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US 2026/0021920 A1Published application
System and method for boxing products
AssigneeFameccanica.Data S.p.A.
InventorsDario GALANTE, Fabrizio FAIETA
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Abstract
A system for boxing products, including at least one manipulator configured to pick up products from a buffer and to deposit the products on a feeding conveyor in respective empty spaces based on information about a position of the empty spaces provided by a detection device.
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A system for boxing products, comprising:
- a boxing machine having an entry section;
- a feeding conveyor configured to feed to the entry section of the boxing machine a row of products aligned with each other in a transport direction;
- a buffer for accumulating products;
- a detection device configured to detect on the feeding conveyor a presence and a position of empty spaces that interrupt a continuity of the row of products;
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- at least one manipulator configured to pick up products from the buffer and to deposit the products picked up from the buffer on the feeding conveyor in the empty spaces, based on information about the position of the empty spaces provided by the detection device, in order to restore the continuity of the row of products.
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A method for boxing products, comprising:
- providing a boxing machine having an entry section;
- feeding to the entry section of the boxing machine a row of products aligned with each other in a transport direction by a feeding conveyor;
- accumulating products in a buffer;
- detecting on the feeding conveyor a presence and a position of empty spaces that interrupt a continuity of the row of products by a detection device;
- and
- picking up products from the buffer by at least one manipulator and depositing the products picked up from the buffer on the feeding conveyor in the empty spaces based on information about the position of the empty spaces provided by the detection device, in order to restore the continuity of the row of products.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.