Bundling Method and System for long Products

摘要

A method and system for bundling long ferrous products comprises a roller table (10) for delivering the products longitudinally to a receiving station (12). A cradle (14) is spaced laterally from the receiving station (12) and is constructed and arranged to receive and accumulate the products in bundle form. A stacker (16) is positioned between the receiving station (12) and the cradle (14), and a pre-stacker (18) is positioned between the stacker (16) and the receiving station (12). A transport system (20) laterally advances products from the receiving station (12) to the pre-stacker (18), and the pre-stacker operates in concert with the transport system (20) to pre-stack multiple layers of the products into sub-bundles and to transfer the sub-bundles to the stacker (16), which then operates to deposit the sub-bundles in the cradle (14).