Abstract: A transport lock for fixing a planet carrier during transport in a housing-fixed component, including a first part that is joinable to the housing-fixed component, a second part that is joinable to the planet carrier, and at least one bearing, with which the first part and the second part are rotatably supported in one another.

Abstract: This system is a dynamically sized put wall comprising: a put wall having a plurality of slots; a slot defined by a first end and a laterally movable/removable divider; a light bar attached to the put wall and in communications with a put wall controller and a server; a set of server computer readable instructions that, when executed by a server processor included in the server, are adapted for receiving or determining a desired width for one or more slots in the put wall; actuating a light segment within a light bar representing a desired slot dimension; receiving an acknowledgement that the laterally movable/removable divider(s) were positioned according to the light segments actuated by the put wall controller, and, placing the put wall controller into put mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a drive and/or adjustment device for driving and/or adjusting a rotatable assembly, for example a large rolling bearing ring of a wind turbine or a slewing gear of a construction machine or of a hoist, comprising an output element for rotationally driving and/or adjusting the rotatable assembly, a transmission which is connected upstream of the output element and has at least one torque-transmitting gear, and an overload safety mechanism for the rotatable assembly. The overload safety mechanism is provided on the gear, which is divided and has two gear parts that are torque-transmittingly interconnected via spur toothing and held axially in spur toothing engagement by an axial securing means which yields at a predetermined axial loading between the gear parts.

Abstract: A metal detector is used with a receptacle to receive refuse. The metal detector includes a body defining an opening, a controller, and a coil wound around the opening. The controller detects changes to a magnetic field generated by the coil when an object comprised of a metallic material that is located proximate the coil interacts with the magnetic field and induces a voltage within the coil. A capacitive sensor is mounted to the body and communicates with the controller. The controller is configured to detect the object located within the opening based on a proximity signal produced by the capacitive sensor when the object interacts with an electrical field of the capacitive sensor. When the controller determines that the object is comprised of a metallic material and disposed within the opening based on the induced voltage and the proximity signal, the metal detector correspondingly produces an alarm.

Abstract: A propulsion system for an electric vehicle includes an assembly of four electric propulsion machines each having a stator and a rotor having an output shaft that is movable in rotation about an axis. Also includes is a common gearwheel that is kinematically connected to the n output shafts and that is able to receive the torque provided by the electric machines so as to form a first speed reducer, and primary gearwheels able to be driven by the common gearwheel. An intermediate shaft is able to be driven by intermediate gearwheels, each primary gearwheel being kinematically connected to a corresponding intermediate gearwheel so as to form a pair of gears with which a second speed reducer is associated, and a secondary shaft that is able to drive the vehicle and that has a secondary gearwheel kinematically connected to the intermediate shaft so as to form a third speed reducer.

Abstract: A method includes: obtaining, from a sensor disposed on a transporter, a set of beacon identifiers and proximity indicators, the beacon identifiers emitted by respective beacons mounted proximate to a boundary separating an exterior of a container from an interior of the container; determining whether the set of beacon identifiers and proximity indicators indicates a transition of the transporter across the boundary; when the determination is affirmative, detecting, based on the set of beacon identifiers and proximity indicators, a direction of travel of the transporter relative to the boundary; and generating a transition event including an identifier of the transporter, an identifier of the container, and the direction of travel.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for optimizing a pick rate based on an optimized arrangement of products in a tote and an optimizing pick path. The arrangement of the products in the tote are based on one or more parameters of the tote and one or more attributes of each of the products. Parameters of the tote include a pack density and maximum weight capacity. Attributes of the products include a volume, fragility, weight, hazard, and orientation. The arrangement of the products in the tote dictate the path a picker takes to collect the products. Products collected at a first instant in time are placed at the bottom of the tote while products collected at a later instant in time are placed closer to the top of the tote. The analytics server transmits instructions for arranging the products in the tote such that a picker optimally orients the products.

Abstract: A system for physically dismantling a solar cell module includes two fragmenting apparatuses. The solar cell module includes a cell encapsulation laminate, and a back plate and a cover plate respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the cell encapsulation laminate. Each fragmenting apparatus includes a platform, a fragmenting unit disposed on and movable relative to the platform in three axial directions for fragmenting one of the cell encapsulation laminate and the back plate of the solar cell module, and a material-collecting and sorting device connected to the platform and the fragmenting unit for collecting and sorting recycled materials produced by the fragmenting unit.

Abstract: An electric drive unit includes: a motor that rotates a rotor shaft; a housing with a bearing shield extending between motor housing and gearbox regions, the bearing shield having a first side that faces toward the motor housing region and a second side that partially defines the gearbox region and along which a channel extends; a planetary gearset including a sun gear, planet gears, and a carrier; and a wiper coupled to the housing proximate to the channel and abutting the carrier, such that fluid is wiped off of the carrier by the wiper as the carrier rotates and flows to the channel therefrom.

Abstract: A conveyance system including a conveyance device configured to convey, with a plurality of containers having a bottomed cylindrical shape arranged in a conveyance direction and in a width direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, the containers in the conveyance direction, an imaging device configured to capture images of the containers that are being conveyed by the conveyance device, and a detection device configured to detect, by using the images, a container not having a predetermined posture of a plurality of the containers that are being conveyed.

Abstract: A method for disposing of a mixture of oxidizable catalyst material and inert support media. The method comprises introducing inert gas into an enclosure. The enclosure contains a plurality of stacked screens, the stacked screens have openings that decrease in size from a top of the stack to a bottom of the stack. The method also comprises introducing the mixture to an uppermost one of the plurality of stacked screens; moving the plurality of stacked screens to cause the oxidizable catalyst material to separate from and migrate to a location beneath the inert support media; conveying the separated inert support media to a location outside the enclosure for disposal as non-hazardous waste; and conveying the separated oxidizable catalyst material to a location outside the enclosure for at least one of reclamation, or thermal destruction.

Abstract: A one-way speed limiter includes a first housing including an inner surface. defining a speed limiter receiving zone. A second housing includes a flange and a second wall including an inner surface portion that includes a stop feature. A ball housing including a ball member is rotatably supported in the speed limiter receiving zone. The ball member selectively engages the stop feature. A friction clutch is disposed between the ball housing and the first housing. The friction clutch selectively retards rotation of the ball housing. A motor shaft is selectively rotatably connected to the ball housing. The motor shaft including a first end supported at the ball housing and a second end. The motor shaft is rotatable relative to the ball housing in a first direction and selectively rotatably constrained relative to the ball housing in a second direction to selectively engage the friction clutch.

Abstract: A continuous discharge magnetic sweeper apparatus with a vertical axis rotary clean off attachment. The main magnetic sweeper consists of a handle, a back wheel, a frontal debris bin, a drive wheel and a finned drum housing a magnetic assembly. Magnetic debris is attracted by magnet assembly, accumulates on the finned drum and is deposited in the frontal debris bin. The vertical axis rotary clean off attachment connects to the magnetic sweeper and consists of a main frame body, a mounting feature, a support wheel, a rotary cap and a finned driving wheel. The finned driving wheel is a hollow finned wheel driven by contact with a wall, assisting the magnetic field to move shot from the wall side into the main sweeper's range to be picked up by the main sweeper apparatus.

Abstract: A controllable array sorting device is disclosed, including: an array of diverting mechanisms; and a processor coupled to the array of diverting mechanisms, wherein the processor is configured to: process an instruction to perform a sorting action on a target item, wherein the instruction specifies a selected at least subset of the array of diverting mechanisms to use to perform the sorting action; and in response to the instruction, cause the selected at least subset of the array of diverting mechanisms to perform the sorting action on the target item.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a lockable electric axle are provided. The electric axle includes a first electric machine coupled to a first drive wheel via a first gear set. The electric axle further includes a second electric machine coupled to a second drive wheel via a second gear set, and a locking clutch designed to selectively lock the rotation of a first rotor shaft and a second rotor shaft in the first and second electric machines, respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for analyzing foreign particulate matter in a cathode material powder. The system includes: a transfer unit including a rotating plate having an upper surface having an edge on which a cathode material powder containing foreign particulate matter is placed and a rotary motor rotating the rotating plate and transferring the cathode material powder along the circular arc direction as the rotating plate rotates; a supply unit supplying the cathode material powder to the upper surface of the rotating plate; a roller unit including a main roller pressing the cathode material powder supplied from the supply unit; an imaging unit imaging the cathode material powder spread in the form of a flat film and transferred along the circular arc direction; and an analysis unit analyzing the image captured by the imaging unit to identify the foreign particulate matter.

Abstract: A fifth ball bearing that rotatably supports a rotating shaft is provided on one side of a pinion gear in an axial direction of the rotating shaft. A sixth ball bearing that rotatably supports the rotating shaft is provided on the other side of the pinion gear in the axial direction of the rotating shaft. A carrier is provided with a bearing fixing portion that supports the fifth ball bearing immovably in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, and a bearing guide portion that supports the sixth ball bearing movably in the axial direction of the rotating shaft. The fifth and sixth ball bearings are provided so as not to be close to each other in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, and a female screw portion has a rattling adjustment member that presses the sixth ball bearing toward the side where the fifth ball bearing is provided.

Abstract: Method (200) for controlling an installation for transporting vehicles by at least one continuously moving cable, the method comprising a step of determining at least one oscillation (201) of at least one cable and/or one of the vehicles as a function of at least one parameter chosen from an average tension of the cable, an average speed of the cable, a distance between two successive vehicles, and an average mass carried by the vehicles, a step of generating a database (202) which connects a value of the oscillation to a combination of the average tension of the cable, the average speed of the cable, the distance between two successive vehicles, and the average mass carried by the vehicles, and a step of reducing the oscillation (203) by varying any of the parameters.

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to torque amplifiers. In an illustrative example, prime movers may be disposed radially to and orbiting about a central axis. Each prime mover, for example, may include a rotor coupled to the central axis by planetary gearing such that a torque generated by the rotor is transmitted to the central axis via the planetary gearing. Each prime mover may, for example, include a stator and a counter-torque anchor coupled to the stator and suspended by the central axis such that the counter-torque anchor generates a counter-torque on the stator such that the torque of the rotor and the corresponding counter-torque additively generate work relative to the central axis. Various embodiments may advantageously increase a power output of the torque amplifier relative to a power supplied by the prime movers.

Abstract: A unit includes a housing configured to accommodate a gear connected to a motor, and a cover having a portion sandwiched between the gear and the motor, wherein a catch guide is provided in the housing, the catch guide has an opening that opens toward the gear, and the catch guide has a portion that overlaps a radial side surface of the cover when viewed in a radial direction.