I.m.a. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.a.

Ima Life, S.r.l.

Johannes Van Veen

Franciscus Antonius Damen

Alexander Clemens Henricus Josef Schaepman

Florentinus Adriaan Cornelis Marie Jongenelen

Hendrik Bol

Johannes Wilhelmus Adrianus Van Heijst

Method for transfer of containers, such as vials (), between a freeze dryer () that is located at a first location and a separate transport vehicle () that is mobile with respect to the freeze dryer, wherein the freeze dryer () comprises a freeze dryer housing () with an access opening () towards an inner freeze drying chamber () inside the freeze dryer housing (), multiple shelves (-) that are arranged spaced apart above each other inside the freeze dryer chamber () and each provided with a horizontally extending first flat supporting surface () for supporting the containers, wherein the mobile transport vehicle () comprises a mobile undercarriage () supporting a storage housing () with an access opening () towards an inner storage chamber (), a carrier provided with a second flat supporting surface () for supporting the containers inside the storage housing (), and a container shifter () for pushing out containers away from the second flat supporting surface () in a pushing out direction parallel to the second flat supporting surface ().

Method and assembly for handling containers in a freeze dryer

The invention relates to a conveying system for conveying intended upright articles, for example vials, comprising an in-feed conveyor, an out-feed conveyor, and a single liner system placed between said in-feed conveyor and out-feed conveyor, wherein said single liner system comprising a series of co-planar conveyor belts, wherein said belts are placed side by side for defining a conveying surface and wherein said belts are movable in substantially the same driving direction at different velocities; a track guide placed above said conveying surface for guiding said articles from said in-feed conveyor to said out-feed conveyor along a guide direction, wherein said guide direction is arranged at an acute angle with respect to said driving direction; wherein said velocity of subsequent belts of said series of co-planar conveyor belts increases in the guide direction.

Conveying apparatus

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Poederoijen, Netherlands

Johannes Van Veen