Transport system with self-steering transport carriage - has steering line and transversely adjustable steering line sensor on carriage magnetically coupled to line

摘要

The transport system has a self-steering carriage (2) and at least one steering line (6) for guiding it. The carriage has at least one steering device (34, 35) with a transversely adjustable sensor. The sensor is adjusted according to the shape of the line and the steering device adjustment follows that of the sensor. There is a magnetic coupling between the steering line and the sensor, which is associated with a signal generator which produces a steering signal according to the transverse sensor adjustment. The signal is fed to a steering drive on the carriage. ADVANTAGE - Enables accurate track following to be achieved at low cost.