An apparatus stages a bag on tall equipment while providing top cushioning for transport. A top cover structure sits on the equipment's upper surface and presents, on its bottom-facing side, multiple corner components and a central component. Each corner component includes a bag-retention feature that receives and holds a portion of the bag opening, and the central component includes a bag-retention feature (optionally leading to a staging cavity) that receives and holds a portion of the bag body. Retention mechanisms include, for example, flexible petal lids, keyed lined slots, clamps, or bristle arrays. Corner components may be adjustable to fit different footprints. Variants include a one-piece board carrying all components and a modular assembly of separate corner and central components. The staged bag is then drawn down over the equipment.

A crate assembly includes a crate having a base and an interchangeable cartridge supported by the base. The interchangeable cartridge is insertable and removable from the base of the crate. The interchangeable cartridge includes a cartridge base and a well. The well is formed by a floater base, side rails, a back board, and a front board. Energy damping components are selected to support a desired load and are disposed between the cartridge base and the floater base thereby providing cushioning to a load carried in the crate. Brace brackets attach to ends of the side rails. After loading a server rack, openings on the front board slide over end bolts of the brace brackets thereby providing toolless securement of the load within the well. Worn cartridges are replaced with new cartridges thereby extending crate life and cartridges are customizable depending on application to support different load dimensions or weights.

A crate assembly includes a crate having a base and an interchangeable cartridge supported by the base. The interchangeable cartridge is insertable and removable from the base of the crate. The interchangeable cartridge includes a cartridge base and a well. The well is formed by a floater base, side rails, a back board, and a front board. Energy damping components are selected to support a desired load and are disposed between the cartridge base and the floater base thereby providing cushioning to a load carried in the crate. Brace brackets attach to ends of the side rails. After loading a server rack, openings on the front board slide over end bolts of the brace brackets thereby providing toolless securement of the load within the well. Worn cartridges are replaced with new cartridges thereby extending crate life and cartridges are customizable depending on application to support different load dimensions or weights.

Systems and methods relating to the packing and packaging of bulk material bags such as grain bags and silage bags. The left and right sides of the bag are continuously folded over itself without overlapping the center of the bag. The folded bag allows for the left and right side ends to sit atop the folded left and right sides. The box containing the packed grain bag may have an external indicator indicating the center of the bag. This configuration allows for users to pull/unravel the bag easily and the indicator allows for easy alignment of the bag with the grain bagger.

Systems and methods relating to the packing and packaging of bulk material bags such as grain bags and silage bags. The left and right sides of the bag are continuously folded over itself without overlapping the center of the bag. The folded bag allows for the left and right side ends to sit atop the folded left and right sides. The box containing the packed grain bag may have an external indicator indicating the center of the bag. This configuration allows for users to pull/unravel the bag easily and the indicator allows for easy alignment of the bag with the grain bagger.

A packaging member for a parallel link robot is removably assembled to a subassembly when the subassembly is packaged. The subassembly includes at least a pair of parallel passive links constituting the parallel link robot and at least one connecting member connecting the pair of passive links. The connecting member is a member that is connected to the pair of passive links so as to be rotatable about individual axes orthogonal to a plane including longitudinal axes of the pair of passive links and that can be disconnected when a spacing between the axes becomes less than or equal to a predetermined disassembly distance. The packaging member holds the pair of passive links at relative positions where the spacing is larger than the disassembly distance.

A packaging member for a parallel link robot is removably assembled to a subassembly when the subassembly is packaged. The subassembly includes at least a pair of parallel passive links constituting the parallel link robot and at least one connecting member connecting the pair of passive links. The connecting member is a member that is connected to the pair of passive links so as to be rotatable about individual axes orthogonal to a plane including longitudinal axes of the pair of passive links and that can be disconnected when a spacing between the axes becomes less than or equal to a predetermined disassembly distance. The packaging member holds the pair of passive links at relative positions where the spacing is larger than the disassembly distance.