摘要 |
Apparatus and method to easily open bags mechanically. In particular, the invention provides a bag manipulation apparatus (1) which includes two or more engagement elements (2, 3), and each engagement element includes one or more mechanical gripping means of a movable gripper blade (5), a fixed gripper block (8) and rubber pads (6), characterised in that at least one engagement element includes a driving apparatus such as a pneumatic ram (4) configured to drive the engagement element to place the gripping means of the engagement element in contact with the side of a bag (10) in such a way that the side of the bag can be gripped by the gripping means, and subsequent movement of one engagement element relative to the other engagement element is sufficient to open the bag.
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