Apparatus for Charging a Further Processing System with Objects which are in the Form of Bulk Material

An apparatus for serially charging a further processing system with objects which are in the form of bulk material, said apparatus having a bulk material feeding device (14) which comprises a feed drive (22), a silo (26) to which the objects (8) are feedable as bulk material by means of the bulk material feeding device (14), a control device (60) which is connected to the feed drive (22) and actuates the feed drive (22) in order to refill the silo (26) with objects, a conveyor device (36) which is connected downstream of the silo (26) and comprises a conveyor drive (40), and a separating-into-singles system (42) which comprises a separating-into-singles drive (48), wherein the conveyor device (36) feeds objects (8) from the silo (26) in a disordered manner to the separating-into-singles system (42) and the latter aligns the objects (8) fed to it and forwards the aligned objects in the direction of the further processing system (10), characterized in that the conveyor device (36) and the separating-into-singles system (42) comprise sensors (62) which are connected to the control device (60) and the single control device (60) also controls the conveyor drive (40) and the separating-into-singles drive (48).