METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BUFFERING PRODUCTS

摘要

The invention provides a method for operating an apparatus (103) for buffering products between a supply conveyor (101) and a discharge conveyor (102), as well as such an apparatus (103), comprising individual end-to-end buffer conveyors (105), at least some of which are multiple buffer conveyors (105 - 1, 105 - 5), which each comprise a number of support positions for simultaneously supporting a number of products maximally equal to the number of support positions, drive means (106) for individually driving the buffer conveyors and control means for delivering control signals to the drive means (106) for filling and emptying the individual buffer conveyors by individually driving the buffer conveyors, said method comprising the step of determining the distribution of products over the individual buffer conveyors by determining means.