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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 plies 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 arranged to pick and move planar plies of cut fiber material, wherein the ply sorting device further comprises a planar pickup plane and wherein the picker comprises a gripper head comprising a plurality of gripper organs arranged in a gripper plane, and a detection plane parallel to the pickup plane arranged to detect trailing material extending between the pickup plane and the gripper plane, wherein the detection plane is a light screen arranged parallel to the pickup plane.
A method of sorting plies of differing geometry comprising:
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