RIGID TRAY CONTAINER AND METHOD OF USE

摘要

Embodiments of this disclosure include a rigid tray container and methods and equipment for using the rigid tray container in batched process operations. In one embodiment, a mass container is sized and dimensioned to receive one or several rigid tray containers. In other embodiments, equipment is configured to lid/unlid, secure, stack, load/unload, and buffer rigid tray containers. In other embodiments, equipment is configured to stack and stage mass containers. In some embodiments, methods are provided for batch processing items.

主权项

1. A method of batch processing articles utilizing a plurality of uniformly dimensioned trays, the method comprising:
transporting a plurality of articles contained in a tray to article processing equipment; processing the articles, placing the articles into one or more trays according to the processing results for the articles; categorizing the one or more trays according to processing results of the articles contained in the tray; placing the similarly categorized trays into a mass container loading apparatus; detecting the orientation of the similarly categorized trays placed into the mass container loading apparatus; adjusting the orientation of the similarly categorized trays; and loading similarly categorized trays into a mass container using the mass container loading apparatus.