OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000002289

System and method for arranging bundles into a pattern and simulating a layer forming operation

Published: 2026-09-15T19:12:00.903495Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002289
Categories: Material Handling > Conveying Systems

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ABSTRACT

A method includes defining a configuration of physical bundles on a physical
support surface, providing a bundle computer model of at least one of the
physical bundles and providing a conveyor computer model of a physical
conveyor. The physical conveyor is a conveyor configured to carry the physical
bundles from an upstream end of the physical conveyor to a downstream end and
to deposit the physical bundles on the physical support surface. The physical
conveyor includes a controller and at least one adjustment section configured
to adjust a position and/or orientation of the physical bundles. Also using a
processor running the conveyor computer model to automatically determine from
the conveyor computer model and the bundle computer model a control data set
including instructions for causing the controller to operate the physical
conveyor to produce the configuration of the given number of the physical
bundles on the physical support surface.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000002289
Published 2026-09-15T19:12:00.903495Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002289