A removal apparatus removes tube pieces and has a receiving device with a loading edge and a receiving region for receiving the tube pieces and a loading surface connecting the loading edge to the receiving region. The loading surface is inclined a direction from the loading edge to the receiving region about an angle of inclination. A pivotable storage cassette stores a multiplicity of tube pieces and is arranged in front of the loading edge and is configured to be pivoted about a pivot angle of the storage cassette in relation to a parallel of the horizontal. A lifter is provided for lifting the tube pieces out of the storage cassette and is configured to be moved in front of the loading edge such the lifter lifts the tube pieces onto the loading edge such that the tube pieces move along the loading surface into the receiving region.

An apparatus is provided for feeding slurry to a recycling or slurry treatment process at an elevated location. The apparatus includes a reception hopper for receiving the slurry from a transport vehicle, and a bucket elevator for conveying the slurry from a loading zone, in communication with the reception hopper, to a discharge zone at an elevated location. The reception hopper includes a trough having parallel side walls and a bottom wall. The loading zone of the bucket elevator communicates with a first end of the trough, the trough including a movable wall extending perpendicular to the side walls of the reception hopper and being movable towards the first end of the trough to urge slurry towards the loading zone of the bucket elevator.

A system for loading containers onto a pallet or a dolly includes a conveyor configured to convey the pallet or the dolly from an upstream end to an opposite downstream end. The conveyor has a first conveyance device configured to convey the pallet and a second conveyance device configured to convey the dolly. The second conveyance device is vertically below the first conveyance device such that the pallet is conveyed above the second conveyance device. A loading system is configured to receive, organize, and load the containers onto the dolly or the pallet conveyed by the conveyor.

A system for loading containers onto a transport structure includes a slip sheet configured to receive the containers. The slip sheet is moveable from a first position in which the containers are received onto the slip sheet and a second position in which the slip sheet is vertically above the transport structure. A first brace member is adjacent to the second end of the slip sheet and a second brace member is adjacent to the first end of the slip sheet when the slip sheet is in the second position such that when the slip sheet is moved in a second direction from the second position to the first position the second brace member is configured to prevent the containers from moving in the second direction with the slip sheet and the containers vertically fall off the slip sheet onto the transport structure.

A device for storing packages, in particular parcels, for arrangement on a conveyor line is disclosed. The device includes at least one receiving means arranged at least partially between at least two fastening elements, the receiving means having at least one receiving surface for arranging the packages on the receiving surface, at least one first detection means for measuring inflow data indicative of the inflow of packages to the receiving means, and at least one control means for controlling a change of the at least one receiving surface. The at least one control means changes the at least one receiving surface of the at least one receiving means depending on the inflow data measured by the at least one first detection means. Also disclosed is a method for storing packages, in particular parcels, preferably by means of the aforementioned device.

An apparatus is provided for feeding slurry to a recycling or slurry treatment process at an elevated location. The apparatus includes a reception hopper for receiving the slurry from a transport vehicle, and a bucket elevator for conveying the slurry from a loading zone, in communication with the reception hopper, to a discharge zone at an elevated location. The reception hopper includes a trough having parallel side walls and a bottom wall. The loading zone of the bucket elevator communicates with a first end of the trough, the trough including a movable wall extending perpendicular to the side walls of the reception hopper and being movable towards the first end of the trough to urge slurry towards the loading zone of the bucket elevator.

A system for presenting isolated components to an assembly line over a plurality of cycles includes a container configured to direct components towards a central axis. An elongated pedestal within the container has ribs which define an upper surface and a plurality of channels. The pedestal is reciprocally mounted to move along the central axis, and isolates components during each cycle. The isolated components are transferred to an assembly line. The number of isolated components of each cycle is measured and the value stored. A threshold value is calculated based on a number of stored values. A running average of the quantity of isolated components for a number of cycles can then be compared to the threshold to determine when to refill the component container.

An article feed system for aligning and singulating incoming articles includes a rotatable upper rim surface and an article delivery device that delivers articles received by the article delivery device to the upper rim surface. A drive system is operatively connected to the disk assembly that rotates the bowl assembly and the assemblies rotate at different speeds but in the same direction. A guide wall extends upwardly above the upper rim surface that guides the articles travelling along the upper rim surface toward an exit opening in the guide wall. A vertically oriented article engaging-type conveyor is at the exit opening in the guide wall. The vertically oriented article engaging-type conveyor includes a moving article engaging surface that is exposed to the exit opening in the guide wall for receiving the articles when they exit the exit opening.

A removal apparatus removes tube pieces and has a receiving device with a loading edge and a receiving region for receiving the tube pieces and a loading surface connecting the loading edge to the receiving region. The loading surface is inclined a direction from the loading edge to the receiving region about an angle of inclination. A pivotable storage cassette stores a multiplicity of tube pieces and is arranged in front of the loading edge and is configured to be pivoted about a pivot angle of the storage cassette in relation to a parallel of the horizontal. A lifter is provided for lifting the tube pieces out of the storage cassette and is configured to be moved in front of the loading edge such the lifter lifts the tube pieces onto the loading edge such that the tube pieces move along the loading surface into the receiving region.

A device (1) for orienting capsules (C) is described. The device comprises a container (9) for receiving randomly oriented capsules (C), which has bottom wall (11), provided with at least two apertures (17A, 17B). A rotor (13) is rotatingly arranged in the container and above the bottom wall (11). The rotor is provided with capsule receiving pockets (15). Under the apertures of the bottom wall (11), a capsule collector (19) is arranged, for receiving capsules discharged from the capsule receiving pockets (15) through either one or the other of the two apertures (17A, 17B). The capsule receiving pocket (15), the two apertures (17A, 17B) and the capsule collector (19) are shaped and arranged such that the capsules (C) randomly contained in the container (9) exit the capsule collector (19) with a pre-determined orientation.