An article conveyance apparatus 10 couples a plurality of conveyor carriages 22 for conveying articles 90 and enables the coupled conveyor carriages 22 to travel along a conveyance path K. The conveyor carriage 22 is coupled by a coupling part 27 to another conveyor carriage 22 placed in the longitudinal direction with respect to a traveling direction H of the conveyor carriage 22. The conveyor carriage 22 includes a load cell 31 that is provided in the coupling part 27 and measures a force applied between the conveyor carriages 22, and a controller 37 that calculates a force F applied to wheels 23A of the conveyor carriage 22, based on a tension T between the conveyor carriages 22 calculated according to the force applied between the conveyor carriages 22 and measured by the load cell 31.
ARTICLE CONVEYANCE APPARATUS
ARTIKELFÖRDERVORRICHTUNG
APPAREIL DE TRANSPORT D'ARTICLES
2023-03-15
Patent
Electronic Resource
English