摘要 |
A piling device (11) forms a pile (15) of sheets (12). For pile change, the finished pile (15) is separated from sheets of the subsequent pile by means of a separating finger (22). After the main stop (17) at the front pile edge has been swung away, the pile is horizontally removed by means of a pile removal device (30) having grippers (31, 32). While this is happening, a carrier element (47) in the form of a horizontally located rack follows the rear pile edge (78) in the region of the pile upper surface (101) so that the separated newly forming pile is immediately taken over onto the carrier element (47). A holding device (77) supports the rear edge of the new pile and holds it firm. The new pile is then transferred onto a piling table (14) by lowering the carrier element (47). A second carrier element (48) works in paternoster fashion with the first and, for the next pile, carries out the same functions as the first set.
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