Glass cutting line with integral offal storage and retrieval system and method

摘要

A glass cutting line includes a cutting table having a movable cutting head cutting glass work pieces on the table and a conveyor for moving glass work pieces onto and off of the cutting table The line includes a loader adjacent the cutting table having a loader table, a loader table conveyor, and a table loader unit receiving and delivering glass work pieces to the loader table. The loader table conveyor transports the glass work pieces to the cutting table. The line includes a cassette work piece storage and retrieval unit positioned vertically below the loader table when the loader table is positioned to transport the glass work pieces to the cutting table. The cassette work piece storage and retrieval unit receives work pieces from the cutting table and delivers work pieces to the cutting table from any of a plurality of storage locations.