MATERIAL SEPARATION DEVICE AND MATERIAL SEPARATION METHOD

摘要

A material separation apparatus (1) is equipped with a mounting unit (2), a blow unit (3), a suction unit (4), a suction pad drive unit (5), and a control unit (10). The blow unit (3) blows air on a plurality of aluminum sheets (11) mounted on the mounting unit (2) and suspends the uppermost aluminum sheet (11) in the air. The suction unit (4) sucks and maintains the uppermost aluminum sheet (11) with the air blown thereon from above using suction pads (411). The suction pad drive unit (5), with servomotors (50) as a drive source, vertically drives the suction unit (4). The control unit (10) implements control in such a manner that the suction pads (411) sucking the aluminum sheet (11) are raised to a temporary stopping position (h1) by the suction pad drive unit (5), and stopped at the temporary stopping position (h1) for a predetermined time while the air is stopped, and then raised to a carrying position (h2) by the suction pad drive unit (5).