The present disclosure is directed to a wafer container including: a housing configured for transporting a plurality of wafers, wherein the plurality of wafers are stacked on a base of the housing in a first direction; a plurality of wafer separator rings; each of the wafer separator rings configured to encircle a wafer of the plurality of wafers in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, each of the wafer separator rings including a top surface and a bottom surface, defining a thickness there between extending in the first direction, which is about 0.3 mm-1.4 mm; and each of the wafer separator rings including an inner side wall and an outer side wall defined by an inner diameter and an outer diameter, respectively, in the second direction, wherein the inner diameter of the wafer separator ring is greater than 300 mm and configured to be spaced apart from the wafer it is encircling.

A flat-packing machine for producing a package of compressed innerspring units comprises a press device having a first pressing tool and a second pressing tool. The press device is configured to compress an innerspring unit between the first pressing tool and the second pressing tool while one of the first pressing tool and the second pressing tool holds one or more further previously compressed innerspring units in a compressed state.

The present disclosure describes a drum stacking assembly configured to allow stacking of drums for storage or transportation. The drum stacking assembly generally includes an extendable stacker device configured to be positioned between drums in a stack to support drums in the stack in a manner where the weight of the drums are supported on the rim portion of the drums and not the heads.

A pick-up head for groups of tissue products including a support which can be connected to a robotic arm. The support has a first sliding guide in which a first pair of compacting means runs, between an open configuration and a compacting configuration. The pick-up head also includes a plurality of unidirectional chains, wherein the unidirectional chains are positioned outside each compacting means of the first pair and slide between an engaging position and a disengaging position. The pick-up head also includes a plurality of guides associated with respective unidirectional chains, in such a way that the unidirectional chains protrude beyond an end edge of a horizontal stretch of the guide in such a way as to create a cantilever support designed to support the bottom of the group of tissue products during its movement.

An adapter plate assembly for stocking a variety of different modular boxes includes a first adapter plate that has a plurality of protrusions to engage structural features of a first modular box. The first adapter plate has a plurality of holes each extending to accommodate structural features of a second modular box. A pair of first blocks is each of the first blocks is pivotally coupled to the first adapter plate to abut an outer wall of the second modular box. A second adapter plate has a plurality of openings to accommodate structural features of the second modular box. A pair of second blocks is each removably coupled to the second adapter plate to abut an outer wall of the second modular box.

A method and a feeding apparatus for feeding spacers for cigarette packs are disclosed, in which each spacer comprises a substantially rectangular flat body, the spacers being insertable in cartons for cigarette packs to space out packs with dimensions smaller than the standard dimensions; the spacers are stacked on a pallet that is positioned in a withdrawal station; the stacks of spacers are withdrawn from the withdrawal station and transferred to a respective hopper by passing each stack of spacers through an upper opening of the hopper, to then unload the spacers one by one through a lower opening of the hopper.

A method of forming bundles of glass articles is provided. The method includes transporting individual glass articles to an insert building station using a conveying system. The glass articles are individually located within article receiving slots of a layer separation insert using the conveying system. Each slot of the layer separation insert receives a single glass article forming a glass article layer of side-by-side glass articles. Multiple glass article layers including layer separation inserts are stacked using the conveying system forming a bundle. The layer separation inserts provide a barrier between adjacent glass articles of each of the glass article layers to inhibit glass-to-glass contact.

Systems and methods to manipulate stacks of silicon wafers and rings are described. In one aspect, a robotic actuator includes a robotic end effector that further a first surface having multiple attached wafer suction cups arranged to collectively grasp a silicon wafer. The robotic end effector also includes a second surface that further includes multiple attached ring suction cups arranged to collectively grasp a ring. The second surface also includes a bulk grabber positionable to grasp a collective stack of rings. The robotic actuator also includes an axial actuator configured to rotate the robotic end effector about a flip axis, such that either the first surface or the second surface faces vertically upwards.

The invention relates to a method for the picking and packing of goods (5) from at least one source storage installation (1) on at least one target load carrier (3) according to a packing layout. In order to achieve a particularly efficient method, it is provided according to the invention that a partial amount of the goods (5) that are to be positioned on the target load carrier (3) are arranged in a grouping region (2) according to a grouping (6) that corresponds to a part of the packing layout, after which the grouping (6) is moved from the grouping region (2) into a position on the target load carrier (3) that corresponds to the packing layout. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for the picking and packing of goods (5) from at least one source storage installation (1) on at least one target load carrier (3) according to a packing layout.

A sheet stacking apparatus according to an embodiment stacks first and second sheets. The first sheet includes first stacked and non-stacked parts. The second sheet includes second stacked and non-stacked parts. The first and second stacked parts are stacked to overlap in a Z-direction. The apparatus includes a first holding part holding the first sheet and a second holding part holding the second sheet. The first and second holding parts each include a frame part and a supporter. The frame part extends in an X-direction. The supporter supports the sheet in the Z-direction and provided at the frame part. The first and second holding parts are respectively configured to hold the sheets in a state in which movement of the sheets in the X-direction is regulated. The supporter is provided to be able to drop the object by releasing the supporting of the object in the Z-direction.