Method and an appliance for separating individual, flat, flexible products from the lower side of a stack
AssigneeFerag AG
InventorsOthmar Brunschwiler, Marcel Ramseier
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Abstract
A method and an associated appliance for the cyclically controlled separating and singularizing of flat, flexible products from the lower side of a stack of such products and for conveying the singularized products away from the stack. The method includes the: gripping the lowermost product of the stack, separating the lowermost product from the stack lower side and transporting the product away from the stack. A first process condition is detected within cycle-linked measuring time window and a second process condition is detected within at least one further cycle-linked measurement time window in the same work cycle, by way of a single sensor in combination with a control device.
Claims20
A method for the cyclically controlled separating and singularizing of flat, flexible products from the lower side of a stack of such products and for conveying the singularized products away from the stack, comprising the steps of:
- gripping the lowermost product of the stack,
- separating the lowermost product from the stack lower side and
- transporting the product away from the stack,
- wherein a first process condition is detected within cycle-linked measuring time window and a second process condition is detected within at least one further cycle-linked measurement time window in the same work cycle, by way of a single sensor in combination with a control device.
An appliance for the cyclically controlled separation and singularization of flat, flexible products from the lower side of a stack of such products and for conveying the singularized products away from the stack, with a control device for the cyclically controlled operation of the appliance,
- wherein the appliance comprises a sensor, which in combination with the control device, is designed for detecting a first process condition within a cycle-linked measurement time window and for detecting a second process condition with a further cycle-linked measurement time window in the same work cycle, for the purpose of detecting irregularities on separating and transporting away the products.
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