of actuators 221 b which are longer disengages from the remaining movable projections 190 c d and 190 g h this allows the remaining movable projections 190 c d and 190 g h to return to their naturally biased positions this movement causes the workpiece 10 to be moved against the alignment pin 180 c see fig6 the time between the disengagement of the first set of actuators 221 a and the second set of actuators 221 b is determined based on the difference in height between these two sets of actuators 221 a b and the speed at which the actuator plate 220 moves assuming that the actuator plate 220 moves at a constant speed of course this time can be adjusted by using a non linear speed profile for the actuator plate 220 this can be achieved by controlling the linear actuator 280 to slow the speed of the actuator plate 220 after the first set of actuators 221 a have disengaged performing two direction alignment in two separate steps may in some embodiments reduce workpiece breakage or workpiece jamming or misalignment in the cell in other embodiments the alignment in both directions is performed simultaneously in another embodiment the actuator plate 220 can be implemented as two separate plates where one plate has the first set of actuators 221 a and the second plate has the second set of actuators.