Storage system for storing objects of plastic material processed in a bottling line

A storage system for storing objects of plastic material processed in a bottling line, characterized in that it comprises:

• a plurality of drawers configured to contain groups of the objects;
• a frame which defines a plurality of compartments configured to house the drawers;
• a conveyor movable in the storage system itself and configured to access the compartments in such a way as to withdraw and place drawers from and into the compartments;
• a loading bay having one or more loading compartments for receiving corresponding drawers and having a loading manipulator configured to place in the drawers the loose objects received from an infeed conveyor;
• an unloading bay having at least one unloading compartment for receiving a corresponding drawer and having an unloading manipulator configured to place onto an outfeed conveyor the loose objects stored in the drawer,
• wherein the loading bay comprises:
• an outfeed conveyor belt oriented along a longitudinal direction and set up to receive objects from the outside of the storage system and to convey them along the longitudinal direction;
• a pushing element which is movable in a direction having at least one component transversal to the longitudinal direction and which acts in conjunction with the outfeed conveyor belt to push the objects out from one side of the belt,
• the one or more loading compartments being positioned laterally of the belt at a level below the belt.

A storage system for storing objects of plastic material processed in a bottling line, characterized in that it comprises:

• a plurality of drawers configured to contain groups of the objects;
• a frame which defines a plurality of compartments configured to house the drawers;
• a conveyor movable in the storage system itself and configured to access the compartments in such a way as to withdraw and place drawers from and into the compartments;
• a loading bay having one or more loading compartments for receiving corresponding drawers and having a loading manipulator configured to place in the drawers the loose objects received from an infeed conveyor;
• an unloading bay having at least one unloading compartment for receiving a corresponding drawer and having an unloading manipulator configured to place onto an outfeed conveyor the loose objects stored in the drawer,
• wherein the drawers are movable relative to the conveyor and the compartments of the storage system by means of rolling elements associated with the drawer and with the conveyor.

A bottling line for containers of thermoplastic material, comprising:

• a moulding unit for making parisons of thermoplastic material from the thermoplastic material in its raw form;
• at least one blow-moulding unit configured to receive the parisons and to blow-mould them in such a way as to make containers designed to be filled;
• a filling unit configured to receive the containers from the blow-moulding unit and to fill them with liquid or semi-liquid food products;
• a parison thermal conditioning structure configured to receive the parisons from the moulding unit and to heat and cool the parisons;
• an automatic storage system configured to contain at least the parisons and connected to the thermal conditioning structure to receive and feed parisons from and to the thermal conditioning structure,
• wherein the storage system comprises:
• a plurality of drawers configured to contain groups of the objects;
• a frame which defines a plurality of compartments configured to house the drawers;
• a conveyor movable in the storage system itself and configured to access the compartments in such a way as to withdraw and place drawers from and into the compartments;
• a loading bay having one or more loading compartments for receiving corresponding drawers and having a loading manipulator configured to place in the drawers the loose objects received from an infeed conveyor;
• an unloading bay having at least one unloading compartment for receiving a corresponding drawer and having an unloading manipulator configured to place onto an outfeed conveyor the loose objects stored in the drawer,
• and wherein the unloading bay comprises:
• an outfeed conveyor belt oriented along a longitudinal direction;
• an actuator operating on the drawer which is positioned in the unloading compartment to rotate it about a longitudinal axis of rotation in order to place the objects by gravity on the conveyor belt.