An apparatus which has rotatable carrier hooks wherein, the rotation is carried out in this instance in a selectively controlled manner when moving the carrier hook with items of clothing suspended on the transport bracket past at least one fixed control path. When items of clothing are transported in a state suspended on transport brackets through laundries and also manufacturing plants, the transport brackets with the items of clothing suspended thereon must occasionally be rotated or turned in order to be able to read data carriers of the items of clothing and/or the transport brackets or to orientate all the transport brackets with the items of clothing suspended thereon in an identical manner. To this end, at least one apparatus which is integrated in the respective conveyor path for rotating items of clothing suspended on transport brackets is used.

A conveyor system including a fixed, non-powered rail defining a conveyor path, and a plurality of automated conveyor carriers supported on the rail. Each carrier includes an on-board motor, at least one wheel forming an interface with the rail, and an on-board power source selectively powering the on-board motor to drive the ACC along the rail. Each of the plurality of carriers operates to power the on-board motor from the on-board power source under the direction of instructions programmed to a local controller. Each of the local controllers is programmed with an algorithm for independent wear monitoring of the at least one wheel and further programmed to take at least one responsive action based on an identification of the at least one wheel being worn.

A storage device (1) for storing transport units (3) includes a number of transport units (3), a number of storage lines (12a-12g) which are configured to store transport units (3), a feeding line (11) which is connected by a respective first switch point (111) to the storage lines (12a-12g), a measuring device (15) which is arranged on the feeding line (11) and which is configured to determine a respective extent of a transport unit (3), and a controller (16) which is connected to the measuring device (15) and to the first switch pointes (111) and which is configured to select a storage line (12a-12g) for storing the transport unit (3) on the basis of the extent of the transport unit (3) determined by the measuring device (15).

A travelling path includes a first path and a second path that branches off from or merges with the first path at a connection position of the first path. A management area and a check area are provided for the first path. The management area includes a section from the connection position to a position that is at a first preset distance upstream of the connection position, and a section from the connection position to a position that is at a second preset distance downstream of the connection position. The check area includes a section from a preset position to a position that is at a fourth preset distance upstream of the preset position. In a state where an article transport vehicle that includes a control unit is located in the check area, the control unit determines whether or not the article transport vehicle is in a leading state where no other article transport vehicle is present forward of the article transport vehicle in the check area.

A cargo carousel system for shipping containers is provided that can include a frame configured to fit within a shipping container and a cargo carousel mechanism in the frame that can move cargo pod platforms, configured for holding cargo pods, in a continuous loop path in the frame. The system can further include two frames side-by-side in the shipping, each frame with its own cargo carousel system.

The present disclosure is directed to hook and chain assemblies, including those suitable for use in food processing environments. The chain passes through a hook body, where it is secured by a retaining pin when under tension or load. The chain can be quickly and easily removed for servicing, cleaning, and sanitation of the hook body.

A storage device (1) for storing transport units (3) includes a number of transport units (3), a number of storage lines (12a-12g) which are configured to store transport units (3), a feeding line (11) which is connected by a respective first switch point (111) to the storage lines (12a-12g), a measuring device (15) which is arranged on the feeding line (11) and which is configured to determine a respective extent of a transport unit (3), and a controller (16) which is connected to the measuring device (15) and to the first switch pointes (111) and which is configured to select a storage line (12a-12g) for storing the transport unit (3) on the basis of the extent of the transport unit (3) determined by the measuring device (15).

The invention relates to a system and a method for an early detection of a malfunction of a conveyor unit of a conveyor system of an oven and to an oven, in particular a pin oven, comprising at least one such system. One of the systems comprises: at least one measuring unit which is designed to detect at least one operating parameter of the conveyor system. The system additionally comprises a controller which is designed to compare the operating parameter with a target operating parameter; detect a deviation of the operating parameter from the target operating parameter at a detection time; and output a warning signal if the deviation is greater than or equal to a specified value after a specified duration, wherein the duration starts at the detection time.

Conveyor device (1), adapted to take over a conveyed good (F2), in particular a piece of meat, at a takeover area (A1) from an upstream feeding device (110), to handover the conveyed good (F2) at a handover area (A3), in particular to a downstream discharge device (120), to transfer the conveyed good (F2) in a transfer area (A2) from the takeover area (A1) to the handover area (A3),
wherein the conveyor device (1) comprises a plurality of discrete transport units (21), in particular transport baskets (21),
the transport units (21) being arranged in particular in a circulating manner, characterized in
that the transport units (21) are adapted to take over the conveyed good (F2) at the takeover area (A1), in particular to catch a conveyed good provided by a meat dismantling device (112) in the vertically falling state, to be transferred between the takeover area (A1) and the handover area (A3), and to handover the conveyed good (F2) at the handover area (A3).

A cargo carousel system for shipping containers is provided that can include a frame configured to fit within a shipping container and a cargo carousel mechanism in the frame that can move cargo pod platforms, configured for holding cargo pods, in a continuous loop path in the frame. The system can further include two frames side-by-side in the shipping, each frame with its own cargo carousel system.