Abstract: There is a need to reduce wasteful time and energy for checking the proper functioning of a checking apparatus. A weighing apparatus includes hoppers that retain items, load cells that measure the weights of the items, a control unit, and a communication unit that receives signals from outside. The control unit causes the items to be discharged from the hoppers when the weights of the items satisfy a proper weight discharge condition. When the communication unit receives an improper weight item request signal relating to a check of the items discharged from the hoppers, the control unit causes the items whose weight is a weight deviating from the proper weight discharge condition to be discharged from the hoppers.

Abstract: A weighing apparatus (1) according to an embodiment includes: adjacent hoppers (12A, 12B); and a sorting mechanism (20) disposed between the adjacent hoppers (12A, 12B), the sorting mechanism (20) sorting an article given from outside into one of the adjacent hoppers (12A, 12B), in which the sorting mechanism (20) includes a rotator (21) rotatable around a rotation shaft (21R), the rotation shaft (21R) and a central axis (21C) of the rotator (21) are not parallel, the rotator (21) rotates when the article abuts on the rotator (21), and the rotator (21) does not rotate when the article does not abut on the rotator (21).

Abstract: A training image storage device that stores training images for learning of an image related to an article, the training image storage device includes: an imaging unit configured to capture an image of the article; a determination unit configured to determine whether a captured image of the article is an outlier image; and a storage unit configured to store at least a part of the captured images as a training image. The determination unit determines whether the captured image is the outlier image based on a trained model related to the article and features of the captured image. The storage unit stores, as the training image, the captured image that is determined not to be the outlier image among a plurality of the captured images.

Abstract: A flap folding device includes a first member that folds a pair of first flaps toward an inside of an opening of a cardboard box, a second member that folds a pair of second flaps toward the inside of the opening, and a holding member including a rod-shaped or plate-shaped elongated portion extending along a long side direction of the opening, and pressing and holding the pair of folded first flaps by the elongated portion. The second member folds the pair of second flaps in a state where the pair of first flaps are held by the holding member after the first member folds the pair of first flaps. The holding member is attached to be swingable.

Abstract: An X-ray inspection apparatus includes an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a conveyed article with X-rays, an X-ray sensor unit including a sensor unit configured to detect the X-rays by photon counting and an image generation unit configured to generate an image based on a detection result output from the sensor unit, and a control unit having a first mode for inspecting the article based on the image and a second mode for determining a state of the X-ray sensor unit at a time of time delay integration driving, in which the control unit is configured to compare a first image generated based on a detection result output from the sensor unit at a time t1 with a second image generated by integrating detection results output from the sensor unit until a time t2 after the time t1 to determine the state of the X-ray sensor unit.

Abstract: A box-packing apparatus includes a conveyance unit, an alignment unit, an accumulation unit, a contact unit, a gate, and a control unit. The alignment unit aligns articles being conveyed so that mutually adjacent articles partially overlap and form an article group. The accumulation unit transfers the aligned article group and accumulates multiple article groups so they are parallel on a box-packing conveyance route. The contact unit contacts the articles on the box-packing conveyance route starting-end side in the accumulated article groups. The gate is positioned on the box-packing conveyance route terminal end and supports multiple article groups. The control unit moves the contact unit toward the box-packing conveyance route terminal end and collectively moves groups that have been accumulated by the accumulation unit onto the gate. The control unit drives the gate and a pusher to pack the article groups in a box below the gate.

Abstract: A boxing device has a box-moving section that moves a box with flaps from a supply position to a boxing position; a flap support section; and a pushing section. At the boxing position, articles are boxed in the box's opening. The flap support section supports the flaps. A pushing section pushes a group of side-by-side aligned articles into the box in the boxing position. Before the pushing section pushes the articles into the box, the box-moving section moves the box so that the box changes from a first orientation, in which the opening of the box faces sideways in the box supply position, to a second orientation, in which the opening of the box faces upwards in the boxing position. The flap support section supports the flaps as the box is moved from the first orientation to the second orientation.

Abstract: A supply apparatus (10) includes: a blocker (13) disposed at a fork (12) between a main conveyance path (11), a first conveyance path (12A), and a second conveyance path (12B), the blocker (13) making a switch between a first state where supply of articles from the main conveyance path (11) to the first conveyance path (12A) is blocked and a second state where supply of the articles from the main conveyance path (11) to the second conveyance path (12B) is blocked; and a controller (20) that transitions, based on respective conditions of supply of the articles to two adjacent combination weighing mechanisms (1A, 1B), the blocker (13) into at least either the first state or the second state to switch a route of conveyance of the articles.

Abstract: The disclosed box-packing apparatus can pack a large quantity of articles quickly and orderly. It includes a conveyance unit, an alignment unit, a transfer unit, a contact unit, a drive unit, and a control unit. The alignment unit aligns articles conveyed on the conveyance unite so that mutually adjacent ones partially overlap and form an article group. The transfer unit transfers article groups to a box-packing conveyance route. The contact unit contacts articles on the box-packing conveyance route starting-end side in the transferred article group. The drive unit drives the contact unit under control of the control unit, to move the contact unit in the alignment direction of the article group while the contact unit is contacting and supporting the articles on the box-packing conveyance route and increase the angle formed by a contact surface of the contact unit and a horizontal plane after the contact unit starts moving.

Abstract: The X-ray inspection apparatus includes a conveying unit configured to convey an article, an X-ray source configured to irradiate the article conveyed by the conveying unit with X-rays, an X-ray detection unit capable of detecting the X-rays by photon counting, and an inspection unit configured to inspect the article based on an output result of the X-ray detection unit, where, in a sensitivity correction of the X-ray detection unit performed when the X-ray inspection apparatus is activated, after a lapse of a predetermined period from a start of detection of X-rays, the X-ray detection unit is configured to detect X-rays not transmitting the article, and the X-ray source is configured to start X-ray irradiation during the predetermined period, and where the predetermined period is equal to or longer than a period in which irradiation of the X-ray source is stabilized.

Abstract: An X-ray inspection apparatus includes a transport unit configured to transport an article, an electromagnetic wave irradiation unit configured to irradiate the article with a first electromagnetic wave in a first energy band and a second electromagnetic wave in a second energy band, an electromagnetic wave sensor configured to detect the first electromagnetic wave and the second electromagnetic wave, and a control unit to which a detection result is input. The control unit is configured to generate a first transmission image based on a detection result of the first electromagnetic wave and a second transmission image based on a detection result of the second electromagnetic wave, to perform image processing including a subtraction process on the first transmission image and the second transmission image, and to determine whether or not a foreign material is included in the article on the basis of a difference image.

Abstract: A product processing apparatus (1) includes: a camera (11) that captures an image of a product (100) placed on a product placement part (10) and generates a captured image; a display (12) that displays various types of information; a controller (13) that estimates a candidate (C) of the product on a basis of the captured image and display the candidate (C) on the display (12); and a label printer (14) that prints product information about the product (100) on a label.

Abstract: A film roll replacement device supplies a film roll to a bag making and packaging machine, which has a film-roll-supporting part to support the film roll and which manufactures bags containing articles using the film. The film roll replacement device includes a holding section, the driving unit, and a controller. The holding section is located adjacent to the bag making and packaging machine, and the holding section holds the film roll supplied to the bag making and packaging machine. The driving unit moves the holding section. The controller controls an action of the driving unit to move the holding section to move in a first direction toward the supporting part of the bag making and packaging machine and to transfer the film roll held by the holding section to the supporting part.

Abstract: A bagmaking and packaging apparatus includes a transport unit configured to transport a first film or a second film in a film transport direction, a register mark detection unit configured to detect a register mark for position alignment, a bagmaking and packaging unit configured to make an individual packaging bag by cutting the first film or the second film by using a position of the register mark as a reference, and a connection unit configured to form a connection portion. In the first film, in a case where a pitch between a first register mark and a second register mark is shorter than a register mark pitch set in advance, the bagmaking and packaging unit cuts the second film based on a position of a third register mark.

Abstract: A distributing and feeding apparatus includes a distribution table configured to circumferentially distribute a long article and being fed from above, and transport the article in a circumferential direction such that a longitudinal direction of the article is along the circumferential direction of the distribution table at an outer peripheral portion, a plurality of guide members provided around the outer peripheral portion of the distribution table, and a plurality of transport feeders arrayed radially around the distribution table, and configured to transport the article in a radial direction while aligning the article received from the distribution table so as to face the radial direction. The guide member is provided so as to interfere with the article transported at the outer peripheral portion of the distribution table so that the longitudinal direction of the article is directed from the circumferential direction to the radial direction.

Abstract: An X-ray inspection apparatus includes a conveying unit configured to convey an article, an X-ray source configured to irradiate the article with X-rays, a detection unit configured to detect the X-rays by photon counting, a threshold value setting unit configured to set a threshold value for discriminating the X-rays, an inspection unit configured to inspect the article on the basis of the X-rays transmitted through the article, the X-rays being detected by the detection unit, and a sensitivity correction unit configured to perform sensitivity correction of the detection unit on the basis of the X-rays not transmitted through the article, the detection unit is configured to discriminate and detect the X-rays into the two or more energy regions by using the threshold value, and the sensitivity correction unit is configured to perform the sensitivity correction when the threshold value setting unit changes the threshold value.

Abstract: In the present invention, three hoppers having different shapes are prepared, and an outer wall of each of the hoppers is raised to form a hopper in which a conventional fence and the hopper are integrated. Both ends of a first hopper in a left-right direction along an outer wall thereof are located inside outer walls of hoppers located on both sides, respectively, and out of both ends of an outer wall of a second hopper, a right end is located inside an outer wall of a hopper adjacent on a right side, and a left end is located outside an outer wall of a hopper adjacent on a left side. Furthermore, an outer wall of a third hopper is located outside outer walls of hoppers located on both sides. This makes it possible to remove the hoppers in order while one round of an outer periphery of the hoppers is made.

Abstract: A combination weighing apparatus (1) according to an embodiment includes: a dispersion table (10) that receives and conveys an article that has been supplied from an outside; a driving unit (20) that applies conveyance force to the dispersion table (10), the conveyance force causing the article to be conveyed; a plurality of conveyors (11) that receives the article from the dispersion table (10), and conveys the article toward a downstream side; a plurality of hoppers (13) that temporarily receives a plurality of the articles that has been discharged from the plurality of conveyors (11), and discharges the plurality of the articles to the downstream side; an obtaining unit (30) that obtains a weight value of the article that is retained in each of the plurality of hoppers (13); and a controller (31) that performs combination calculation on a basis of the weight value that has been obtained by the obtaining unit (30).

Abstract: A bagmaking and packaging machine packages articles with a film. The bagmaking and packaging machine includes a laser printing device and a receiving member. The laser printing device prints on a printed surface of the film. The receiving member is disposed so as to oppose a non-printed surface on the opposite side of the printed surface of the film. The receiving member has a reflection suppressing surface. The reflection suppressing surface suppresses regular reflection of laser light emitted by the laser printing device.

Abstract: A distribution supply apparatus includes: a distributor configured to receive articles dropped from above and distribute the articles circumferentially; a plurality of conveyors arrayed radially along a circumferential edge of the distributor, the plurality of conveyors each being configured to convey, in a direction away from the distributor, an article received from among the articles from the distributor; a support shaft extending vertically and upward from substantially a center of the distributor; a plate configured to change, in contact with each of the articles to fall, a falling direction of each of the articles; a universal joint coupling a center of the plate and a leading end portion of the support shaft; and a regulator configured to regulate an angle of inclination of the plate that slants based on the universal joint, within a range from an angle at which the plate is horizontal to an angle at which each of the articles falls from the plate in a sliding manner.