Conveyor system, for instance for conveying goods, packages and the like including at least two wired motor-roller controllers, wherein each wired motor-roller controller has at least one motor-roller control port and at least one wired signal bus port, at least two wireless motor-roller controllers, wherein each wireless motor-roller controller has at least on motor-roller control port and a wireless port, and wherein the two wired motor-roller controllers are connected in series along the signal bus via the signal bus port, wherein at each wired motor-roller controller senses a signal strength of wireless signals of the wireless motor-roller controllers, and the wired motor-roller controllers exchange information about the sensed signal strengths.

Conveyor system, for instance for conveying goods, packages and the like including at least two wired motor-roller controllers, wherein each wired motor-roller controller has at least one motor-roller control port and at least one wired signal bus port, at least two wireless motor-roller controllers, wherein each wireless motor-roller controller has at least on motor-roller control port and a wireless port, and wherein the two wired motor-roller controllers are connected in series along the signal bus via the signal bus port, wherein at each wired motor-roller controller senses a signal strength of wireless signals of the wireless motor-roller controllers, and the wired motor-roller controllers exchange information about the sensed signal strengths.

Apparatuses, methods and systems comprising conveyor roller integrated divert mechanisms are provided. The example conveyor roller integrated divert mechanisms are integrated with a motorized or non-motorized conveyor roller to controllably divert an item at any point along a conveyor line. An example conveyor roller includes a housing forming an at least partially hollow cylindrical tube. The housing includes a plurality of radial gaps. In addition, the conveyor roller includes a divert assembly at least partially disposed within the housing that is operable to divert an item. The divert assembly includes a retractable divert mechanism configured to controllably protrude from the housing through at least one of the plurality of radial gaps.

Apparatuses, methods and systems comprising conveyor roller integrated divert mechanisms are provided. The example conveyor roller integrated divert mechanisms are integrated with a motorized or non-motorized conveyor roller to controllably divert an item at any point along a conveyor line. An example conveyor roller includes a housing forming an at least partially hollow cylindrical tube. The housing includes a plurality of radial gaps. In addition, the conveyor roller includes a divert assembly at least partially disposed within the housing that is operable to divert an item. The divert assembly includes a retractable divert mechanism configured to controllably protrude from the housing through at least one of the plurality of radial gaps.

An object orientation adjusting device 10 in a roller hearth kiln includes: a first roller group 18 including a plurality of rollers 17 configured to rotate in a direction perpendicular to a conveying direction; a second roller group 20 comprising a plurality of rollers 19 configured to rotate in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction; a lifting apparatus configured to simultaneously lift the first roller group 18 and the second roller group 20; and first sensors A, A, second sensors B, B, third sensors C, C, fourth sensors D, D configured to detect an orientation of a saggar K on a plane and arranged on both sides of a conveying path in pairs.

It is disclosed: a conveying system; an interface station; as well as a method for transferring a conveying good from a driverless transport vehicle (DTV) via an interface station, which includes a diverting conveyor unit, to a continuous conveyor operated at a preset conveying speed and comprising a preferred conveying direction, wherein the method comprises the steps of: actuatorless inertia-based delivering the conveying good from the DTV to the interface station; repeatedly detecting, by a sensor system, the delivered conveying good in an area of the interface station, while the delivered conveying good moves due to the inertia-based delivery, and generating corresponding sensor signals; based on the sensor signals, determining, by a controlling unit, a current speed and movement direction of the delivered conveying good; based on the current speed and movement direction, generating, by the controlling unit, a current control signal for the diverting conveyor unit such that the current speed and movement direction of the delivered conveying good are, at the latest at the time of transition of the delivered conveying good from the interface station onto the continuous conveyor, identical to the preset conveying speed and the preferred conveying direction of the continuous conveyor; and influencing a current movement of the conveying good by the diverting conveyor unit in accordance with the current control signal received by the diverting conveyor unit from the controlling unit.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a conveyer and a method of controlling the mentioned conveyer. In one embodiment, a conveyer includes: a support base; a roller assembly including a plurality of delivery rollers coaxially arranged, a plurality of lead screws and a plurality of screw motors respectively connected in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of lead screws, each of the delivery rollers being formed with at least one threaded hole, and being engaged with the corresponding lead screw of the lead screws through the threaded hole of the each of the delivery rollers; a driving shaft rotatably connected with the support base, the screw motors being provided on the driving shaft by fixing structures, wherein the delivery rollers are provided to be coaxial with the driving shaft; and a driver unit configured to drive rotation of the driving shaft.

Disclosed is a powered transport cargo system, and a method of retrofitting a powered transport cargo system that includes braking rollers. The method includes replacing a power drive unit (PDU) of the powered transport cargo system with a PDU including a permanent magnet motor (PMM), and removing a braking roller from the powered transport cargo system.

A conveyor system comprising: (a) one or more motors, (b) one or more transfer devices; (c) a plurality or rollers including: (i) one or more master rollers, the one or more master rollers being directly connected to the one or more motors so that the one or more master rollers are directly driven by the one or more motors; and (ii) one or more slave rollers in communication with the one or more master rollers by the one or more transfer devices.

A conveyor system comprising: (a) one or more motors, (b) one or more transfer devices; (c) a plurality or rollers including: (i) one or more master rollers, the one or more master rollers being directly connected to the one or more motors so that the one or more master rollers are directly driven by the one or more motors; and (ii) one or more slave rollers in communication with the one or more master rollers by the one or more transfer devices.