DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING A SPRING SERPENTINE

摘要

The invention relates to a device for conveying a spring serpentine (31) comprising a first spring conveyor (3) and a second spring conveyor (4). During operation, lengths of a plurality of different segments of the spring serpentine are determined using a sensor device, while the spring serpentine (31) is moved past a sensor (5) of the sensor device, which is arranged upstream of the second spring conveyor (4) in the conveyance direction. A control device (9) is provided which, sequentially in time and depending on the determined lengths, sets a plurality of relative conveyance rates between a conveyance rate of the second spring conveyor (4) and a conveyance rate of the first spring conveyor (3), in an operating state of the device (1) in which both the first spring conveyor (3) and the second spring conveyor (4) convey the spring serpentine (31).