Abstract: A positioning device (1) for grasping and modifying the position, within a support structure (2) that includes, a set of products (3) for an industrial line that chain-handles these products (3), a device including, for at least one product (3) to move in the support structure (2), a maneuvering unit (4) including a movable block (5) interacting with the at least one product (3), and an actuator (6) defining the position of the block (5). This at least one maneuvering unit (4) also includes a pair of adjustment stops (7) between which the block (5) shuttles, under the action of the actuator (6), in such a way as to move the at least one product (3). A gripping device, a positioning process, and a transfer process are also described.

Abstract: A positioning device (1) for grasping and modifying the position, within a support structure (2) that includes, a set of products (3) for an industrial line that chain-handles these products (3), a device including, for at least one product (3) to move in the support structure (2), a maneuvering unit (4) including a movable block (5) interacting with the at least one product (3), and an actuator (6) defining the position of the block (5). This at least one maneuvering unit (4) also includes a pair of adjustment stops (7) between which the block (5) shuttles, under the action of the actuator (6), in such a way as to move the at least one product (3). A gripping device, a positioning process, and a transfer process are also described.

Abstract: The method relates to products such as bottles whose horizontal cross section of contact is oval and which are conveyed in the longitudinal direction, in single file and spaced apart, on a conveyor. The method includes introducing the bottles one by one into a neck, at the downstream end of which motorized rollers are disposed, applying the rollers to the opposite faces of each bottle to be orientated, providing the passive roller with a peripheral speed equal to the speed of conveyance of the bottles and providing the active roller with a higher peripheral speed to position the bottle diagonally on the conveyor.

Abstract: The method relates to products such as bottles (1) whose horizontal cross section of contact is oval and which are conveyed in the longitudinal direction, in single file and spaced apart, on a conveyor (2). This method consists in: introducing said bottles one by one into a neck, at the downstream end of which are motorized rollers (5), (7), applying said rollers to the opposite faces of each bottle to be orientated, and giving the roller (5), termed the passive roller, a peripheral speed equal to the speed of conveyance of the bottles (1) and giving the other roller (7), termed the active roller, a higher peripheral speed so as to position the bottle (1) diagonally on the conveyor (2). The invention also relates to the device for carrying out the method, comprising a neck consisting of two arms (6) and (8) forming a V, at the end of which are the motorized rollers (5) and (7).