Automatic stacker with rotary heads for stacking, in an ordered manner in alternate upright and inverted layers, metal sections originating from a rolling mill

摘要

An automatic stacker with rotary heads (13) for stacking in an ordered manner in alternate upright and inverted layers rolled metal sections originating from a rolling mill via a transport line (29) is characterised in that each head (13) also undergoes vertical translational movement in the directions of the arrow (38) substantially parallel to itself, said movement being provided by second drive means independent of the first providing the rotation of the head (13) itself. In this way, the head (13) deposits softly and with precision each layer (12) of sections on the layer placed below, thus avoiding jamming and badly made stacking. <IMAGE>