An apparatus that forms bundles of glass articles includes a glass article infeed station including an infeed conveyor that continuously transports individual glass articles to a layer separating conveyor. The layer separating conveyor includes a conveyor belt that forms a layer of side-by-side glass articles. A robotic lift assembly is configured to place the layer of side-by-side glass articles together on a layer separation insert. The layer separation insert has side-by-side slots that each receive a single glass article of the layer of side-by-side glass articles.

A system for part transfer and transport, the system including: a first conveyor system for transporting a plurality of trays containing a two-dimensional grid of parts; a second conveyor system for transporting the parts to a predetermined destination in a linear arrangement; and a selection apparatus for transferring a linear array of parts selected from the grid of the first conveyor system to the linear arrangement of the second conveyor system, the selection apparatus comprising: a pick and place apparatus which may be cam driven for moving the parts; and a feed screw defining a plurality of singulated part spaces separated by a part pitch along the second conveyor to facilitate insertion of the linear array of parts into the linear arrangement.

Systems and methods for conveying non-dry frac proppant are described herein. The system generally includes at least one hopper having at least one moisture sensor, a slide gate that is fluidly connected to the at least one hopper, a conveyor assembly having at least one conveyor belt configured to convey the non-dry frac proppant from the at least one hopper to a blender, and at least one load sensor, and a control device configured to regulate a discharge rate of the non-dry frac proppant and a load rate of the non-dry frac proppant. The method generally includes providing the system at a well site to convey a non-dry frac proppant from a source point the at least one hopper, the conveyor assembly at a discharge rate determined by the control device, and the blender at a load rate determined by the control device.

Disclosed is a packing system for staggered placement of cylindrical cargoes with variable specifications, which belongs to the field of logistics and transportation. The system comprises a role layer, a presentation layer, an application layer and a data layer; the presentation layer comprises a browser; the application layer is used to generate a container model and a cargo model, and the cargo models are grouped and put into a packing model; the application layer comprises cargo ordering, cargo grouping, container entry detection, cargo insertion, in-container coordinate calculation, out-of-container coordinate calculation, graphic display, information display, cancellation, local storage and database storage; and the data layer comprises container data and cargo data.

A loading/unloading assembly of flat ceramic products comprising: a conveying unit for conveying a plurality of flat ceramic products; at least one loading/unloading device for flat ceramic products for receiving a support structure so that it rests on it and at least one pick-up device for picking up and transferring at least one flat ceramic product from the conveying unit to the support structure, and/or vice versa; the loading/unloading device comprises at least one bearing device for bearing at least said support structure and a plurality of flat ceramic products stacked on top of one another, and a moving device for moving said support structure, between a first position at a first height from said bottom, and at least a second position at a second height from said bottom, the second height is greater than the first height.

A loading/unloading assembly of flat ceramic products comprising: a conveying unit for conveying a plurality of flat ceramic products; at least one loading/unloading device for flat ceramic products for receiving a support structure so that it rests on it and at least one pick-up device for picking up and transferring at least one flat ceramic product from the conveying unit to the support structure, and/or vice versa; the loading/unloading device comprises at least one bearing device for bearing at least said support structure and a plurality of flat ceramic products stacked on top of one another, and a moving device for moving said support structure, between a first position at a first height from said bottom, and at least a second position at a second height from said bottom, the second height is greater than the first height.

A sorting apparatus is provided. The sorting apparatus includes: at least one set of sorting units; where a sorting unit of the at least one set of sorting units includes: a timing belt, where two ends of the timing belt are fixed; a trolley track arranged in parallel with the timing belt; and a distribution trolley, where the distribution trolley comprises a driving assembly and a guide assembly, the driving assembly comprises a driving motor and a timing belt pulley, the driving motor drives the timing belt pulley to cooperate with the timing belt and move along the timing belt; and the guide assembly of the distribution trolley is configured to cooperate with the trolley track to guide a moving direction of the distribution trolley.

A conveyor system (1) comprising at least one endless chain conveyor (2) and at least one pallet (8) that comprises a magnetic material, where the conveyor system comprises a first loading station (3) and an unloading station (5), where the first loading station (3) comprises a magnet conveyor (6) comprising a linear motor for driving the pallet (8), where the pallet (8) comprises a product holder (9) having at least two holding positions (11, 12, 13, 14), and the magnet conveyor (6) is adapted to stop the pallet (8) at a plurality of positions, in which each holding position (11, 12, 13, 14) is aligned with a delivery position (15) of the first loading station (3). The advantage is that a pallet can be positioned in a plurality of positions at a loading station in a quick and precise manner, allowing for a flexible and quick handling of pallets.

The system can include: a container no, a set of sensors 120, and a controller 130. The system can optionally include a robot 140. However, the system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system functions to monitor and/or maintain a fullness level of a container. The system can additionally or alternatively function to enable robotic picking out of the container (e.g., in a pick-and-place setting). The system can additionally function to maintain candidate objects within reach of the robot's end effector to increase robot uptime while minimizing the extent of the robot's required motion (e.g., in the z-axis).

Features for systems and methods for loading items into a tray are disclosed. The system may have an item conveyor configured to move the items towards a tray conveyor. The tray conveyor may be configured to move trays to receive items from the item conveyor into the tray. One or more sensors may detect the height of the items on the item conveyor and/or in the tray, and/or the position of the trays on the tray conveyor. A controller may receive data related to the one or more detected heights of the items and/or the position of the trays on the tray conveyor and correspondingly control movement of the item and/or tray conveyors for efficient loading of items into the tray and efficient movement of the trays for further processing. Tray conveyor movement sensors may detect movement of the trays or tray conveyors for further control or reliability of the system.