Various embodiments described herein relate to a material handling system including a first conveyor and a second conveyor positioned such that a curved section of the second conveyor is substantially concentric with a curved section of the first conveyor. The speed of the first conveyor and the second conveyor are matched such that a loaded cross belt carriage may transfer an article on to an empty cross belt carriage at the curved sections of the first conveyor and the second conveyor. The speed of the first conveyor and the second conveyor are matched using a speed matching routine executed by a central controller such that the transfer of the article is facilitated at the curved sections of the first conveyor and the second conveyor.

A product order fulfillment system including a multi-level transport system and a lifting transport system. Each level of the multi-level transport system having a corresponding independent asynchronous level transport system separate and distinct from the asynchronous level transport system corresponding to each other level of the multi-level transport system. Each independent lift axis of the lifting transport system being configured to independently hold at least one case and being communicably coupled to each asynchronous level transport system so as to provide for exchange of the at least one case between each asynchronous level transport system and each independent lift axis. Each independent lift axis is communicably coupled to each other independent lift axis of the more than one lift axis and forms a common output of mixed cases so as to create an ordered sequence of mixed cases in accordance to a predetermined case out ordered sequence.

A spiral conveying mesh chain which pertains to the field of conveying equipment includes a conveying mesh chain main body. The edge of the inner side of the conveying mesh chain main body is uniformly provided with passive teeth. The passive teeth are used to engage with driving teeth on the outer periphery of a rotating drum for driving the conveying mesh chain main body to rotate. The contact surface of the passive tooth and the driving tooth is one item selected from a group consisting of an inclined surface, an arc-shaped surface, a V-shaped contact surface, and a T-shaped contact surface, so that the force direction between the passive tooth and the driving tooth is inwardly deviated relative to the rotation direction of the conveying mesh chain.

A load carrier for loading and unloading a container includes rigid load-carrier segments, each having a length and width in first and second directions, respectively, and an upper side in a third direction. In a first state, the upper sides are parallel to one another and, in the first direction, one behind the other, to form a planar loading surface. The segments are mutually connected in an articulated manner such that they are pivotable to one another about pivot axes parallel to the second direction. In the first state, a respective segment which, in the first direction, follows a respectively other segment, is pivotable, by its upper side, toward the upper side of the other segments, so that, by the segments being rolled up in spiral form, the load carrier is transferrable from the first into a second state and, by unrolling, is transferrable back into the first state.

The present disclosure relates to a conveyor system (100) that provides a rigid flatbed which forms a continuous bed surface comprising tilt-able segmental trays (2) for two-pass capability. The conveyor system (100) is capable of utilizing the upper and lower run of the conveyor simultaneously for transportation of the material thereby reducing the area of the equipment of which the conveyor forms a part of. And the conveyor is rigid enough to support simultaneous processing of the produce it carries like drying, heating etc.

A conveyor belt is provided that includes a first lateral end, a second lateral end, a plurality of rods, and a plurality of links. The plurality of rods are spaced apart from one another and each extends from the first lateral end to the second lateral end. The plurality of links interconnect the plurality of rods and include a first link coupled to two adjacent rods of the plurality of rods at the first lateral end. The first link includes a tail that extends laterally outward past an outermost portion of the plurality of rods.

A processing system includes a conveyance path including a plurality of conveyance modules configured to convey a carriage, the plurality of conveyance modules being disposed to convey the carriage to a plurality of positions, a processing apparatus configured to perform processing on a work mounted on the carriage, and a control unit configured to control the plurality of conveyance modules and the processing apparatus, wherein the control unit is configured to, in performing the processing on the work at the plurality of positions by the processing apparatus, move the work to the plurality of positions by moving the carriage using the conveyance modules.

A processing system includes a conveyance path including a plurality of conveyance modules configured to convey a carriage, the plurality of conveyance modules being disposed to convey the carriage to a plurality of positions, a processing apparatus configured to perform processing on a work mounted on the carriage, and a control unit configured to control the plurality of conveyance modules and the processing apparatus, wherein the control unit is configured to, in performing the processing on the work at the plurality of positions by the processing apparatus, move the work to the plurality of positions by moving the carriage using the conveyance modules.

An assembly includes a frame and a conveyor mat configured to transition between a retracted state in which the conveyor mat is disposed within a footprint of the frame, and a deployed state in which the conveyor mat is disposed at least partially disposed outside the footprint of the frame. The conveyor mat has a plurality of linkages, a plurality of rollers, a plurality of supports, and a plurality of axles. Individual axles couple to individual linkages of the plurality of linkages, individual rollers of the plurality of rollers, and individual supports of the plurality of supports together. A tensioning system is configured to control the conveyor mat transitioning between the retracted state and the deployed state.

Systems and methods are provided for conveyor operation and maintenance that employ one or both of a smart shoe technology where one or more conveyor shoes incorporate features, such as an RFID tag, and a missing pin detection technology where one or more pin components of conveyor shoes incorporate features, such as an RFID tag, allowing selective wireless tracking and identification capability. A conveyor system comprises a shoe management system allowing interactions directly with one or more RFID readers, which can detect, store and/or monitor information associated with smart shoe and/or missing pin detection RFID tags, where interface between this application and the reader can be implemented via a socket interface. System and method also or optionally provide for unique slat installation and removal.