Patent ID: 8789678

Claim:
A conveyor system comprising: a track section comprising a control system, a drive system that is controlled by the control system, a plurality of moving elements that are driven by the drive system, and a pallet support apparatus; and a plurality of pallets that are configured to engage with the moving elements and move on the pallet support apparatus; and a plurality of workstations provided along the track section, each workstation at a predetermined pitch from each adjacent workstation, wherein at least some of the pitches between adjacent workstations are different among the plurality of workstations, and at least one workstation comprises multiple pallet locations to operate on more than one pallet at a time, wherein the control system, drive system and moving elements are configured such that each pallet of the plurality of pallets is independently advanced through the workstations based on the pitches of the workstations and the at least one workstation having multiple pallet locations.