SYSTEM, GRIPPING HEAD, AND METHOD FOR DISPLACING PRODUCTS

摘要

A system for displacing products includes: a conveyor (3) for conveying a product (5) in a conveying direction, a gripping device (7) having a moveable gripping head (9) to displace the product from the conveyor to another location, the gripping head includes: a base (32), at least one gripping finger (36) moveably mounted to the base for movement between a gripping position for holding a first side of the product and an open position in which the product is able to pass the at least one gripping finger in a passing direction, where the at least one gripping finger is arranged such that it initially moves away from the product in the passing direction when moving from the gripping position to the open position.