An empties sorting device includes a sorting table with a table surface, a feed section, and a discharge section. The discharge section has a dividing device with at least one section partition wall. The device further includes a conveying device, which is designed in such a way that the empties can be transferred from the feed section to the discharge section, and a guiding device with a guiding element, designed to be movable at least into a first guiding position associated with a first collecting channel, and a second guiding position associated with a second collecting channel, and a controller designed to control the movement of the guiding element into the first and second guiding positions in accordance with the type of empties. A discharge section partition wall between the collecting channels can be moved parallel to the table surface, thus allowing an associated collecting channel size to be varied.

An empties sorting device includes a sorting table with a table surface, a feed section, and a discharge section. The discharge section has a dividing device with at least one section partition wall. The device further includes a conveying device, which is designed in such a way that the empties can be transferred from the feed section to the discharge section, and a guiding device with a guiding element, designed to be movable at least into a first guiding position associated with a first collecting channel, and a second guiding position associated with a second collecting channel, and a controller designed to control the movement of the guiding element into the first and second guiding positions in accordance with the type of empties. A discharge section partition wall between the collecting channels can be moved parallel to the table surface, thus allowing an associated collecting channel size to be varied.

An automatic identification and classification production line for mobile terminal liquid crystal display (LCD) screens includes a size and posture identification adjustment part, a model identification part, and a classification storage device. The size and posture identification adjustment part can transport a mobile terminal LCD screen, identify front and back surfaces of the mobile terminal LCD screen, size of the mobile terminal LCD screen, and orientation of the mobile terminal LCD screen, and adjust the front surface of the mobile terminal LCD screen to face up and the orientation of the mobile terminal LCD screen to be the same as the transportation direction during transportation. The model identification part transports the mobile terminal LCD screen after adjustment of the posture, and identifies model of the mobile terminal LCD screen according to the size during transportation. The classification storage device classifies and stores mobile terminal LCD screens according to different models.

An automatic identification and classification production line for mobile terminal liquid crystal display (LCD) screens includes a size and posture identification adjustment part, a model identification part, and a classification storage device. The size and posture identification adjustment part can transport a mobile terminal LCD screen, identify front and back surfaces of the mobile terminal LCD screen, size of the mobile terminal LCD screen, and orientation of the mobile terminal LCD screen, and adjust the front surface of the mobile terminal LCD screen to face up and the orientation of the mobile terminal LCD screen to be the same as the transportation direction during transportation. The model identification part transports the mobile terminal LCD screen after adjustment of the posture, and identifies model of the mobile terminal LCD screen according to the size during transportation. The classification storage device classifies and stores mobile terminal LCD screens according to different models.

Automated sorting of a sealable bag includes contactlessly scanning a surface or surfaces of a sealable bag (upper or lower surface or both) as the sealable bag is conveyed past an inspection station; obtaining a surface profile topology of the scanned surface; calculating apparent volume of the sealable bag from the surface profile topology; determining whether the apparent volume is within volume thresholds of over filled, under filled and unsealed bags; and sorting the sealable bag to a discard station responsive to a determination that the apparent volume of the sealable bag does not fit within the selected threshold(s).

Automated sorting of a sealable bag includes contactlessly scanning a surface or surfaces of a sealable bag (upper or lower surface or both) as the sealable bag is conveyed past an inspection station; obtaining a surface profile topology of the scanned surface; calculating apparent volume of the sealable bag from the surface profile topology; determining whether the apparent volume is within volume thresholds of over filled, under filled and unsealed bags; and sorting the sealable bag to a discard station responsive to a determination that the apparent volume of the sealable bag does not fit within the selected threshold(s).

The invention relates to a method for determining a quality of empties comprising pallets, boxes and bottles which are fed to an equipment for sorting the empties according to the quality and for controlling the equipment. The method comprises: Receiving a pallet that is palletized with boxes that can comprise bottles, assigning information about an origin of the pallet; feeding the pallet to a depalletizer, determining whether the pallet is depalletizable, and assigning information to depalletizability to the pallet, and if the pallet is depalletizable, depalletizing the pallet; assigning information about the origin to each of the depalletized pallets; feeding the boxes to an empties inspection system, determining whether the boxes are unloadable, and assigning information about unloadability to each of the boxes; if the boxes are unloadable, checking the fullness with bottles and assigning information about the fullness to each of the boxes.

The invention relates to a method for determining a quality of empties comprising pallets, boxes and bottles which are fed to an equipment for sorting the empties according to the quality and for controlling the equipment. The method comprises: Receiving a pallet that is palletized with boxes that can comprise bottles, assigning information about an origin of the pallet; feeding the pallet to a depalletizer, determining whether the pallet is depalletizable, and assigning information to depalletizability to the pallet, and if the pallet is depalletizable, depalletizing the pallet; assigning information about the origin to each of the depalletized pallets; feeding the boxes to an empties inspection system, determining whether the boxes are unloadable, and assigning information about unloadability to each of the boxes; if the boxes are unloadable, checking the fullness with bottles and assigning information about the fullness to each of the boxes.

A microfluidic device comprises at least one inlet for receiving a sample comprising target cells and non-target cells; a first spiral channel portion having an upstream end in a central region and a downstream end in a peripheral region, the upstream end being coupled to the inlet, the first spiral channel portion being configured such that the target cells and the non-target cells occupy different streams at the downstream end; a first waste outlet arranged to couple with streams of non-target cells at the downstream end of the first spiral channel portion; a link channel portion arranged to couple with streams of target cells at the down-stream end of the first spiral channel portion; a second spiral channel portion having an upstream end in a peripheral region and a downstream end in a central region, the upstream end of the second channel portion being coupled to the link channel portion, the second spiral channel portion being configured such that the target cells and the non-target cells occupy different streams at the downstream end; a second waste outlet arranged to couple with streams of non-target cells at the downstream end of the second spiral channel portion; and a sample outlet arranged to couple with streams of target cells at the downstream end of the second spiral channel portion.

An optoelectronic sensor (10) is provided for detecting transparent objects (30) in a monitored zone (22) that has a light transmitter (12) for transmitting a light signal (14), a light receiver (26) for generating a received signal from the received light signal, an evaluation unit (28) that is configured to evaluate the received signal and to generate an object determination signal that indicates whether a transparent object (30) has been detected in the monitored zone (22), and an output (32) for outputting the object determination signal. The evaluation unit (28) is further configured to recognize with respect to the received signal and to a piece of reference information whether a detected transparent object (30) has an additional feature (34) and to output a corresponding piece of additional feature information.