A magnetic coupling arrangement in a conveyor system, having at least one driver element for arrangement on a conveyor system, the driver element having a receiving body with a receiving space for receiving a magnet in the receiving space, wherein the magnet can be brought into coupling connection at its coupling side with a coupling side of a ferromagnetic counterpart for conveying force transmission, or has a ferromagnetic counterpart for a magnet in the receiving space. The ferromagnetic counterpart can be brought into coupling connection at its coupling side with a coupling side of a magnet for conveying force transmission. A ferromagnetic plate is arranged on the magnet on its side facing away from the coupling side in order to shorten the path of the magnetic lines of force on this side of the magnet.

System comprising a clean room (50), a transport element (10) movable inside the clean room (50), and a drive element (30) of the transport element (10), which is arranged outside the clean room (50), wherein the transport element (10) is not connected to the drive element (30) and is only coupled to the drive element (30) or driven by the drive element (30) via contactless remote forces, wherein the transport element (10) is a separate element, in particular separate from the floor, ceiling, walls and/or other parts of the clean room (50), and in particular has no positive connection acting in any spatial direction to the floor, ceiling, walls and/or other parts of the clean room (50) and/or other elements. The invention also relates to a corresponding transport element (10).

The present invention relates to a mover for a longitudinal stator system, comprising a primary part with elements for movably arranging the mover on a longitudinal stator and an accommodating area, in which a sensor for position-dependent measurement of at least one system parameter is arranged, the sensor being releasably connected to the accommodating area, and to a corresponding method for determining a system parameter of a longitudinal stator system.

A conveying device includes a carrier which includes a holder side member; a conveying passage which guides conveyance of the carrier; a spirally-shaped spiral member which is arranged below the carrier and extends along the conveying passage, the spiral member causing between the spiral member and the holder side member a first force which acts in a direction away from the holder side member or a second force which acts to draw in the holder side member; a partition wall portion which is provided between the carrier and the spiral member and partitions the carrier and the spiral member; and a rotary unit which rotates the spiral member axis-wise thereof.

A cylinder includes a curved cylinder body, a first support member, and a piston assembly. The curved cylinder body defines a gas chamber passing through opposite ends. The first support member includes a support housing slidably mounted on the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder body and a first permanent magnet securely mounted in the support housing. The piston assembly received in the gas chamber includes a first piston member and a second piston member rotatably coupled to the first piston member. The first and second piston members respectively have a second permanent magnet which is arranged to be attracted to the first permanent magnet. When the piston assembly moves along the curved cylinder body from the first end to the second end in the gas chamber, the first support member moves with the piston assembly on the outer circumferential surface of the curved cylinder body.

A logistics service system (10) comprising at least one tube (14,16, 43) connecting at least one terminal (11, 12, 70), at least one carrier (17) configured to hold goods (48) to be handled in the logistics service system (10), at least one switching device (51) arranged to connect at least two of said tubes (14, 16, 43), and configured to redirect said carrier (17) from one of said tubes into another of said tubes, at least one means for propulsion (15) of the at least one carrier (17) in said tube (14, 16, 43), at least one control unit (29, 50), and wherein all above being configured to produce logistics services that includes both storing and transport functions.

A magnetic coupling arrangement in a conveyor system, having at least one driver element for arrangement on a traction means of the conveyor system, the driver element having a receiving body with a receiving space for receiving a magnet in the receiving space, wherein the magnet can be brought into coupling connection at its coupling side with a coupling side of a ferromagnetic counterpart for conveying force transmission, or has a ferromagnetic counterpart for a magnet in the receiving space, wherein the ferromagnetic counterpart can be brought into coupling connection at its coupling side with a coupling side of a magnet for conveying force transmission. A ferromagnetic plate is arranged on the magnet on its side facing away from the coupling side in order to shorten the path of the magnetic lines of force on this side of the magnet. The invention relates to a transport element and a conveyor system as well as a method of constructing a conveyor system.

The present invention includes a configuration to move a transport body 500 in conjunction with movement of a moving body 200 due to repulsion applied between respective magnetic materials 213 and 523 when the moving body and the transport body are in a close location relation, and, when the moving body separates from a range of the close location relation due to halfway stop of the transport body, the transport body is moved in the opposite direction to stop at a predetermined end portion stop position, subsequently only the moving body is caused to travel in a direction further away from the transport body, and the moving body is returned into the range of the close location relation by causing the moving body to travel toward the transport body at a speed resistible against the repelling force.

An objective of the present invention is to provide a conveyance device that can increase inductance variation while suppressing the lowering of thrust. A conveyance device 1 conveys an article 110 to be conveyed. The article 110 to be conveyed can be conveyed by a magnetic force. The conveyance device 1 comprises a plurality of electromagnets 25a and 25b. Each electromagnet 25a, 25b comprises: teeth 22, 22a, 22b, 22c and 22e including a magnetic body; and windings 21, 21a and 21b wound around the teeth 22, 22a, 22b, 22c and 22e. The conveyance device 1 comprises a yoke 26 for magnetically coupling the electromagnets 25a and 25b, and driving circuits 50a and 50b for supplying current to the windings 21, 21a and 21b. The teeth 22, 22a, 22b, 22c and 22e have a cavity 27 extending in the axial direction.

The present invention provides a container treatment system with a transport system for transporting containers along a transport conveyor the transport system comprising a plurality of transport elements movably supported on one side on at least one first guide element, and a long-stator linear motor drive arranged on the side of the first guide element, wherein a bearing of the transport elements on the first guide element is formed in such a way, in that the transport elements are held essentially by magnetic interaction on the first guide element, and wherein at least one second guide element is provided in sections along the transport conveyor, which is adapted in such a way that the transport elements are held on the first guide element by a mechanical engagement with the second guide element.