Ferag Ag

Wrh Walter Reist Holding Ag

Paul Scherrer Institut

Martin Ruge

Markus Felix

Roberto Fenile

Felix Buechi

Daniel Schmid

Felix Widmer

Felix Büchi

A device for transferring units of goods has a suspended conveyor system on which conveyor units can be conveyed in a suspended manner along a continuous conveyor path. In an entry region, supplied conveyor units can be provided for further processing. Downstream of said entry region, a transfer device is provided in a transfer region, with which units of goods can be transferred into and/or out of a conveyor unit located in the transfer region. Downstream of said transfer region, processed conveyor units can be provided in an exit region for further use. The absolute alignment in space of a conveyor unit in the entry region and in the transfer region are substantially the same, and the relative alignment in relation to the conveying direction in the entry region and the transfer region are substantially different. Alternatively or additionally, the absolute alignment in space of a conveyor unit in the transfer region and in the exit region are substantially the same, and the relative alignment in relation to the conveying direction in the transfer region and in the exit region are substantially different.

Device and method for transferring units of goods into and out of conveyor units of a suspended conveyer system

A transport bag () for a suspended conveyor system, particularly a rail-guided conveyor system or a transport chain conveyor system, has a conveyor member, particularly a carriage () of a rail-guided () conveyor system or a conveyor chain link of a transport chain conveyor system, and a transport bag () having a receiving region for receiving one or a plurality of units of goods (). The transport bag is attached, via a suspension means (), in a suspended manner to a carrying means () of the conveyor member. The transport bag has two frame brackets () which are pivotally connected to the suspension means. The two frame brackets () are substantially 2-fold rotationally symmetrical to one another, but not mirror symmetrical to one another.

Transport bag for suspended conveyor systems

A loading device () for continuously loading receiving units (-) with transport goods (T), wherein the loading device () comprises a plurality of receiving units (-), a conveyor device (), in which the receiving units (-) can be conveyed, a supply device () for supplying transport goods (T) and a transfer device (), which is designed to acquire the transport goods (T) from the supply device (), as well as to convey and transfer the transport goods to the receiving units (-), wherein the transfer device () and the receiving units (-) can be moved in the same direction during the transfer of the transport goods (T).

Loading device

The invention relates to a warehousing installation () for a plurality of roller packaging units embodied as a rollable body, which comprises at least one storage device () for storing several rolling packaging units, a single storage device () for receiving a rolling packaging unit and for guiding said roller packing unit into the storage device, a rolling out device (&#x2033;) for rolling away a rolling packaging unit stored in the storage device as a rolling away rolling packaging unit and a control device () for controlling the rolling out device ().

Warehousing installation, warehousing system and method for operating a warehousing system

A plant for extracting electric energy from water power. The plant has an energy extraction module designed as an assembly unit, and includes a drive arrangement, with a multiplicity of flow-impinged components, which can be driven in a circulating direction by water power, two spaced-apart deflection elements around which the drive arrangement is guided in a circulating manner, an electric power generator for extracting electric energy from the circulating drive arrangement, a water conveying duct for forming water receiving compartments interacting with the flow-impinged components, and also a module frame, to which are connected the drive arrangement, the deflection elements, the electric power generator and the water conveying duct. The module frame includes an interface via which the energy extraction module is connected to a sub-structure.

Device for tapping electrical energy from hydropower

A device and method for producing complex multipart collections (K) of printed products includes at least two partial collections (T, T, T) of precursors. The device comprises a collating device () having a conveyor track () on which a plurality of receptacle units () circulate in a closed circuit for receiving collated precursors, and on which a plurality of feeder apparatuses (-) are disposed in at least one collating region (), from which precursors are dispensed into the receptacle units () moving past on the conveyor track. A transfer apparatus () is disposed in at least one location of the conveyor track (), transferring collated first partial collections (T) from the receptacle units () for further processing, and a collator () is disposed in at least one further location of the conveyor track (), collating further collated partial collections (T, T) from the receptacle units () into collections (K).

Printing finishing system and method for operating a print finishing system

A conveying system includes rolling bodies each with a rolling element cage and rolling elements. The rolling elements are arranged in recesses of the rolling element cage and for the rolling in a guide channel. In each case two or three or more rolling elements form a roller set, and the rolling elements of a roller set roll on one another as well as on the guide channel, and at least one roller set is present per rolling body. The conveying system includes at least two guide channels which run at an essentially constant distance to one another and together form a guide path; and at least two rolling bodies are connected to one other by way of a connection element, into a conveying element, and the conveying element with its at least two rolling bodies is movable in at least two guide channels along the guide path.

Conveying system, conveying element, and guide track

A support device for the support of conveyed objects includes a roller body with a series of rollers, which run along a path and support the conveyed objects in a support region. The rollers roll in the support region on a support surface. Thereby, the following steps are carried out:

Support device for a conveyor installation and method for operation of a conveyor installation

A support device for conveying heavy loads includes a support body and a roller body which revolves around the support body, wherein the roller body includes a series of support rollers and distancing rollers, the distancing rollers have a smaller diameter than the support rollers, and the distancing rollers in each case space consecutive support rollers from one another, and the support device is provided for supporting a load which moves along a support region, and the roller body at least in the support region is covered in its whole width by a belt, and thus in the support region, the support rollers roll on the support body and on the belt.

Support device for conveying heavy loads

A fuel cell stack is disclosed having a number of stacked fuel cells, each having in series an anode-facing end plate, an anode, an ion-exchanging layer, a cathode and a cathode-facing end plate. The stack includes at least one conductive and flexible intermediate layer between elements of the stack. The intermediate layer is deformable implemented in terms of its thickness. The intermediate layer abuts and interacts, in a fluid-tight manner, with the end plates. The intermediate layer is further disposed between at least one of the anode-facing end plate and the cathode-facing end plate of adjacent fuel cells, an end plate of a stack and a cooling plate attached to said end plate and an end plate of the stack and a cathode-facing end plate.

Method and device for stacking fuel cells

A fuel cell has an electrochemical process area having a cathode area, an anode area and an ion-exchanging membrane that separates these areas. The cathode area has a gas passage way having a gas inlet, a gas channel and a gas outlet, wherein the gas passage way is for an oxygen-containing gas to flow from the gas inlet through the gas channel to the gas outlet. The fuel cell includes further a humidity transfer area having a dehumidifying zone, a humidifying zone and a humidity transfer membrane that separates these zones. An exhaust channel connects the gas outlet to the dehumidifying zone, and an inlet channel connects the gas inlet to the humidifying zone. Humidity is extracted from the oxygen-containing gas in the dehumidifying zone, and added to the oxygen-containing gas in the humidifying zone via the humidity transfer membrane.

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