1510 results about "Conveyor system" patented technology

A conveyor system includes a plurality of posts having one or more rollers and a conveying surface for conveying a conveyable item. A memory in communication with one or more processors stores conveyable item data including one or more images, size, and weight for conveyable items. One or more sensors is in communication with the one or more processors to provide optical or weight information of an item on the conveying surface, used by the one or more processors to determine that an item is on the conveying surface and to semantically match the conveyable item identified on the conveying surface with stored conveyable item data.

A material removal system includes a collection conduit having a distal end that is positionable adjacent particulate material. A primary particle separator system connected to the collection conduit separates quantities of particulate material entrained in an air stream. A secondary particle separator system connected to an outlet of the primary particle separator system separates additional quantities of particulate material entrained in an air stream exiting the primary particle separator system. An air pump connected to an outlet of the secondary particle separator system creates an airflow through the collection conduit and the primary and secondary particle separator systems. A conveyor system operatively associated with material discharge ports of the primary and secondary particle separator systems collects separated particulate material from the material discharge ports of the primary and secondary particle separator systems and transports the separated particulate material to a material discharge end of the conveyor system.

The invention discloses a dust-free konjaku flour feeding and conveying system and method, and relates to the technical field of konjaku flour conveying. Comprising a support plate, L-shaped plates which are symmetrically arranged are fixedly mounted on the support plate, a driving motor is fixedly mounted on one of the L-shaped plates, an output shaft is fixedly mounted at the output end of the driving motor, and a plurality of conveying rollers are arranged in the support plate; the end, away from the driving motor, of the output shaft is fixedly installed on one conveying roller. Caked konjaku flour is smashed through the smashing assembly, then piled konjaku flour on the conveying belt is spread for the first time through a combing plate in the reciprocating assembly, and then the konjaku flour piled on the edge and the center of the conveying belt is spread through a spreading plate and a sub-spreading plate in the spreading assembly. And the angles of the sub-paving plates can be adjusted through the adjusting assemblies, so that accumulation or non-uniformity caused by excessive central parts is avoided, and the conveying effect of the conveying system is effectively improved.

Described is a system for conveying wet sand. The system includes containers with a slip coating for storing wet sand. Each container includes an outlet formed in a bottom portion to facilitate removal of the wet sand from the container to a hopper. Each hopper has end walls, side walls, and an interior wall extending at an angle from the top to the bottom of the hopper to reduce an area of the outlet. A flow gate over the outlet controls discharge of the wet sand from the hopper onto a conveyor belt of a conveyor system. The hopper also includes a vibration system coupled to its exterior surface for shaking the hopper to assist in releasing sand. A discharge assembly is located at the end of the conveyor system for directing wet sand from the conveyor belt.

A process that includes receiving, by a trimmer via a conveyor system, a foodstuff, automatically trimming, by the trimmer and based on trimming instructions, the foodstuff that results in trimmings and a trimmed foodstuff. The process also includes advancing, via the conveyor system, the trimmings of the foodstuff to a trimmings collector, and advancing, via the conveyor system, the trimmed foodstuff out of the trimmer. The trimmer is provided on the conveyor system prior to an injector such that the trimmer performs the automatic trimming of the foodstuff prior to injecting the foodstuff with a liquid solution by the injector.

The present invention relates to the technical field of compression molding production lines, and in particular relates to an automatic SMC-sheet compression molding production line, and an automatic material conveying method therefor. The automatic SMC-sheet compression molding production line sequentially comprises an infeed conveyor system, a molding machine and an outfeed conveyor system, wherein the infeed conveyor system comprises a peeling and clamping mechanism, a feeding and cutting mechanism, a first lifting platform, a rotary transfer table, a second lifting platform and a mobile feeding trolley, which are sequentially arranged, and the outfeed conveyor system comprises a gripping mechanism, a conveying platform and a transition platform, which unload and output compression-molded products. By means of the automatic SMC-sheet compression molding production line and the automatic material conveying method therefor in the present invention, an automatic production process for SMC sheets, which involves unfolding, peeling, flattening, cutting, quantitative weighing, feeding and outputting, can be realized, thereby improving the production efficiency, and reducing the labor intensity.

A transfer station for compacting a flow of goods in an overhead conveyor system includes a first conveyor rail, a second conveyor rail, and a plurality of conveyor containers, each container of which is loaded with at least one good and is displaceable along the first conveyor rail. An unloading unit is arranged along the first conveyor rail for automatically unloading the at least one goods from the plurality of conveyor containers. At least one collecting conveyor container is configured to receive the at least one goods and is displaceable along the second conveyor rail.

The present invention discloses automated soft capsule production equipment and a speed regulation method, relating to the field of food and pharmaceutical equipment manufacturing, and is designed to achieve automated soft capsule production. The automated soft capsule production equipment includes an electronic control system, a liquid infusion system, a gelatin strip conveyor system, and a soft capsule pressing and molding system. The electronic control system is connected to the liquid infusion system, the gelatin strip conveyor system, and the soft capsule pressing and molding system, respectively. The gelatin strip conveyor system includes a thickness sensor for measuring the thickness of the conveyed gelatin strip and transmitting a measurement signal to the electronic control system. The gelatin strip conveyor system also includes an angle sensor assembly for measuring the tightness of the conveyed gelatin strip and transmitting a measurement signal to the electronic control system. The electronic control system receives and processes the measurement signal and transmits a control signal to a motor in the gelatin strip conveyor system to adjust the thickness or tightness of the gelatin strip. The liquid infusion system automatically closes and opens the infusion switch via the electronic control system, and the soft capsule pressing and molding system automatically controls the mold compression or release via the electronic control system.

A method for controlling the material flow of goods to be conveyed in a conveyor system of a real warehouse by a virtual three-dimensional model, for which purpose the conveyor system of the real warehouse is virtualized in a central computer, for which purpose a virtual three-dimensional model of the real conveyor system having the dimensions of the individual conveyor components and the movement parameters thereof, including the actuator properties and the identity, shape and position of the goods to be conveyed, is stored, and the conveyor system of the real warehouse is centrally controlled from the virtual model, images of the goods to be conveyed in the real conveyor system are cyclically captured by sensors, and the virtual model is cyclically compared with the reality on the basis of the recorded images.

The invention relates to the technical field of biomass energy treatment, and particularly discloses a biomass gasification fuel gas conveying system which comprises a biomass gasification furnace and further comprises a cooling device arranged on a gas output pipeline of the biomass gasification furnace; the water cooling circulation mechanism is connected to the cooling device, and the guide waste discharge barrel is connected with an output pipeline of the biomass gasifier; the waste discharge barrel cleaning mechanism is arranged on the outer wall of the guide waste discharge barrel; the tar and dust removal mechanism is arranged above the guide waste discharge barrel, and the ammonia water supplement mechanism is connected to an input pipeline of the waste discharge barrel cleaning mechanism through the water cooling circulation mechanism; and the monitoring and purifying mechanism is arranged at the output end of the tar and dust removing mechanism. According to the invention, fuel gas cooling, tar and dust removal, equipment cleaning and maintenance and stable conveying are realized.

A conveyor system and drive element for same include a chain including a plurality of links that hinge with respect to each other and a plurality of moving elements such as balls that freely move in the links. A drive element drives the chain in a conveying direction and includes an elongated body with a surface that has a plurality of planar facets arranged around the longitudinal axis of the body. The facets extend along the body and engage respective links of the chain as the body is rotated to drive the chain. Relief elements are located in each facet and are configured for receiving the moving elements of the chain links engaging the facets so the links lie generally flat on the facets when the chain is driven. Other versions of the drive element are faceted for driving a chain with links but without relief elements.

A conveyor system includes a conveyor frame having a frame base and a pair of parallel frame sidewalls. Each sidewall extend from a top side of the base to a distal end defining a plurality of sockets. The sockets include a socket bearing configured to support a corresponding roller shaft and a lip element extending across the opening at the distal end. In some examples, the conveyor frame includes at least one end coupler attached at an end of the conveyor frame. In some configurations, the conveyor frame includes a plurality of frame segments each defining a portion of a length of the conveyor frame.

The invention discloses a predictive maintenance algorithm for transmission equipment, and relates to the technical field of maintenance of the transmission equipment, in particular to a roller conveying system applied to flexible materials, which is characterized by comprising the following steps: S1, arranging position triggers at key transition nodes of a roller conveyor for acquiring timestamps of the materials passing through detection points in real time, generating a unique number and a corresponding time sequence relationship for each material; and S2, standard material passing time is calculated based on the theoretical beat period, the difference between the actual time and the standard period is calculated, and a beat offset set is constructed to reflect the conveying beat deviation of the materials between the adjacent detection points. According to the method, early warning and intelligent regulation and control of flexible material conveying rhythm imbalance are achieved through rhythm offset modeling, abnormal aggregation recognition and root cause diagnosis, compression bandwidth and driving time delay are dynamically adjusted when the imbalance risk occurs, the accumulation risk is effectively relieved, and the system stability, the automation level and the operation efficiency are improved.

The invention relates to a conveying system (2) for unit loads, which is equipped with a conveying device (4), a base body (6), and a conveying chain (8) for conveying the unit loads along a conveying path (10). The conveying chain (8) has a plurality of support links (12), and each support link (12) has a support body (14) designed and configured to hold the unit loads. The support bodies (14) are pivotally connected to one another by connecting means (15). In addition to a drive device (16) for generating a conveying motion, a guide device (18) is provided for the linear guidance of at least one of the support links (12). The invention is characterized in that the holding device (32) has first holding means (54) for the first roller (26) and second holding means (56) for the second roller (30), wherein the first holding means (54) and the second holding means (56) are separated from each other.

An unloading station for a conveyor facility includes an overhead conveyor system including a conveyor rail deviating from the horizontal in an inclined section, a conveyor drive, and a plurality of overhead adapters for conveying along the conveyor rail via the conveyor drive. The station further includes a plurality of conveying containers, each container of which is conveyable in a suspended manner on one of the overhead adapters and includes an operable opener with which an underside of the conveying container is openable. The station also includes an opening unit for opening the conveying container. The opening unit is arranged along the inclined section at an opening position. A goods discharge surface is arranged below the conveyor rail for discharging goods discharged from the conveying containers. The goods discharge surface slopes downwards relative to the horizontal at the opening position.

A conveyor system and method for controlling the same. The conveyor system includes: at least one moving element; a track including: a straight track section with a first mechanism for moving the moving element; and a curved track section connected to the straight track section including a second mechanism for moving the moving element; and a controller configured to control a speed of the moving element as the moving element moves from the straight track section to the curved track section and vice versa such that a velocity profile of the moving element includes a sinusoidal portion to provide a transition from straight to rotary motion or from rotary to straight motion having a linear position profile. In the method, the controller controls at least one of the first mechanism and the second mechanism to move the moving element according to the velocity profile including the sinusoidal portion.

The invention discloses an insulating sleeve packaging production line and a control and use method thereof.The insulating sleeve packaging production line comprises a feeding system, a detection system, a pipe cutting and pulling system, a conveying system, a waste collecting system and a bundling and packaging system, and insulating sleeves are conveyed to the detection system through the feeding system; qualified products are pulled and conveyed to the conveying system through the cutting and pipe pulling system, and packaging is completed through the bundling and packaging system; when the detection system detects defective products, single-single cutting is carried out in the pipe cutting and drawing system, and waste collection is completed through the waste collection system. According to the invention, the defects of the sleeve can be detected, the detection device detects the defective sleeve by using the sensor under the condition that a packaging line is not stopped, manual intervention is not needed, the sleeve is not damaged, the quality control of the sleeve is realized in an automatic manner, the detection precision is improved, and a large amount of manpower and material resources are saved.

Disclosed is an image acquisition system configured as a module. This is designed to be retrofittable and can be assigned to a conveyor system for agricultural products (e.g., potatoes). The agricultural products can be analyzed using the image acquisition system. Based on the analysis, the image acquisition system generates control data for a sorting machine, which can be used to sort out agricultural products as needed. The sorting machine can also be designed as a retrofittable module. Furthermore, a set comprising an image acquisition system and various sorting systems can be provided.

Stop device (1) for a conveyor system (40) where objects (43) are conveyed on a conveyor (41), where the stop device (1) comprises a housing (2), an actuator element (3) having a stop surface (12), and an electric motor (4) operably connected to the actuator element (3) such that the electric motor (4) can control the position of the actuator element (3), where the stop device comprises a stop position (20) in which the stop device (1) will hold an object (43) in a fixed position by the stop surface (12), and a bypass position (22) in which the stop surface (12) is positioned outside of a contact plane (42; 96) of the object (43) such that the object (43) can pass the stop device (1), where the actuator element (3) is provided with a braking surface (13), where the stop device (1) comprises a braking position (21) in which the braking surface (13) is positioned in the contact plane (42; 96) such that the object (43) will bear against the braking surface (13) and such that the speed of an object (43) will slow down from a first speed to a standstill, and where the electric motor (4) can move the actuator element (3) between the stop position (20), the braking position (21) and the bypass position (22). The advantage of the invention is that a reliable and cost-effective stop device comprising a brake function for an object such as a product or a pallet conveyed in a conveyor system is provided. The application also includes a conveyor system comprising a stop device.

A vehicle and conveyor system for simultaneously transporting workpieces and workers, wherein the vehicle has a workpiece receptacle, an assembly platform accessible to workers, its own drive which is designed to drive the vehicle independently of other vehicles of the conveyor system, a contactless route sensor for navigating the vehicle and a control apparatus for controlling the drive, inter alia on the basis of a signal from the route sensor. The vehicle may have a contactless platform sensor for monitoring the assembly platform, wherein the platform sensor is designed to at least temporarily alternatively take over the monitoring of the travel situation of the vehicle or to at least temporarily additionally support the monitoring of the travel situation of the vehicle. A conveyor system having two such vehicles and to a corresponding method is also provided.

The invention relates to a conveying system (100) for conveying a material (101). The conveyor system (100) comprises a conveyor belt (102) comprising a conveying surface on which the material (101) to be conveyed can be placed, where the conveyor belt (102) is movable in a conveying direction (103) between a feed station (104) in which the material (101) can be placed and a discharge station (105) in which the material (101) can be removed from the conveying surface. A load determination device (106) determines an actual load acting on the conveyor belt (102) at the location of the load determination device. The drive unit (110) drives the conveyor belt (102). The control device (107) controls the drive unit (110) such that the drive unit (110) can generate a predetermined drive torque (Mn) and can transmit the predetermined drive torque (Mn) to the conveyor belt (102), wherein the control device (107) is further configured to determine a load acting on the conveyor belt (102) between the load determination device and the position of the drive unit (110) on the basis of the speed of the conveyor belt (102) and the distance in the conveying direction (103) between the load determination device and the position of the drive unit (110), and determining a required drive torque (Mn) for the drive unit (110) to drive the conveyor belt (20 (102) on the basis of the load between the load determination means and the position of the drive unit (110).

An unloading station for a conveyor system comprises an overhead conveyor (8) with a conveyor rail (24) that deviates from the horizontal in an inclined section, with a conveyor drive, and with several suspended adapters (23) conveyed along the conveyor rail (24) by means of the conveyor drive. The conveyor system (1) further comprises several conveying containers (3), each of which can be conveyed suspended from one of the suspended adapters (23) and each of which has an actuable opening mechanism (37, 38) with which a bottom (35) of the conveying container (3) can be opened.The conveying system further comprises an opening unit (41) for opening the conveying containers (3), wherein the opening unit (41) is arranged along the inclined section at an opening position, and a goods discharge area (43) arranged below the conveying rail (24) for dispensing goods (2) dispensed from the conveying containers (3), wherein the goods discharge area (43) slopes downwards at the opening position relative to the horizontal.

The invention discloses a suspension type conveyor system for packaging carton production, and particularly relates to the technical field of suspension type conveyors, the suspension type conveyor system comprises a guide rail which comprises inclined parts distributed at the two ends of a horizontal part; the load sliding frame is arranged on the guide rail in a sliding mode and conveyed through a chain, and at least two clamping jaws which move relatively are movably installed on the load sliding frame; hanging plates are symmetrically and fixedly mounted at the top of the lifting appliance, and a rail groove is formed between the two hanging plates. According to the suspension type conveyor system provided by the invention, when unloading and loading are carried out along the horizontal part and the inclined part on the guide rail through the load sliding frame, the two clamping jaws which move relatively are matched, and then when a lifting appliance hoisted on the load sliding frame carries out unloading, the two clamping jaws are separated from the clamping grooves to complete rapid unloading; and meanwhile, the two clamping jaws are embedded into the clamping grooves in the other lifting appliance again so that unloading and loading operation of the lifting appliances can be rapidly completed, and then the conveying and transferring efficiency of the packaging cartons is improved.

The utility model provides a commutation stator module and a magnetic drive conveying system. The commutation stator module comprises a pedestal; the stator body is fixed on the base; the commutation armature winding is arranged on the stator body, and the commutation armature winding comprises a first commutation winding extending along a first direction and a second commutation winding extending along a second direction; the limiting assembly is arranged on the base, the limiting assembly comprises a limiting piece and a driving piece, the driving piece drives the limiting piece to ascend and descend, so that the limiting piece is switched between a receding position and a guiding position, the rotor module enters and exits when the limiting piece is located at the receding position, and the rotor module enters and exits when the limiting piece is located at the guiding position. When the limiting piece is located at the guiding position, the rotor module is limited and guided; a receding space is formed between the stator body and the base, and the driving parts are arranged in the receding space. In this way, the conveying direction can be changed without occupying extra space, and the conveying efficiency is high.

An apparatus for anti-collision monitoring within a service environment is disclosed. The apparatus includes at least processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor. The memory instructs the processor to identify a plurality of vehicle data associated with each vehicle of two or more vehicles from a first set of sensors. The memory instructs the processor to calculate a spacing metric for each vehicle as a function of the plurality of vehicle data. The memory instructs the processor to generate a collision score as a function of the spacing metric and the plurality of vehicle data. The memory instructs the processor to generate a movement metric as a function of the collision score and the spacing metric. The apparatus includes a conveyor system configured to move each vehicle of the two or more vehicles using the one or more attachment mechanisms as a function of the movement metric.

A gassing rail apparatus is provided to be used in a food packaging conveyor system. The gassing rail apparatus includes a rail top, a first and second gas port, an insert assembly located below the rail top, a gassing element located below the insert assembly, a rail bottom located below the gassing element, wherein the gas flowing through a slit in the insert assembly produces a high speed accelerated flow, and a flow of laminar gas is blocked by the rail bottom and forces the laminar gas flow laterally within the layer of gas resistant media of the gassing element with the effect of surrounding the accelerated gas exiting the gas distribution slot, wherein the accelerated gas tends to draw in laminar gas and not undesirable air, and the first gas source provides about 15-25% of the gas provided to the gassing rail apparatus and the second gas source provides about 75-85% of the gas provided to the gassing rail apparatus. In another embodiment, a single gas port is provided.

The invention relates to a method for operating a conveying system (1) for conveying building material (M), wherein the conveying system (1) comprises: a building material pumping device (2) for pumping the building material (M) to be conveyed, a discharge device (3) for discharging (A) the conveyed building material (M) from the conveying system (1), a monitoring device (4) for monitoring the discharged building material (M), and an adjustment device (5) for separately and / or in combination carrying out at least two different measures from a catalog of measures of the conveying system (1) for adjusting the discharge (A), wherein the method comprises the steps: a) pumping building material (M) by means of the building material pumping device (2) to convey building material (M), and discharging the conveyed building material (M) by means of the discharge device (3); b) monitoring the discharged building material (M) by means of the monitoring device (4) to detect at least one actual property of the discharged building material (M);c) Comparing the detected actual property with a predetermined target property of the excavated building material (M) to identify any deviation of the detected actual property relative to the predetermined target property; d) Comparing the identified deviation with the catalog of measures; e) Comparing and separately implementing at least one of the measures from the catalog of measures, or implementing at least two measures from the catalog of measures in combination, in both cases in such a way as to minimize the deviation.

A transfer conveying system for board edge sealing and surface changing relates to the technical field of board workshop conveying and comprises an edge sealing conveying assembly, a surface changing conveying assembly, a transfer distribution assembly and a rotary conveying assembly. The edge sealing conveying assembly comprises an outer conveying frame and an inner conveying frame which are arranged in parallel, the outer conveying frame and the inner conveying frame longitudinally extend, the tail ends of the outer conveying frame and the inner conveying frame are bent to the transverse direction, a plurality of longitudinal conveying rollers are rotationally installed on the longitudinal extending parts of the outer conveying frame and the inner conveying frame, and a plurality of transverse conveying rollers are rotationally installed on the transverse extending parts of the outer conveying frame and the inner conveying frame; a plurality of transition rotating rollers are rotationally mounted at the bent parts of the outer conveying frame and the inner conveying frame; the edge sealing conveying assembly further comprises a horizontally-arranged guide wheel, and a plurality of centrosymmetric steering guide rollers are rotationally installed on the lower surface of the guide wheel. The problems of process discretization, manual operation, low positioning precision, layout fragmentation and the like which exist for a long time in the workshop processing and conveying process of furniture manufacturing wood boards in the prior art are solved.