Transporting system, transporting carriage and method for transporting metal coils

摘要

A transporting system for transporting metal coils, for example hot coils, may include a multi-track rail system; a number of driverless transporting carriages, which can be moved on the rail system by means of a drive device and are equipped with an on-board communication device; a locating device, with which up-to-the-moment locational information can be determined for each transporting carriage located on the rail system; and a central control device, to which the locational information of each transporting carriage can be fed, wherein a communication link, which at least in certain sections is formed without any lines, can be established between the control device and the communication device.

主权项

1. A transporting system for transporting metal coils comprising:
a multi-track rail system; several driverless transporting carriages configured for movement on the rail system by means of a drive device, each of the several driverless transporting carriages being equipped with at least one on-board communication device; a locating device on each of the several driverless transporting carriages configured for continuously determining current location information for a respective one of the several driverless transporting carriages located on the multi-track rail system; and a central control device configured to receive continuously determined location information of each of the several driverless transporting carriages via the at least one on-board communication device on each of the several driverless transporting carriages, wherein a communication connection, including at least one wireless section, is established between the control device and each on-board communication device.