System for producing packages of items of a predetermined collective weight
AssigneeScanvaegt International A/S
InventorSven Baekhoj Jensen
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Abstract
A system for collecting items is configured based on the realization that operators for manually moving the items from position bins to packing material can be positioned in only selected areas on both sides of the conveyor, with batch-forming areas being located on each side only at locations opposite the operator area on the opposite side. For instance, a first operator can serve the first two positions from a first side of the conveyor and a second operator can serve the following two positions from the second side of the conveyor and so on. This arrangement leaves free space, e.g., for packing material, for the second operator on the second side of the conveyor opposite the first operator's two positions.
Claims27
A system for collecting items, the system comprising:
- means for generating weight data for each said item,
- means for directing items to a plurality of positions arranged in at least one row where items are collected in accordance with said weight data to form, at each position, the content for a package with a weight falling within predetermined tolerances of a target weight,
- means for operators to manually facilitate the packing process located along said at least one row, and
- wherein a plurality of workspaces are provided for said operators on both of opposite sides of said at least one row, and at any given location along said at least one row, there being a workspace on only one side of said at least one row.
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