摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for transporting and sorting works with which works are received, transported, and sorted at high speed, and which requires reduced installation area, and to provide a method for transporting and sorting works.SOLUTION: The apparatus 1 for transporting and sorting works includes a transporting device 10, and a sorting device 20 installed adjacent to the transporting device. The transporting device includes handlers 2 for holding side surfaces of a work W, a disk-shaped transporting and supporting body 5 having a plurality of handlers 2 in the circumferential direction, and a rotationally driving mechanism 6 for intermittently rotating the transporting and supporting body 5 at every predetermined angle. The handler 2 has a fixed portion 4 fixed to the transporting and supporting body 5, and a movable portion 3 provided at a position opposite to the fixed portion 4 so that the movable portion is close to and separate from the fixed portion 4. Any of the fixed portion 4 and the movable portion 3 has a first abutment portion abutting on one side surface of the work, and a second abutment portion formed to be set at a predetermined angle relative to the first abutment portion, and abutting on an adjacent side surface adjacent to one side surface of the work. |