Powered, angled-roller array delamination equipment

A method for delaminating a stream of articles comprising:

• through operation of at least one processor in a control system configured via executable instructions included in at least one memory:
• receiving position data of each of the articles carried by a delamination unit comprising a plurality of individually controlled rollers via a detection unit comprising at least one sensor configured to detect a position of each of the articles,
• correlating the position data with the plurality of the individually controlled rollers via a controller unit comprising at least one processor where the controller unit interfaces with the delamination unit and the detection unit, and
• controlling speed and direction of each of the rollers of the plurality of individually controlled rollers based on the position data to delaminate the articles, wherein the individually controlled rollers are grouped, and wherein groups of rollers are arranged in multiple different secondary planes.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by at least one processor perform a method for delaminating a stream of articles comprising:

• through operation of at least one processor in a control system configured via executable instructions included in at least one memory;
• receiving position data of articles carried by a delamination unit comprising a plurality of individually controlled rollers via a detection unit comprising at least one sensor configured to detect a position of each of the articles,
• correlating the position data with the plurality of individually controlled rollers via a controller unit comprising at least one processor where the controller unit interfaces with the delamination unit and the detection unit, and
• controlling speed and direction of each of the rollers of the plurality of individually controlled rollers based on the position data to delaminate the articles, wherein individually controlled rollers are grouped, and wherein groups of rollers are arranged in multiple different secondary planes.