A method for grouping and/or separating products transported in rows. With the aid of a first conveyor belt, the products to be grouped or separated are conveyed onto a second conveyor belt connected in series with the first conveyor belt until a downstream product of the products to be grouped or separated runs up against a dividing web of a dividing device associated with the second conveyor belt. After or as the downstream product runs up against the dividing web, a conveyance of products into the upstream region of the second conveyor belt effected by means of the first conveyor belt is interrupted. The second conveyor belt is driven continuously in a transport direction specified by the second conveyor belt, and the dividing web runs along with the second conveyor belt in its transport direction over a defined distance and is then removed from the product flow of the second conveyor belt.

A method, a packaging system, and use for packaging objects on a conveyor using a hose-shaped stretch foil of plastic material. A method, system, and use, where the hose-shaped stretch foil may be stretched around the objects in a horizontal manner. The packaging system comprises a first conveyor and a second conveyor where first and second conveyors are arranged for conveying objects from said first conveyor to said second conveyor. The system comprises a foil dispensing mechanism arranged in a space between the first and the second conveyor, and being arranged for dispensing a continuous hose-shaped foil onto said conveyed objects. The method comprises the steps of: conveying a first object and a second object via the first conveyor in a first conveying direction towards said second conveyor; conveying the first object through the foil dispensing mechanism, hereby arranging the hose-shaped foil onto the first object; conveying the first object from the first conveyor to the second conveyor; and conveying the second object in a direction opposite the first conveying direction by a predefined distance, hereby arranging an equal distance between said first object and said second object in said space between said first conveyor and said second conveyor.

A method, a packaging system, and use for packaging objects on a conveyor using a hose-shaped stretch foil of plastic material. A method, system, and use, where the hose-shaped stretch foil may be stretched around the objects in a horizontal manner. The packaging system comprises a first conveyor and a second conveyor where first and second conveyors are arranged for conveying objects from said first conveyor to said second conveyor. The system comprises a foil dispensing mechanism arranged in a space between the first and the second conveyor, and being arranged for dispensing a continuous hose-shaped foil onto said conveyed objects. The method comprises the steps of: conveying a first object and a second object via the first conveyor in a first conveying direction towards said second conveyor; conveying the first object through the foil dispensing mechanism, hereby arranging the hose-shaped foil onto the first object; conveying the first object from the first conveyor to the second conveyor; and conveying the second object in a direction opposite the first conveying direction by a predefined distance, hereby arranging an equal distance between said first object and said second object in said space between said first conveyor and said second conveyor.

The invention relates to a method establishing distances (d) between a first conveyed-good unit (11) and a second conveyed-good unit during the simultaneous transport of the conveyed-good units in a conveying direction (z), comprising the following steps: Feeding of a plurality of at least the first conveyed-good unit (11) and the second conveyed-good unit in a first arrangement, wherein the first conveyed-good unit (11) and the second conveyed-good unit are fed in sections simultaneously in the conveying direction (z), and wherein the conveyed-good units of the conveyed good are fed orthogonally offset to each other in relation to the conveying direction (z) and have a first distance to one another, typifying detection (S1) of the conveyed-good units (11), determining a target position of the first conveyed-good unit (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit (S2), controlling or regulating a target distance (d) between the first conveyed-good unit (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit on the basis of the said target position (S3), and for this purpose, moving the first conveyed-good units (11a . . . 11d) (S4) and the second conveyed-good unit using conveyor drives (2, 2a . . . 2c), which can move one or a plurality of conveyed-good units individually and in a variable manner in any direction of the conveying plane, in such a way that a target distance (d) between the first conveyed-good units (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit exists at the point of transfer to a subsequent conveyor section (16), wherein the target distance (d) is different from the first distance, the movement is dependent on control signals generated from the typifying detection (S1) of the first conveyed-good unit (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit and generated from the determination of the target positions of the first conveyed-good unit (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit (S2), wherein the first conveyed-good unit and the second conveyed-good unit are transported simultaneously in the conveying direction (z).

The invention relates to a method establishing distances (d) between a first conveyed-good unit (11) and a second conveyed-good unit during the simultaneous transport of the conveyed-good units in a conveying direction (z), comprising the following steps: Feeding of a plurality of at least the first conveyed-good unit (11) and the second conveyed-good unit in a first arrangement, wherein the first conveyed-good unit (11) and the second conveyed-good unit are fed in sections simultaneously in the conveying direction (z), and wherein the conveyed-good units of the conveyed good are fed orthogonally offset to each other in relation to the conveying direction (z) and have a first distance to one another, typifying detection (S1) of the conveyed-good units (11), determining a target position of the first conveyed-good unit (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit (S2), controlling or regulating a target distance (d) between the first conveyed-good unit (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit on the basis of the said target position (S3), and for this purpose, moving the first conveyed-good units (11a . . . 11d) (S4) and the second conveyed-good unit using conveyor drives (2, 2a . . . 2c), which can move one or a plurality of conveyed-good units individually and in a variable manner in any direction of the conveying plane, in such a way that a target distance (d) between the first conveyed-good units (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit exists at the point of transfer to a subsequent conveyor section (16), wherein the target distance (d) is different from the first distance, the movement is dependent on control signals generated from the typifying detection (S1) of the first conveyed-good unit (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit and generated from the determination of the target positions of the first conveyed-good unit (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit (S2), wherein the first conveyed-good unit and the second conveyed-good unit are transported simultaneously in the conveying direction (z).

The invention relates to a method for sorting a first conveyed-good unit (11) and a second conveyed-good unit (z) while simultaneously transporting the conveyed-good units in a conveying direction z, comprising the following steps: Feeding of a plurality of at least the first conveyed-good units (11) and the second conveyed-good unit in a first arrangement, wherein the first conveyed-good unit (11) and the second conveyed-good unit are fed in sections simultaneously in the conveying direction (z), and wherein the conveyed-good units are fed orthogonally offset to each other in relation to the conveying direction (z), typifying detection (S1) of the conveyed-good units (11), determining a target position of the first conveyed-good unit (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit (S2), controlling and regulating a movement of the first conveyed-good units (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit on the basis of the said target position (S3), and for this purpose, moving the first conveyed-good units (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit (S4) using conveyor drives (2, 2a . . . 2c), which can move one or a plurality of conveyed-good units individually and in a variable manner in any direction of the conveying plane in such a way that a sorted arrangement of the first conveyed-good units (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit exists at the time of transfer to one or a plurality of subsequent conveyor section (s) (16), wherein the movement takes place depending on control signals generated from the typifying detection of the first conveyed-good units (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit and generated from the determination of the target positions of the first conveyed-good units (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit, wherein the first conveyed-good unit and the second conveyed-good unit are transported simultaneously in the conveying direction (z).

The invention relates to a method for sorting a first conveyed-good unit (11) and a second conveyed-good unit (z) while simultaneously transporting the conveyed-good units in a conveying direction z, comprising the following steps: Feeding of a plurality of at least the first conveyed-good units (11) and the second conveyed-good unit in a first arrangement, wherein the first conveyed-good unit (11) and the second conveyed-good unit are fed in sections simultaneously in the conveying direction (z), and wherein the conveyed-good units are fed orthogonally offset to each other in relation to the conveying direction (z), typifying detection (S1) of the conveyed-good units (11), determining a target position of the first conveyed-good unit (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit (S2), controlling and regulating a movement of the first conveyed-good units (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit on the basis of the said target position (S3), and for this purpose, moving the first conveyed-good units (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit (S4) using conveyor drives (2, 2a . . . 2c), which can move one or a plurality of conveyed-good units individually and in a variable manner in any direction of the conveying plane in such a way that a sorted arrangement of the first conveyed-good units (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit exists at the time of transfer to one or a plurality of subsequent conveyor section (s) (16), wherein the movement takes place depending on control signals generated from the typifying detection of the first conveyed-good units (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit and generated from the determination of the target positions of the first conveyed-good units (11a . . . 11d) and the second conveyed-good unit, wherein the first conveyed-good unit and the second conveyed-good unit are transported simultaneously in the conveying direction (z).

An article induction system for preparing a stream of articles, such as mail parcels, for processing employs a series of conveyors operating under control of a controller for feeding articles to an operator at a cull belt at an optimal paced rate. The article induction system includes a destacking section, a separation and alignment section, a buffer section and a culling section manned by an operator. A controller controls the speed of each component based on measurements provided by sensors so as to feed articles to the operator at a desired paced rate.

An article induction system for preparing a stream of articles, such as mail parcels, for processing employs a series of conveyors operating under control of a controller for feeding articles to an operator at a cull belt at an optimal paced rate. The article induction system includes a destacking section, a separation and alignment section, a buffer section and a culling section manned by an operator. A controller controls the speed of each component based on measurements provided by sensors so as to feed articles to the operator at a desired paced rate.

A device for separating and aligning pin-shaped piece goods exhibiting a head and a shank includes a funnel-shaped receptacle for receiving the piece goods. The receptacle has two wall sections which delimit the receptacle in a front area, and a rear wall, which are arranged in sections opposite one another and in each case inclined outwards at an angle to the central transversal plane of the receptacle. An endlessly circulating conveying means is arranged underneath a recess which spaces apart the two wall sections and which is arranged at a same angle () as the wall sections inclined relative to the central transversal plane and conveys the piece goods from a receiving plane to a higher discharge plane. The conveying means has a conveying plane provided with drivers. The recess is delimited by parallel front edges of the wall sections which are arranged in a V-shape tapering towards the conveying means and terminate above the conveying means or in a plane with the conveying means. The drivers are in the form of cylindrical pins which are arranged at a distance from one another in the direction of circulation of the conveying means and extend essentially perpendicular to the conveying plane of the conveying means.