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US 8,800,753 B2Granted
System for conveying an article using vortex suction units
AssigneeBdt Media Automation GmbH
InventorsPeter Xavier Kearney, Andreas Wardak
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Abstract
A system for conveying an article along a transfer path includes at least a first and a second vortex suction unit disposed in sequence in a direction of the transfer path. A conveyor is configured to support the article relative to at least one of the suction units and a main controller is configured to separately control the vortex suction units so as to convey the article along the transfer path using the conveyor.
Claims12
A method of conveying an article along a transfer path comprising:
- disposing at least a first and a second vortex suction unit in sequence in a direction of the transfer path;
- supporting the article relative to at least one of the vortex suction units using a conveyor;
- determining a position of the article relative to the vortex suction units, using a controller, based on an air flow of at least one of the first and second vortex suction units being hindered by the position of the article relative to the vortex suction units;
- controlling the vortex suction units so as to convey the article using the conveyor.
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