Material Handling
Systems that move, buffer, sort and position goods and bulk material through a facility.
Category CAT-000000001
Subcategories
Publications
- OT-2026-000001130
A method picks products from at least one storage container in a picking zone of a picking station of an automated storage and retrieval system. The picking is controlled by a picking system controller communicating with a warehouse management system, WMS. The picking is performed by a picking device in the picking zon
- OT-2026-000001129
The present disclosure relates to a powder feeder. The powder feeder includes a main chamber with a gas inlet and a powder outlet. At least one secondary chamber is configured to receive powder. The powder feeder also includes a shaver element. The shaver element is positioned directly above an opening in the at least
- OT-2026-000001128
An automated warehouse system with a simple configuration allowing for deployment of a shield wall is provided. The automated warehouse system includes a rack including a plurality of floors each including a plurality of floor panels. The floors permit travel of the transportation robot along surfaces of the floors. Th
- OT-2026-000001127
A system and method are provided for automated engaging of a truck trailer at a loading dock. Sensors measure a distance and an angle of alignment between the incoming trailer and a wall of the loading dock. An outside lighting system guides a truck driver backing the trailer toward the dock door. A vehicle restraint s
- OT-2026-000001125
An apparatus for transferring and accumulating objects. The apparatus includes at least a first group and a second group of accumulation channels parallel to each other. Each accumulation channel having an elongated extension along a direction parallel to an accumulation direction between a loading end and an unloading
- OT-2026-000001124
A system and apparatus for a medication container singulator apparatus is disclosed. The container singulator apparatus includes a main frame, a belt support, a cleated belt, a ramp, a divider, and a push plate. As medication containers are routed upward along the cleated belt, the push plate pushes medication containe
- OT-2026-000001115
Cotton module unwrapping systems, apparatuses, and methods for using the same are disclosed. In using the apparatus disclosed herein, a plurality of cotton modules are conveyed from a first location, such as a truck bed, onto a conveyor in such a way as to reorient the cotton modules from a horizontal to a vertical pos
- OT-2026-000001106
A station for presenting at least one container, which includes a frame, a conveying device having a first conveyor and a mobile platform provided with a second conveyor. Also, a method for presenting containers implemented by this station for presenting at least one container, which includes the steps of depositing a
- OT-2026-000001102
The present invention relates to a cross rail structure for an OHT system and an OHT system using the same. According to the present invention, there is provided a cross rail structure for an OHT system, that is a point at which two orthogonal rails among rails that are installed in an OHT system and transport vehicles
- OT-2026-000001101
A device for calibrating a conveyor belt comprising a housing with a remote controlled sensor assembly. The remote controller is secured to the housing for storage and shipping, the controller operating as a guard for the stored sensor assembly. When the remote controller is detached, the sensor assembly used to calibr
- OT-2026-000001096
An automatic warehouse ( 1 ), comprising: a frame ( 2 ), defining a prismatic-shaped containment volume (V), with a vertical axis (X); an elevator ( 3 ), arranged inside the containment volume (V), comprising a flat bed ( 4 ), movable along a vertical direction; a locking device ( 101 ), interposed between the frame (
- OT-2026-000001094
A stocking vehicle is provided. The stocking vehicle is configured to perform a stocking operation to transfer a first product unit from a first location to a second location. The stocking vehicle includes a stocking component. The stocking vehicle includes a motor coupled to the stocking component to facilitate perfor
- OT-2026-000001092
An example transporter includes: a chassis with a locomotive assembly; a first basket supported on the chassis, the first basket configured to collect items for an order; an item sensor configured to detect the items; a picking arm supported on the chassis and having a second basket extending from the picking arm, the
- OT-2026-000001091
A controller is provided to control movement of a plurality of transporting devices. In particular, the controller provides improved robot shunting. More specifically, the controller delays the planning of a shunt path for an idle robot until closer to the time the idle robot needs to move out of the way. Advantageousl
- OT-2026-000001088
A chain link is provided with a bushing construction where a chain pin is used for connecting a plurality of chain links, where the chain pin is inserted through the bushing along an axis, where the bushing in a cross section orthogonal to the axis has a circular cross section and where a resilient sleeve is arranged a
- OT-2026-000001087
Techniques for predicting and preventing jams in material handling equipment are described. In an example, a device includes a camera that can generate a video including image frames showing a material handling equipment. The device also includes a computer system that can generate an input including the image frames t
- OT-2026-000001086
A load-handling device for lifting and moving containers, the load-handling device including a body configured to house one or more operation components; a container-receiving space configured to accommodate at least part of a container; a container-engaging assembly configured to releasably engage a container; and a r
- OT-2026-000001078
A system for monitoring conveyor belts includes an emitter, a sensor and electronic circuitry. The emitter is configured to emit light at the surface of a conveyor belt. The sensor is configured to measure the light reflected from the belt surface. The circuitry is configured to identify a defect in or on the surface o
- OT-2026-000001076
System ( 1 ) for separating bulk-supplied plant-bulbs into a single-file stream of spaced plant-bulbs and a method for transporting and spacing objects. The system comprises a bulk-conveyor ( 2 ) for conveying a plurality of plant-bulbs as a bulk mass; a single-file vibration-trough ( 3 ) downstream of the bulk-conveyo
- OT-2026-000001073
A system for forming an array of articles is provided. The system includes at least an infeed single lane conveyor moving a plurality of articles, an array forming conveyor for receiving the articles, a programmable robot for transferring the articles to the array forming conveyor, the programmable robot includes a pus
- OT-2026-000001072
A warehouse for order fulfilment with a product storage and at least one order fulfillment level in which picking stations are arranged and supplied with articles from the product storage for picking into order load carriers according to allocated orders wherein each picking station is supplied with articles from the p
- OT-2026-000001069
The disclosure discloses an object conveying system which includes an object conveying apparatus and a mounting table. The object conveying apparatus includes a traveling member, the vehicle member, and a transporting member. A rail which extends along a horizontal direction is disposed between the object conveying sys
- OT-2026-000001063
A powered industrial truck includes a lateral movement assembly including four sliding members and four pivotal members both on a wheeled carriage, four links having a first end pivotably secured to the sliding member and a second end pivotably secured to either end of the pivotal member, a motor shaft having two ends
- OT-2026-000001062
A block storage arrangement and method. The block storage arrangement includes at least one block storage element receiving space; a loading space arranged below the block storage element receiving space; an opening, which is arranged between the block storage element receiving space and the loading space, having a hol
- OT-2026-000001061
A layer destacking system for destacking layer from stacked layer pallet load, including layer seating platform configured to seat the destacked layer on layer seating platform, conveying surface with conveyance traverse direction traverses the seated destacked layer off layer seating platform, slip sheet detection sen
- OT-2026-000001056
A transport robot and a warehousing system, relating to the technical field of warehouse logistics. The transport robot comprises: a raising/lowering mechanism (200), having a first end portion (200a) and a second end portion (200b) arranged opposite to each other in the height direction, wherein the distance between t
- OT-2026-000001052
There is provided a carrier support for holding a carrier, wherein the carrier is configured to hold a plurality of receptacles, wherein the carrier support is configured to be moveable between a first position and a second position, and wherein the carrier support comprises a carrier locking mechanism configured to lo
- OT-2026-000001051
The disclosure relates to a gripping device for a robotic container-handling vehicle, comprising one or more gripping elements configured to engage a container and a heating system capable of supplying heat to the one or more gripping elements.
- OT-2026-000001044
An autonomous warehouse monitoring robot 100 comprises a propulsion system 106, 108, 110, a processing unit 112 and a scanner array 114 that includes an RFID scanner arranged in a moveable tower, wherein the scanner arrangement is arranged to scan RFID data from at least one package that includes multiple articles. The
- OT-2026-000001037
An apparatus for conveying objects, comprising a guide (2) with linear motors and a carriage (3), which is coupled to the guide (2). The carriage (3) comprises a movement element (4), slidably associated with the guide (2), a supporting element (5), which defines a housing (15) for housing an object and is connected to
- OT-2026-000001036
An apparatus for conveying objects, comprising a guide (2), which is constituted of a guide (2) with linear motors and which defines a forward movement path, and a carriage (3), which is coupled to the guide (2) and which is moved along the forward movement path by the linear motors of the guide (2). The carriage (3) c
- OT-2026-000001035
There is provided an input module comprising: a carrier shelf for receiving and supporting a carrier holding a plurality of receptacles; a retrieval dock adjacent the carrier shelf and configured to receive one receptacle from a carrier supported on the carrier shelf and present the receptacle for removal from the inpu
- OT-2026-000001034
An apparatus is for supporting a guiderail for guiding one or more articles conveyed along a conveyor having a conveying path in a conveying direction. The apparatus includes a support rail and at least one movable support for adjusting a position of the guiderail relative to the conveyor in a direction transverse to t
- OT-2026-000001020
Systems and methods for assembling and introducing cartridges containing remediating component(s) into packaged beverages are provided herein. In particular, a transport system for transporting sealed cartridges to an introduction system for delivery into beverage containers is provided herein. The transport system may
- OT-2026-000001018
A hanging bag storage system serves to store, pick, sort and retrieve storage articles. A method includes providing a control device, by which the storing, picking and sorting of the storage articles can be controlled and/or a sequence of the storage articles for the retrieval can be specified. A plurality of roll adap
- OT-2026-000001016
A lateral plate element for a link of a self-stacking endless conveyor belt including an outer plate section, an inner plate section and a connection bend section connecting said outer and inner plate sections; a resting surface arranged to engage a lateral plate element of an underlying tier of the self-stacking endle
- OT-2026-000001011
A stacking device for stacking substrates includes: a frame; an input region; an output region; and at least one conveying element mounted on the frame so as to be completely rotatable about an axis of rotation. The at least one conveying element has a gripping portion for conveying a substrate located in the input reg
- OT-2026-000001009
Systems and methods for assembling and introducing cartridges containing remediating component(s) into packaged beverages are provided herein. In particular, an introduction system containing a dropping mechanism actuatable between a retaining position and a releasing position is provided herein. The introduction syste
- OT-2026-000001003
The invention relates to an order picking device ( 1 ), in particular a storage lift, with at least one retrieval and/or storage point ( 14 ) for stored goods ( 10 ) and/or stored goods carriers ( 8 ), a method for calculating a height distribution ( 38 ) of stored goods ( 10 ) on a stored goods carrier ( 8 ), a comput
- OT-2026-000001000
Systems and methods for assembling and introducing cartridges containing remediating component(s) into packaged beverages are provided herein. In particular, an assembly system for filling and capping cartridges for introduction into beverage containers during a packaging process is provided herein. The assembly system
- OT-2026-000000999
A mobile cross-dock includes a drop-frame trailer including: a first deck having a first height above the ground; a second deck having a second height above the ground that is greater than the first height, the second deck being located in a front portion of the trailer above a coupler assembly; side doors arranged on
- OT-2026-000000987
An apparatus (1) for the loading of transporting bags (2) of a conveying unit (75) in an overhead conveyor system (100), in particular a rail-guided overhead conveyor system, comprises at least one conveying unit (75) having a carriage (72) with a carrying hook (73) and a transporting bag (2, 2', 2'', 2'
- OT-2026-000000976
A container handling vehicle (601) for operation on a rail system (108) of an automated storage and retrieval system (1) comprises: a first set of wheels (601b) for driving in a first direction (X) and a second set of wheels (601c) for driving in a second direction (Y); wherein each of the first set of wheels (601b) an
- OT-2026-000000975
The invention relates to an automated storage and retrieval system comprising a plurality of container handling vehicles on a rail system operable to handle storage containers, each container handling vehicle comprises a positioning node. The system comprises a positioning system having reference positioning nodes spac
- OT-2026-000000974
A storage container is provided for the storage of one or more items in a storage and retrieval system. The storage container comprises a metallic container body comprising a bottom wall and sidewalls and end walls arranged in a box-like structure having an open end for receiving the one or more items within the box-li
- OT-2026-000000963
A system for forming an array of articles is provided. The system includes at least an infeed single lane conveyor moving a plurality of articles, an array forming conveyor for receiving the articles, a programmable robot for transferring the articles to the array forming conveyor, the programmable robot includes a pus
- OT-2026-000000960
A seal for a dock levelling system comprising a movable hinged ramp arranged within a recess. The seal is for sealing a horizontal gap between the hinged end of the movable ramp and a wall of the recess, and comprises a rod and a tube of flexible material surrounding the rod.
- OT-2026-000000959
A product management system (100) including a first panel (102) with a first continuous track (106) including a queuing section, a product engagement section and a return section, and a first series of magnetic sources (115) disposed circumferentially along the first continuous track (106). A first series of lugs (116)
- OT-2026-000000957
Provided in this disclosure is an actuatable quick changeover device stand for placing and removing a load from a bed of a vehicle. The device stand includes a traversable base having a planar surface for supporting the load and configured for rearward displacement off the open gate end of the bed. First and second sup
- OT-2026-000000953
A excited frame conveyor includes a reciprocally moveable elongated conveyor bed, having a product conveying surface, and a stationary base which supports the elongated conveyor bed spacedly adjacent the stationary base on a plurality of elongated resilient spring legs, and the stationary base has a magnetic drive whic