Abstract: A metal collector for a pipeline disclosed herein includes: a first magnet arranged on an outer surface of a pipeline in a state where a N pole is directed toward an inner side of the pipeline and a S pole is directed toward an outer side; a second magnet arranged on another part of the outer surface of the pipeline in a state where a S pole is directed toward the inner side and a N pole is directed toward the outer side; a magnetic circuit forming member that is a ferromagnetic material connected to the S pole of the first magnet and the N pole of the second magnet. The metal collector can remove the metal foreign substance from the fluid inside the pipeline.

Abstract: A solar panel recycling and sorting machine includes a crushing device and a recycling device. The crushing device is provided with a crushing tank, and the crushing device is configured to project metal particles into the crushing tank. The recycling device includes a first conveyor belt, a first magnetic separator, a recycling tube, and a metal particle container. The metal particles from the crushing tank is configured to fall onto the first conveyor belt and be fed into the first magnetic separator. The first magnetic separator is configured to sort out the metal particles on the first conveyor belt using magnetic force and direct the metal particles into the recycling tube, allowing the metal particles to enter the metal particle container through the recycling tube.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an automated waste sorter (100) for sorting/segregating one or more categories of materials from a mixed waste stream. The automated waste sorter (100) includes a primary conveyor belt (110), an encoder (170), one or more sensors (131), a vision system (130) and an ejection means (150). The primary conveyor belt (110) moves the mixed waste stream at a predefined speed. The vision system (130) is trained to analyze the frame to identify, classify and locate one or more classified waste material using at least one of a plurality of identity parameters and/or a plurality of other parameters. The ejection means (150) includes one or more manifolds to eject the one or more classified waste material based on the one or more coordinates communicated by the vision system (130). A method to operate the automated waste sorter (100) is also disclosed.

Abstract: A sorting method automatically sorts workpieces arranged in a removal area of a flatbed machine tool, in particular a laser cutting machine or a punching machine, into a deposit area after a sorting process. The method includes: creating at least one actual image that depicts an actual state of the removal area; and analyzing the actual image to identify process disruptions. A measure to adjust the sorting process is automatically initiated upon identifying a process disruption.

Abstract: A goods sorting system includes at least one layer of operation platform, a control server, and at least one first robot operating on the operation platform. Each first robot includes at least two delivery mechanisms. Each operation platform includes at least two delivery container layers corresponding to the delivery mechanisms. Each delivery container layer includes at least one delivery container. The control server determines a target delivery container, a target delivery container layer, and a target operation platform, based on information of goods to be sorted; dispatches one first robot as a target first robot and determines one delivery mechanism as a target delivery mechanism, based on the target delivery container layer and the target operation platform; and controls the target delivery mechanism to obtain the goods to be sorted. The first robot delivers the goods to be sorted in the target delivery mechanism into the target delivery container.

Abstract: A vibratory screening machine includes replaceable screen assemblies. Compression mechanisms are used to secure replaceable screen assemblies to the vibratory screening machine. Each compression mechanism applies a force to a replaceable screen assembly that includes both a horizontal component and a downward vertical component. Each replaceable screen assembly is typically substantially flat prior to installation on a vibratory screening machine. The force applied to a screen assembly by one or more compression mechanisms causes the screen assembly to be pushed into engagement with underlying concave support members such that the screen assembly itself assumes a concave shape with the center of the screen assembly being lower than the side edges. The vertical downward component of the force helps to secure the screen assembly to the screening machine.

Abstract: A beverage bottle sorting mechanism and a sorting and recycling device are provided. The beverage bottle sorting mechanism includes a frame and further includes a first sorting member and a second sorting member mounted side by side on the frame, a driving member is further provided on the frame, and the driving member is connected to the first sorting member and the second sorting member by transmission for driving the first and second sorting members to rotate and execute first, second, and third sorting stations. Compared to a conventional sorting mechanism that can shift materials in only two directions for sorting using a single sorting plate, the utility model can adjust three sorting stations, achieve three sorting positions in the middle and on the left and right sides of two sorting members, and shift three types of beverage bottles to different positions according to recognition results of the previous process.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a container testing equipment, specifically related to the field of analysis and testing, which includes: a conveying mechanism, and a rejection mechanism, a testing mechanism, and a driving mechanism provided on the conveying mechanism; the conveying mechanism for conveying containers to be tested; the rejection mechanism includes a container pushing device and a container holding device disposed opposite each other on both sides of the conveying mechanism, and the container pushing device is used to push the containers to be tested on the conveying mechanism into the container holding device when the working circuit is on. The present disclosure improves the efficiency and accuracy of container testing and greatly reduces the possibility of damage to the analyzing instrument due to over-high containers.

Abstract: A cellular mechanical property measurement and sorting method comprises: cells to be sorted being arranged in a straight line after passing through a standing wave acoustic field generated by a first interdigital transducer; the cells flowing through a focused acoustic field generated by a second interdigital transducer, and the focused acoustic field generating a radiation force on the cells, such that the cells are deformed; performing calculation according to information of the radiation force and deformation, so as to obtain elastic moduli of the cells; determining the positions of the cells, and selectively driving, with designed delay time, interdigital transducers in a cell sorting unit according to the moving speeds of the cells and the distances between the cells and the sorting unit, and triggering, according to the elastic moduli, a corresponding interdigital transducer to generate a planar acoustic field, so as to sort the cells.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a growing medium comprises accumulating a particulate material. The particulate material comprises particles having a range of particle sizes. The method further comprises agitating the particulate material which causes smaller particles of particulate material to sink to the bottom of the growing medium under gravity and to thereby displace larger particles of particulate material to the top of the growing medium. There is also provided a growing medium comprising a particulate material defining a volume of particulate material which comprises particles having a range of particle sizes. The concentration of smaller particles of particulate material increases from the bottom of the volume of the particulate material to the top of the volume of the particulate material. The concentration of larger particles of particulate material decreases from the bottom of the volume of particulate material to the top of the volume of particulate material.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to processing materials in recycling of used solar panels. A used solar panel may comprise components manufactured from materials of high purity, that are expensive to prepare from scratch. Examples of such high purity materials can include but are not limited to: metals (silver; copper; tin; lead), photovoltaic material (e.g., precisely doped crystalline silicon; CdTe), and optically transparent materials (e.g., optical glass; plastics). Accordingly, embodiments recover one or more high purity materials from a starting material pre-processed from a used solar module, by using a recycling process comprising multiple successive separation events. Such events can include, but are not limited to: chemical separation (leaching, filtration, precipitation), physical separation (e.g., shredding/sieving), thermal separation (e.g., furnace heating), and/or electrical separation (e.g., electrowinning, electrostatic).

Abstract: A portable cooking system and apparatus for panning gold including a base member with a V-shaped trough having two ledges and a supporting member disposed on each end; a fire box that fits within the V-shaped trough; a steamer basket that fits within the base member with ledges extending along the top sides of the steamer basket; a grill top that is configured to rest on top of the ledges of the steamer basket and/or base member; and a cover with a handles. The ledges of the steamer basket rest on top of the ledges of the base member. Rails on the cover are configured to slide underneath and around the ledges on the base member and steamer basket. A sluice bar is disposed on an inside wall of the fire box and comprises a plurality of horizontal slots arranged in offset rows with protrusions extending from the bottom edge.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an article sorting apparatus and an article sorting system, wherein the article sorting apparatus includes a first receiving means and a second receiving means which are both configured to receive an article, wherein the second receiving means is arranged below the first receiving means along a vertical direction; a transfer means arranged upstream of the second receiving means for transferring a received article to the second receiving means; and a sorting member for sorting the article to the first receiving means or the transfer means. The article sorting system includes an article sorting apparatus. The first receiving means and the second receiving means are arranged longitudinally along a vertical direction, which reduces the occupied space of the article sorting apparatus and allows for more space for article storage.

Abstract: A magnetic substance separation device is configured for attracting magnetic substances in a sample within a sample container. The magnetic substance separation device includes a casing and at least one magnetic component assembly. The casing has at least one accommodation compartment. The at least one magnetic component assembly is disposed in the at least one accommodation compartment, and the at least one magnetic component assembly includes at least four cubic magnetic components. In addition, the at least four cubic magnetic components are linearly arranged with different magnetization directions, allowing magnetic field lines of the at least one magnetic component assembly to concentrate on one side, such that the at least one magnetic component assembly forms at least one strong magnetic surface on the casing. The at least one strong magnetic surface is configured to attract the magnetic substances in the sample within the sample container.

Abstract: Systems and methods for separating components of a mixture are provided. The systems can include at least one section that defines a tortured path configured to provide some components in one direction along the section and other components in another direction along the section. Methods can provide for the separation of bubbles within a liquid matrix, liquid separation, liquid/solid separation, and/or solids separation.

Abstract: Centralized control of multiple sorting facilities is disclosed, including: a feedback interface configured to collect sorting results feedback data from a first sorting facility, wherein the first sorting facility is associated with a second sorting facility; and one or more processors configured to reconfigure a set of sorting facility devices located in the second sorting facility based at least in part on the sorting results feedback data.

Abstract: Chamber bank for use in a sorting operation includes chambers for receiving a receptacle therein. Each chamber is defined by a floor, a left wall, a right wall, and a rear wall that together define a receiving space for a receptacle. At least one of the left and right wall is taller than the corresponding abutting side wall of the receptacle received therein. A system assigns a first number of articles occupying a first volume to the receptacle such that the first number of articles overfills the receptacle when all of the first number of articles are deposited thereinto.

Abstract: A sorting method and a sorting device for sorting glass panel cut pieces, as well as a device for producing cut-out glass panels with a cutting system for cutting raw glass panels into individual glass panel cut pieces, and with a sorting device of this type, as well as a method for producing cut-out glass panels.

Abstract: A classification device includes: a sorting mechanism that sorts a group of powder particles using an airflow; a dust collector that generates the airflow; a measuring instrument that measures a measurement value related to a speed of the airflow; and a control device that performs wind speed control that controls the speed of the airflow so that the measurement value is maintained within a control range.

Abstract: Various devices are described for separating magnetic beads from a suspension in a tube. The devices allow a magnet to be placed near, or removed from, a cap associated with the tube. Magnetic beads can be attached to the cap by holding the tube such that the suspension flows onto an inner surface of the cap. The cap may be removed and replaced on a tube or moved to a different tube. Removing the device, or a magnet of the device, allows the magnetic beads to be released into a liquid in a tube. In a kit, a plurality of tubes may be pre-filled with reagents for an assay. In a process, the device can be used to move magnetic beads from one tube to another. Other devices and process are described for separating magnetic beads from liquid in a syringe or flowing into or out of a syringe.