Method for supply and removal of full and/or empty transport units from at least two production stations in the tobacco-processing industry according to requirements

摘要

The method involves requesting a full or empty transport unit (12) within a storage and transport system, and assigning a transport task by a material flow control to a transport vehicle having the transport unit. The transport unit is transferred from the transport vehicle to a transfer unit (17) in a transfer position, and the transport unit is lowered via a lift arrangement, where transferring and lowering are selectively carried out in reverse sequence, and the transport vehicle is released for a next transport task after the transfer of the transport unit to the transfer unit.