| 摘要 |
An indexing conveyor 1 travels at ninety degrees to a wrapping output conveyor 2, which conveys elongate packs 3 of circular biscuits at high speed with their diameter-ends leading. The indexing conveyor 1 receives the packs 3 and conveys them in an orthogonal direction, with their long-dimensions leading. The indexing conveyor 1 has a regular series of V-section lugs 11, which receive and centre the packs 3 and can accommodate a range of diameters of circular packs 3 whilst maintaining a constant pitch. A pair of lifting bars 12 lifts a group 31 of packs 3 at a time during the dwell period of the index of the conveyor 1. The packs 3 of each group 31 are moved together during the lift so that they are touching, to ensure that a robotic pick-and-place system can pick up the group 31 reliably. |
