsTransport systemCommon carrier
The present invention relates to a device for processing pharmaceutical containers which are received in a common carrier, in particular in a nest, comprising a transport system comprising a drive unit and a guide unit, carrier receptacles in which a carrier can each be detachably received, wherein the carrier receptacles are movable on the guide unit by means of the drive unit, and at least one processing station for processing the containers, wherein the guide unit (for the carrier receptacles) comprises a processing section on which the at least one processing station is arranged, a return transport section, a first transfer section downstream of the processing section, a second transfer section upstream of the processing section, a first adjustment unit for the first transfer section and a second adjustment unit for the second transfer section.wherein the first transfer section can be selectively coupled to either the processing section or the return transport section by means of the first adjustment unit, wherein the second transfer section can be selectively coupled to either the return transport section or the processing section by means of the second adjustment unit, and that the carrier mounts are movable along the processing section up to the first transfer section, after which the first transfer section is adjusted to couple with the return transport section, the return transport section is movable up to the second transfer section, and after which the second transfer section is adjusted to couple with the processing section, they are movable again along the processing section.
Owner:BAUSCH STROEBEL MASCHINENFABRIK ILSHOFEN GMBH CO KG

Working method of pole piece conveying device

The invention provides a working method of a pole piece conveying device, and relates to the technical field of battery production. The method is based on a pole piece conveying device and comprises the following steps: receiving operation parameters of a lamination system applied by the pole piece conveying device; according to the operation parameters of the lamination system, determining target operation parameters of an electromagnetic guide rail for driving each magnetic suspension rotor of the pole piece conveying device; wherein the target operation parameter meets a wafer receiving speed limiting condition and a wafer feeding speed limiting condition; and controlling the electromagnetic guide rail to drive each magnetic suspension rotor according to the target operation parameters to sequentially pass through a sheet receiving transfer station and a sheet feeding transfer station on the electromagnetic guide rail. The magnetic suspension rotor is adopted to carry the pole piece positioning carrier, high-speed and high-precision magnetic suspension piece conveying is achieved, independent control and precise speed regulation are supported, the problems that belt conveying is low in efficiency, large in error and the like are solved, efficient, stable and safe pole piece conveying control is achieved, and the lamination speed, efficiency, quality, safety and the like are improved.
Owner:ZHEJIANG GEELY HLDG GRP CO LTD +1

Digital printing apparatus for a packaging machine and packaging machine having a digital printing apparatus

There is described a digital printing apparatus for a packaging machine producing packages comprising a control unit for controlling the digital printing apparatus, a conveying device and a digital printing unit. The conveying device comprises a planar motor having a plurality of carriers configured to receive respective packages at an inlet station and to deliver the respective packages to an outlet station. The digital printing unit is arranged adjacent to the planar motor at a printing station. The control unit is configured to selectively control movement of the carriers so as to selectively direct one or more carriers to the printing station and afterwards to the outlet station. The digital printing unit is configured to print information and / or messages and / or decorations onto the packages directed to the printing station.
Owner:TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE SA

Conveying device

The invention relates to a conveying device. The conveying device comprises a rotor, a negative pressure track, a negative pressure generating piece and a gas conversion mechanism, the rotor comprises a bearing face used for bearing materials, a plurality of adsorption holes penetrating through the bearing face are formed in the rotor, a first gas channel communicated with the adsorption holes is formed in the rotor, and the rotor moves according to a preset conveying route to convey the materials; the negative pressure track is provided with a negative pressure cavity, the extending direction of the negative pressure cavity is consistent with a preset conveying route of the rotor, and the negative pressure generating piece is connected with the negative pressure cavity. The gas conversion mechanism is configured to move along with the rotor, one end of the gas conversion mechanism is connected into the negative pressure cavity in a sealed and sliding mode, the gas conversion mechanism is provided with a second gas channel, and the second gas channel keeps communication between the negative pressure cavity and the first gas channel. The negative pressure cavity is communicated with the adsorption hole through the gas conversion mechanism, so that the negative pressure generated by the negative pressure generation piece can be transmitted to the adsorption hole, a vacuum generation device and extra power supply do not need to be integrated on the rotor, the rotor structure is simplified, and the transmission efficiency is improved.
Owner:SUZHOU ZONGWEI AUTOMATION CO LTD