An equipment for a logistics of slab-shaped articles, the equipment comprising:
- at least one supply line of at least one slab-shaped article and at least one outlet line of said at least one slab-shaped article;
- at least one robotic gripping assembly of said at least one slab-shaped article provided with at least three degrees of freedom and positioned between said at least one supply line and said at least one outlet line;
- first movement means of said at least one robotic gripping assembly along at least one direction of movement, so as to define at least one work area of said at least one robotic gripping assembly, wherein
- said at least one supply line and said at least one outlet line are substantially aligned to each other along said at least one direction of movement;
- and
- a plurality of temporary storage stations of said at least one slab-shaped article arranged laterally to said at least one robotic gripping assembly and substantially aligned to each other to define at least one row substantially parallel to said at least one direction of movement, wherein
- said at least one robotic gripping assembly is configured to:
- picking said at least one slab-shaped article coming from said at least one supply line,
- positioning said at least one slab-shaped article on at least one of said storage stations, and
- picking said at least one slab-shaped article from at least one of said plurality of temporary storage stations and bring said at least one slab-shaped article to said at least one outlet line,
- wherein said first movement means comprise at least one pair of sliding rails extending parallel to said direction of movement and at least one load-bearing frame associated movable in a sliding manner with said pair of rails and supporting said gripping assembly;
- at least one supporting surface of said gripping assembly which is locked together with said load-bearing frame at least along said direction of movement,
- wherein at least one of said rows comprises at least two groups of said storage stations arranged on top of each other;
- at least one transport line of said slab-shaped article arranged inside said work area and positioned between said supply line and said outlet line,
- wherein said transport line is movable along a direction of transport, substantially parallel to said direction of movement, said gripping assembly picking said slab-shaped article from said transport line, during forward movement of said transport line along said direction of transport, at one of said storage stations, positioning said slab-shaped article on said storage stations and picking a slab-shaped article from one of said storage stations and releasing said slab-shaped article on said transport line at the storage station from which said slab-shaped article has been picked,
- wherein said transport line is substantially aligned to said supply line and to said outlet line, and
- wherein said transport line is arranged at a lower height than said load-bearing frame so that said transport line passes thereunder, said load-bearing frame and said transport line being movable one with respect to the other along said direction of transport and along said direction of movement, respectively.