Patent ID: 11897211
Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An extrudate handling system for positioning an extrudate segment on a dryer tray after cutting of the extrudate segment from wet extrudate material, the system comprising:
at least one imaging device configured to:
image an end face of the extrudate segment prior to resting of the extrudate segment on the dryer tray; and
generate, during linear translation of the extrudate segment and prior to resting of the extrudate segment on the dryer tray, at least one imaging output signal indicative of a rotational position of the end face of the extrudate segment; and

at least one rotational effector configured to, during translation of the extrudate segment and prior to resting of the extrudate segment on the dryer tray, rotate the extrudate segment around a central longitudinal axis of the extrudate segment and align the extrudate segment to have a selected orientation, responsive to the at least one imaging output signal.