UNIT AND METHOD TO WORK RELATIVELY RIGID MATERIAL SUCH AS CARDBOARD AND PACKING BOX

摘要

Unit (10) and method to work relatively rigid material such as cardboard in sheets (1 1), to make boxes. The unit (10) comprises at least a loader (16) suitable to have, according to a desired order, one or more substantially flat reinforcement elements (15), and gripping means (17) movable between a first gripping position in which they cooperate with the loader (16) to pick up one or more of the reinforcement elements (15), and a second positioning condition, in which they position the reinforcement elements (15) on the sheet (1 1), according to a predetermined positioning pattern.