A residual hand sorting device for sorting residual hand mail items is provided that includes an infeed conveyor configured to convey at least one residual hand mail item in a first direction, at least one distribution conveyor configured to take over the at least one residual hand mail item from the infeed conveyor and to convey it to at least one output conveyor, and a control unit configured to control the distribution conveyor and/or the output conveyor such that residual hand mail items are collected on the output conveyor in a collection arrangement, wherein the output conveyor is configured to convey the collection arrangement of residual hand mail items in a second direction, and a related method.

A food-processing system for processing food products (e.g. pieces of meat, pieces of cheese) includes a cutting device for cutting the food products into slices and a conveyor for conveying the food product portions away from the cutting device along a main conveyor path. The conveyor fulfills several functions in the food-processing system, such as buffering, aligning, orienting and product formatting of the food product portions, by a discontinuous conveyor. The discontinuous conveyor includes at least one conveyed-products carrier movable along the main conveying path. The main conveying path is freely programmable within a conveying area.

A conveyor line arrangement for tapering a conveyor flow of piece goods includes a first section divided into at least a first partial conveyor flow and a second partial conveyor flow and to generate a height difference between the first partial conveyor flow and the second partial conveyor flow such that the first partial conveyor flow is arranged higher than the second partial conveyor flow at the end of the first section, and a second section is configured to take over piece goods from the first partial conveyor flow and the second partial conveyor flow of the first section, and wherein the conveyor line arrangement is configured to feed the first partial conveyor flow to the second partial conveyor flow by transferring piece goods from the first partial conveyor flow to piece goods of the second partial conveyor flow on the second section.

A conveyor line arrangement for tapering a conveyor flow of piece goods includes a first section divided into at least a first partial conveyor flow and a second partial conveyor flow and to generate a height difference between the first partial conveyor flow and the second partial conveyor flow such that the first partial conveyor flow is arranged higher than the second partial conveyor flow at the end of the first section, and a second section is configured to take over piece goods from the first partial conveyor flow and the second partial conveyor flow of the first section, and wherein the conveyor line arrangement is configured to feed the first partial conveyor flow to the second partial conveyor flow by transferring piece goods from the first partial conveyor flow to piece goods of the second partial conveyor flow on the second section.

A method for producing a fuel cell stack includes: providing and individual handover of a plurality of first layers of the fuel cell stack, provided with overhangs, to a first conveyor belt pair which is motor driven and revolves around a first end, the two individual revolving conveyor belts of which run spaced apart so that they respectively receive one of the overhangs of the first layer, providing and individual handover of a plurality of second layers of the fuel cell stack, provided with overhangs, to a second conveyor belt pair which is motor driven and revolves around a second end, the two individual revolving conveyor belts of which run spaced apart so that they respectively receive one of the overhangs of the second layer, and handover of the first layers provided with overhangs at the first end of the first conveyor belt pair to a region of the conveyor belts of the second conveyor belt pair lying between two second layers transported by the second conveyor belt pair. A device for carrying out the method is also provided.

A method for producing a fuel cell stack includes: providing and individual handover of a plurality of first layers of the fuel cell stack, provided with overhangs, to a first conveyor belt pair which is motor driven and revolves around a first end, the two individual revolving conveyor belts of which run spaced apart so that they respectively receive one of the overhangs of the first layer, providing and individual handover of a plurality of second layers of the fuel cell stack, provided with overhangs, to a second conveyor belt pair which is motor driven and revolves around a second end, the two individual revolving conveyor belts of which run spaced apart so that they respectively receive one of the overhangs of the second layer, and handover of the first layers provided with overhangs at the first end of the first conveyor belt pair to a region of the conveyor belts of the second conveyor belt pair lying between two second layers transported by the second conveyor belt pair. A device for carrying out the method is also provided.

The system includes a plurality of travel paths for conveying consumer products, the travel paths being in a side-by-side configuration, each one of the plurality of travel paths having a discharge point at a unique elevation, and a first wheel defining a first set of cutouts around a periphery of the first wheel, the first wheel being configured to rotate in a horizontal plane as each one of the first set of cutouts accepts one of the consumer products from each of the plurality of travel paths, in a successive order as the first set of cutouts pass in front of the discharge points, in order to form stacks of the consumer products in each of the first set of cutouts.

The system includes a plurality of travel paths for conveying consumer products, the travel paths being in a side-by-side configuration, each one of the plurality of travel paths having a discharge point at a unique elevation, and a first wheel defining a first set of cutouts around a periphery of the first wheel, the first wheel being configured to rotate in a horizontal plane as each one of the first set of cutouts accepts one of the consumer products from each of the plurality of travel paths, in a successive order as the first set of cutouts pass in front of the discharge points, in order to form stacks of the consumer products in each of the first set of cutouts.

A stacking device includes a rotary holder including a holder portion, the rotary holder being rotatable, and a stacking station including a support portion, the stacking station being operatively associated with the rotary holder.

A stacking device includes a rotary holder including a holder portion, the rotary holder being rotatable, and a stacking station including a support portion, the stacking station being operatively associated with the rotary holder.