Automation apparatus of analysis laboratory

An automation apparatus of an analysis laboratory, for handling support devices provided for supporting containers of biological samples, said automation apparatus comprising:

• two main automatic belt conveyors arranged in positions spaced from one another on a floor, and having at least one respective main guide lane on which the support devices are configured to run,
• at least two lift devices, each associated with a respective main automatic belt conveyor and each including a bearing structure spaced in a substantially vertical direction, and a movable platform carried by said bearing structure and arranged movable along said bearing structure,
• at least two main loading/unloading stations, each associated with a respective main automatic belt conveyor and with its lift device thereof, each main station being configured to form and temporarily host batches of said support devices coming from the respective main guide lane, said batches being formed to be transferred to the respective movable platform, or vice versa,
• at least one auxiliary automatic belt conveyor having at least one auxiliary transport lane, on which the support devices are configured to run, said auxiliary automatic conveyor being operatively connected to the main automatic belt conveyors by means of the lift devices, and being spaced at a different height with respect to said main automatic belt conveyors, so that said auxiliary automatic belt conveyor allows a transport flow of the support devices from one main automatic belt conveyor to the other main automatic belt conveyor and/or vice versa, while space between the two main automatic belt conveyors allows passage of operators from one side to the other of the two main automatic belt conveyors,
• at least a pair of auxiliary loading/unloading stations located at a same height as the auxiliary automatic belt conveyor, each auxiliary station being associated with a respective lift device and being configured to form and host batches of said support devices coming from the auxiliary transport lane, said batches being formed to be transferred to the respective movable platform, or vice versa,
• each main and auxiliary loading/unloading station including respective handling elements configured to form batches of support devices and to carry out a loading step of said batches on the movable platform and/or an unloading step of said batches from the movable platform,
• said automation apparatus further comprising at least one central electronic control unit configured to control handling operations of the support devices along the main and auxiliary belt conveyors.