Solar energy powered non-contact transmission of data for work piece handling - has infrared transmitter and receivers coupling moving work carrier and fixed processing station

摘要

The automatic handling system for workpieces (27) uses a carrier or pallet (26) that is moved along a feed track between different processing stations (24) that are stationary. Each carrier has a data module (25) that contains relevant information for processing. The data module is powered by energy from a solar cell panel (30). Communication between the data module and the circuitry of the processing station is provided by infra red devices (31,32). These provide a bidirectional exchange of information between the memories of the processing station and the carrier module. USE/ADVANTAGE - Non-contact signal transmission cost effect energy supply.