A conveyor system and method for spreading a mass of electrically conductive articles, such as aluminum cans, being transferred from an infeed conveyor to a wider discharge conveyor. A transfer device between the infeed and discharge conveyors uses linear induction to propel and spread electrically conductive articles across a continuous transfer surface with or without the aid of backpressure or mechanical spreading means.

A conveying device includes a transport body configured to carry or hold a wafer, and a stator relative to which the conveying device is designed to move the transport body at least two-dimensionally on a conveying surface. The stator includes several movably arranged actuating magnets, each of which is connected to the stator via an actuating element, and the actuating element is configured to change a position and/or an orientation of the connected actuating magnets relative to the stator. The transport body includes at least two stationary magnets which are connected to the transport body such that the stationary magnets are immovable relative to the transport body, and the stator and the transport body are magnetically coupled by the stationary magnets and the actuating magnets. The device conveys the transport body relative to the stator by controlled positioning and/or orientation of the actuating magnets via the actuating elements.

A conveying device for conveying at least one wafer includes at least one transport body that is designed at least for supporting or holding a wafer. The conveying device is designed to move the at least one transport body at least two-dimensionally on a conveying surface.

Can conveyors using various stator coil configurations to spread, gap, align, lane, reject, singulate, and rotate aluminum cans as they are propelled along the length of the conveyor. The electrically conductive cans acting as rotors form linear-induction motors (LIMs) with the stators to move the cans.

Can conveyors using various stator coil configurations to spread, gap, align, lane, reject, singulate, and rotate aluminum cans as they are propelled along the length of the conveyor. The electrically conductive cans acting as rotors form linear-induction motors (LIMs) with the stators to move the cans.

Transport device having a transport route, with a turnaround portion to change orientation of a transport unit by 180 in the longitudinal direction along the transport route, including a turnaround portion with an entrance connected to a first transport route portion by a first entrance end and a second, open entrance end, and an exit connected to a second transport route portion by a first exit end and a second, open exit end. A common movement path is formed at least in some portions in a region of a first transfer position, and the transport unit is movable along the path. To be turned around, the transport unit is moved to the entrance of the turnaround portion, transferred from the entrance to the exit of the turnaround portion, and moved from the exit of the turnaround portion.

Transport device having a transport route, with a turnaround portion to change orientation of a transport unit by 180 in the longitudinal direction along the transport route, including a turnaround portion with an entrance connected to a first transport route portion by a first entrance end and a second, open entrance end, and an exit connected to a second transport route portion by a first exit end and a second, open exit end. A common movement path is formed at least in some portions in a region of a first transfer position, and the transport unit is movable along the path. To be turned around, the transport unit is moved to the entrance of the turnaround portion, transferred from the entrance to the exit of the turnaround portion, and moved from the exit of the turnaround portion.

A conveyor system and method for spreading a mass of electrically conductive articles, such as aluminum cans, being transferred from an infeed conveyor to a wider discharge conveyor. A transfer device between the infeed and discharge conveyors uses linear induction to propel and spread electrically conductive articles across a continuous transfer surface with or without the aid of backpressure or mechanical spreading means.