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AssigneeAirborne International B.V.
InventorsThomas Theodorus Arnoldus van Overbeek, Casper Marinus Hofstede, Johannes Paul van Sighem, Tjalling Stelma
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A ply sorting device is disclosed, comprising a picker and a buffer. The picker is arranged to pick planar plies of cut fiber material and move them to the buffer. The buffer comprises a plurality of substantially planar supports each arranged to receive phes from the picker and to support the plies in planar orientation. The planar supports are movably arranged relative to each other to receive the plies. In addition, a method of sorting plies of differing geometry is disclosed. Planar plies of cut fiber material are picked and moved to supports of a buffer where plies are received in a planar orientation, and supports are moved relative to each other to receive the plies.
A ply sorting device, comprising a picker and a buffer, wherein the picker is arranged to pick planar plies of cut fiber material and move them to the buffer, and wherein the buffer comprises a plurality of planar supports interspaced perpendicular to their plane and wherein the supports are arranged to move perpendicular to their plane, each support being further arranged to receive plies from the picker and to support the plies in planar orientation, wherein the planar supports are arranged movable only perpendicular to their plane relative to each other to receive the plies, wherein the supports are arranged to be moved perpendicular to their plane from a storage position in which they have a covering arrangement of a select support that prevents receiving of plies, to a receiving position with supports above the select support spaced perpendicular relative to the plane of the select support that allows receiving of plies by the select support and wherein the select planar support assumes the receiving position by vertical movement of a group of the plurality of planar supports.
A method of sorting plies of differing geometry, comprising, picking and moving planar plies of cut fiber material to supports of a buffer where the plies are received in a planar orientation, and moving the supports only perpendicular to their plane relative to each other to receive the plies, wherein the supports are moved from a storage position in which they have a covering arrangement of a select support that prevents receiving of plies, to a receiving position with supports above the select support spaced perpendicular relative to the plane of the select support that allows receiving of plies by the select support and wherein the select planar support assumes the receiving position by vertical movement of a group of the plurality of planar supports.
A ply sorting device, comprising a picker and a buffer, wherein the picker is arranged to pick planar plies of cut fiber material and move them to the buffer, and wherein the buffer comprises a plurality of planar supports having a surface area greater than a footprint of a planar pile to be received on one of the plurality of planar supports, the planar supports being interspaced perpendicular to their plane and wherein the supports are arranged to move perpendicular to their plane, each support being further arranged to receive plies from the picker and to support the plies in planar orientation, wherein the planar supports are arranged movable only perpendicular to their plane relative to each other to receive the plies, wherein the supports are arranged to be moved perpendicular to their plane from a storage position in which they have a covering arrangement of a select support that prevents receiving of plies, to a receiving position with supports above the select support spaced perpendicular relative to the plane of the select support that allows receiving of plies by the select support.
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