Abstract
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied by the inventors: “Products and parcels are increasingly prepared and routed through handling facilities where efficiency and flexibility are need ed while the good condition of each processed item must be maintained. Items acr oss wide ranges of weight and size may be passed through a single facility. For example, runs of products having similar or same weight and size may be handled by equipment that is later used to process entirely other products with regard t o mass and dimensions. In other examples, a processing or shipping facility may have a handling line of equipment across which products pass having weights and dimensions that vary from item to item in real time.
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