An article conveyance apparatus couples a plurality of conveyor carriages for conveying articles and enables the coupled conveyor carriages to travel along a conveyance path K. The conveyor carriage is coupled by a coupling part to another conveyor carriage placed in the longitudinal direction with respect to a traveling direction H of the conveyor carriage. The conveyor carriage includes a load cell that is provided in the coupling part and measures a force applied between the conveyor carriages, and a controller that calculates a force F applied to wheels of the conveyor carriage, based on a tension T between the conveyor carriages calculated according to the force applied between the conveyor carriages and measured by the load cell.

An article conveyance apparatus couples a plurality of conveyor carriages for conveying articles and enables the coupled conveyor carriages to travel along a conveyance path K. The conveyor carriage is coupled by a coupling part to another conveyor carriage placed in the longitudinal direction with respect to a traveling direction H of the conveyor carriage. The conveyor carriage includes a load cell that is provided in the coupling part and measures a force applied between the conveyor carriages, and a controller that calculates a force F applied to wheels of the conveyor carriage, based on a tension T between the conveyor carriages calculated according to the force applied between the conveyor carriages and measured by the load cell.

An overhead transport vehicle includes a lifting platform configured to transfer a container, a container contact portion configured to come into contact with a top surface of the container and movably provided along a height direction with respect to the lifting platform, and a height detecting unit configured to detect a relative height position of the container contact portion with respect to the lifting platform. The container contact portion is movably provided along the horizontal direction with respect to the lifting platform.

The present invention relates to a conveying device for conveying objects, in particular workpieces. Here, it is provided for the conveying device to comprise one or more stations to which the objects are transportable by means of vehicles, and/or at which the objects are dischargeable and/or receivable.

The present invention relates to a conveying device for conveying objects, in particular workpieces. Here, it is provided for the conveying device to comprise one or more stations to which the objects are transportable by means of vehicles, and/or at which the objects are dischargeable and/or receivable.

Systems and methods are disclosed for concentric suction cup tools with integrated brake assemblies. In one embodiment, an example picking assembly may include a first piston subassembly having a first shell and a first suction cup, the first piston subassembly configured to independently actuate from a retracted position to an extended position, and a second piston subassembly having a second shell and a second suction cup, the second piston subassembly configured to independently actuate from the retracted position to the extended position, and a brake assembly configured to engage the first shell and the second shell, where the brake assembly prevents axial movement of the first piston subassembly and the second piston assembly when the brake assembly is engaged.

The present invention relates to a conveying device for conveying objects, in particular workpieces. Here, it is provided for the conveying device to comprise one or more stations to which the objects are transportable by means of vehicles, and/or at which the objects are dischargeable and/or receivable.

The present invention relates to a conveying device for conveying objects, in particular workpieces. Here, it is provided for the conveying device to comprise one or more stations to which the objects are transportable by means of vehicles, and/or at which the objects are dischargeable and/or receivable.

The present invention relates to a conveying device for conveying objects, in particular workpieces. Here, it is provided for the conveying device to comprise a partitioning floor that has a penetration region, in particular a penetration slot, through which one or more receiving elements extend and/or are guidable for the purpose of receiving at least one object.

The present invention relates to a conveying device for conveying objects, in particular workpieces. Here, it is provided for the conveying device to comprise a partitioning floor that has a penetration region, in particular a penetration slot, through which one or more receiving elements extend and/or are guidable for the purpose of receiving at least one object.