OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000001204

Flexible pitch product metering system

Published: 2026-09-15T19:04:06.693723Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001204
Categories: Material Handling > Conveying Systems

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ABSTRACT

A product management system (100) includes -a continuous first track (104),
including a lug queuing section (108), a lug engagement section (110), and a
product engagement section (112), each section being configured and adapted to
effectuate specific lug movement steps, -a continuous chain (116) partially
following the track configured and adapted to actuate lugs (106) about at
least a portion of the track, - a series of lugs (106) moveably disposed along
the track (104) configured for moving a product along the product engagement
section of the track, - a star wheel (120) disposed at the lug engagement
section (110) of the track (104) configured for metering lugs (106) to engage
the chain (116) from the queuing section (108) of the track (104) and to
control a variable pitch between each of the lugs along the transferring
chain, - and a magnetism source (122) configured to direct the lugs (106) to
the queuing section (108), and to the end of the queuing section (108).

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000001204
Published 2026-09-15T19:04:06.693723Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001204