Bar packing plant and relative process

Bar packing plant comprising:

• means for transporting a bar of an undefined length along a trajectory parallel to an axis of the bar at a first speed;
• cutting-to-length devices to cut the bar into segments of a predefined length;
• means for diverting the bar segments in order to send said bar segments along a plurality of predefined directions;
• speed changing devices to adjust the speed of the bar segments so that said bar segments are delivered at predefined speeds other than the first speed;
• one or more pairs of cylinders installed side by side, defining respective axes and rotating about the respective axis, in which the cylinders have a plurality of seats along their respective perimeters, said seats being basically parallel to the axis of the respective cylinder, of a length that is at least twice that of the bar segments and having a proximal portion and a distal portion with respect to said speed changing devices and in which each of said predefined directions is parallel to the axis of a respective cylinder;
• and
• conveyor means, each associated with and serving one of the proximal and distal portions of the seats, that transfer the bar segments to a subsequent packing station, after said segments have been unloaded from the seats in the cylinders.