摘要 |
The invention relates to a method for operating a transport device (10) which has a large number of identical transport means arranged one after another in a transport direction, which transport means in each case are able to pick up a product to be transported, in particular a product in post press processing, and are able to transport it along an intrinsically closed transport path (33) between stations (28) arranged on the transport path (33), in which method, in order to identify the individual transport means, use is made of selected transport means (RK) the position of which can be detected by means of first sensors (24) arranged or on the transport path (33) as the said transport means pass the first sensors (24), and which are arranged distributed over the transport path (33) and subdivide the transport path (33) into individual segments. A simplification with simultaneously reliable operation is characterized in that all the transport means are assigned individually consecutive fixed serial numbers, which are counted from a single starting point (34), and in that the starting point (34) is defined by a specific arrangement of a plurality of detectable transport means (DRK). |