Installation for stacking sheet metal plates into packets and for supplying the packets to a binding station
AssigneeHoesch Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsWilhelm Nellen, Theodor Sevenich, Konrad Klein, Ladislav Gregorec
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Abstract
A device for preparing metal sheets for transport wherein the sheets are delivered on a conveyor belt from a shearing region to a stacking region in which the sheets are engaged from above at the discharge end of the conveyor belt and transported longitudinally and deposited on selected ones of tables to build up stacks of sheets. The stacks of sheets are moved laterally by lateral movement of the tables or by laterally extending chains to a lifting station wherein the stacks of sheets are engaged from above by cranes and conveyed thereby to a binding station for binding of the stacks of sheets.
Claims9
A device for preparing metal sheets for transport wherein the sheets are delivered individually from a shearing region to a stacking region on sheet transporting means which comprises in combination:
- a stacking station comprising a stacking bridge having a first conveyor therein at the discharge end of the sheet transporting means adapted supportingly to engage the sheets from above and to convey the sheets longitudinally in the bridge, receiving table means beneath said first conveyor, means for releasing sheets from said first conveyor to said table means to build a stack of sheets thereon, means for moving the stack of sheets built up on said table means in the lateral direction from beneath said first conveyor, a lift station spaced laterally from said bridge for receiving said stack of sheets for intermediate storage and comprising crane means for engaging said stack of sheets from above and lifting said stack of sheets, and means for moving said crane means out of said lift station and into a binding station for binding of the stack of sheets, said table means comprising a plurality of tables in end to end complementary relation and said means for releasing sheets from said first conveyor comprises means to quietly release sheets independently to respective ones of said tables, the space between said stacking station and said lift station being sufficiently long to receive a plurality of stacks of sheets, and transversely extending means extending transversely from said stacking station to said lift station for each table to support stacks of sheets formed on the respective table and moved out of said stacking station but not supplied to said lift station.
A device for preparing metal sheets for transport wherein the sheets are delivered individually from a shearing region to a stacking region on sheet transporting means which comprises:
- a stacking station comprising a stacking bridge having a first conveyor therein at the discharge end of the sheet transporting means adapted supportingly to engage the sheets from above and to convey the sheets longitudinally in the bridge, receiving table means beneath said first conveyor, means for releasing sheets from said first conveyor to said table means to build a stack of sheets thereon, means for moving the stack of sheets built up on said table means in the lateral direction from beneath said first conveyor, a lift station spaced laterally from said bridge for receiving said stack of sheets and comprising crane means for engaging said stack of sheets from above and lifting said stack of sheets, and means for moving said crane means out of said lift station and into a binding station for binding of the stack of sheets, said table means comprising a plurality of tables in end to end relation and said means for releasing sheets from said first conveyor comprises means to release sheets to respective ones of said tables, the space between said stacking station and said lift station being sufficiently long to receive a plurality of stacks of sheets, and transversely extending means extending transversely from said stacking station to said lift station for each table to support stacks of sheets formed on the respective table and moved out of said stacking station but not supplied to said lift station, said transversely extending means including second conveyor means adapted to engage stacks of sheets to move the stacks laterally into said lift station, said tables being slotted to receive the respective second conveyor means and being vertically movable to dispose the table upper surface above or below the respective second conveyor means, said tables being movable laterally from the stacking station toward and away from said lift station.
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