CONVEYOR DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING AND ROTATING BOX-SHAPED PRODUCTS

    公开(公告)号:WO2023275663A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:PCT/IB2022/055693

    申请日:2022-06-20

    Inventor: REDAELLI, Marco

    Abstract: Described is conveyor system for transporting and rotating products (1a, 1b) comprising a conveyor device (100) having: a first (8) and a second (9) belt closed in a loop, side by side to form a respective surface defined by a respective active transport branch (8a, 9a) movable in a shared advancement direction(A); the first (8) and second (9) belt have an inlet end and an outlet end, at least the first belt (8) having at least a part of the active transport branch (8a) inclined towards the active branch (9a) of the second (9) belt; a fixed vertical abutment plate (12) interposed between the active branches (8a, 9a) for transporting the first (8) and second (9) belt, wherein the inclined active transport branch (8a) of the first belt (8) and the abutment plate (12) are configured and sized in such a way as to allow the products (1b) entering, positioned at the inlet end according to a predetermined ordered orientation, to maintain the predetermined ordered orientation, that is to say, not to rotate, up to the outlet end, whilst the products (1a) which are positioned at the inlet end according to an orientation different from the predetermined ordered orientation rotate whilst advancing and resting both on the inclined active transport branch (8a) of the first belt (8) and on the other active transport branch (9a) of the second belt (9), advancing past the abutment plate (12) until reaching the predetermined ordered orientation.

    CONVEYING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONVEYING A PLURALITY OF PRODUCTS

    公开(公告)号:WO2021191753A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-30

    申请号:PCT/IB2021/052279

    申请日:2021-03-18

    Abstract: Disclosed is a conveying system comprising: a track (2), a plurality of carriages (4) to be conveyed on the track (2), each carriage comprising: a main body which is held along the track (2); and a receptacle rotatably supported by the main body and configured for receiving a product, and further comprising a receptacle-rotating member (60) which is configured to advance, at a defined advancing speed, along a region provided at at least a portion of the track (2), and to control the rotational orientation of the carriage's receptacles; wherein each carriage can be in engagement, via its receptacle, with the receptacle-rotating member (60).

    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ORIENTING HORTICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

    公开(公告)号:WO2023006784A2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:PCT/EP2022/071007

    申请日:2022-07-26

    Abstract: A device (10) for orienting products (14), in particular agricultural and/or horticultural products, more in particular flower bulbs, the device comprising: - a conveyor (12) for conveying a product, the conveyor comprising an entry (16) where a product is received by the conveyor, the conveyor further comprising an exit (18) via which the product leaves the conveyor, wherein the conveyor comprises: o at least one first conveyor belt (20A) and at least one first drive (21A) which controllably drives the first conveyor belt, o at least one second conveyor belt (20B) and at least one second drive (21B) which controllably drives the second conveyor belt, o at least one movable contacting member (20C) configured to contact the product, wherein the first and second conveyor belt define a transport direction (X), wherein the first and second conveyor belt and the movable contacting member provide a product space (24) between them, wherein the first and second conveyor belt and the movable contacting member are configured to contact the product on three different sides and are configured to exert pressure on the product, - at least one conveyor camera (25) configured for recording images of a product which is conveyed by the conveyor, - a control unit (100) configured for processing the recorded images and configured for individually controlling at least the first and second conveyor belt for conveying the product to the exit and configured for applying a relative speed between the first and second conveyor belt and the movable contacting member for orienting the product based on the recorded images in order to deliver the product at the exit in a target orientation.

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