Plate aligner

An arrangement for aligning plates in an array of plates being transported along a transport path in a substantially horizontal plane, the plates having a first side and a second side, said the first side and the second side being parallel and arranged on opposite sides of the plate, and a front side and a rear side, wherein the first side, the second side, the front side, and the rear side delimit a plate area, and wherein when an array of such plates is being transported along the transport path, the rear side of a first plate is adjacent the front side of a subsequent plate, wherein the arrangement comprises:

• a conveyor along the first side of the plate for conveying the plates along the transport path;
• and
• an aligner arranged along the transport path of the array of plates, wherein the aligner or a part of the aligner is movable relative to the transport path from a first position where the aligner is disengaged with the array of plates to a second position where the aligner is in engagement with at least one or part of one side of one of the plates in the array of plates,
• wherein the array of plates when being aligned remains in the substantially horizontal plane of the transport path;
• and
• wherein, in the second position, the aligner moves in the same direction and speed as plates travelling on the transport path.