Verfahren zur Verwaltung einer Flotte von Transport­einheiten eines Automatisierungssystems und Automatisierungssystem, das Diese Methode Durchführt

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Veröffentlichungs-Nr.

EP4803459

Anmeldetag

25. Februar 2026

Veröffentlichung

9. September 2026

Rechtsraum

EP

IPC

B65G54/02, G05D1/00

Abstract

Method for managing a fleet of transport units (1) of an automation system 100, wherein:- the automation system (100), in addition to the fleet of transport units (1), comprises a movement plane (2) and at least one automation station (3), the latter being configured to sequentially receive at an entrance a plurality of workpieces to be processed (P1) and to deliver at an exit a plurality of processed workpieces (P2),- the transport units 1 are independently movable on the movement plane (2) in a controlled manner to and from an entrance (31) and an exit (32) of the automation station (3).The method comprises the steps of:a) bringing a first group of transport units (1a) loaded with a first group of workpieces to be processed (P1_G1), in succession:al) to the entrance (31) of the automation station (3) to feed the first group of workpieces to be processed (P1_G1), and thena2) to a parking region (20) of the movement plane (2)b) downstream of a1), bringing a second group of transport units (1b) loaded with a second group of workpieces to be processed (P1_G2), in succession:b1) to the entrance (31) of the automation station (3) to feed the second group of workpieces to be processed (P1_G2), and thenb2) to the exit (32) of the automation station (3) to pick up respective processed workpieces (P2) obtained from the first group of workpieces to be processed (P1_G1), c) downstream of a2), bringing in succession the first group of transport units (1a) from the parking region (20) to the exit (32) to sequentially pick up respective processed workpieces (P2) obtained from the second group of workpieces to be processed (P1_G2).

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Firma

Mech I Tronic S.r.l.

Land

🇮🇹 Italien

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