Abstract: Elongated objects are aligned by being placed on a vibratory grid having elongated holes arranged parallel to one another and to the direction of advance and removal of the aligned objects. They drop through the grid onto conveying means which then moves them away in the desired direction of removal. This removal on the conveying means can be relatively fast. Desirably the vibratory grid is in the form of a number of parallel but spaced round bars which quickly and effectively align the elongated objects as they pass down through the spaces between the bars.