A high-speed transportation system includes at least one transportation structure having at least one track, at least one capsule configured for travel through the at least one structure between a plurality of stations, a propulsion system adapted to propel the at least one capsule through the structure, and a levitation system adapted to levitate the capsule within the structure. At least one track is positioned to provide balancing force vectors to achieve stability for the capsule.

A switch for vehicles is provided. In particular, a switch for a levitation rail for a vehicle is provided. The switch comprises: a straight rail; a curved rail, curving away from the straight rail, the straight rail and the curved rail comprising magnetic material to magnetically interact with a motor of the vehicle; and a magnetic gap between the straight rail and the curved rail, the magnetic gap comprising a region, at which the straight rail and the curved rail meet, of lower magnetic permeability relative to the straight rail and the curved rail.

The invention relates to a device for moving portions, which each comprise at least one slice cut from a food product, in particular by means of a slicing device, in particular a high-speed slicer, comprising a plurality of individually movable transport movers each for at least one portion, a track system for the transport movers, in which track system the transport movers can be moved along at least one specified track in a transport direction, and a control apparatus for controlling the movements of the transport movers in the track system, wherein the transport movers each comprise at least one runner that interacts with the track system and at least one carrier for at least one portion, the at least one carrier being attached to the runner by means of a retainer, and wherein the drive for each transport mover is formed by the runner and the track system, which together form an electromagnetic drive for the transport mover.

The invention relates to a vehicle for transporting a biological sample, the vehicle being movable on a circuit, the circuit comprising: an input path, a first output path and a second output path, a turn-off enabling the vehicle travelling on the input path to be redirected to the first output path or the second output path, a first guide path extending along the input path, the turn-off and the first output path, a guide device which can be configured in: a first configuration in which the guide device cooperates with the first guide path so as to direct the vehicle to the first output path when the vehicle passes through the turn-off, a second configuration in which the guide device does not cooperate with the first guide path, enabling the vehicle to reach the second output path.

Railway system with a railway infrastructure including a wheel railway track and wheel railway vehicles driven on the wheel railway track, the wheel railway track including rails mounted on a ballasted or unballasted ground support, for instance provided with sleepers, the wheel railway vehicles comprising a chassis and wheels coupled to the chassis, and a propulsion system, wherein the propulsion system comprises a retrofitted linear electric motor, the linear electric motor comprising a mover mounted on an underside of the chassis, or mounted on an underside of one or more bogies comprising said wheels, and a stator comprising an electromagnetic drive mounted along at least a section of the wheel railway track between the rails of the wheel railway track.

A system comprising a track system extending along an axis of travel, the track system comprising a lower track, an upper track positioned vertically above the lower track, and opposed sidewalls that are spaced from each of the lower track and the upper track along a transverse axis. At least one vehicle is movable along the track system. Each vehicle of the at least one vehicle comprises a main body defining a payload area and at least one drive unit coupled to the main body. The at least one drive unit comprises a lower wheel configured to engage the lower track, an upper wheel configured to engage the upper track and first and second side wheel assemblies positioned on opposite sides of the body. The first and second side wheel assemblies are configured to respectively and independently engage the opposed sidewalls of the track system.

A system for transmitting electrical energy from an energy source to a consumer, e.g., for contactlessly transmitting energy to a mobile consumer, includes a first line conductor and a second line conductor. Each line conductor has, in a respective axial direction, an at least approximately rectangular cross-section, the long sides of which are longer than the broad sides. The axial directions of the line conductors extend at a right angle with respect to a vertical direction. The first and second line conductors intersect in an intersection region in which a holding device is arranged, and are arranged outside the holding device such that the long sides of the line conductor cross-sections are parallel to the vertical direction. The first and second line conductors are arranged in a central region of the holding device such that the long sides of the line conductor cross-sections are oriented at a right angle with respect to the vertical direction.

A linear transport system includes a movable unit, a guide rail for guiding the movable unit, and a linear motor for driving the movable unit along the guide rail. The linear transport system also includes at least one switch having at least one static retraction element with a retraction motor module and a retraction rail element, and at least two static extension elements, each with an extension motor module and an extension rail element. The switch includes an exchange device having at least two exchange elements, each with an exchange motor module and an exchange rail element. In a first position of the exchange device, the retraction element is connected to a first extension element via a first exchange element. In a second position, the retraction element is connected to a second extension element via a second exchange element.

Systems and methods are disclosed for automated reorientation of sortation shuttles. An example system for automated shuttle reorientation may include a track having a first portion, a second portion, and a rotatable portion that a first end and a second end, where the rotatable portion is configured to rotate from a first position to a second position, and where the first end is adjacent to the first portion of the track in the first position, and the first end is adjacent to the second portion of the track in the second position. The system may include a shuttle configured to move along the track, where the rotatable portion of the track is configured to rotate the shuttle from a first orientation to a second orientation.