A work station (40) for a packaging line having an apparatus (4) for executing a simultaneous action on packages (10) of an alignment of packages with a tool (46); and a transfer mechanism (31) for the simultaneous transport of an alignment of packages to be processed (10b) to the apparatus (4) and of an alignment of processed packages (10c) from the apparatus (4). The alignments are arranged parallel to each other and the transport direction of the packages are perpendicular to the alignments, the transfer mechanism (31) thus having a first and a second transport group (31a, 31b), one of which hangs from two movable parts (60) of the transfer mechanism (31) which are movable on respective parallel planes of movement and which do not interfere with the vertical projection of the tool (46). A packaging line (101, 102, 103) with modular construction having such work stations.

The present invention discloses a full-automatic production line for moxa-moxibustion strips, sequentially including a strip extruder, a sectioning device, a wrapping device, a cutting device, a base mounting device, and a discharging conveying device, where the sectioning device is disposed at the tail end of an extrusion tube of the strip extruder and is connected to rotating clamp plates A by a transfer conveying device, the rotating clamp plates A pass the wrapping device and are then connected to a rotating clamp plate B, the rotating clamp plate B passes the cutting device and is then connected to rotating clamp plates C, and the rotating clamp plates C sequentially pass the base mounting device and the discharging conveying device. It can be known from the structure above that the full-automatic production line for moxa-moxibustion strips of the present invention implements automated production of extruding, sectioning, wrapping, base mounting and discharging of moxa-moxibustion strips, and improves the production efficiency while ensuring the production quality.

The present invention discloses a full-automatic production line for moxa-moxibustion strips, sequentially including a strip extruder, a sectioning device, a wrapping device, a cutting device, a base mounting device, and a discharging conveying device, where the sectioning device is disposed at the tail end of an extrusion tube of the strip extruder and is connected to rotating clamp plates A by a transfer conveying device, the rotating clamp plates A pass the wrapping device and are then connected to a rotating clamp plate B, the rotating clamp plate B passes the cutting device and is then connected to rotating clamp plates C, and the rotating clamp plates C sequentially pass the base mounting device and the discharging conveying device. It can be known from the structure above that the full-automatic production line for moxa-moxibustion strips of the present invention implements automated production of extruding, sectioning, wrapping, base mounting and discharging of moxa-moxibustion strips, and improves the production efficiency while ensuring the production quality.

Packaging apparatus and methods include a plurality of article grippers driven by independently controlled motors in an end-of-arm tooling (EOAT), for picking articles, grouping articles, adjusting group pitch and placing article groups in packages where incoming articles and packages are continuously or intermittently moving and without motion of the entire EOAT in the direction in which articles and packages are picked and moved. Hole healing and incoming product registration apparatus and methods are disclosed.

Packaging apparatus and methods include a plurality of article grippers driven by independently controlled motors in an end-of-arm tooling (EOAT), for picking articles, grouping articles, adjusting group pitch and placing article groups in packages where incoming articles and packages are continuously or intermittently moving and without motion of the entire EOAT in the direction in which articles and packages are picked and moved. Hole healing and incoming product registration apparatus and methods are disclosed.

A gripper installation for simultaneously gripping a plurality of elongate flexible items, in particular sausages, having a plurality of gripper portions that are disposed so as to be mutually parallel, wherein each gripper portion has two mutually spaced-apart finger pairs, wherein the fingers of each finger pair grip the item at opposite sides and for gripping an item are capable of being simultaneously converged, wherein the gripper portions are capable of being simultaneously activated.

A method of arranging articles can comprise moving a first article and a second article along a respective first lane and second lane toward a respective first output end of the first lane and second output end of the second lane, and guiding the first article from the first output end onto a stacking conveyor. The guiding the first article can comprise engaging the first article with first guide features. The method further can comprise moving the first article on the stacking conveyor past the second output end, and forming a stack by guiding the second article from the second output end onto the first article on the stacking conveyor as the stacking conveyor moves the first article past the second output end. The guiding the second article can comprise engaging the second article with second guide features. The method also can comprise moving the stack on the stacking conveyor.

Systems and processes for packing complementary articles of footwear into a container are disclosed. The processes can include utilizing a reusable packing sheet positioned underneath complementary articles of footwear to transfer the complementary articles of footwear into a container. The processes can also include removing the reusable packing sheet from underneath the complementary articles of footwear while the complementary articles of footwear remain positioned in the container. Additional processes can include aligning and sizing complementary articles of footwear for packing in a container.

Systems and processes for packing complementary articles of footwear into a container are disclosed. The processes can include utilizing a reusable packing sheet positioned underneath complementary articles of footwear to transfer the complementary articles of footwear into a container. The processes can also include removing the reusable packing sheet from underneath the complementary articles of footwear while the complementary articles of footwear remain positioned in the container. Additional processes can include aligning and sizing complementary articles of footwear for packing in a container.

A processing system including a singulation system is disclosed. The singulation system includes a conveying system for moving objects to be processed from a source area along a first direction, a detection system for detecting objects at the conveying system, and for selecting certain selected objects for redistribution on the conveying system, and a movement redistribution system for redistributing the certain selected objects on the conveying system for providing a singulated stream of objects.