SYSTEM FOR THE HANDLING OF HIDES BETWEEN TANNERY MACHINES

摘要

The invention is a system (1; 70) for handling, loading and unloading hides between tannery machines (P, S, R), comprising: one or more input storage units (20i, 30i, 90i, 100i) for the hides, arranged upstream of the machines; one or more output storage units (10u, 20u, 80u, 90u) for the hides, arranged downstream of the machines; an auxiliary carriage (40; 110) provided with first drive means (44) so as to move it in front of the storage units along a transit direction (X3) and position it selectively in front of any storage unit, and with second drive means (46) associated with a transport surface (45) so as to transfer the hides between the transport surface (45) and the storage units according to a transfer direction (Y) orthogonal to the transit direction (X3). The auxiliary carriage (40; 110) comprises also third drive means (50) suited to move the transport surface (45) near to and away from the storage units along the transfer direction (Y) to define a position close to each corresponding storage unit during the transfer of the hides and a position spaced from the storage units during the movement of the carriage (40; 110) along the transit direction (X3). The auxiliary carriage also comprises means (56) for rotating the transport surface (45) according to a vertical axis.