Electrified monorail arrangements for electrified monorail system utilized to convey component workpieces from assembling location to station in factory, have sensors connected with controller to detect trolley arrangement presence on rail

摘要

The arrangements (11a-11c) have multiple electrical conductive high speed bus bars (46) arranged along length of a rail (14). A controller (18) is effectively connected with the rail and stands in an electrical interconnection with the bus bars such that the controller selectively supplies the bus bars with energy. Proximity sensors (52, 54) are effectively connected with the rail and stands in connection with the controller in order to detect the presence of a motorized trolley arrangement (22) on the rail, where the trolley arrangement is driven along the rail length.