METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORIENTATING BOTTLES

摘要

A method and apparatus are provided for configuring equipment (10) for automated orientation of elongate objects (56). The equipment includes a drum (12) with a cylindrical circumferential wall (14) and a central raised element (22) inside the drum, that slopes towards the circumferential wall, the outer edges of the raised element being spaced radially inwardly from the circumferential wall. The method includes sliding a plurality of sector elements (34) in a radial direction so that a trough (52) is defined between the circumferential wall of the drum and an outer edge of each sector element, the width of said trough corresponding generally to the width of the objects sought to be orientated.