This invention provides a transfer system capable of efficiently transferring, by use of a bidirectional conveyor, a transfer target between different points. The transfer system include a control device that: executes, in an alternate manner, a first mode in which a transfer target on a conveyor mechanism of a bidirectional conveyor device is transferred in a first direction and a second mode in which a transfer target is transferred in a second direction reverse to the first direction; and continues the first mode according to a predetermined first period defining a duration of the first mode.

A handling device for buffering products includes a transport unit having at least one feed conveying element for conveying products along a main conveying direction of the transport unit. A transverse conveying element is configured as a transverse conveyor belt having a conveying direction that runs transversely to the main conveying direction, and includes a conveying element for conveying products along the main conveying direction after an influencing of a product arrangement by the transverse conveying element. The transverse conveying element is arranged downstream of the feed conveying element along the main conveying direction. The handling device includes at least one control or regulation unit for controlling or regulating a drive parameter of the transverse conveying element for influencing a product arrangement on the conveying element. The transverse conveying element is arranged inclined relative to a main conveying plane of the transport unit.

An inspection system includes a conveying mechanism, a pushing mechanism, a positioning mechanism and an inspection mechanism. The conveying mechanism is configured to convey an object to be inspected. The pushing mechanism is suitable for pushing the object to be inspected in a conveying direction of the conveying mechanism, so as to push the object to be inspected to a first positioning plane and a second positioning plane. The positioning mechanism includes a positioning portion. The positioning portion may move in the conveying direction of the conveying mechanism, so as to define the first positioning plane and the second positioning plane. The object to be inspected abuts against the positioning portion on the first positioning plane and the second positioning plane. The inspection mechanism is suitable for inspecting the object to be inspected when the object to be inspected is located on the first positioning plane and the second positioning plane.

A food steaming apparatus, according to the present invention, comprises multi-stage conveying parts provided to continuously convey food in the forward and backward directions and spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction; and a steaming part comprising a steaming chamber forming a steaming space through which the multi-stage conveying parts pass, so as to steam the food conveyed by the multi-stage conveying parts, and a plurality of conveying covers provided to respectively cover the multi-stage conveying parts at the top of the multi-stage conveying parts passing through the inside of the steaming space so as to divide the steaming space into a plurality of steaming division spaces that are a plurality of spaces.

The invention relates to a method for automatically controlling at least two drivable belts in a system. The belts are each configured to transport containers in a first or second direction. The system comprises a machine that is upstream of the belts and/or a machine that is downstream of the belts. The method comprises: detecting a first operating state of the upstream machine and/or detecting a second operating state of the downstream machine; furthermore determining a speed to be selected for each of the belts based on the first and/or second operating state; and controlling the belts in accordance with the speed to be selected. The invention also relates to an apparatus for carrying out the method, wherein the system comprises a machine that is upstream of the belts and/or a machine that is downstream of the belts.