摘要 |
A method and apparatus for picking up and carrying preforms from bulk transport on a belt and carrying the preforms into a container, includes at least: shooting a series of images of the conveyor belt with the bulk preforms thereon, with one or more vision systems located adjacent to the belt and the pick-up area for a first handling element; the snapshot being taken prior to picking up by the element; communicating the actual position of the preforms on the belt to the first handling element, to allow definition of the pick-up spatial coordinates of one of the preforms that have been viewed; picking up the perform; intermediately stopping the preform on a rack that has a plurality of housings corresponding to the preform size; picking up the preforms from the rack with a second handling element having at least one suction gripping head; and depositing the preforms into an appropriate container.
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