Handling of stacked sheet materials has a facility for stacking and separating into selected stack size

摘要

The stacking control and handling system has sheets (4) fed by a conveyor (2) onto a stack (30) on a pallet (12) where they are aligned by a back wall (8). A predetermined number of sheets in the stack may be separated by inserting a tool with suction (28) that is raised to the appropriate height. A support table (58) is then inserted to collect the separated stack.