Accumulating conveyor for workpieces - has opening and closing caps to adapt conveyor speed to required rhythm

摘要

The endless conveyor (1) is divided along the conveyor path into at least two transport lines each with several workpiece sockets (5) at regular intervals. The transport lines (4) are shorter overall than the conveyor belt path and have alternately closing gaps (X,Y) between their beginnings and ends in the conveyor direction. The transport lines are driven independently of each other in order to open and close the gaps and can thus be accelerated or delayed independently relative to the normal transport speed so that the workpieces can be loaded and unloaded accordingly. ADVANTAGE - Any irregularity in the workpiece sequence can be compensated.