A device for separating piece goods to be stored in an automated storage facility is provided. The device includes a conveyor for conveying piece goods from a stock to a support surface of a collecting device, a controller for controlling the conveyor, a sensor, to detect the striking of the support surface by piece goods. The detector has an imager, which produces at least one recording of the underside of the support. A handling device is configured to remove a piece good from the support surface for further transport into the storage facility is coupled to the controller, which is further configured to control the handler according to the information.

A device for feeding parts to a manufacturing system, the device includes a housing that with a base at a lower end of the housing and a hopper at an upper end. A double action cylinder drive is fixed to the base of the housing. An end of a piston is fixed to a drive lever in a by a hinge mechanism, and a cam follower is secured to the drive lever with the cam follower spaced apart from the piston rod. Vertically extending spaced apart guide rods are fixed to the base plate inside the housing. each guide ford provided with a linear bearing that slides along the guide rod; and A dynamic part feeding plate that is fixed to a mounting member which in turn is fixed to each of the linear bearings. The mounting member provided with a cam member having a cam profile surface that mates with the cam follower of the driver assembly drive lever to move the dynamic feeding plate vertically through the hopper of the housing along a wall of the hopper.

The present invention relates to a method and a device for individual feeding of fish into a processing line. Such method and device may, for instance, be used for receiving, gilling and gutting freshly caught fish in a processing line on board a fishing vessel. For instance, the in-feeding apparatus and method may be used to increase the value of the fish by speeding up the time until the fish is chilled for storing.

A grommet module includes a grommet container for loosely receiving grommets as bulk material, a conveyor device that can rotate about an axis of rotation, and a conveyor rail extending along a longitudinal direction. The conveyor device conveys grommets from the grommet container to the conveyor rail. The conveyor device is formed by a grommet conveyor wheel, the horizontal axis of rotation of which runs at a right angle to the longitudinal direction. The grommet conveyor wheel has trough-like recesses forming in each case a chamber for the grommets.

The invention relates to a device (1) for separating piece goods (2) to be stored in an automated storage facility, comprising a conveying device (3) for conveying piece goods (2) from a stock (4) to a support surface (5) of a collecting device (27), a control device (6) for controlling the conveying device (3), a sensor (7), which is coupled to the control device (6) and which detects the striking of the support surface (5) by piece goods (2), wherein the control device (6) interrupts the conveying of additional piece goods (2) onto the support surface (5) as soon as the striking of a piece good or a plurality of pieces goods (2) has been detected, and a detecting device coupled to the control device (6) for detecting the position and orientation of the piece goods (2) lying on the support surface (5). The detecting device has an image recording device (23), which produces at least one recording of the underside of the support (27), from which recording the control device (6) obtains information about the position and orientation of the piece goods (2) lying on the support. A handling device (8-11) for removing a piece good (2) from the support surface (5) for further transport into the storage facility is coupled to the control device (6), wherein the control device (6) controls the handling device (8-11) according to the information

An apparatus for separating piece goods which are to be stored in an automated store comprises a stepped conveyor for conveying piece goods from a stockpile beyond an upper edge of the stepped conveyor to a collecting device, wherein the stepped conveyor comprises an inclined bearing surface and a first step which can be moved in parallel over the bearing surface with a conveying edge which is parallel to the bearing surface, wherein the spacing between the bearing surface and the conveying edge corresponds to a minimum step height which suffices to push parallelepiped-shaped piece goods upwards, and a control device for actuating the stepped conveyor, which control device is coupled to a sensor which detects whether a piece goods item has been conveyed beyond the upper edge.

The invention relates to an automated cell (100) for handling containers in which rubber blocks are arranged. The cell includes: a frame that allows the fixed installation of the cell; an automatic centering system having a guiding means that allows precise positioning of a loaded container in a loading space (112) of the cell; a clamping system having a holding means that maintains the positioning of the loaded container in the loading space of the cell; and a locking system having a locking means that maintains the positioning of the container in the loading space of the cell.

A specimen supply device according to an embodiment includes a first supply unit including: a first housing unit, a first auxiliary member that moves vertically; and a first push-up member that moves vertically; a second supply unit including: a second housing unit a second auxiliary member that moves vertically; and a second push-up member that moves vertically; and a regulating member that is disposed adjacent to one side of the second push-up member at the time of rising and includes a holding portion that holds a specimen container.

A system configured to separate and identify articles, and the system including a manipulation unit configured to move articles from the source position in the direction of the discharging conveyor element, and the manipulation unit is configured to pick up the articles from the source position according to the position and/or orientation detected by the sensor unit, and an identification unit, which is configured to identify the articles moved by the manipulation unit in the direction of the discharging conveyor element, and the discharging conveyor element includes a position conveyor, which is configured to convey the article to a second position (P2) if this has not been identified by the identification unit, and the second position (P2) is arranged within a handle region of the manipulation unit.

Provided herein is an assembly including a first ram that can move along a surface in a trough toward an outlet of the trough to move product toward the outlet; a second ram that can be engaged by the first ram as the first ram moves along the surface in the trough, the second ram can be moved toward the outlet of the trough by the first ram; and an actuator that can move the first ram along the surface toward the outlet of the trough. In some embodiments, the first ram may be located between the surface in the trough and the second ram. Optionally, the actuator can engage with and move the first ram.