Device and method for accumulating and transferring

摘要

A device (2) for accumulating and transferring objects includes: a feed conveyor (6), a discharge conveyor (8), an accumulation surface (27), a first transfer element (18) for moving at least one batch of objects from the feed conveyor to the accumulation surface, a second transfer element (7) for moving at least one batch of objects from the accumulation surface to the output conveyor. At least one of the first and second transfer element includes a robotic handling device (18) provided with a handling head (17) for at least one batch of objects. The accumulation surface (27) is a conveyor (7) which forms the second transfer element and the direction of which is inclined and preferably perpendicular to the direction of conveyance of the input conveyor (6).

主权项

1. A device (2, 40) for accumulation and transfer of objects (1): comprising:
a feed conveyor (6), having a downstream portion (6b) that extends in a first conveying direction; an output conveyor (8, 45), having an upstream portion (8a) that extends in a second conveying direction; an accumulation surface (27, 43); a first transfer means (18, 41) to move at least one batch of objects from the feed conveyor onto the accumulation surface; and a second transfer means (7, 42) to move at least one batch of objects from the accumulation surface onto the output conveyor, wherein at least one of the first and second transfer means comprises a robotic manipulator (18, 41, 42) equipped with a head (17, 48) for manipulating at least one batch of objects, and wherein the accumulation surface (27, 43) comprises an upstream side, adjacent to the downstream portion (6b) of the feed conveyor (6), and a downstream side, opposite the upstream side in an accumulation direction that is angled with respect to at least one of the conveying directions, with said downstream side being adjacent to the upstream portion (8a) of the output conveyor (8).