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Apparatus and Method for the Stacking of Stackable Parts

  • US 20130017052A1
  • Filed: 07/02/2012
  • Published: 01/17/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for the stacking of stackable parts with a conveyor station with at least one conveyor on which the parts may be transported separately, and at least one stacking container in which the parts may be stacked, wherein, to transfer the parts between the conveyor station and the stacking container, there is provided a stacking device which takes parts from the conveyor of the conveyor station and stacks them in the stacking container, and wherein the stacking device has at least one pair of stacking robots containing two stacking robots operating independently of one another, wherein the stacking robots alternately or simultaneously take up parts from the conveyor and are so controlled by a control unit that a first and/or second stacking robot takes up at least one part from the conveyor, while simultaneously the second and/or first stacking robot transfers to or stacks in the stacking container used by both stacking robots a part already picked up, while with simultaneous taking up of parts by the first and second stacking robots, simultaneous stacking in the common stacking container is effected at two different stacking places.

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