ELECTROMAGNETIC CONVEYOR
    9.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3212548A4

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-04

    申请号:EP15856068

    申请日:2015-10-01

    申请人: LAITRAM LLC

    发明人: RAGAN BRYANT G

    IPC分类号: B65G54/02 B08B3/02 B60L13/00

    摘要: An electromagnetic propulsion system for electrically conductive articles, such as aluminum beverage cans. Currents in coils disposed along a passageway induce currents in aluminum cans in the passageway. The electromagnetic fields produced by the coil currents and the eddy currents in the cans interact to produce forces that propel the cans along the passageway. A coil drive supplies the coils with a low-frequency current to propel the cans and a high-frequency current to heat the cans. The coils are arranged as solenoids encircling the passageway or as planar arrays bracketing the passageway. Besides being used to propel aluminum cans, the coils can be used to spin cans. The electromagnetic propulsion systems are shown in can washers and dryers.

    LIM-DRIVEN ROLLER CHECKWEIGHER
    10.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3314222A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-02

    申请号:EP16814971.4

    申请日:2016-05-26

    申请人: Laitram, LLC

    发明人: RAGAN, Bryant G.

    IPC分类号: G01G11/00 G01G11/04

    摘要: A weighing conveyor system, a checkweigher, and a method for weighing conveyed objects with a checkweigher comprising LIM-driven rollers positioned in a conveying line and position sensors for determining the objects' weights from the motion of the objects across the rollers. The LIM drives the rollers with a constant torque. The acceleration of an object driven by the rollers is inversely proportional to the object's weight. So an object's weight can be determined by the effect of the rollers on its motion.