Denesting device and method for denesting a block of precut material

A denesting device for denesting a precut block of material into a plurality of individual sub-parts, comprising:

• a conveyor structure having first and second opposite ends;
• a belt structure traveling on the conveyor structure for conveying the block of material from the first to the second end of the conveyor structure;
• a denesting structure positioned adjacent the second end of the conveyor, the denesting structure including:
• a rotatable shaft extending transverse to the belt structure and having a teardrop shaped cross-section, wherein as the rotatable shaft makes one rotation, only an outermost denesting portion of the teardrop shaped shaft engages the block of material as the block of material extends over the second end of the conveyor structure and denests an individual sub-part from the block of material such that the individual sub-parts falls from the second end of the conveyor structure;
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• a sub-part conveyor vertically spaced from the second end of the conveyor structure, the sub-part conveyor receiving thereon each individual sub-part denested from the block of material by the denesting structure and transporting each individual sub-part to a user defined location.