Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus and method for high speed automated installation or attachment of preformed handles onto portable containers such as buckets, boxes, cartons, or pails that are moving on a conveyor system through the apparatus. A frame structure supports the apparatus. A container conveyor conveys the portable containers into and out of the apparatus. A handle sheet conveyor conveys sheets of preformed handles from storage containers into a handle magazine. Individual handles are detached from the preformed handle sheets, after which the handles are attached onto the portable containers at a high rate of speed. A slidable handle separation and insertion mechanism includes a main slide for preforming the handles prior to insertion onto the portable containers. In some embodiments the main slide is angled at approximately a 45 degree angle from the horizontal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus and method for high speed automated installation or attachment of preformed handles onto portable containers such as buckets, boxes, cartons, or pails that are moving on a conveyor system through the apparatus. A frame structure supports the apparatus. A container conveyor conveys the portable containers into and out of the apparatus. A handle sheet conveyor conveys sheets of preformed handles from storage containers into a handle magazine. Individual handles are detached from the preformed handle sheets, after which the handles are attached onto the portable containers at a high rate of speed. A slidable handle separation and insertion mechanism includes a main slide for preforming the handles prior to insertion onto the portable containers. In some embodiments the main slide is angled at approximately a 45 degree angle from the horizontal.

Abstract: A system for planning and supporting a testing routine in a fluidic chamber, such as a wind tunnel, including a controller for downloading first data related to one or more fluidic chambers, the first data including cost and run-time information for each of the one or more fluidic chambers, comparing the first data to second data corresponding to predetermined constraints, determining one or more run plans based upon the comparison, selecting an optimized run plan from the one or more run plans according to cost and time constraints, and displaying the optimized run plan. Thereafter, when obtaining substantially real-time data during an aerodynamic test, the controller compares the test data to one or more predetermined threshold values, determines whether the test data corresponds with the one or more predetermined threshold values during a corresponding test, and informs of the result of the determination during the test so that a run can be repeated if necessary during the test.