Method for optimising the cutting and handling unit for elongated products
AssigneeSchnell S.P.A.
InventorAronne Miglioranza
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Abstract
The method for optimising the cutting of elongated products, in particular bars or profiles for reinforced concrete, comprises the steps of arranging in succession along a longitudinal feed direction (Y) a feeding area (5), a cutting assembly (3) and a measuring path (4) for the products (2), the measuring path (4) being configured to receive on a respective receiving plane (4a) the products (2a) cut by the cutting assembly (3). The method also provides for arranging a storage (6) divided into a plurality of compartments (7) downstream of the measuring path (4), for receiving the cut products (2a).
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A method for optimising the cutting of elongated products, including metal bars or profiles for reinforced concrete, comprising the steps of:
- a). arranging in succession along a feeding longitudinal direction a feeding zone, a cutting assembly and a measuring path for said products, said measuring path being configured to receive cut products by said cutting assembly on a respective receiving plane;
- b). arranging laterally to said measuring path a storage divided into a plurality of compartments, for housing said cut products, grouped in bunches formed also after further cutting cycles, said bunches being defined as “closed” when said bunches include a required quantity of said cut products and “open”, in formation, until the required quantity of said cut products is reached;
- c). arranging a manipulator assembly comprising at least one gripping device configured to grip said cut products and operating at least beside said measuring path, said gripping device being movable in a collecting motion according to a collecting direction, in an unloading motion according to an unloading direction and in a transfer motion relative to said measuring path;
- d). in a suitable phase relationship feeding said products in any number along said measuring path and operating said cutting assembly in a cutting cycle, so as to make one or more consecutive cuts on said fed products and obtain along said receiving plane one or more series of cut products in succession, of the same size or of different sizes;
- e). operating said gripping device in said collecting motion according to said collecting direction to at least partially collect said cut products in said cutting cycle, said collecting device holding said collected cut products gripped;
- f). actuating said gripping device in said transfer motion, gripping said cut products collected by said gripping device;
- g). positioning said gripping device at a selected compartment of said storage;
- h). operating said gripping device according to said unloading motion in said unloading direction so as to release at least a part of said collected cut products into said selected compartment.
A method comprising:
- providing a manipulator assembly for elongated products including bars for reinforced concrete or metal profiles, associated with a measuring path, arranged downstream of a cutting assembly according to a longitudinal feeding direction, for receiving on a respective receiving plane said cut products by said cutting assembly;
- providing said manipulator assembly to be operative at least laterally to said measuring path between said measuring path and a storage for said cut products arranged at one side of said measuring path and divided into a plurality of compartments;
- providing the manipulator assembly such that it comprises at least one gripping device movable with respect to said way measuring path and to said storage in a collecting motion according to a collecting direction, to collect at least a part of said cut products, in a transfer motion to transfer to a selected compartment of said storage said collected cut products and in an unloading motion according to an unloading direction to release said collected cut products or part of them in said selected compartment of said storage.
A manipulator assembly for elongated products, including metal bars or profiles for reinforced concrete, associable with a measuring path, arranged downstream of a cutting assembly in a longitudinal feeding direction, for receiving on a respective receiving plane said cut products by said cutting assembly, and associable with a storage arranged at the side of said measuring path, said manipulator assembly comprising:
- at least one gripping device movable with respect to said measuring path and to a storage in a collecting motion according to a collecting direction to collect at least a part of said cut products, in a transfer motion for transferring said collected cut products to said storage and in an unloading motion according to an unloading direction to release said collected cut products or part of said collected cut products in said storage, said gripping device comprising a plurality of gripping members selectively operable in groups, each said group comprising a plurality or bank of adjacent gripping members, aligned according to said longitudinal direction, said manipulator assembly being combined with a plant control system configured to control said gripping device in said collection, transfer and unloading motion.
An apparatus for handling elongated products, including bars for reinforced concrete or metal profiles, the apparatus comprising:
- a measuring path is configured to be arranged downstream of a cutting assembly in a longitudinal feeding direction, for receiving on a respective receiving plane said cut products by said cutting assembly,
- a storage arranged laterally to said measuring path and comprising a plurality of compartments, to house said cut products, grouped in bunches formed also after further cutting cycles, said bunches being defined “closed” when they include a required quantity of said cut products and “open”, in formation, until the required quantity of said cut products is reached, and
- a manipulator assembly, operative at least on the side of said measuring path, comprising at least one gripping device movable for a collecting motion according to a collecting direction to collect said cut products, in a transfer motion according to a transfer direction to transfer said collected cut products to said storage and an unloading motion according to an unloading direction to unload said collected cut products in one or more said compartments of said storage.
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