Automated flow control for rubber product manufacturing processes

A supply installation for a site for producing rubber products from rubber blocks of rubber mixtures of predetermined weight and volume, the supply installation comprising:

• an input station where the supply installation performs a process of entry of empty bins for receiving, during a picking process, rubber blocks identified to satisfy a rubber product production campaign;
• a discharge station where the supply installation performs a process of discharging full bins containing the picked rubber blocks;
• a supply means that manages the transport of the empty bins and the full bins to the supply installation;
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• a picking station that performs a process of picking the rubber blocks grouped in a container according to the status of the current rubber product production campaign.

A flow control process for generating substantially automated flow control in a site for producing rubber products from rubber blocks of rubber mixtures of predetermined weight and volume, the process comprising the following steps:

• a step of recovering containers containing rubber blocks identified to satisfy a campaign for the production of the rubber products;
• a step of transporting the recovered containers to a supply installation of the site, during which each recovered container is identified with an associated nature of rubber mixture, the supply installation comprising:
• an input station where the supply installation performs a process of entry of empty bins for receiving, during a picking process, rubber blocks identified to satisfy a rubber product production campaign;
• a discharge station where the supply installation performs a process of discharging full bins containing the picked rubber blocks;
• a supply means that manages the transport of the empty bins and the full bins to the supply installation;
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• a picking station that performs a process of picking the rubber blocks grouped in a container according to the status of the current rubber product production campaign;
• a step of clamping during which the picking station performs a clamping process;
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• a step of picking during which the picking station performs a process of picking the rubber blocks gathered in the container for posing in a target location.