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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2019
Laitram, L.l.c., Harahan, LA (US);
Aditya Mehendale, Geldrop, NL;
Ewout Peter van der Laan, Eindhoven, NL;
Funda Sahin-Nomaler, Eindhoven, NL;
Pieter Aarnout Klop, Waalre, NL;
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Abstract
A conveyor system for conveying electrically conductive articles such as aluminum bottles or cans. The conveyor system comprises a plurality of coils below the top surface of an electromagnetic conveyor at a junction between an infeed conveyor and a discharge conveyor. The coils propagate electromagnetic flux waves that induce currents in the electrically conductive articles that force the articles to follow a conveying path from the infeed to the discharge conveyor. Dead spots on the electromagnetic conveyor can be eliminated by adjusting the coil drive waveforms. And a long electromagnetic conveyor driven by a train of narrow pulses is used to singulate electrically conductive articles.