Automatic stacker with rotary heads for stacking, in an ordered manner in alternate upright and inverted layers, metal sections originating from a rolling mill
AssigneeTechint Compagnia Tecnica Internazionale S.p.A.
InventorsEzio Colombo, Marco Rossini
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Abstract
An automatic stacker with rotary heads for stacking in an ordered manner in alternate upright and inverted layers rolled metal sections originating from a rolling mill via a transport line is characterised in that each head also undergoes vertical translational movement in the directions of the arrow substantially parallel to itself, such movement being provided by a second drive mechanism independent of a first providing rotation of the head itself. In this manner, the head deposits softly and with precision each layer of sections on the layer placed below, thus avoiding jamming and improper stacking.
Claims7
An automatic stacker with rotary heads for stacking in an ordered manner in alternate upright and inverted layers rolled metal sections originating from a rolling mill via a transport line which comprises:
- a plurality of carriages having lances movable forwards and rearwards from a region in which said lances receive a first layer of sections to a region in which the layer of sections are deposited in an upright position, and
- a plurality of magnetic heads rotatable by a first drive mechanism from a position in which said heads withdraw a second layer of sections to a position in which the second layer of sections are inverted on the first layer of upright sections, wherein each head also undergoes a vertical translational movement during which the orientation of each head remains substantially unchanged, a second drive mechanism generating said translational movement independent of the first drive mechanism, wherein said first drive mechanism comprises a plurality of mutually engaged gearwheels driven by a geared motor unit.
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