Device and method for seizing and setting down impact-sensitive sheets

A process for mechanically grasping and setting down impact-sensitive plates, such as flat glass, of various formats on at least one stack arrangement, such that they are ready for dispatch, by means of a control device in the form of a multi-axis robot arm which has a gripping device for mechanically gripping the plates, said process having the following process steps:

• a) the geometric dimensions of the plates (13) to be transported are determined and the plates (13) are gripped via at least one collet chuck (3, 4),
• b) the plates (13) to be transported are guided to the set-down position and deposited there,
• c) the at least one collet chuck (3, 4) is loosened,
• d) the gripping device is moved back by a distance in a direction which leads away from the positioning location, as a result of which the plates (13) are tilted by an angle,
• e) at least one pressure finger (6) is guided along the lower parts of the surface in order to prevent the inclined plates (13) from fanning out,
• f) at least one collet chuck (3, 4) reaches around the compact stack of inclined plates (13), and the stack is then guided and deposited in flush fashion on the bottom edge of the set-down position, and
• g) the at least one collet chuck (4) is rotated away from the upper positioning region of the plates and the inclined plates are then pressed against the rear wall of the positioning region.