摘要 |
In an installation for processing piece goods and comprising at least one processing station with at least one means for supplying products to be processed and with at least one means for removing processed products, a processing device (1) serves for product processing and for product supply and/or product removal a supply un it (10.1) or removal unit (10.2) is provided which unit is displaceable relativ e to the processing device. These units comprise a closed-in-itself rails track (11), along which product grippers travel substantially independently of one another carrying products (20) from a take-over zone (12) through a buffering zone (13) into a deliv- ery zone (14) and without products along a return sector (16) from the delivery zone (14) back to the take-over zone (12). The units further comprise a take-over drive and a delivery drive, these drives being independent of one another. The deliver y drive of the supply unit (10.1) and the take-over drive of the removal unit are couplable to the periphery of the processing device e.g. by means of a power take-off (boldfa ce arrow 22) in the form of a toothed belt. By means of this coupling the correspondi ng drive is synchronized with the processing device or is in addition to being synchronized also being driven by the processing device. The installation is e.g. used fo r producing products from a plurality of sub-products, wherein the majority of the means for sup- plying the sub-products are designed as supply units (10.1). These units render the installation very flexible with respect to the production of different products and give it easy handling for conversions, adjustments, trouble-shooting and maintenance.
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