OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000001639

Electromagnetic laner

Published: 2026-09-15T19:07:14.077991Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001639
Categories: Material Handling > Conveying Systems

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ABSTRACT

A conveyor and a related method for organizing electrically conductive
articles such as aluminum cans, into single-file lanes. Parallel rails divide
the conveying surface of a conveyor belt into lanes across the width of an
upper belt run. Upstream electro-magnetic coil sets in line with each rail
produce magnetic fields that interact with the conductive cans to produce
forces that pre-arrange the cans into lanes between the coil sets for
presentation to the lanes between the rails already in line. In that way,
damaging collisions between the cans and the ends of the rails are avoided.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000001639
Published 2026-09-15T19:07:14.077991Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001639