摘要 |
<p>1. A process for forming a load by stacking bags or boxes in horizontal layers, during the course of which process the bags are transported from a single bag supplying apparatus to a stacking table (21), the process comprising the following steps : a) at the outlet of the supply apparatus the bags are arranged in two lines (10, 11) along two sides of the stacking table ; b) these two lines are transferred onto the stacking table to form a layer ; c) the stacking table is lowered by a height corresponding to that of the said layer, then a further layer is formed ; and d) when the desired stack has been formed, it is ejected from the stacking table, the process being characterised in that the bags are arranged along two perpendicular sides of the stacking table without changing their orientation, and, a first line (10) being formed along a first side of the stacking table, a second line (11) is formed along the second side of the stacking table at the same time as the first line (10) is being transferred onto the stacking table, then the stacking table is rotated through 90 degrees and a fresh line (10) is formed along the first side of the stacking table at the same time as the second line (11) is being transferred onto the stacking table.</p> |